[activatorfly]

you might be a clairvoyant, my friend? LOL

Let's be cl"air"/ear about this, mon ami.......I might be a Seer ?? - minus the blonde (back to front) haircut like "SIA", but I'm always buoyant: when in Audiophile Rotational Nirvava !!

 

[Ineras]

Do cotton roll mod method for tizzy and sibilances. too much treble extension is easy to mod and will get superb smooth yet extended trebles rather than having IEMs with no extension.
It's cheap enough you can make them as experiment objects

Imma give the KZ planars 1 more try with this, thanks!

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv2]

Do cotton roll mod method for tizzy and sibilances. too much treble extension is easy to mod and will get superb smooth yet extended trebles rather than having IEMs with no extension.
It's cheap enough you can make them as experiment objects

under the mesh filter (removing the filter) or under the tip?

 

[bschnell9]

Damn good track here with about anything you want in it

 

[Ineras]

XSL released their 1+4. The graph looks kinda meh.

 

[thaslaya]

XSL released their 1+4. The graph looks kinda meh.

Ya but at least they include a lot of tips?

 

[DynamicEars]

under the mesh filter (removing the filter) or under the tip?

Under the mesh just a very thin rolled cotton, poke a tiny hole also if possible for better airflow for the bass also

 

[domq422]

Good evening, Gentlemen, I hope everyone is doing well! I just wanted to drop in here and share some of my initial impressions on the newly released Elysian Pilgrim. By this point, everyone and their mother has already released a full review on them, but I got them in a few days ago, so I'm still getting nice and cozy with them, so to speak.

Right off the bat, I can say that the unboxing experience, build, and included accessories are top-notch, really nicely done by Elysian here. The build quality is also fantastic, really solid all aluminum build with a very premium looking and feeling faceplate but, unfortunately, is finished in a very chrome-like finish which Is super prone to scratching as you can see in my picture above. It looks great, though, and very distinctive which I think is one of the hardest parts about designing an IEM. Elysian knocked the overall design and build out of the park! They're also very comfortable in my ears. The nozzle is a bit on the shorter side but the shell isn't overly bulbose so finding the right tips in terms of fit and sound was very easy!

Now, onto the sound - I can summarize the sound of the Pilgrim pretty simply, actually. Very solid, but a bit safe for me.

The bass is fantastic with lots and lots of texture and depth, which I guess can be considered a standout, but I'd like a bit more sub-bass here. There's a very very small, but clear roll-off when you're talking about the deepest part of the sub-bass. The mid-bass, however, is almost perfectly tuned for me. the mids and the treble is where the Pilgrim loses me a bit, it's nothing special, unfortunately. I think they played it a bit too safe when it comes to the treble especially. It's extended well, I won't sit here and say that it's not, but I would of liked a little more spice, a little more... zing up top to really make the sound come alive.

Regardless, I think this pair of IEMs is fantastic, and quite frankly, I think the entire package is actually well worth the $400 price tag.

More photos and a longer impression to come!

Thanks for reading, gents.

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv2]

Good evening, Gentlemen, I hope everyone is doing well! I just wanted to drop in here and share some of my initial impressions on the newly released Elysian Pilgrim. By this point, everyone and their mother has already released a full review on them, but I got them in a few days ago, so I'm still getting nice and cozy with them, so to speak.

Right off the bat, I can say that the unboxing experience, build, and included accessories are top-notch, really nicely done by Elysian here. The build quality is also fantastic, really solid all aluminum build with a very premium looking and feeling faceplate but, unfortunately, is finished in a very chrome-like finish which Is super prone to scratching as you can see in my picture above. It looks great, though, and very distinctive which I think is one of the hardest parts about designing an IEM. Elysian knocked the overall design and build out of the park! They're also very comfortable in my ears. The nozzle is a bit on the shorter side but the shell isn't overly bulbose so finding the right tips in terms of fit and sound was very easy!

Now, onto the sound - I can summarize the sound of the Pilgrim pretty simply, actually. Very solid, but a bit safe for me.

