The Hybrid IEM Thread... The Best of Both Worlds?

[Ragnar Steel]

The dynamic drivers in the Degauss Labs Noir are 13.5mm large so they deliver a very deep and solid bass while the balanced armatures deliver all the rich clarity and details. They also have 3 button controls for Android, Windows and iOS and you can download a special app to customize the functions. The braided cable reduces microphonic noise. The shell is all made of aluminum with some rubber coating on the back for extra durability. It comes with silicon and memory foam ear cushions. I really like the design, it is elegant and clean. The price is 130$ but many say they rival about 300$ earphones. I am going to buy them soon and I let you know what I think when I finally get my hands on them.
 
It says on their website that the dynamic drivers are 10mm but that is incorrect, I spoke staff members and they said the drivers are actually 13.5mm.

http://degausslabs.com/earphone/noir

 

[MuZo2]

so its single dynamic single ba?

 

[Ragnar Steel]

Yes a 13.5mm Dynamic Driver for the lower frequencies and a Armature Driver for the higher frequencies in each cup.

 

[encoreAC]

  The dynamic drivers in the Degauss Labs Noir are 13.5mm large so they deliver a very deep and solid bass while the balanced armatures deliver all the rich clarity and details. They also have 3 button controls for Android, Windows and iOS and you can download a special app to customize the functions. The braided cable reduces microphonic noise. The shell is all made of aluminum with some rubber coating on the back for extra durability. It comes with silicon and memory foam ear cushions. I really like the design, it is elegant and clean. The price is 130$ but many say they rival about 300$ earphones. I am going to buy them soon and I let you know what I think when I finally get my hands on them.
 
It says on their website that the dynamic drivers are 10mm but that is incorrect, I spoke staff members and they said the drivers are actually 13.5mm.

http://degausslabs.com/earphone/noir

Never heard of this brand, I also like the design a lot. Maybe they will deliver

 

[daniel_hokkaido]

Hey all 
 
firstly, I have yet to hear a hybrid iem. What comes closest to the bass quality/quantity of the HD650 phones? Sony hybrid? Dunu? some other brand ? 
I dont intend on going custom until I really understand what type of SQ I like best in a universal iem. One day! 
 
I just love the relaxing just highly immersive sound of the HD650...I have the stagediver SD-4 in for review atm and it nails so many things well for me..immersive soundstage, lovely detailing but I find the bass though present too faint and the mids recessed. 

 

[H20Fidelity]

Hey all 

firstly, I have yet to hear a hybrid iem. What comes closest to the bass quality/quantity of the HD650 phones? Sony hybrid? Dunu? some other brand ? 
I dont intend on going custom until I really understand what type of SQ I like best in a universal iem. One day! 

I just love the relaxing just highly immersive sound of the HD650...I have the stagediver SD-4 in for review atm and it nails so many things well for me..immersive soundstage, lovely detailing but I find the bass though present too faint and the mids recessed. 

What you'll find is many hybrids (at least what I've heard / owned) a majority of them lean towards being on the brighter side of the spectrum. Fidue A83, Dunu DN-1000, T-Peos Altone200, AKG K3003, Tralucent 1Plus2, etc etc. Of the warmer / smoother hybrids I've heard Aurisonics ASG-2 is quite a deep atmospheric hybrid, Audiofly AF140 another, Sony H3.

 

[daniel_hokkaido]

What you'll find is many hybrids (at least what I've heard / owned) a majority of them lean towards being on the brighter side of the spectrum. Fidue A83, Dunu DN-1000, T-Peos Altone200, AKG K3003, Tralucent 1Plus2, etc etc. Of the warmer / smoother hybrids I've heard Aurisonics ASG-2 is quite a deep atmospheric hybrid, Audiofly AF140 another, Sony H3.

 
Any of the warmer close to the hd650 tonality? 

 

[encoreAC]

   
Any of the warmer close to the hd650 tonality? 

Check out the Earsonics SM64. 

 

[MuZo2]

  Check out the Earsonics SM64. 

Its a hybrid?

 

[encoreAC]

 
Its a hybrid?

no.

 

[DooberKnob]

  Worth the wait - still my favourite hybrid (at least until I get to hear the DN-2000J anyway).

I want to believe but this graph shows a nasty drop in the 4khz reigon.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/FidueA83.pdf
 
Can any FidueA83 owners comment on this?

 

[Brooko]

 
I want to believe but this graph shows a nasty drop in the 4khz reigon.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/FidueA83.pdf
 
Can any FidueA83 owners comment on this?

 
How does that graph sound ......... just kidding - OK?
 
Try the reviews page - http://www.head-fi.org/products/fidue-a83-reference-class-triple-hybrid-iem/reviews
 
8 reviews - all overwhelmingly positive
 
There is your answer 

 

[H20Fidelity]

I want to believe but this graph shows a nasty drop in the 4khz reigon.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/FidueA83.pdf

Can any FidueA83 owners comment on this?

I wouldn't take graphs as solid foundation on how an IEM sounds, one thing I learnt real quick. Take the Aurisonics ASG-2 for example, quoted by one to be worse than a telephone receiver yet it's one of the best hybrids I've heard. Haha...

I own the A83, it sounds amazing!

 

[daniel_hokkaido]

I got my Sony Z5 yesterday and I frickin love it. Best soundstage on any iem period ...that I have tried  

 

[Replicant187]

I wouldn't take graphs as solid foundation on how an IEM sounds, one thing I learnt real quick. Take the Aurisonics ASG-2 for example, quoted by one to be worse than a telephone receiver yet it's one of the best hybrids I've heard. Haha...

yeah, we all have different ear canals so it could and would sound different from those graph suggests.