[brsdrgn]

Another $20 USD IEM has just been released, the BGVP Scale.

Seems to be a 2DD IEM. Comes with MMCX connectors. Self-proclaimed to be "KING LEVEL" tuning.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004757727630.html






Store provided graph looks suspiciously stretched.

Question is, do you need another $20 ultra budget IEM?

Honestly wouldn't say no to a real disrupting set of IEM. I wonder when this day will come...

 

[PhonoPhi]

Thank you for your impressive early impressions on the Kinera Celest Gumiho, which were detailed and informative.

My question is on the faceplate artwork, is it etched on or simply a sticker? Based on your write up, Kinera has done a good job on the sound quality and that is what matters.

I am drawn to the plain (no artwork on the faceplate) but given your praise for the artwork, I may be tempted to go for that option, if it is not a sticker which might come off in a few days.

Thank you, Chris!
Knowing Kinera attention to detail (starting with their own shipping box), the image would be protected, and the easier way is to overcoat it, but then it would be shiny/reflective.
What they did is to something like hot print/emboss into plastic, and there are slighly raised outside ridges (almost against the seamless aesthetics) to further protect the print.
Since experiments are often better than theory - I tried to scratch it with the hemp cloth - nope, and the image is not likely be damaged by earpiices touching each other in a pouch/case.

Having said this, the image is small, the top plate width is about 1.8 cm (3/4 inch), so you may check if they ship the beautiful bookmark with the black shells - then one can have the best of the worlds with the black shells and an artistic image (and a nice present to someone loving books); my take is that they've made the bookmark for the artistry to be fully appreciated.

Thanks for the impressions. Which genres do you mostly listen to?

I listen largely to classical and acoustic music. I usually mention it. I did not feel that Celest Gumoho favours these genres specifically. For instance, Dioki strikes me as fitting more for electronic music, while AS16 pro is geared to classical/acoustic.

The key fearure of CG is the lightness and agility, which I love, but on the opposite side - one of the lighest note weight and fast decay.
GC are ethereal & opposite to earthy/meaty.

 

[unifutomaki]

The Etymotic EVO has been a rather interesting beast to live with. I’ve never spent this much money on a single piece of gear and to sort of pick up on an earlier discussion, spending that money has opened my eyes (or rather, ears) to a whole new level of detail, resolution and accuracy that I’ve simply never been able to experience in the sub-100 realm. It does take a minute to insert them properly and I ultimately don’t find them to be that comfortable - look, they’re alright, but my Technics AZ60 slip into my ears like a pair of comfortable moccasins while the EVO are more analogous to a pair of Timberland boots. Nonetheless, the resulting sound fidelity is simply worth it…

…for recordings that are mastered well. An IEM like the EVO… they’re analytical and unforgiving. Some of my favourite CDs sound absolutely brilliant. Others (which also count themselves among my favourites) sound blunted, smoothed, lacking in dynamics through the EVO (yes, they’ve all been ripped to lossless files in the exact same way). I’m certainly not going to change my musical tastes to suit my transducers, so there will always be a place in my collection for IEMs that just make everything sound good.

 

[DynamicEars]

Another $20 USD IEM has just been released, the BGVP Scale.

Seems to be a 2DD IEM. Comes with MMCX connectors. Self-proclaimed to be "KING LEVEL" tuning.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004757727630.html






Store provided graph looks suspiciously stretched.

Question is, do you need another $20 ultra budget IEM?

If i may change the question, do you need another thick mid bass focus IEM?
Seems like budget segment is really battlefield. We used to get "another KZ in 2 months" but now I got new information about new budget IEM coming everytime I open head-fi, like 3-5 IEMs in a week!
Crazy..

 

[unifutomaki]

At this point one might save up all the $20 they would have spent on these IEMs and get a $100 IEM

 

[Dsnuts]

Weekend reader about the new Force King. It comes with some serious underwhelming accessories. Which unfortunately is more common in its price range than not. But it does have one of the more detailed monitor presentations. Force KIng is accurate enough to be used for stage monitoring as it was tuned with a highly resolving graphene dynamic. These require your better cables and tips. https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/

 

[jant71]

Another $20 USD IEM has just been released, the BGVP Scale.

Store provided graph looks suspiciously stretched.

Question is, do you need another $20 ultra budget IEM?

Maybe just a little stretched.

I don't need another after the KBEAR Rosefinch. Impressive tuning and ability on that one. Easily my favorite I have had in a long time.

 

[RONJA MESCO]

Honestly wouldn't say no to a real disrupting set of IEM. I wonder when this day will come...

the oppity came two years ago my friend

 

[cqtek]

Whenever a new brand is born there is always some mystery surrounding it. Although it seems that they have already released three models... So, the mystery is over... hahaha.
This is my humble opinion on the SuperTFZ Force1.

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/supertfz-force1.26015/reviews#review-29224

 

[brsdrgn]

the oppity came two years ago my friend

I have that one. I driam for the next one and nevergiveup...

 

[Carpet]

I have that one. I driam for the next one and nevergiveup...

Yes but when it arrives will it be the BL-17 or the BL-03 Max?

 

[brsdrgn]

Yes but when it arrives will it be the BL-17 or the BL-03 Max?

After seeing 'fat girl' model, I am open to any idea coming from Blon's marketing team

 

[Carpet]

Another $20 USD IEM has just been released, the BGVP Scale.

Seems to be a 2DD IEM. Comes with MMCX connectors. Self-proclaimed to be "KING LEVEL" tuning.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004757727630.html






Store provided graph looks suspiciously stretched.

Question is, do you need another $20 ultra budget IEM?

Not going to happen, they appear to be charging an arm and a leg for shipping for this one!

 

[brsdrgn]

Not going to happen, they appear to be charging an arm and a leg for shipping for this one!

Another seller is not charging for shipping and asking for the same price :

Https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJcJysR

 

[BCool]

Received these today:

Akoustyx S6, studio reference tuned planar magnetic IEM.

Lack of info aside from the company's own page had me a little concerned, but on first impression they seem pretty good.

Diameter of the housing is pretty much identical to bullet-style Etymotics (7mm). Driver must be tiny. Recognisably planar sound though. Slick.
Housing seems to be identical or near-identical to their R210/R220 BA IEMs.



Quick initial comparisons:

Next to the Etymotic er4sr, the S6 has quite a bit more sub-bass. Bit much for a DF-head like myself, so I'm EQing the sub-100hz region down a notch. Further up the tuning seems roughly in the same ballpark. More extended in the upper treble I think. Good stuff.

Next to the Letshuoer S12, the tuning of the S6 is far more well-behaved (I find the S12 pretty much unlistenable without yanking the bass way down and cleaning up the sizzle in the treble, so that's a low bar to pass.) I don't feel qualified to talk about technicalities like detail and imaging and such, but on first impression I don't notice a big gap one way or the other (and that's not a low bar to pass, cause aside from tuning I find the S12 quite excellent). The S6 does sound more spatial to me, but that could as well be due to the tuning.

Included tips seem decent enough, and I like how they colour-match with the housings (red/blue cores matching the red/blue bands on the housing), but the largest ones are still a hair too small for me. Ety tips don't fit cause the nozzle is much wider. Found another good fit in my tip collection though.

I think I'll be listening to these a lot.

Great write up!
How are they with fit/isolation compared to Etys? I love my Timeless but I never wear them out and about because the isolation is fairly poor, and a pair of Ety-likes but they don't EQ that well. This seems like it could be the best of both worlds.