Seeing Yatono and Shirogane on the "inventory list" for Amsterdam, so that could work. Hopefully Chiron shows up as well as it has the same effect for bass and treble. VE10 can probably take a little beating in the mids so those 3 might do the trick. Perhaps a spicy otherwise neutral DAP could do the same.
Rhapsodio Supreme V3? probably haven't heard it. i still wouldn't mind hearing your opinion on a new piece of gear. Trifecta maybe? i know its 3DD. as far as i understand, its three DD's, but they are not assigning to different frequencies. rather, they "fire" in unison. it behaves and has similar characteristics of 1DD. really appreciate all the info you provide. imo, the more of your input you share in videos, the better!
660,000 yen. Which by current USD exchange rates is...what, about tree fiddy?@Sajid Amit There's also the extreme Rosenkranz Silver and Gold IEMs from Japan @Junmoe62 demoed a few months ago. Pretty sure there won't be many buyers, but they may be extremely interesting for yourself.
drftr
I've been legit spoiled by the excellent yen/usd conversion rates. Just ordered these as a surprise gift for my wife (they're the same specs Bayonetta wears in the latest game):
I've been legit spoiled by the excellent yen/usd conversion rates. Just ordered these as a surprise gift for my wife (they're the same specs Bayonetta wears in the latest game):
Came out to about less than 300 shipped, which seems like a bargain for a designer set of frames. I can't imagine dropping that much on IEMs but I figure if you were looking to, now's the time before the rate likely dips in the coming months.
Great write-up, and that is an awesome looking Ti lineup in your images!
If its sound quality matches its 6,600 usd price range for 18k gold that’s really not bad.@Sajid Amit There's also the extreme Rosenkranz Silver and Gold IEMs from Japan @Junmoe62 demoed a few months ago. Pretty sure there won't be many buyers, but they may be extremely interesting for yourself.
drftr
Good question wondering the same I did not know there was a difference
Did you find any cable that kept the treble the same/made it smoother while firming up subbass a lil?
OOOOOOF right after I ordered my Red/Black Bird too. Worse timing everTiTANS - The Creator and The Bird
Hi Coolers! Hope you’re all doing well! So recently, I had the chance to demo two of the highly sought out Oriolus Traillii Ti and Fitear Creator (DC Ti), thanks to the super kind and beloved whale Indonesian cooler member @RonaldS86 ! I’m so thankful and grateful for his generosity lending me these two wonderful IEMs! Thanks again bro!
Y’all might know me as I pop up here and there, but let me just re-state what I use daily and which gears I owned. I’ve used a couple of IEMs previously, but the ones that really had my heart were, Fitear TG334 (Old Ver.), Oriolus Traillii (Yes, the famous “Black & Red” edition that y’all got from Musicteck or anywhere else, that’s originally my design and yes, I’m still so proud of it, also yes, you’re welcome! P.S. Hey Oriolus, I still see that you often use my Traillii design these days for Chinese exhibitions and all that, so where’s my commission huh? Hahaha!), Aroma Audio Fei Wan (Yes the black and gold design, yes many people are also using that design, so still waiting for my commission from Aroma too! LMAO just kidding, please don’t ban me), and now I daily drive Subtonic STORM and Elysian Annihilator Ti 2023 paired with iBasso 320MAX Ti.
My library consists of Female Vocals, Pop, J-Pop, K-pop, K-Indie, K-Hip Hop, C-Pop, Indo Pop, Hip-Hop, Metal, Rock, EDM, Electronic, Jazz, Classical.
My default test track: Baek Yerin – Square (2017)
P.S. My English, writing skill and photography skill is downright terrible. But I will try to better myself one step at a time!
The Bird Ti (US$8,500) [Traillii Ti > W89 4W (Stock) > Azla Sedna Earfit Standard > iBasso 320MAX Ti]
Okay, I can’t lie that this is an IEM that I’ve set my eyes on for a while ever since they announced it last year. The bird Ti feels premium in hand, very solid build but still very light and very comfortable in the ears, just like the OG. The faceplate design is clean, but I feel like they could’ve made a better design for it, perhaps the Oriolus bird logo instead of just the word “Oriolus” on it? Well no matter, let’s get into the sound.
