The PENON official thread
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Penon IMPACT
TOTL Audiophile Flagship In-Ear Monitor
4 Electrostatic + 10 Balanced Armature Hybrid
Medical grade resin shell, light and beautiful, comfortable to wear.
The universal mold structure has higher reliability and provides better wearing experience.
Handmade earphone is solid and more durable.
OCC + white sheath + 24K gold + transparent PVC 3-in-1 modular cable
4 Sonion EST for ultra-high frequency
2 Sonion BA for high-frequency
4 Sonion BA for middle frequency
4 Sonion BA for low frequency
4-way crossover, 4 tubes
Looking forward to your impression when the NDA is lifted.
At a glance…
| PENON IMPACT | PENON LEGEND | |
| Configuration | 4 Electrostatic + 10 Balanced Armature Hybrid | 13 Balanced Armature |
| Low Frequency | 4 Sonion BA | 4 Sonion BA (Vented) |
| Middle Frequency | 4 Sonion BA | 4 Sonion BA |
| High Frequency | 2 Sonion BA | 4 Sonion BA |
| Ultra-High Frequency | 4 Sonion EST | 1 Knowles BA |
| 4-way crossover, 4 tubes | 4-way crossover, 4 tubes, 3 switches tuning mode | |
| Cable | 4 shares OCC + white sheath / 24K gold + transparent PVC, 3-in-1 modular | FLOW 4 shares high purity pure silver, 3-in-1 modular |
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$1300 MSRP for Legend? Oh we’re looking at $1500-2000 for Impact. Wonder what the VIP deal on release will be
Redcarmoose
Headphoneus Supremus
Noticed the new Penon is to be called impact, looking at Penon's Facebook post be prepared to sell some organs
I love that they went with Balanced Armature bass! This thing is going to have bass detail!
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BrokenHill
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Excited with the new launch... not so much with knowing its price... The cable from the description, could it be a Obsidian with a white sheath? Will they get an upgrade cable, like Volt-Totem, Legend-Storm?Noticed the new Penon is to be called impact, looking at Penon's Facebook post be prepared to sell some organs
I didn't have any with just BAs or BA+EST... now I have an excuse!
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Too rarified for me. The impact on my wallet (and relationship) would be unrecoverable.
weexisttocease
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Any further details and price? There will be any specific TOTL cable? I almost pulled the trigger at Legend + Storm a few times but it never ended to buy it.
Dsnuts
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Got them with me at work. Will post an impression soon..
Lets just say it is going to be a landmark release from PENON.
Lets just say it is going to be a landmark release from PENON.
weexisttocease
Headphoneus Supremus
Looking forward for your impressions.
And there I will have to go deep into my soul and ask myself, do I need this IEM. Must admit I have started to become a Penon and ISN fan, but it still will depend on the price.
Looking forward to it.
helloh3adfi
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I rather want DD bass. Then something like a Tribrid.
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BA bass can be done, would say that both SeaAudio Bravery and SA6 does it well. In both of them you get tight and well extended bass that is fast, kinda reminds me of Audeze LCD 2 bass.
It will be really interesting to see how the Impact sets itself apart from the Legend. The Legend was a solid offering for the price but the bass was lacking some note edge & impact despite the lifted midbass. The midrange and treble was excellent though and the solid imaging was the icing on the cake. I hope the Low Frequency BA units being used offer that step up in the bass.