tgx78
Member of the Trade: tgxear
Where are you located? I can send you a pair of modded and channel matched Moondrop filter if Dunu cable doesn’t work out for you.
Unique Melody 3D Terminator 3DT Announcement Thread
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Where are you located? I can send you a pair of modded and channel matched Moondrop filter if Dunu cable doesn’t work out for you.
holsen
Headphoneus Supremus
And there it is....... The reason ears trump graphs. Thank you you for your impression. I guess I too better get a set!
tgx78
Member of the Trade: tgxear
My Z1R will be listed on canuckaudio soon haha.
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LoneRanger
100+ Head-Fier
here is a graph showing the frequency response between the two filters. I personally like the Tanchjim filter smidgen more for smoother replay but they are very similar. Lower Mids to Bass area is identical so I zoomed into upper mids to treble region.
Added original f.response for reference
Thanks @tgx78 that's very helpful
They do indeed seem very similar but as I haven't got any Tanchjim filters to hand at the moment, it's nice to see that the differences are very small, so I will have a go with the 5 point mod on the Moondrop filter and see how that works out. Cheers 
holsen
Headphoneus Supremus
Nice! I could just take a little drive and pay a you visit. BTW, I just passed your description of the 3dt over to my wife. She just doesn't get my fascination with IEMs so I told her to read what you had written so she could literally hear the music through her eyes.... You've got an amazing way of writing, painting, hearing.....
tgx78
Member of the Trade: tgxear
Drop by anytime! I will bring my 3DT to studio today. Also let me know if you want to hear the Dunu Zen.
holsen
Headphoneus Supremus
Will do! You are very gracious. Just launched my new site this morning and filming a training program for a client today & tomorrow but I'll PM you and maybe we can hook up later in the week. It'll be great to see you.
tgx78
Member of the Trade: tgxear
Sony IER-M9 (5BA) vs. UM 3DT (3DD) with Tanchjim filter
Sony IEMs are often highlighted for their congeniality with classical music, but their latest models (now becoming a bit aged), especially the IER-Z1R and M9, are known to be very responsive from low to ultra high frequencies, so they can be played almost any genres with great finesse.
For example, when listening to jazz vocals with the M9, I am impressed by the fact that the bass and piano have a thick bass range and bring out a low-end with a sense of sound pressure. Moreover, since the range of the vocal has a clear projection while reproducing the weighty bass, the texture of the important male and female vocal range such as intonation and treble overtones are without a hint of cloudiness. If you listen to an IEM for longer session, I recommend that you experience the sound of the M9 as it provides a very relaxing yet detailed listen.
Compared to the M9, the 3DT is like a grand piano as it brings out a sense of scale and dynamics that approaches a big concert venue. This triple dynamic driver array has certain je ne sais quoi about the sound output and configuration that allows them to be vibrant, alive, engaging, and highly expressive, yet at the same time to sound neutrally balanced with almost complete freedom from overt colourations. Switching to the M9, it almost sounds flat, lifeless and down right intimate in scale for about 2-3 mins until you start to understand, assimilate and subsequently appreciate its smooth yet highly polished tuning with excellent midrange and exemplary treble extension and articulation.
So for me, the 3DT does an excellent job of conveying a sense of real instruments performing within a real space whereas M9 does great job portraying non-acoustic instruments and vocals in a recording studio. Both can pick up ambient and spatial cues found in good recordings in an uncommonly vivid and believable way. I find them quite complimentary to each other and therefore are not in any direct competition.
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A very nice comparison. So the 3DT has more expansive soundstage and M9 has slightly more intimate? And M9 is a smoother alternative whereas 3DT has a more energetic presentation?
Sony IER-M9 (5BA) vs. UM 3DT (3DD) with Tanchjim filter
Sony IEMs are often highlighted for their congeniality with classical music, but their latest models (now becoming a bit aged), especially the IER-Z1R and M9, are known to be very responsive from low to ultra high frequencies, so they can be played almost any genres with great finesse.
For example, when listening to jazz vocals with the M9, I am impressed by the fact that the bass and piano have a thick bass range and bring out a low-end with a sense of sound pressure. Moreover, since the range of the vocal has a clear projection while reproducing the weighty bass, the texture of the important male and female vocal range such as intonation and treble overtones are without a hint of cloudiness. If you listen to an IEM for longer session, I recommend that you experience the sound of the M9 as it provides a very relaxing yet detailed listen.
Compared to the M9, the 3DT is like a grand piano as it brings out a sense of scale and dynamics that approaches a big concert venue. This triple dynamic driver array has certain je ne sais quoi about the sound output and configuration that allows them to be vibrant, alive, engaging, and highly expressive, yet at the same time to sound neutrally balanced with almost complete freedom from overt colourations. Switching to the M9, it almost sounds flat, lifeless and down right intimate in scale for about 2-3 mins until you start to understand, assimilate and subsequently appreciate its smooth yet highly polished tuning with excellent midrange and exemplary treble extension and articulation.
So for me, the 3DT does an excellent job of conveying a sense of real instruments performing within a real space whereas M9 does great job portraying non-acoustic instruments and vocals in a recording studio. Both can pick up ambient and spatial cues found in good recordings in an uncommonly vivid and believable way. I find them quite complimentary to each other and therefore are not in any direct competition.
Wildcatsare1
Headphoneus Supremus
The 3DT has better imaging and instrumental separation. Soundstage is also more expansive than the Zen.
Zen sounds bit more hi-fi though meaning its sound reproduction feels more faithful to the original..
I need to revisit some of the live recordings which I was part of. I want to gauge the timbral accuracy between the two. Piano sounds bit more correct on the Zen, whereas Violin sounds really good on the 3DT.
Guess it’s good to have both haha
How do the FAN and 3DT (damn, kicked my PTSD off when read that as the 3 Donald Trump!!!) compare? I'd love to read your impressions!
Nowhere else available except taobao?
AliExpress should carry it asap
tgx78
Member of the Trade: tgxear
3DT is like 3-4 tiers above the Fan.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-discovery-thread.586909/page-3642#post-16145235
Lol was gonna say... my 3dt arrives tomorrow I can't wait!!! But as of now of my iems it goes
VOLT
blessing 2
Shanling ae3
Seeaudio Yume
iBasso it00
PENON Fan
Kinera bd005 pro/ TD2
Treat the gaps as tier lists. For their price the Yume and ae3 are impressive. For only $30 more than the fan it's kind of crazy. If I didn't get the fan discounted I'd be upset about it's $139 listing.
Will add the orb and 3dt in the next 2 days as they arrive.
Wildcatsare1
Headphoneus Supremus
Thank you, also do you have a link for theTanchjim filters? Thanks!
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