First thing I noticed about the bird Ti is how neutral it sounded compared to the OG off my memory. It hits me with a cleaner, airier, brighter and more spacious presentation, whilst keeping the thick notes, natural timbre, relaxed and smooth character of the OG. But yes, I kind of expected this when I read and heard some impressions from friends and others, honestly the differences were identical to when I compared Anni Gold 2023 and Anni Ti 2023.. Everything just opens up with more clarity and a better sense of air in between the instruments.
The staging has also changed as the OG had more of a wide staging going on less height, whilst the Ti retains that width and added more height and a bit more depth. Overall, it feels bigger than the OG yet it is still quite 2D with a bit of holography within the space.
Bass is definitely a step up here, it is more textured, good slam, not super punchy but just enough so that it doesn’t intrude into the mids. The mid-bassy quality of the OG bird is replaced with a more sub-bassy bass setup and this definitely gives the Bird Ti a better balance, cleaner feel of the lower end frequency. I do appreciate this retuning of the bass, but is the bass quantity lesser than the OG? No, I think it’s not lesser, but since the focus is shifted to the sub-bass, the mid-bass hump is what’s ‘missing’. Bass has good rumble on the sub-bass, reaches deep with a good attack and decay on the mid-bass, it strikes fast with a solid thump and air. It’s definitely a good and satisfying BA bass, a much better bass presentation than the OG with better quality and definitely complimentary to the overall tuning of the Bird Ti.
MIDS is what I championed the OG Traillii for and it remains that way here in the Bird Ti. The buttery smooth vocals, the pleasant and inoffensive texture is just Oh. So. Good! This is the soul of traillii, the smooth and analog quality of its mid, it’s caramel like. Giving you the right amount of sweet, buttery goodness that leaves you craving for more! Makes you wanna sing along, if not, at least mouth the lyrics along with the singer. With its relaxed and vivid presentation, it just puts you in the seat of an audience watching a live concert.
The Treble is now more airy, more sparkly, well-extended without being too bright and has no harshness. It gives notes in the higher register a bit more twinkle on the edges and space for its resonance. The whole package is fine-tuned with great tech and amazing detail retrieval! The tech on Bird Ti has definitely been supercharged from the OG. I was surprised at the amount of detail, sound imaging, layering, and resolution level that I was presented with, it is definitely a significant improvement upon the OG. The level of tech on the Bird Ti lets it stand among other great IEMs such as Fei Wan or Annihilator, but again the tech doesn’t pop at you, only because of the relaxed nature of Traillii, it sits back but it’s all there to show you what’s up. But is it STORM level? Yea mate sorry nah not that far.. But hey, it is more than enough for the overall tuning.
So TL;DR, is it great? Yes. Still sweet and addictive? Yes. More technical? Yes. Better bass? Yes. So overall it’s a better Traillii? Hell YES! So am I getting one? No. Why not? Okay, first things first, PRICE. Not in my budget to spend that much for a traillii improvement and also the place of a Traillii in my collection would be for when I listen to music whilst doing work. If that was my use case, at this point of my life, I’d just buy my OG traillii back and be done with it. It is because of its smooth and inoffensive presentation is why I would consider this IEM for a ‘Music in the background’ use, it is not distracting as compared to other iems like the Annihilator 2023 or even STORM. Secondly, remember I said I loved traillii for its mids? I need to a/b and test this, but I have a feeling that the OG traillii vocals might have a bit more rawness and emotive quality to it compared to the more ‘refined’ traillii ti. But again, my reasons not to get it is mainly financial. But hey, if you love Traillii’s sound signature and want an upgrade on tech, soundstage, bass quality, and not lose the OG qualities, get it, it is truly a legendary IEM for what it does. Personally, I’d regard this bird as Oriolus Traillii Pro Max and not so much a Traillii 2.0. Maybe one day if I have spare money, I’d get this Bird Ti for my collection.
