[twister6]

With so many people used to me sharing mega-kilobuck iems and dap reviews, it's probably weird to see me to post a chi-fi review. We know @ddHiFi are well known for their accessories, yet, not too many are familiar with their IEMs, Janus model. The latest Janus 3 iteration is actually pretty good for $100 plus change and then it scales up with their optional companion M120B digital cable with a built in dac. You can get that cable in mmcx or 2pin and with either usb-c or lightning termination. I also included a separate pair up section with a handful of mmcx IEMs I have access to, and it makes IT07 and Solaris '20 and Solaris '23 shine! The funny thing, someone was just talking about spending close to $200 to get a pair of eartips, while here you can get a pair of IEMs with custom eartips, accessories, modular cable, and a digital cable for the same price But anyway, for those who are interested, enjoy the read.

 

[jwilliamhurst]

What does it sound closest to in terms of tone and balance compared to other IEMs you've heard? Rn6?

This is a great question…I know I’m not @Rockwell75 but having owned Perpetua for some time, I would say As far as balance it prob leans closest to Rn6 but I would say due to Perpetua’s linearity, that it’s an even more balanced, refined sound. Definitely more coherent.

Tonality sounds more natural to my ear than Rn6 but I prefer Perpetua tonality over Traillii/Phonix le. I haven’t heard an iem to rival tonality and timbre of Perpetua IMO…YMMV

 

[timeslip]

Spent a fair amount of time away from this combo. Started listening to them last night, and the "Wow" factor hit me all over again!

What were you listening to instead?

 

[Rockwell75]

What does it sound closest to in terms of tone and balance compared to other IEMs you've heard? Rn6?

It's flat-ish with a dash of energy up top. It's hard to compare to anything else really. More prominent and better bass texture than the RN6, though I've only really spent time with that IEM with the red filter. Timbre is shockingly good. Going from the Fei Wan to the Perpetua this morning and the DD goodness in the mids was overwhelmingly apparent to my ears.

 

[fiascogarcia]

What were you listening to instead?

I kind of like to rotate my iems about a week at a time. I think it continually gives me a fresh appreciation for the iems that I have. Honestly the last week I spent a lot of time with the Bravura. Not really a headphone guy, but I’ve been very impressed and it has a small footprint compared to desktop systems.

 

[RonaldS86]

Why so expensive in Indonesia?

I can only blame the customs
Only the customs cost around 70 usd

I kind of like to rotate my iems about a week at a time. I think it continually gives me a fresh appreciation for the iems that I have. Honestly the last week I spent a lot of time with the Bravura. Not really a headphone guy, but I’ve been very impressed and it has a small footprint compared to desktop systems.

Now that you say it, I wonder why I don't see "IEMus Supremus" title here

 

[ColdsnapBry]

What are my options if I'm looking for an earbud style iem, meaning a iem that doesn't go over ear. For example Final Audio and Sennheiser ie800?

 

[warrenpchi]

That's a great set, a bunch on my SD! Just listened to extended mix of Getting Away With It!

White China

Ultravox was forgotten.

Ooh yes, Ultravox! Thanks for the reminder!

Shogun?

Or maybe Daimyo is better

I really like both of those! Given hierarchy, I'd imagine either of those could be a future Ronin successor?

If one goes way back, they would know I was responsible for the Tzar 90 & the Tsar 350 maybe 13 years ago.

So using the Tsar name (& I like it) would not be unique.

But yes, it is true.... options are running thin

Great minds think alike! Man, that was like Head-Fi lifetimes ago... I bet Romy has one (or both) of those.

Still, beats browsing a long list in alphabetical order for me. One could ask it to group into 4-5 categories for example, so doesn't go very granular.

I'm pretty sure @Rockwell75 is fine with you digesting the list however you like?

I don't want her to know how much I have spend on my toys. She never notice that I have new stuff too. I change my DAP from N8ii with bright red Dignis case to N30 AP with grey case and I bet she's oblivious

Oh trust me, she's noticed something like that. She probably just wants you to be happy - she is letting you take off to CanJam Sg right before Hari after all.

