They're all very different-- what sort of metric do you want compared with them?
For example on a scale of reference -> musical I'd personally place them as follows.
Jewel > Ragnar > Traillii > Mentor > Odyssey
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They're all very different-- what sort of metric do you want compared with them?
For example on a scale of reference -> musical I'd personally place them as follows.
Jewel > Ragnar > Traillii > Mentor > Odyssey
Now I get it. I thought that being warmer, Mentor was less clear and vivid than Traillii. I listened to UM MKII and remember it was a warm and harmonious sound, with a good body. But she lost a lot of clarity, sharpness, compared to Traillii. It seemed as if there was a large cloth between the orchestra and the listener. A veil that made him lose his reality.
Is the scale of preference based on YOUR way of listening?
If you’re looking for that sort of brighter and crystal clear sound then I feel something like Jewel is more along those lines than Mentor or Traillii.
By eye ..... it seems that your ranking goes from the iem that sounds clearer and more vivid (preference for the high range ..... and upper midrange) and ends with a softer sounding iem with a more low range. present compared to the top 3 of your ranking.
Ragnar is the clearest, sharpest and most vivid of the bunch.
I think FOR ME, jewel has a slight excess in the high and mid-high range compared to Traillii which I find a little more balanced. I really like Traillii. To make it "perfect" to MY way of listening, I would like (starting from Traillii) a little more low range (I really like the ISA one to make you understand ....). And I'd like Traillii with a little more midrange body. Without upsetting anything else.
In fact, I seemed to understand this by reading the impressions on Ragnar. I think he's not for me. Traillii I find it clear and shiny in a very correct way. The way I listen, of course.
It is a coincidence ..... or the preference goes from the clearest and brightest iem (Ragnar ...) to the one with the most low range (Odyssey). In the sense: The preference therefore goes in the direction of the pleasantness and quality of the high range.
Thank youLeica is pure, for sure.
Love the lighting and shadows in the last shot.
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It varies. Jewel is quintessentially balanced-- bass, mids and treble are all in their individual glory as much as I've heard on an IEM. Ragnar continues with a subdued bass response (possibly just a bit more) but places more emphasis on the upper mids and highs. Traillii tones down the upper mids and adds more bass (which I instinctively associate with musicality. Mentor has more of an obvious bass emphasis but with still very present and clear mids. Odyssey is the darkest IEM of the bunch. That's about all I can say from memory at the point and I stand to be corrected on anything. In general you are quite right that an increase in bass presence is often correlates strongly with a perception of musicality.
Edit btw I meant no "value judgement" above when I ranked the IEMs from musical to reference-- I was not implying that any of them are objectively better or worse than any other-- I was just placing them on a spectrum that might make it easier for some to decide which one is for them.
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