Fitear Creator (US$8,500) [Fitear Creator > Creator Clarity 4W (Stock) > Azla Sedna Earfit Origin > iBasso 320MAX Ti]
First of all let me start off by saying, This is the best IEM build I’ve ever held in my hands! Suyama-san’s Titanium is second to none! It’s literally the titanium used for dental implants! Yes it’s shiny and I love it, I don’t mind the fingerprint magnet that it is, it just speaks premium, solid, and beautiful to me. Meanwhile the faceplate cover that you see with the creator logo is made of silver rather than titanium which I believe is manufactured by K2Craft. If you are wondering why I’ve put “DC Ti” next to the Creator name, it’s because Fitear Creator is the Universal version of Fitear DC Ti that only comes in CIEM form. The Fitear Creator is originally made to be paired with Creator cable from HK and it is a HK exclusive IEM. So SQ wise, Creator and DC Ti should be identical, notwithstanding that DC Ti CIEM form might give different focus on different FR, unique to each individual’s ears, also do note that DC Ti, when purchased, doesn’t come with a stock cable, because Suyama-san wanted people to explore and find their favourite cable pairing with the DC Ti.
If I were to oversimplify my impression on the Creator into 3 main points, it would be :
It pretty much sums up the character of the Creator. A very masculine and analog IEM that does everything in a grand manner with lots of depth, warmth with tons of expression, long resonances, rich, thick notes, meaty mids and hard hitting transients. The soundstage is wide that feels oval-ish, with more width than height and great depth, giving a grand presentation overall. For me this is a specialist IEM, PRaT here feels unrushed almost ‘slow’ if I can put it that way, where every note is expressed to the most, making it sound especially impressive for female/male vocals or pretty much any track with an ensemble setup such as jazz, acoustic, trios and so on. I love how strings that dwells in the bass clef such as Viola, Cello, Contrabass are so pronounced and the reverb lasts forever, every stroke is full of expression and the resonance lasts awhile without muddying the next notes. In addition to that, the bass quality of Creator.. is something I truly love, a foster DD bass with very deep, visceral, hard hitting, amazing texture, decay lasts and you can feel the air with every attack. But I have to say that it is not the fastest bass out there, with faster Electronic tracks, it does fall behind.
- Musical
- Immersive
- Engaging
Vocal is Creator’s specialty, it is so textured and so extended, and if I can coin @Deezel177 's words, it has a certain huskiness in its tone. As with its bass, vocals here is so well extended, it resonates long and far till it dissipates into thin air. Vocals are positioned quite forward and intimate, very emotive and lyrics do come to life. The sense of air in the vocals is so life-like, allowing each syllable to travel well. On top of the well-textured quality, there is also a certain smoothness to its vocals. Treble is adequately well extended, airy and has sparkle to balance out the massive lower end of the spectrum.
The Creator is an IEM that doesn’t try to impress you with its technical prowess and it does take a second of brain burn in to understand it. But once you realize what it does, you’re enveloped in a world of texture, weight, resonance, nuance, warmth, and analogue-ness. Above all, it defines what musical means. It doesn’t throw its tech proficient at you but rather does so with endless extension and meatiness in every spectrum. It just pulls you in to the music and gets you emotionally moved from note to note. This IEM literally says, forget everything, let’s just enjoy the music. That’s what Creator or DC Ti is to me.
I haven’t mentioned anything about its technicality, simply because it is technically capable and very resolving, but subpar in its detail retrieval and resolution. But is it enough tech in there? Definitely. Heck, I didn’t even realize what I was missing since I was so deep into the music. Only after a/b‘ing with my Annihilator that I was like “oh, that’s not there, oh where is this instrument? Where’s that synth? Didn’t hear that”. But really, you don’t need that with the Creator. Simply tune in and enjoy, as simple as that. Also, as I’ve said before that it is a specialist, how do I know this? I realized that I kept looking for specific tracks when listening with the Creator, meanwhile I just let my library play on shuffle with the Bird Ti. It’s not that I don’t want to hear other fast paced tracks and only certain ‘slower’ tracks on the Creator, but because it does so exceptionally well on these ‘slower tracks’ that it compels me to select them.