As for expenses, there is no problem, but recently she started reading the forum. I wake up on Sunday and my wife is missing, Ibasso and the mentor are also gone.

HAHAHA, THAT IS AWESOME!

So after I spend US$159 for 2 box of Baroque eartips, I end up prefer my trusty Spiral Dot++ for my Jewel
I think it's because the silicon on Baroque are too thin so I feel the music sounds leaner
What about you guys?

I definitely prefer the Baroque tips, but it's a pain in the ass to get them right now as they are sold out here in the States.

I've really gained a lot of respect for RN6 - it's a great fun iem for me and not trying to sound "correct"; more-so than just trying to be live sounding and engaging. In a way, it's Fir's take on the Z1R with better mids. If Z1R did not exist, I'd likely want to have RN6 in my roster

Yeah, it's a bit of a honey badger in that regard. It really doesn't care about what people might want it to be. It just wants to have a good time, and is happy to take us along for the ride.

The funny thing, someone was just talking about spending close to $200 to get a pair of eartips, while here you can get a pair of IEMs with custom eartips, accessories, modular cable, and a digital cable for the same price But anyway, for those who are interested, enjoy the read.

Can you imagine how different things would be if something like that had come out maybe eight years ago? The resulting alternate history would be completely unrecognizable to us now.

I know I’m not @Rockwell75

 

[zikarus]

Watercooler desert island albums.

