The discovery thread!

[F700]

From with love, the 634ears have landed today. Loved these woodies at first sight and listen.

 

[cobrabucket]

Oh wow.
These are really good...

#BQEYZ Wind

Some of the best mids I have experienced.

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv2]

Pretty wild that this tiny little thing MSRP is the same price as ZMF offerings? Obviously it’s all subjective, spend money how you want but man the value proposition on IEMs is getting absolutely out of control.

What's more wild is that SR was supposed to be the poor man's TOTL. The "budget" masterclass IEM's, which americanspirit would say "now the 99% can indulge in the 1% sound." Now there they go...offering the 1% sound to the 1%'ers! Way to go!

 

[Redcarmoose]

SIMGOT EA1000
Easiest first impressions ever? OTB just the best SIMGOT ever. Smooth effortless midrange and treble, they finally have a real (no questions asked) winner on there hands here? I can't take them out of my ears? Just enough lows, which are fast and tactile? Amazing......I'm almost in tears here?

There are somehow transients totally emphasized in the low end, combined with the tuning, it's insane? Used just like the last picture, included cable, ear-tips and Sony WM1A with MrWalkman's firmware. Where the lows have this airy ability?

 

[cobrabucket]

SIMGOT EA1000
Easiest first impressions ever? OTB just the best SIMGOT ever. Smooth effortless midrange and treble, they finally have a real (no questions asked) winner on there hands here? I can't take them out of my ears? Just enough lows, which are fast and tactile? Amazing......I'm almost in tears here?

There are somehow transients totally emphasized in the low end, combined with the tuning, it's insane? Used just like the last picture, included cable, ear-tips and Sony WM1A with MrWalkman's firmware. Where the lows have this airy ability?

Man, I think that I haven't really heard too many negatives at all about this set!
Definitely a prospective 11.11 buy.
You had me at "fast and tactile."

 

[baskingshark]

Who's feeling rich? Or has an extra kidney to donate to science?

Luxury & Precision Flagship P6Pro Ti99 DAP
Lives up to the name of "luxury", at a very very affordable $4799 USD!

https://www.head-fi.org/.../luxury-precision-announced.../

Man, I think that I haven't really heard too many negatives at all about this set!
Definitely a prospective 11.11 buy.
You Had me at "fast and tactile."

I've briefly tested the EA1000, and it is an extremely technical and resolving set, has 3 tuning nozzles too. Beats a lot of similarly priced rivals in technicalities for sure.

Perhaps one con I can say is that there is a bit of glare at the upper mids region on some nozzles, so treble sensitive folk might find it overly bright. Though this seems to be a Simgot house sound tuning. Otherwise, it is a really good IEM. But upper mids region is quite subjective, it depends on volume played at (Fletcher munson curve), eartips used, hearing health and ear anatomy.

 

[cobrabucket]

Who's feeling rich? Or has an extra kidney to donate to science?

Luxury & Precision Flagship P6Pro Ti99 DAP
Lives up to the name of "luxury", at a very very affordable $4799 USD!





https://www.head-fi.org/.../luxury-precision-announced.../





I've briefly tested the EA1000, and it is an extremely technical and resolving set, has 3 tuning nozzles too. Beats a lot of similarly priced rivals in technicalities for sure.

Perhaps one con I can say is that there is a bit of glare at the upper mids region on some nozzles, so treble sensitive folk might find it overly bright. Though this seems to be a Simgot house sound tuning. Otherwise, it is a really good IEM. But upper mids region is quite subjective, it depends on volume played at (Fletcher munson curve), eartips used, hearing health and ear anatomy.

ALWAYS appreciate your input, Basky!

 

[InvisibleInk]

Who's feeling rich? Or has an extra kidney to donate to science?

Luxury & Precision Flagship P6Pro Ti99 DAP
Lives up to the name of "luxury", at a very very affordable $4799 USD!

I'd give a kidney for that

 

[Redcarmoose]

Here is more first impressions and a box opening experience, for those interested.

Oct 28, 2023 at 9:56 AMPost #50 of 50

Man, I think that I haven't really heard too many negatives at all about this set!
Definitely a prospective 11.11 buy.
You had me at "fast and tactile."

"So I can go over the EA1000 maybe a little more here? The stage is somehow very big, but not just that, it's all imaged and everything seems in place? Where here they have gone and created a very accessible top-end. Doing away with any of the (slightly hot) brutish EA500 top. I haven't even explored the rest of the nozzles yet, don't need to, as this is dialed in.