Suyama-san made a truly exceptional IEM here, I’ve never heard an IEM so musical and immersive. But I do feel that the best way to enjoy this IEM fully is to go the CIEM route, that is the Fitear DC Ti. The fit on the Creator is very wonky and not optimal for my ears, it is big, thick and uncomfortable to wear for long sessions. The only reasons why I can see people buying Creator is perhaps the universal shell does fit their ears, or future reselling purposes or catch and release kind of thing or they have no way to purchase the CIEM. Now, the DC Ti is definitely on my Radar as an immersive and vocal-specialist IEM, but we’ll have to see what SG Canjam 2024 has to offer, I have a feeling there will be quite a few surprises. Oh did I mention that Creator or DC Ti is super hard to drive? Yeah, it requires a similar amplification power as STORM if not more. Please do note that before buying, as you might need a desktop amp to fully release its potential.
Great reviews! Very enticing. OK, now we need a new symbol for the Bird Ti!
Hi Coolers! Hope you’re all doing well! So recently, I had the chance to demo two of the highly sought out Oriolus Traillii Ti and Fitear Creator (DC Ti), thanks to the super kind and beloved whale Indonesian cooler member @RonaldS86 ! I’m so thankful and grateful for his generosity lending me these two wonderful IEMs! Thanks again bro!
Y’all might know me as I pop up here and there, but let me just re-state what I use daily and which gears I owned. I’ve used a couple of IEMs previously, but the ones that really had my heart were, Fitear TG334 (Old Ver.), Oriolus Traillii (Yes, the famous “Black & Red” edition that y’all got from Musicteck or anywhere else, that’s originally my design and yes, I’m still so proud of it, also yes, you’re welcome! P.S. Hey Oriolus, I still see that you often use my Traillii design these days for Chinese exhibitions and all that, so where’s my commission huh? Hahaha!), Aroma Audio Fei Wan (Yes the black and gold design, yes many people are also using that design, so still waiting for my commission from Aroma too! LMAO just kidding, please don’t ban me), and now I daily drive Subtonic STORM and Elysian Annihilator Ti 2023 paired with iBasso 320MAX Ti.
My library consists of Female Vocals, Pop, J-Pop, K-pop, K-Indie, K-Hip Hop, C-Pop, Indo Pop, Hip-Hop, Metal, Rock, EDM, Electronic, Jazz, Classical.
My default test track: Baek Yerin – Square (2017)
P.S. My English, writing skill and photography skill is downright terrible. But I will try to better myself one step at a time!
The Bird Ti (US$8,500) [Traillii Ti > W89 4W (Stock) > Azla Sedna Earfit Standard > iBasso 320MAX Ti]
Okay, I can’t lie that this is an IEM that I’ve set my eyes on for a while ever since they announced it last year. The bird Ti feels premium in hand, very solid build but still very light and very comfortable in the ears, just like the OG. The faceplate design is clean, but I feel like they could’ve made a better design for it, perhaps the Oriolus bird logo instead of just the word “Oriolus” on it? Well no matter, let’s get into the sound.
First thing I noticed about the bird Ti is how neutral it sounded compared to the OG off my memory. It hits me with a cleaner, airier, brighter and more spacious presentation, whilst keeping the thick notes, natural timbre, relaxed and smooth character of the OG. But yes, I kind of expected this when I read and heard some impressions from friends and others, honestly the differences were identical to when I compared Anni Gold 2023 and Anni Ti 2023.. Everything just opens up with more clarity and a better sense of air in between the instruments.
The staging has also changed as the OG had more of a wide staging going on less height, whilst the Ti retains that width and added more height and a bit more depth. Overall, it feels bigger than the OG yet it is still quite 2D with a bit of holography within the space.