Above & Beyond - Tri-State
Above & Beyond Group Therapy - Sirens Of The Sea
AC/DC : Back in Black
Aes Dana - Jetlag Corporation
Agnes Obel - Aventine
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Alphaville - Forever Young
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Andris Nelsons - Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 12 - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works II
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Armin van Buuren - Mirage
Arne Domnérus, Bengt Hallberg, Lars Erstrand, Georg Riedel, Egil Johansen - Jazz at the Pawnshop
Autechre - Confield
Bach - Brandenberg Concertos (Pinnock)
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Anthology
Beatles - Anthology
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Beatles - White album
Beatles--Abbey Road
Beethoven Symphony collection
Berj Zamkochian, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
Beyries - Landing
Bill Evans - Complete Village Vanguard sessions
Bill Evans trio- Waltz for Debby
Biosphere - Substrata
Biosphere - Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera
Björk - Homogenic
Bjork - Post
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Boldy James - Bo Jackson
Boris + Merzbow - Rock Dream
Boston - Boston
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Brothers Osbourne Port Saint Joe
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen--Live 1975-85
BRYAN ADAMS : Reckless
Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls
Buena vista social club
Camellia - U.U.F.O
Caravan Palace - Robot Face
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper
Carbon Based Lifeforms - World Of Sleepers
Caroline Polocek - Pang
Carpenter Brut - Trilogy
Casiopea - CASIOPEA
Casiopea - Casiopea Live (Live at The Ryogoku Kokugikan Tokyo, April 1985)
Cassandra wilson- another country
Cassiopea - Mint Jams
Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music
Chemical Brothers - Don't Think
Clannad - Banba
Clarence Clarity - No Now
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Coldplay - X&
CRANBERRIES : No need to argue
Crouching Tiger, HIdden Dragon - Soundtrack
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Daft Punk - Discovery
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Daft Punk - Random Access Memory
Daft Punk- random access memory
Dan Terminus - The Wrath of Code
Dana Gillespie - It Belongs to Me
Danny Brown + Jpegmafia - Scaring the Hoes
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie Honky Dory
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
Deepchord - Auratones
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Depeche Mode - Violator
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Dire Straits - On every street
DIRE STRAITS Love over gold
Django Django - st
Dylan--Biograph
Eagles - Hell freezes over-
Eagles - Hotel California
Earth Wind Fire- now then forever
Eddie Higgins Trio - Ballad & Standard Higgins
Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild OST
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton--Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Ennio Morricone Hits
Eric clapton - unplugged
Eric Clapton--Crossroads Box Set
Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
Evgeny Kissin - The Chopin Collection
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Farhang Sharif - Sheydaye Man
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
FLEETWOOD MAC : Rumours
Fleetwood Mac- rumours
Fleetwood Mac--Rumours
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Fourplay - The Best of Fourplay (2020 Remastered)
Fran - Leaving
Francis Harris - Leland
Genesis - Turn It On Again
George Michael - Faith
Gino Vannelli - Black Cars
Giuseppe Ottaviani - Evolver
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞
Grateful Dead--Cornell 5/8/1977
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
GUNSHIP - Dark All Day
Hall and Oats Rock and Soul part 1
Hans Zimmer - LIVE
Hans Zimmer - The Art & Soul Of Dune
Hello Meteor - The Glowing Final Cut
Ilan Bluestone - Impulse
Illenium - Ashes, Awake
Infected Mushroom - Converting Vegeterians II
J. S. Bach, René Jacobs & RIAS Kammerchor - Motetten
Jagjit Singh - Hare Kirshna
Jaqulen de pure - Elgar Cello, Bach Cello suite-BBC Symphony
Jean-Michel Jarre - Waiting for Cousteau
Jesper Kyd - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla : Sons of the great North.
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
John Barry - Dances With Wolves
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess - An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
Jon Hopkins - Meditation
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Kanye West - Graduation
Kate Bush - Never For Ever
Katie Pruitt - Expectations
Kauan - Sorni Nai
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
King Crimson - Discipline
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Kunzel / Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Lady Black Bird Black acid Soul
Land Del Rey - Norman F'ing Rockwell
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Led Zeppelin - Remasters box set
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin--Mothership
Lemon Jelly - Lemonjelly.ky
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory, Meteora
Linkin Park - Meteora
London Grammer - if you wait
MADONNA : Like a prayer
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Iván Fischer / Budapest Festival Orchestra
Mark Lettieri - Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Melody Gardot - My one & only thrill
Melody Gardot- my one and only thrill
Merzbow - Pulse Demon
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica + SFO LIVE BEST - ギルガメッシュ
Michael Gielen Vol. 6, Mahler - Complete Symphonies
Michael Jackson - Bad
Michael Jackson - HIStory
Michael Jackson - HIStory, past, present, future: Book 1-
Michael Jackson - Thriller
MICHAEL JACKSON : Thriller
Mike Oldfield - Discovery
Mike Oldfield - The Songs Of Distant Earth
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis. - Kind of Blue
Mint Jams - Casiopea
Mitsuko Uchida - Mozart: The Piano Sonatas
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antartica
Mumford & Sons - Delta
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Nicolas Jaar - Pomegranates
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy 7 OST
Norah Jones - Begin Again
Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Ólafur Arnalds & Alice Sara Ott - The Chopin Project
One Dove - Morning Dove White
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
OPIUO - Omniversal
Orbital - Sniviliization
Ours - Distorted Lullabies
PARAMORE : Paramore ( Deluxe edition )
Patricia Taxxon - Gloria
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pearl Jam - Vs.
PEARL JAM : Ten
Pendulum - Immersion
Perturbator - I Am The Night (Remaster)
Peter Gabriel Live Blood
Philip Glass - The Hours OST
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Pulse
Pink Floyd - The wall
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd- dark side of the moon
Pixies - Doolittle
Plaid - Not For Threes
Plaid - Not for Threes
PM Dawn - The Bliss Album
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Prince - Sign O’ The Times
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Billy Joel- The Stranger
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Anitta - Versions of Me
R.E.M. - Murmur
Rush - Moving Pictures
Prince--Purple Rain
Pulp - This is Hardcoare
Purity Rings - Another Eternity
Purity Rings - WOMB
Queen Greatest hits
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - OK Computer
Rafael Payare - Mahler - Symphony No. 5 - Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Reb Fountain - Isis
Rebirth Brass Band-Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits Compilation
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Rolling Stones - Hot Licks
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Bloom
Ryan Adams Gold
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 1996
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
Secede - Tryshasla
SG Lewis - AudioLust & HigherLove
Shawn Mullins Souls Core revival
Shostakovich: The Complete String Quartets - Borodin Quartet
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
Silverson Pickups - Widow's Weeds
SIMPLE MINDS : Once Upon a Time
Sithu AyeS&M - Set Course for Andromeda
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Smokehouse - Cadillac in the Swamp
Snarky Puppy - Empire Central
Snarky Puppy - Empire Central
Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Steely Dan - A Decade of Steely Dan
Steely Dan Aja
Stevie Ray Vaugh-Double Trouble
Strokes - Is This It
Strokes - Room on Fire
SUPERTRAMP : Breakfast in America
Swallow The Sun - Songs from the North I, II & III
System of a Down - Mesmerize
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Tan Dun - Hero OST
TDCC - Tourist History
Tears For Fears - The Collectio
The Assassination of Julius CaesarUlver
The Beatles - White Album
The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle...
The Jam - Compact SnapLily’s- Eccsame the Photon Band
The Killers - Hot Fuss
The xx - xx
Thomas Bergersen - Miracles
Tiësto - In Search Of Sunrise... 1?
Tom Waits - Alice
Tool - Fear Inoculum
Trombone Shorty - for true
Twenty One Pilots - TRENCH
U2 - A & B Sides
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Vector Lovers - Vector Lovers
Vincent Amigo - Un Momento en el Sonido
Who - Who's Next
William Basinski - Disintegration Loops
Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
XTC - The Big Express
Yagya - Rigning
YMO - Technodelic
Yosi Horikawa - Spaces
Yotto - Hyperfall

