[baskingshark]

they don't even named the Balances Armature used.
Not "custom" but "carefully selected"

Yeah usually if it is a Sonion or Knowles BA, the company will trumpet it to the ends of the earth to milk the marketing. If there is no tooting of horn, it can be assumed it ain't one of these?

"Carefully" selected BA sounds very fishy for sure. I would be "careful" with my wallet in this case, cause the last time a "Custom BA" was used in a TOTL thing (cough cough Campfire Solaris), it turned out to be a Bellsing.

Haha need a Hi Fri or someone to open the shell to take a look see! Though busting open a $4.2K IEM for the sake of science is not for the faint of heart!

 

[crabdog]

More energy in treble than stellaris? Okay imma gonna donate my ears now. I briefly tried Stellaris and was instantly put off by its thin and sharp signature(hardly gave it 30 mins before giving up)

Should be called "Stellasshiss" IMO - can't imagine how anyone could vibe with it (apart from the design).

 

[crabdog]

Just published my review of the 7Hz Legato. Fun tuning, good build, great overall value (if you like bass).

 

[PhonoPhi]

I was going to compared it to that, but none have the graph of both old KZ and Bridge.
older IEMs are such a wonder,
(can't find my old daily ATH-e40, so here e70)

Funny, just last morning I was enjoying Muse Power:

Colourfully bright in all senses, the same or similar 14.5 mm planar drive as in Stellaris. Actually, I was choosing between those two for a bright planar (to experience, and if anything to experiment with treble taming). Muse aesthetics won

Muse Power are surely bright, if not wildish in treble, and definitely hard to listen to electronically recorded music. With acoustic music - it can be a vivid enjoyment, at least for 10-15 minutes.

Muse Power do have enjoyable mighty (but fast and not drony and overspilling as in some DDs) bass compared to Hexa!

So "V-head" should be an official term for craving for a balance or mighty superposition of the bass and the treble.

 

[AmericanSpirit]

 

[activatorfly]

DIPSOC IC's arrived : Let the new amp rolling begin !!

 

[BCool]

This might be the wrong place to ask, but does anyone have recs for super short usb-c to c cables? I'm looking for something cheap but flexible and sturdy to plug my Super X-Fi dongle into my phone.

 

[lushmelody]

That price lol

Nobody will care with Quartet available now

 

[r31ya]

This might be the wrong place to ask, but does anyone have recs for super short usb-c to c cables? I'm looking for something cheap but flexible and sturdy to plug my Super X-Fi dongle into my phone.

Fiio have short and decent one
But as i google, the one seems to be interesting is DDhifi usb cable

 

[r31ya]

Funny, just last morning I was enjoying Muse Power:

Colourfully bright in all senses, the same or similar 14.5 mm planar drive as in Stellaris. Actually, I was choosing between those two for a bright planar (to experience, and if anything to experiment with treble taming). Muse aesthetics won

Muse Power are surely bright, if not wildish in treble, and definitely hard to listen to electronically recorded music. With acoustic music - it can be a vivid enjoyment, at least for 10-15 minutes.

Muse Power do have enjoyable mighty (but fast and not drony and overspilling as in some DDs) bass compared to Hexa!

So "V-head" should be an official term for craving for a balance or mighty superposition of the bass and the treble.

Unfortunately i avoid bright treble iem due to my ear limitation with treble and sibilance,

I have to use final e eartip on my Aria to reduce sibilance and my PR1 pro is very much on the border of my limitation (i dont think i'll survive stellaris), hence my exitement on softer PR2

And i like my (clean-ish) textured bass slam, and center forward-ish vocals, hence my preference on more balance tuning.

 

[activatorfly]

Unfortunately i avoid bright treble iem due to my ear limitation with treble and sibilance,

I have to use final e eartip on my Aria to reduce sibilance and my PR1 pro is very much on the border of my limitation (i dont think i'll survive stellaris), hence my exitement on softer PR2

And i like my (clean-ish) textured bass slam, and center forward-ish vocals, hence my preference on more balance tuning.

Treble is handled admirably by the PR2....9 days in & there's no shouty / transient peaks to report, coupled with zero fatigue, discomfort or ear ringing with prolonged listening...

 

[Leonarfd]

That price lol

Nobody will care with Quartet available now

It might seem overpriced with sets having 1 DD and costing this much, but some prefer the sound of only one DD over hybrids or BA sets. Also it's a difference in quality and tuning so some sets deserve the higher price tag.

The original Kima I liked quite much, a little boring so for me the new one seem better. Still I have enough single DD sets i am happy with.

But yeah in this case, yes I would much more take the Quartet

 

[gooberbm]

It might seem overpriced with sets having 1 DD and costing this much, but some prefer the sound of only one DD over hybrids or BA sets. Also it's a difference in quality and tuning so some sets deserve the higher price tag.

The original Kima I liked quite much, a little boring so for me the new one seem better. Still I have enough single DD sets im found off.

But yeah in this case, yes I would much more take the Quartet

Kima Classic would have to be AMAZING for me to not recommend EA500 and save $40+. Olina SE still is cheaper too. Dunu did a poor job reading the room for where prices are at, trying to stay in line with their old pricing

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Kima Classic would have to be AMAZING for me to not recommend EA500 and save $40+. Olina SE still is cheaper too. Dunu did a poor job reading the room for where prices are at, trying to stay in line with their old pricing

Sales quantity doesn’t lie, sooner or later DUNU will learn they are not competitive anymore, from then reconsider competitive offering.

Agree that pricing sounds like back in 2019. DUNU’s brain is old fashioned

 

[Leonarfd]

Kima Classic would have to be AMAZING for me to not recommend EA500 and save $40+. Olina SE still is cheaper too. Dunu did a poor job reading the room for where prices are at, trying to stay in line with their old pricing

I never felt that the original Kima deserved the cost, never bought it. Technically it was not better than a 20-30set. Nothing very special with the tuning either, just safe and boring? But this seems to have better treble energy and sub bass, so for me could have been a fun one maybe. Still when costing this there is so much good hybrids to chose from that is close in price. And I seem to prefer BA mids and treble over DD.

Some sets like Penon FAN and VE SIE are all single DD sets and better tuned over EA500 or KIMA.
Technically the EA500 is very good, but no better than the SIE or the FAN. EA500 can be tiresome with brass instruments for me, why I never bought it myself.