Bass is definitely a step up here, it is more textured, good slam, not super punchy but just enough so that it doesn’t intrude into the mids. The mid-bassy quality of the OG bird is replaced with a more sub-bassy bass setup and this definitely gives the Bird Ti a better balance, cleaner feel of the lower end frequency. I do appreciate this retuning of the bass, but is the bass quantity lesser than the OG? No, I think it’s not lesser, but since the focus is shifted to the sub-bass, the mid-bass hump is what’s ‘missing’. Bass has good rumble on the sub-bass, reaches deep with a good attack and decay on the mid-bass, it strikes fast with a solid thump and air. It’s definitely a good and satisfying BA bass, a much better bass presentation than the OG with better quality and definitely complimentary to the overall tuning of the Bird Ti.
MIDS is what I championed the OG Traillii for and it remains that way here in the Bird Ti. The buttery smooth vocals, the pleasant and inoffensive texture is just Oh. So. Good! This is the soul of traillii, the smooth and analog quality of its mid, it’s caramel like. Giving you the right amount of sweet, buttery goodness that leaves you craving for more! Makes you wanna sing along, if not, at least mouth the lyrics along with the singer. With its relaxed and vivid presentation, it just puts you in the seat of an audience watching a live concert.
The Treble is now more airy, more sparkly, well-extended without being too bright and has no harshness. It gives notes in the higher register a bit more twinkle on the edges and space for its resonance. The whole package is fine-tuned with great tech and amazing detail retrieval! The tech on Bird Ti has definitely been supercharged from the OG. I was surprised at the amount of detail, sound imaging, layering, and resolution level that I was presented with, it is definitely a significant improvement upon the OG. The level of tech on the Bird Ti lets it stand among other great IEMs such as Fei Wan or Annihilator, but again the tech doesn’t pop at you, only because of the relaxed nature of Traillii, it sits back but it’s all there to show you what’s up. But is it STORM level? Yea mate sorry nah not that far.. But hey, it is more than enough for the overall tuning.
So TL;DR, is it great? Yes. Still sweet and addictive? Yes. More technical? Yes. Better bass? Yes. So overall it’s a better Traillii? Hell YES! So am I getting one? No. Why not? Okay, first things first, PRICE. Not in my budget to spend that much for a traillii improvement and also the place of a Traillii in my collection would be for when I listen to music whilst doing work. If that was my use case, at this point of my life, I’d just buy my OG traillii back and be done with it. It is because of its smooth and inoffensive presentation is why I would consider this IEM for a ‘Music in the background’ use, it is not distracting as compared to other iems like the Annihilator 2023 or even STORM. Secondly, remember I said I loved traillii for its mids? I need to a/b and test this, but I have a feeling that the OG traillii vocals might have a bit more rawness and emotive quality to it compared to the more ‘refined’ traillii ti. But again, my reasons not to get it is mainly financial. But hey, if you love Traillii’s sound signature and want an upgrade on tech, soundstage, bass quality, and not lose the OG qualities, get it, it is truly a legendary IEM for what it does. Personally, I’d regard this bird as Oriolus Traillii Pro Max and not so much a Traillii 2.0. Maybe one day if I have spare money, I’d get this Bird Ti for my collection.
Fitear Creator (US$8,500) [Fitear Creator > Creator Clarity 4W (Stock) > Azla Sedna Earfit Origin > iBasso 320MAX Ti]
First of all let me start off by saying, This is the best IEM build I’ve ever held in my hands! Suyama-san’s Titanium is second to none! It’s literally the titanium used for dental implants! Yes it’s shiny and I love it, I don’t mind the fingerprint magnet that it is, it just speaks premium, solid, and beautiful to me. Meanwhile the faceplate cover that you see with the creator logo is made of silver rather than titanium which I believe is manufactured by K2Craft. If you are wondering why I’ve put “DC Ti” next to the Creator name, it’s because Fitear Creator is the Universal version of Fitear DC Ti that only comes in CIEM form. The Fitear Creator is originally made to be paired with Creator cable from HK and it is a HK exclusive IEM. So SQ wise, Creator and DC Ti should be identical, notwithstanding that DC Ti CIEM form might give different focus on different FR, unique to each individual’s ears, also do note that DC Ti, when purchased, doesn’t come with a stock cable, because Suyama-san wanted people to explore and find their favourite cable pairing with the DC Ti.