Now that the dust has settled, I still wonder about all the stuff that is missing?

No Love (Forever Changes), no Pogues, no Beach Boys, no Felice Brothers, no Replacements, no Hüsker Dü, no Herbie Hancock, no Wayne Shorter, no Aretha Franklin, almost no Mahler and Billy Joel (Songs In The Attic).... to name just a few that come to mind instantly...

Something will be missing on this island, even if we all could meet each other there....

 

[osocan]

Now that the dust has settled, I still wonder about all the stuff that is missing?

No Love (Forever Changes), no Pogues, no Beach Boys, no Felice Brothers, no Replacements, no Hüsker Dü, no Herbie Hancock, no Wayne Shorter, no Aretha Franklin, almost no Mahler and Billy Joel.... to name just a few that come to mind instantly...

Something will be missing on this island, even if we all could meet each other there....

No Elvis too ... well, /shrug/ I supposed he has already left the building

 

[MaggotBrain]

I think the album as a format is part of the issue with the non-completeness (I don’t think that’s a word but you know what I mean). Lot of the great soul singers of the 60s would have albums as afterthoughts - Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye are two of the best singers of all time bar none - but it wasn’t until the 70s that Marvin put out complete albums and Sam wasn’t around for the album era. I would look to a lot of the box sets (Motowns 40th, the Stax Singles, James Brown Star Time) for better representation from that period.

 

[warrenpchi]

Maybe Top Ten Artists? And we'd have to coordinate as to avoid duplications.

 

[emdeevee]

Maybe Top Ten Artists? And we'd have to coordinate as to avoid duplications.

Or a top ten test track from each of your ten albums.

 

[haci]

I'm pretty sure @Rockwell75 is fine with you digesting the list however you like?

Obviously I can do whatever I like with it. That's not the point. Trying to create some more public utility here by suggesting a way that I think would benefit most others.

 

[emdeevee]

It's got a beautiful balance of both imho. Lack of sufficient mid-bass oomph/presence is one of my primary deal breakers and the Perpetua does it just right. The signature on the whole is very mature and refined but still very enthralling and engaging-- it's a great DD based pallette cleanser sort of IEM.

How does Singularity compare with Perpetua?