The bass is fantastic with lots and lots of texture and depth, which I guess can be considered a standout, but I'd like a bit more sub-bass here. There's a very very small, but clear roll-off when you're talking about the deepest part of the sub-bass. The mid-bass, however, is almost perfectly tuned for me. the mids and the treble is where the Pilgrim loses me a bit, it's nothing special, unfortunately. I think they played it a bit too safe when it comes to the treble especially. It's extended well, I won't sit here and say that it's not, but I would of liked a little more spice, a little more... zing up top to really make the sound come alive.

Regardless, I think this pair of IEMs is fantastic, and quite frankly, I think the entire package is actually well worth the $400 price tag.

More photos and a longer impression to come!

Thanks for reading, gents.

So basically the "Moondrop tuning style" so popular with the Moondrop IEMs? This sort of thing was said about the Volare a few times. It's quite a popular signature, due to it's "safety".

Dita Project M sounds more brilliant by the second! It's making it's way to me. A few states away. The Hydro and the Conch are finally in California. Now how long will they sit there? LOL The waiting is the hardest part.

 

[domq422]

So basically the "Moondrop tuning style" so popular with the Moondrop IEMs? This sort of thing was said about the Volare a few times. It's quite a popular signature, due to it's "safety".

Dita Project M sounds more brilliant by the second! It's making it's way to me. A few states away. The Hydro and the Conch are finally in California. Now how long will they sit there? LOL The waiting is the hardest part.

I wouldn’t say it’s Moondrop levels of safe, but it’s definitely more safe than I expected Elysian to display here. Although, it’s their first try at an “affordable” IEM, so I can’t blame them. They want to move units and tuning an IEM with too much treble or too much upper mids is typically a killer when it comes to appealing to lots of folks.

There’s no doubt these are great IEMs, worthy of their price, the same thing can’t be said about a majority of Moondrop releases.

 

[requal]

Do cotton roll mod method for tizzy and sibilances. too much treble extension is easy to mod and will get superb smooth yet extended trebles rather than having IEMs with no extension.
It's cheap enough you can make them as experiment objects

I did the first mod of this type (cotton roll mod) with KZxHBB DQ6S and I am very satisfied. Neither foam nor mesh gave such good results. Damping is better than foam, without overly closing off airflow. Great discovery!

 

[ToneDeafMonk]

Excited for this one after buying the Shanling M5Ultra, the Cayin N3Ultra going to go full out and now get the iBasso DX180 , I loved the DX160, DX170

690mw of juice and light weight will have to make this my carry dap.

It has a Volume Wheel , replaceable battery and some impressive specs!

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv2]

Under the mesh just a very thin rolled cotton, poke a tiny hole also if possible for better airflow for the bass also

You just saved the KZ Merga from the wooden box junk pile. The cotton tuning did exactly what you said it would do, and the bass actually is a bit more resolving than before. I pitted it up against the much more expensive and equally 2DD Tri Star River, and it actually beat the Star River in every aspect but bass impact and punch. The Star River with the copper cable and the DUNU S&S tips, with the bass switch UP, did have better bass quality and quantity, but not by much, and in the end, $60 Star River still lost out to a cotton modded $13 KZ Merga. The clarity and timbre is pretty good. Decent technicalities (cotton didn't really improve that), but really nice mids clarity and the stage is really good. Better than the SR. My first cotton mod. Thanks for the tip!

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv2]

Excited for this one after buying the Shanling M5Ultra, the Cayin N3Ultra going to go full out and now get the iBasso DX180 , I loved the DX160, DX170



690mw of juice and light weight will have to make this my carry dap.

It has a Volume Wheel , replaceable battery and some impressive specs!

As a proud and satisfied owner of a DX170, I know what my next DAP purchase is!

 

[ToneDeafMonk]

As a proud and satisfied owner of a DX170, I know what my next DAP purchase is!

I am a sucker for volume wheels and by the sounds of it the way the wheel is threaded through the fame and directly attaches to the internal volume pot took away any reservation I had about how solid it looks yet sticks out.