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Hi, Where can I read review of TSMR Land and TSMR Spark? Is this brand a new company?
Absolutely loving this album today:
Very rhythmic and cyclical Kora playing with strong L/R channel separation. Listening to this from my MX64 ear buds stage feels wider than Traillii but with exceptional DD timbre.
Edit: very glad you enjoyed the Traillii, I remember my first time...it was special!![]()
I Totally agree my friend.PSA-- acknowledging that there is a difference between "Eastern (ie., Chifi)" tuning and "western" tuning in IEMs does not make one a racist or imply racism. It has been a very useful distinction for me to make when it comes to trying to understand different people's tuning and listening preferences and where they are coming from when commenting on an IEM. I first encountered the idea a couple years ago on Discord when I was told emphatically and conclusively that the IER Z1R was a superior IEM to the Campfire Solaris because the former "makes my JPOP & KPOP sound better". A lot of what it boils down to I think is that much Western music (rock, rap, rhythm & blues, jazz, funk etc. etc.) has its DNA in the mid-bass & lower mids. Conversely a lot of Eastern music (JPOP, KPOP etc.) has much of its DNA in the upper mids/lower treble...and these different ideals are clearly reflected in different tunings of various IEMs. To clinch the point, at the time I first heard them both my preference was for the Solaris in large part due to its increased mid-bass presence and that the Z1R veered into shoutiness for me at times (Creedence Clearwater Revival is a great example of where this can often happen).
Here is a great article on the matter.
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Ballake’s album Djourou is simply astounding with the Bird and 1A.Absolutely loving this album today:
Edit: Looks like it does not support playback on other websites...
For those interested -
Toumani Diabaté with Ballaké Sissoko - New Ancient Strings
Very rhythmic and cyclical Kora playing with strong L/R channel separation. Listening to this from my MX64 ear buds stage feels wider than Traillii but with exceptional DD timbre.
Edit 2: very glad you enjoyed the Traillii, I remember my first time...it was special!![]()
Ballake’s album Djourou is simply astounding with the Bird and 1A.
PSA-- acknowledging that there is a difference between "Eastern (ie., Chifi)" tuning and "western" tuning in IEMs does not make one a racist or imply racism. It has been a very useful distinction for me to make when it comes to trying to understand different people's tuning and listening preferences and where they are coming from when commenting on an IEM. I first encountered the idea a couple years ago on Discord when I was told emphatically and conclusively that the IER Z1R was a superior IEM to the Campfire Solaris because the former "makes my JPOP & KPOP sound better". A lot of what it boils down to I think is that much Western music (rock, rap, rhythm & blues, jazz, funk etc. etc.) has its DNA in the mid-bass & lower mids. Conversely a lot of Eastern music (JPOP, KPOP etc.) has much of its DNA in the upper mids/lower treble...and these different ideals are clearly reflected in different tunings of various IEMs.
IEMs tuned in the "western" direction often can sound "muddy" to those who prefer a more eastern tuning, and conversely IEMs tuned in the "eastern" direction can sound shouty and fatiguing up top (and somewhat thin down low) to those who prefer a more western tuning. At the time I first heard both the Solaris & Z1R back to back my ultimate preference was for the Solaris at the time in large part due to its increased mid-bass presence and that the Z1R veered into shoutiness for me at times (Creedence Clearwater Revival is a great example of where this can often happen).
Here is a great article on the matter.
Me as universal recipient AB blood type:PSA-- acknowledging that there is a difference between "Eastern (ie., Chifi)" tuning and "western" tuning in IEMs does not make one a racist or imply racism. It has been a very useful distinction for me to make when it comes to trying to understand different people's tuning and listening preferences and where they are coming from when commenting on an IEM. I first encountered the idea a couple years ago on Discord when I was told emphatically and conclusively that the IER Z1R was a superior IEM to the Campfire Solaris because the former "makes my JPOP & KPOP sound better". A lot of what it boils down to I think is that much Western music (rock, rap, rhythm & blues, jazz, funk etc. etc.) has its DNA in the mid-bass & lower mids. Conversely a lot of Eastern music (JPOP, KPOP etc.) has much of its DNA in the upper mids/lower treble...and these different ideals are clearly reflected in different tunings of various IEMs.
IEMs tuned in the "western" direction often can sound "muddy" to those who prefer a more eastern tuning, and conversely IEMs tuned in the "eastern" direction can sound shouty and fatiguing up top (and somewhat thin down low) to those who prefer a more western tuning. At the time I first heard both the Solaris & Z1R back to back my ultimate preference was for the Solaris at the time in large part due to its increased mid-bass presence and that the Z1R veered into shoutiness for me at times (Creedence Clearwater Revival is a great example of where this can often happen).
Here is a great article on the matter.
Man, you have a sexy exotic tasteAbsolutely loving this album today:
Edit: Looks like it does not support playback on other websites...
For those interested -
Toumani Diabaté with Ballaké Sissoko - New Ancient Strings
Very rhythmic and cyclical Kora playing with strong L/R channel separation. Listening to this from my MX64 ear buds stage feels wider than Traillii but with exceptional DD timbre.
Edit 2: very glad you enjoyed the Traillii, I remember my first time...it was special!![]()
But making assumptions about one's musical tastes and preferences based purely on their race and ethnicity, and subsequently assigning worth to their opinions, that is absolutely racism.
I've been on the receiving end of that manner of racism for years and still goes on today despite me laying out my playlists on the table. "He's Asian with Asian tastes so his opinion on <insert Western IEM here> shouldn't be taken seriously." And that's disregarding the fact that my music library consists of traditional "Western" genres like hip-hop, soul, groove, jazz, disco, RnB, rock, and not to forget the ocassional Top-40 hits from America.
Is the concept itself racist? No. Do people use it to fulfil racist agendas? Absolutely.
Responding to the bolded part-- nothing I have said, written or implied has been based on your ethnicity and race. All my conclusions about anything do to with your professional work & the opinions, preferences and biases that motivate it has been gleaned from 1) taking in your impressions & rankings over the course of a couple years, 2) listening to your IEM, the Dusk and 3) observing your "target curve" as posted on your graph data base, especially as it relates to the Dusk.
RE 1) The IER Z1R, the IEM you are most publicly associated with, has a decidedly eastern tuning, which I have often noted and described as the primary reason I don't own one anymore.
RE 2) The IEM you helped tuned, the Dusk, (which I think can be taken as some sort of "statement piece") has a decidedly Eastern tuning.
RE 3) Given how closely the FR of your published target curve resembles that of the Dusk and taking in 1) I find it quite a logical conclusions that your tastes, at least in part, fall decidedly on the "Eastern" end of the spectrum.