Aug 15, 2024 at 7:31 AM Post #14,731 of 16,371
By the end of the summer I'm putting up my Penon IEMs for sale. I have too much stuff right now and I also need to fund other gear. All of them are CIEMs, so they will need to be sent to Penon for a reshell service. The fee is 100$.

In other news, the launch of RIVAL is eminent and it will be bundled with the Totem cable.
 
Aug 15, 2024 at 7:11 PM Post #14,734 of 16,371
Cross-post from Discovery Thread:

OOTB impressions of Fan 3: This one is gonna be special, y'all.
The 3D spatial stuff is already evident even prior to full burn-in.
With the BC switch on, it has a pleasing spaciousness, liquidity and floatiness to the mids that is really addictive!
The bass is nicely textured and oh-so satisfying.
Treble is smooth, polished and overall well-balanced with regards to the rest of the FR.
With it off, it reminds me of the Fan 2... Just better in every way.
I am going to let it burn-in longer and listen further before saying more but do not sleep on this one folks.

There's recently been some questions regarding the Fan 3's BC driver implementation.
Whether the BC is an actual bone conductor or whether it's a placebo, I honestly do not care!
To me, it absolutely does not matter what the technical aspects of what drivers are doing what.
This set is not about that; certainly not a detail monster - instead, it hangs it's hat on being engaging and emotionally accessible.

I dig the heck outta this thing because it is doing something unique and different than the rest of my collection and is an enjoyable, fun listen.
Long live the FUN 3...
Stoked!

Bravo, @Penon!
 
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Aug 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM Post #14,735 of 16,371
Cross-post from Discovery Thread:

OOTB impressions of Fan 3: This one is gonna be special, y'all.
The 3D spatial stuff is already evident even prior to full burn-in.
With the BC switch on, it has a pleasing spaciousness, liquidity and floatiness to the mids that is really addictive!
The bass is nicely textured and oh-so satisfying.
Treble is smooth, polished and overall well-balanced with regards to the rest of the FR.
With it off, it reminds me of the Fan 2... Just better.
Certainly not a detail monster, it hangs it's hat squarely on being engaging and emotionally accessible.
I am going to let it burn-in longer and listen further before commenting more but do not sleep on this one folks.

There's recently been some questions regarding the Fan 3's BC driver implementation.
Whether the BC is an actual bone conductor or whether it's a placebo, I honestly do not care!
To me, it absolutely does not matter what the technical aspects of what drivers are doing what.
This set is not about that.
I dig the heck outta this thing because it is doing something unique and different than the rest of my collection and is an enjoyable, good listen.
Stoked!
Bravo, @Penon!
Nice impressions. I'm looking forward to mine. Should be a day or few behind you.
 
Aug 15, 2024 at 11:51 PM Post #14,737 of 16,371
Absolutely love the Fan 3!
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Review here.

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/penon-fan-3.27435/reviews
 
Aug 16, 2024 at 12:28 AM Post #14,738 of 16,371
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So the Rival will include the latest modular white colored version of the Totem. I think Penon will throw in a few Rhodium balanced plugs just for good measure. As good as this IEM will sound including the Totem with Rhodium plugs will just add that much more to how spacious, technical and fluid this new flagship will sound.

This IEM will probably be the most shape shifting versatile tunable IEM in the market by a long shot. The combination of trebles, mids and bass adjustment ability is staggering. I heard it comes with an instruction manual that you have to study. LOL!

Penon is not done with Bone Conduction. Not by a long shot. If you think about it Penon has always had spacious sounding IEMs I mean when was the last time you heard a real intimate canned staged Penon made IEM, they all have a good stage to them mostly above average in presentation, if not just flat-out large sounding but I think it took Bone Conduction to fully realize what they were shooting for. Makes a lot of sense. For the guys just getting the Fan3 congratulations on your purchase. If you didn't get in on one of the absolute best deals of the year for one of the most unique sounding hybrids in the market today. Don't know what to tell you.

I for one am extremely excited for the possibilities of the Rival. I will be getting a set and will post my thoughts on them here.

And another set that has yet to be announced. Like I said Penon is not done with Bone Conduction.
 
Aug 16, 2024 at 4:46 AM Post #14,740 of 16,371
The price of RIVAL is eye-watering
 
Aug 16, 2024 at 5:59 AM Post #14,742 of 16,371
Aug 16, 2024 at 6:48 AM Post #14,745 of 16,371
I'm not kidding. It's the actual price of Rival.
 

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