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Aug 13, 2021 at 10:43 AM Post #2,551 of 88,440
Is Percivali discontinued?!?
Should be a new model in the same price range.

I think Traillii replaced Perci as the flagship. By the looks of the teaser it's not a flagship release (which I'm grateful for)...I would love to see something at the ~$1.5K level from them.
 
Aug 13, 2021 at 10:57 AM Post #2,552 of 88,440
So you think something near Crassi…
 
Aug 13, 2021 at 11:15 AM Post #2,553 of 88,440
@Rockwell75 tasting Elys with N3Pro on UL mode.

I think are even better than M8 combo.

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Aug 13, 2021 at 1:42 PM Post #2,554 of 88,440
Aug 13, 2021 at 3:13 PM Post #2,555 of 88,440
I think this is one of the best version I have ever listen.
Listening with an iem with good and warm mids is absolutely fantastic.

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Aug 13, 2021 at 4:30 PM Post #2,556 of 88,440
My Oriolus Crassi and Pw Audio no.10 8 wire for sale in the classifieds 😎
 
Aug 13, 2021 at 5:28 PM Post #2,558 of 88,440
I’d wait more burnin before sell it
 
Aug 13, 2021 at 6:12 PM Post #2,559 of 88,440
It is just hard to beat a good cable, but they can be a tad expensive. About a month ago, I was at the crossroads of buying a new expensive IEM or a new expensive cable.
I like my PW audio cables so I went to the cable forum and the PW Audio thread. I asked the other cable junkies there the choice question. If you could have only one cable, what would it be? Every member that answered said the 1950s PW cable. It was my feeling as well.
After it arrived from Andrew at Musicteck, it sat idle for a couple of weeks, then its break-in week arrived. I paired it with a decent IEM, ThieAudio Monarch. The Monarch had not been fully broken in, only around 25 hours. It sounded ok, but never wowed me. I cranked up the break in system and let her fly. About 20 hours later, I inserted Monarch and was instantly blown away. It sourness like live music played on instruments I was very familiar with, piano and trumpet. They got a bit more than 100 hours before I had to disconnect and head for the beach. Break in amp is the 789 Drop amp. the most boringly neutral amp I have.
With this in mind, I expected great sounds from my M8 and the PW/Monarch delivered.
 
Aug 13, 2021 at 10:50 PM Post #2,561 of 88,440
Aug 14, 2021 at 1:20 AM Post #2,564 of 88,440
It is just hard to beat a good cable, but they can be a tad expensive. About a month ago, I was at the crossroads of buying a new expensive IEM or a new expensive cable.
I like my PW audio cables so I went to the cable forum and the PW Audio thread. I asked the other cable junkies there the choice question. If you could have only one cable, what would it be? Every member that answered said the 1950s PW cable. It was my feeling as well.
After it arrived from Andrew at Musicteck, it sat idle for a couple of weeks, then its break-in week arrived. I paired it with a decent IEM, ThieAudio Monarch. The Monarch had not been fully broken in, only around 25 hours. It sounded ok, but never wowed me. I cranked up the break in system and let her fly. About 20 hours later, I inserted Monarch and was instantly blown away. It sourness like live music played on instruments I was very familiar with, piano and trumpet. They got a bit more than 100 hours before I had to disconnect and head for the beach. Break in amp is the 789 Drop amp. the most boringly neutral amp I have.
With this in mind, I expected great sounds from my M8 and the PW/Monarch delivered.
I think Monarch are the best iems in its price range.
 
Aug 14, 2021 at 1:23 AM Post #2,565 of 88,440
I think Monarch are the best iems in its price range.
Almost zero midbass and lower mids warmth.. Mr. Rockwell would hate that! 😆
Very good on symphonic music though.
 
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