If I were to oversimplify my impression on the Creator into 3 main points, it would be :
It pretty much sums up the character of the Creator. A very masculine and analog IEM that does everything in a grand manner with lots of depth, warmth with tons of expression, long resonances, rich, thick notes, meaty mids and hard hitting transients. The soundstage is wide that feels oval-ish, with more width than height and great depth, giving a grand presentation overall. For me this is a specialist IEM, PRaT here feels unrushed almost ‘slow’ if I can put it that way, where every note is expressed to the most, making it sound especially impressive for female/male vocals or pretty much any track with an ensemble setup such as jazz, acoustic, trios and so on. I love how strings that dwells in the bass clef such as Viola, Cello, Contrabass are so pronounced and the reverb lasts forever, every stroke is full of expression and the resonance lasts awhile without muddying the next notes. In addition to that, the bass quality of Creator.. is something I truly love, a foster DD bass with very deep, visceral, hard hitting, amazing texture, decay lasts and you can feel the air with every attack. But I have to say that it is not the fastest bass out there, with faster Electronic tracks, it does fall behind.
- Musical
- Immersive
- Engaging
Vocal is Creator’s specialty, it is so textured and so extended, and if I can coin @Deezel177 's words, it has a certain huskiness in its tone. As with its bass, vocals here is so well extended, it resonates long and far till it dissipates into thin air. Vocals are positioned quite forward and intimate, very emotive and lyrics do come to life. The sense of air in the vocals is so life-like, allowing each syllable to travel well. On top of the well-textured quality, there is also a certain smoothness to its vocals. Treble is adequately well extended, airy and has sparkle to balance out the massive lower end of the spectrum.
The Creator is an IEM that doesn’t try to impress you with its technical prowess and it does take a second of brain burn in to understand it. But once you realize what it does, you’re enveloped in a world of texture, weight, resonance, nuance, warmth, and analogue-ness. Above all, it defines what musical means. It doesn’t throw its tech proficient at you but rather does so with endless extension and meatiness in every spectrum. It just pulls you in to the music and gets you emotionally moved from note to note. This IEM literally says, forget everything, let’s just enjoy the music. That’s what Creator or DC Ti is to me.
I haven’t mentioned anything about its technicality, simply because it is technically capable and very resolving, but subpar in its detail retrieval and resolution. But is it enough tech in there? Definitely. Heck, I didn’t even realize what I was missing since I was so deep into the music. Only after a/b‘ing with my Annihilator that I was like “oh, that’s not there, oh where is this instrument? Where’s that synth? Didn’t hear that”. But really, you don’t need that with the Creator. Simply tune in and enjoy, as simple as that. Also, as I’ve said before that it is a specialist, how do I know this? I realized that I kept looking for specific tracks when listening with the Creator, meanwhile I just let my library play on shuffle with the Bird Ti. It’s not that I don’t want to hear other fast paced tracks and only certain ‘slower’ tracks on the Creator, but because it does so exceptionally well on these ‘slower tracks’ that it compels me to select them.
Suyama-san made a truly exceptional IEM here, I’ve never heard an IEM so musical and immersive. But I do feel that the best way to enjoy this IEM fully is to go the CIEM route, that is the Fitear DC Ti. The fit on the Creator is very wonky and not optimal for my ears, it is big, thick and uncomfortable to wear for long sessions. The only reasons why I can see people buying Creator is perhaps the universal shell does fit their ears, or future reselling purposes or catch and release kind of thing or they have no way to purchase the CIEM. Now, the DC Ti is definitely on my Radar as an immersive and vocal-specialist IEM, but we’ll have to see what SG Canjam 2024 has to offer, I have a feeling there will be quite a few surprises. Oh did I mention that Creator or DC Ti is super hard to drive? Yeah, it requires a similar amplification power as STORM if not more. Please do note that before buying, as you might need a desktop amp to fully release its potential.
