[baskingshark]

KBEAR Qinglong:


Price and driver type to be confirmed.

Qinglong refers to a Chinese dragon god, the Azure Dragon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Dragon

Indeed, it seems now CHIFI are rushing to name their IEMs after Chinese legendary figures, spirits or deities eg Black Tortoise Xuan Wu and the Gumiho nine-tailed fox.

https://www.facebook.com/kbearoffic...3fTSz9p2hzY7tnssWoXfudR2YvoTUnFLvpmgVRx9f53nl

 

[gadgetgod]

New earphone day!!

Impressions and unboxing soon!!

 

[DynamicEars]

New earphone day!!


Impressions and unboxing soon!!

Now this is interesting.. eagerly waiting for impressions

 

[baskingshark]

Tangzu Audio Wan'Er Graph via IEC711 coupler:

Listening impressions to follow.

 

[pevinkarker]

Tanchim Space (dual cs43131 chip)

(from their facebook page)

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Maybe bass quality, not quantity he is talking about. Fit and ear tips might also contribute. I think KATO comes with the spring tips. Those tend to roll off the bass, at least to my ears.

People talk about different thing when they mention “bass” as well. For example, Sony’s XB stuffs have a lot of boom boom and “umm ummm” sound, whilst “audiophile” bass might be no “boom boom” but a lot of deep rumble.

I’m also puzzled how @DynamicEars rate KATO so highly in terms of bass quality, given its reputation of pillowy bass. To be fair, I have yet to hear a Moondrop with above average bass quality (haven’t heard Variations, so drop your pitchfolks, folks )

Yea if bass quality the score makes sense. I’d add Variations/Aria’s bass quality par with Kato too, while Kato has significantly better resolving capability as a single DD over Aria, and due to it’s more V tuning, it may sound brighter than Variations depending on listerns 6khz sensitivity. The pure resolutions will end with sonion EST equipped Variations, as whenever crash symbals splashes, the scattering piece of sound diffused very smoothly vs single DD’s rather straight forward expression.

Dunu’s SA6 got vented Sonion BA, which to my knowledge reproduces best BA bass, in terms of bass transient response.

 

[AmericanSpirit]

New earphone day!!


Impressions and unboxing soon!!

The shell of Yume II is so exquisite, See Audio really got some good sense making the outlook of IEMs IMO. I feel Yume II got the outlook better than some kilobuck IEMs. And that’s very very important to sell to mass market. See Audio got a good sense of business. Sometime when I see the price tag of an IEM, then followed by rather $3 USD cheap plastic-ish outlook, first impression as a piece of craft product starts to tone down. Moondrop and See Audio especially for housing shells got good sense.

By the way, Could you compare the bass floor with RSV? I found my Yume OG’s bass floor too subtle, hopefully Yume II got little kick.

 

[Bitsir]

How i'm enjoying the NX7 mk IV. The thickened mids and the deeper bass is so much fun. The BE plated dual DD has more rumble and sub bass than the MK III, so for my hip hop, pop, and bass driven music, it's just so enjoyable. More excited sound than before and that's welcomed.

The only thing trippin' me up about the NX7 Mk4 is that they haven't improved much at all, if any, on the cramped stage. It is quite noticable how narrow the stage is, annoyingly so. Not the most immersive listen unfortunately. Some speculated that it's due to cramming 7 drivers in such a small shell. Has to be it, shell is miniscule considering.

 

[ericf]

This is what HBB says about the new collab with Tangzu: Link

 

[wdelta06]

Maybe bass quality, not quantity he is talking about. Fit and ear tips might also contribute. I think KATO comes with the spring tips. Those tend to roll off the bass, at least to my ears.

People talk about different thing when they mention “bass” as well. For example, Sony’s XB stuffs have a lot of boom boom and “umm ummm” sound, whilst “audiophile” bass might be no “boom boom” but a lot of deep rumble.

I’m also puzzled how @DynamicEars rate KATO so highly in terms of bass quality, given its reputation of pillowy bass. To be fair, I have yet to hear a Moondrop with above average bass quality (haven’t heard Variations, so drop your pitchfolks, folks )

Gotcha... I had to swap filters on kato because the treble was more than I could comfortably listen to for 30 minutes at a time.

Probably why I couldn't fully appreciate them & why it was so easy for me to disregard any of their bass qualities.

[Tinnitus & old vet battle damaged hearing definitely don't help...]

I'll give them another listen here shortly (they been outta my daily rotation for a long while).

Hope I can gain a different perspective on the kato (still my first bass twins, oxygen & new hana 2021!)

 

[gadgetgod]

The shell of Yume II is so exquisite, See Audio really got some good sense making the outlook of IEMs IMO. I feel Yume II got the outlook better than some kilobuck IEMs. And that’s very very important to sell to mass market. See Audio got a good sense of business. Sometime when I see the price tag of an IEM, then followed by rather $3 USD cheap plastic-ish outlook, first impression as a piece of craft product starts to tone down. Moondrop and See Audio especially for housing shells got good sense.

By the way, Could you compare the bass floor with RSV? I found my Yume OG’s bass floor too subtle, hopefully Yume II got little kick.

Surely the Yume II has got more kick to it in the lower end. I would still say RSV has thicker bass, Yume II is more of a neutral-ish kinda bass but with a good kick. The slam won't be very hard, but it is very precise and accurate.

 

[gadgetgod]

BTW guys, posted my unboxing and short impressions on the Yume II on my YT. Forgive me for my bad English and pronunciation. The audio was a little troubling today too as I shot the video at a friend's terrace lol.

 

[Carpet]

KBEAR Qinglong:


Price and driver type to be confirmed.

You do realize that when I quickly scanned over this I read it as
"KBEAR Ongoing: Price and driver type to be confirmed."

Then thought "Bloody typical!"

 

[Bitsir]

BTW guys, posted my unboxing and short impressions on the Yume II on my YT. Forgive me for my bad English and pronunciation. The audio was a little troubling today too as I shot the video at a friend's terrace lol.

Thanks for your effort. Your videos are a bit hard to get through due to audio and pronunciation, not trying to beat you down just sharing my honest & constructive (hopefully) thoughts. I'm Swedish but I can force a pretty good, clear but neutral american accent if I really try! So if you're worried about how well you are coming across, maybe try that?

 

[Surf Monkey]

Akros has become my favorite reviewer. The guy also speaks the truth. The disrespect taking place in the IEM space is rampant. I just bought the Wu, and they have a HBB Wu? Absolutely ridiculous.

Agree. He’s probably the most even handed reviewer around. You can tell when he’s genuinely enthusiastic about a set, not just blowing marketing smoke, and he pulls no punches when it comes to sets that have problems or aren’t all they could be.