Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
This is what I object to George:
I actually like to hear cymbals clearly, so I don't mind a little extra at 7 kHz as long as its not over done. I also like being able to hear the decay on a cymbal strike, or the brushing of cymbals. The H3 has 10 dB extra at 7 kHz over and above the bass and way more than that over the lower mid-range. You don't get a proper cymbal sound - you get a hard crash which doesn't remotely resemble a cymbal, and there is no decay - just a blob of high energy noise.
And how exactly do the Kinera H3 give dynamically compressed music a new lease of life? How can that even make sense given their flaws.
Question - what is your neutral reference, and did you use it at all when you were reviewing the H3 (to compare and make sure your brain hadn't compensated to a clearly coloured IEM)?
The Kinera H3 would show sibilance in tracks I didn't even know I had sibilance in. I was expecting it to sound a little hot (from some of the reviews). I wasn't expecting the utter mess, the stridency and disonance in the mid-range, the lack of cohesion, and the treble which was etched so high that listening to decently recorded music was not pleasant.
But don't mind me - judging by the number of 4 and 5 star reviews, I am clearly wrong.
I was actually using DK-3001 to reset my brain, should be excellent at this. Yes, I can hear the hot treble and coloration compared to DK-3001.
When reviewing I reset my brain at quarter - half an hour intervals or so, so the brain will unavoidably compensate for the colored sound. In 3 minutes the brain usually compensates for a large part of the coloration, and it takes me around 1 minute to change the IEM, so there is some physical limitation at the logistic level of doing this. With AMPs / DACs / DAPs, you can use one of those tools where you change it at the switch of a button, but with IEMs, you have a pause as long as you take to adjust something. I cannot change the thing faster, or my ears start hurting. I have sensitive skin somewhere in the ear, I get bleeding from double and triple flanges for example, maybe except for etymotic which are somehow not causing this, this is why I avoid some stock tips, and stay with spinfits
I think that what I'm hearing about the dynamics is that they sound more lively, as a result of the more treble. More live (?) A lot of the music has the cymbal trails made too short in the mastering process, so the extra enhancement kinda makes it livelier and more dynamic to me. DK-3001 is also good in this aspect.
Did you try the songs above?
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