Congratulations!!!My Mentor has arrived! (1 day shipping from@MusicTeck ). Dopamine levels are high. This is my first Unique Melody IEM. The unboxing was pretty standard.
Excited to give this a spin later
The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.
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aakashk
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Hey! Sorry I missed this note earlier, was away. An audio meet-up is always in the books, we just need to decide when and where
Most of us are going to be there at the Headphone Connect on 25th, but something can be planned before/after that as well. Keep us posted on your arrival to Delhi and we can try to plan something What Say @Ace Bee @gadgetgod @Visveswaran Umashankar ??
I'm always in, but I doubt I can make 25th February. Sometimes before or after will be better...weekdays preferable. Even if I cannot make the meet, I will anyway meet @drftr separately for sure.Hey! Sorry I missed this note earlier, was away. An audio meet-up is always in the books, we just need to decide when and where
What Say @Ace Bee @gadgetgod @Visveswaran Umashankar ??
aakashk
Head-Fier
Same here. I'd love to catch up with @drftr regardless of the Headphone Connect
Splendid evening getting "Mentored" 
I had the chance to demo this in the past through @Rockwell75 / Musicteck tour with the N8ii.
I missed this type of sound. It is mid bass leaning with weighty mids. The sweet, lush vocals are Trailliesque. The difference between the two is that Mentor has a sharper transient response, more powerful dynamics and boosted treble energy. This treble energy is a small con. I'll come back to this later.
Mentor also has a circular deeper soundstage where the Trailliis is wide. The imaging as I had mentioned in the past is quite remarkable. While listening to Above and Beyonds "Sirens of the Sea", synth notes were appearing towards me like the intro of Star Wars.
Overall, this might be the most technical IEM I have come across. The RS8 (compared to the N8ii) gave it a warmer flavour. The transients were more diffused, cloudy and smoothed out. There was less of a stark separation between instruments. Most electronic / classical / jazz / acoustics played back well.
A minor gripe (going back to the treble tuning) is that female vocals could sometimes hiss during S' and connecting synth punches during house / EDM music walked the line of being bright. It might be this specific pairing but for those energetic genres I would prefer the playback on the XE6, Traillii / Impact
I had the chance to demo this in the past through @Rockwell75 / Musicteck tour with the N8ii.
I missed this type of sound. It is mid bass leaning with weighty mids. The sweet, lush vocals are Trailliesque. The difference between the two is that Mentor has a sharper transient response, more powerful dynamics and boosted treble energy. This treble energy is a small con. I'll come back to this later.
Mentor also has a circular deeper soundstage where the Trailliis is wide. The imaging as I had mentioned in the past is quite remarkable. While listening to Above and Beyonds "Sirens of the Sea", synth notes were appearing towards me like the intro of Star Wars.
Overall, this might be the most technical IEM I have come across. The RS8 (compared to the N8ii) gave it a warmer flavour. The transients were more diffused, cloudy and smoothed out. There was less of a stark separation between instruments. Most electronic / classical / jazz / acoustics played back well.
A minor gripe (going back to the treble tuning) is that female vocals could sometimes hiss during S' and connecting synth punches during house / EDM music walked the line of being bright. It might be this specific pairing but for those energetic genres I would prefer the playback on the XE6, Traillii / Impact
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Final A5000 - amazing at this price!!!
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Another fun fact about micarta,
Some micarta (not all) glows under black light's
Some micarta (not all) glows under black light's
More great news everyone...Ben from FatFreq just let me know they'll soon be sending me a MaestroSE and Maestro Mini for tour. Exciting!
Edit: Whoops this was meant for the tour thread.
Edit: Whoops this was meant for the tour thread.
Xinlisupreme
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You want me dead, definetly!
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Regarding the estat vs ba and @drftr. My take is estat is too new to the table to really establish which is better. Much like when turbos were first brought into the auto industry there was a learning curve and some would say we are still learning. That said, knowles is introducing new high frequency drivers aimed directly at estats, fun times.
Have you tried the Knowles KN2 at CES in January?
I'm very much aware it's using Knowles new proprietary BA drivers to handle the upper frequency.
I'm excited to see how this technology will unfold in our high-end audiophile industry.
drftr
Headphoneus Supremus
Even the colours of Noble IEMs have great timbre! When I do an extreme zoom it's like somebody knitted the shell! Truly fantastic.Another fun fact about micarta,
Some micarta (not all) glows under black light's
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Portable turntables are making a comeback actually!Gotta love Sony design:
Though RIP if you have a cat.
I have to say, plugging in my headphones in the audio output (not its intended purpose but it works well) of the Soundburger makes for a really pleasurable, luscious and dynamically rich listening experience
We definitely have to create a Rockwell75 for Europeans...
Try living in Africa...We definitely have to create a Rockwell75 for Europeans...