I don't want to make these any more than they are, because they are not prefect, yet SIMGOT has also figured out a way to maximize the effect of their tuning in that there is inescapable note-weight, yet there could be a slight diminishment of low end for rock? I'm OK with that character, as for the money these are so very on point, yet probably better with some genres (other) than rock or EDM? Still they perform this miracle of bass transients? Where it's a totally detailed low-end.....like a pond that you can look down into. But if you were to throw rocks it would be a slight noticeable lack of kick with rock? Still these don't have burn-in yet? I just received them last night.

But what you end up with is a style of increadably guilty pleasure in that the SIMGOT EA1000 are like the best pair of desk-top speakers you ever heard. You are so blown-away by them that you search out the 80% of your library that they do perfect, then you literally can't take them out of your ears!

You know when they are talking about correct timbre from DDs, this is exactly what they are referencing!"

 

[cobrabucket]

The Wind is really doing the new King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard album "The Silver Cord" justice.
Their music is VERY diverse, but this one is heavy on synths and vocoders, etc. (As seen on the cover).
I am digging both these and the Hype2.
A good start to the weekend, indeed!!!

 

[kmmbd]

Truthear Nova​

FIRST IMPRESSIONS​

Truthear Nova are the latest hybrid IEMs from the current chi-fi darling brand. It's a 1DD + 4BA setup, which is not too dissimilar to that of the Truthear Hexa. At $150, the Nova are the current "flagship" in Truthear's lineup, so a lot of expectation is riding on this one.

Now, I did not like Hexa that much. They lack macrodynamic punch, transients sound dampened esp in the upper-treble region, and the staging/imaging was nothing to write home about for me.

The Nova fare better, quite a bit better in fact. The imaging is precise, transient attacks do not lack sharpness anymore, and the bass driver is noticeably better than the one Hexa used.

The BA drivers inside are likely Bellsing or such, but thanks to the use of nozzle dampers, you don't get too much of the uncontrolled peaks those drivers can exhibit.

In terms of overall sound, it's the same old "sub-bass-boosted neutral" that was popularized by "mid-bass bad" crowd. Male vocals lack weight and can come across as thin. Female vocals fare much better and have no shout or shrillness.

Treble is mostly "safe": not much sparkle but has decent extension. Better than Hexa again in this aspect.

Now, about things that I do not like:

• Build is meh even though the faceplate looks nice and the nozzle is ergonomic.
• Stock cable is too long and tangles a lot.
• Slippery shells (same as Truthear Zero/Red)
• Cringe waifu covers are getting beyond stale (ugh)

In the end, many would ponder if the nearly 2x price jump over the Hexa is worth it. These sound better, no doubt, but of course, not twice as much better.

So I guess it's one of those that you should audition before pulling the trigger.

 

[InvisibleInk]

Truthear Nova​

FIRST IMPRESSIONS​

Truthear Nova are the latest hybrid IEMs from the current chi-fi darling brand. It's a 1DD + 4BA setup, which is not too dissimilar to that of the Truthear Hexa. At $150, the Nova are the current "flagship" in Truthear's lineup, so a lot of expectation is riding on this one.



Now, I did not like Hexa that much. They lack macrodynamic punch, transients sound dampened esp in the upper-treble region, and the staging/imaging was nothing to write home about for me.

The Nova fare better, quite a bit better in fact. The imaging is precise, transient attacks do not lack sharpness anymore, and the bass driver is noticeably better than the one Hexa used.



The BA drivers inside are likely Bellsing or such, but thanks to the use of nozzle dampers, you don't get too much of the uncontrolled peaks those drivers can exhibit.



In terms of overall sound, it's the same old "sub-bass-boosted neutral" that was popularized by "mid-bass bad" crowd. Male vocals lack weight and can come across as thin. Female vocals fare much better and have no shout or shrillness.

Treble is mostly "safe": not much sparkle but has decent extension. Better than Hexa again in this aspect.

Now, about things that I do not like:

• Build is meh even though the faceplate looks nice and the nozzle is ergonomic.
• Stock cable is too long and tangles a lot.
• Slippery shells (same as Truthear Zero/Red)
• Cringe waifu covers are getting beyond stale (ugh)

In the end, many would ponder if the nearly 2x price jump over the Hexa is worth it. These sound better, no doubt, but of course, not twice as much better.

So I guess it's one of those that you should audition before pulling the trigger.

Ooh, look at that angelic waifu! I want

 

[Redcarmoose]

New Beefy Penon ASOS 3-in-1 cable system.

 

[Redcarmoose]

New Penon Dome, impressions tomorrow.

 

[Vonbuddy]

Is this possibly better than Timmy’s new one?