[Xinlisupreme]

@Ace Bee IT07 design is totally different but reading 3DT feedback looks like very high value and sound signature looks quite similar to iBasso IT07.
Maybe IT04 would be right competitor for its price but I’m waiting for IT07 and @tgx78 has it also.

 

[Ace Bee]

@Ace Bee IT07 design is totally different but reading 3DT feedback looks like very high value and sound signature looks quite similar to iBasso IT07.
Maybe IT04 would be right competitor for its price but I’m waiting for IT07 and @tgx78 has it also.

Exactly, IT04 will be the perfect contender, but let's see how does the 3DT trade blows with IT07.

 

[IEMusic]

These are beautiful IEMs! The blue resin is actually translucent.

 

[tgx78]

Exactly, IT04 will be the perfect contender, but let's see how does the 3DT trade

3DT VS IT07



The IT07 has a very clear, balanced and resolving sound that I thought would make for a good way to gauge how much room for improvement there is left with the 3DT.
The most noticeable difference between the two is in the bass region. The IT07 digs deeper, bit faster with greater sub-bass quantity as well as impact.
Both of these IEMs have very fleshed-out mids, but I feel the IT07 has bit smoother and clearer vocals. Treble sounds bit more refined and resolving on the IT07 as well and it has an uncanny ability to escape sibilance. Soundstage width is good on both, but the 3DT boasts excellent depth and layering, making its presentation bit more 3-dimensional and immersive. They are both spacious, highly detailed monitors, but I am finding IT07 has slightly more resolving capabilities. 3DT also has top-end emphasis that falls between the 4-8 kHz which is good for stringed instruments, but it can induce a bit of sizzle up top as vocal sibilance typically originates around this region. Testing was done at around 50th (burn-in) hour on the 3DT.

 

[Xinlisupreme]

The IT07 has a very clear, balanced and resolving sound that I thought would make for a good way to gauge how much room for improvement there is left with the 3DT.
The most noticeable difference between the two is in the bass region. The IT07 digs deeper, bit faster with greater sub-bass quantity as well as impact.
Both of these IEMs have very fleshed-out mids, but I feel the IT07 has bit smoother and clearer vocals. Treble sounds bit more refined and resolving on the IT07 as well and it has an uncanny ability to escape sibilance. Soundstage width is good on both, but the 3DT boasts excellent depth and layering, making its presentation bit more 3-dimensional and immersive. They are both spacious, highly detailed monitors, but I am finding IT07 has slightly more resolving capabilities. 3DT also has top-end emphasis that falls between the 4-8 kHz which is good for stringed instruments, but it can induce a bit of sizzle up top as vocal sibilance typically originates around this region. Testing was done at around 50th (burn-in) hour on the 3DT.

@tgx78 thank you very much!
Like you said 3DT FR is more present on highs and has an amazing SQ for its price...
Maybe 3DT will be my next IEM

 

[Xinlisupreme]

These are beautiful IEMs! The blue resin is actually translucent.

looks amazing!!!!
Congrats

 

[szore]

In terms of 'audiophile'.;/ traditionally, it has always been a war of preferences. A compromise to limitations. For example, if you go back to the forums when i joined in 2012, the big thing was 'analytics', because balanced armatures were invented, and it was a new level of clarity. So, it was all a discussion as to be 'analog' DD or BA 'analytics'... fast forward to the Shure se 846, read the forums when it was released, and everyone loved it, it was revolutionary. Today it is over priced and passe' tho technically brilliant. Fast forward to today, and my $400 3dt blows the 846 away, its not about compromise any more, the quality now is so good you can get any sound signature you want at any price point. the name of the game in audiophile NOW is, price to performance ratio... and the chi-fi guys are killing it...(slang for 'doing great')

 

[slex]

So far been tip rollings today, Spinfit CP155 works at the moment.

Settled on Sednafit Light and YY UPOCC cable.

 

[tgx78]

If you find the treble too intense, try these Moondrop filters or better yet Tanchjim filters if you can source them. The moondrop filters fit perfectly and act as an acoustical damper to control frequency response. You loose bit of resolution but in return you get smoother and pleasing sound.

For me personally, I like stock tuning without filters as it works so well with orchestral music.

you can also puncture Moondrop filters with fine sewing needle like above (5 points) to put it somewhere between stock and dampened sound.

Frequency response compared to the Zen

 

[szore]

i dont understand what these graphs are supposed to tell you about how it sounds...

 

[tgx78]

i dont understand what these graphs are supposed to tell you about how it sounds...

https://www.alesis.com/kb/article/2227

 

[Rockwell75]

This is a note I wrote between the two.
3DT has a very refreshing, natural and detailed sound with no blurring of the sound image, and has a skillful balance between high-resolution and analytical tendencies and deeply articulate, musical and dynamic expressions.

This sounds perfect.

I can't wait to hear mine!

 

[CoryS06]

So Bad Guy Good Audio just dropped his review video. I don't like his review videos nearly as much as enjoy Zeos and his videos. He seems to dislike these very much but I didn't really understand why he disliked it and his video does more than I understood in the last half of the video.

Here it is for you all right here.

 

[Rockwell75]

So Bad Guy Good Audio just dropped his review video. I don't like his review videos nearly as much as enjoy Zeos and his videos. He seems to dislike these very much but I didn't really understand why he disliked it and his video does more than I understood in the last half of the video.

Here it is for you all right here.

I can’t remember the last time I took one of his reviews seriously.

 

[Cyberthingy]

So Bad Guy Good Audio just dropped his review video. I don't like his review videos nearly as much as enjoy Zeos and his videos. He seems to dislike these very much but I didn't really understand why he disliked it and his video does more than I understood in the last half of the video.

Here it is for you all right here.

He complained that the pinna gain was too much. I do agree with many of his reviews but not his one. I enjoy my 3DT more than the more expensive Thieaudio Clairvoyance. We are all unique and have our preferences so we have to take these reviews with a grain of salt.