bluestorm1992
Headphoneus Supremus
Also, I am not surprised with your interest in FS even after getting the bird haha. Both me and @Marat Sar report that FS is doing something that is completely different from Traillii.@bluestorm1992
what I have found in your comments. is something like this:
P6 Pro + C9 > P6 Pro > M8+C9 > M8 > N6ii +C9 > SP2000 (with regard to the pairings you tested)
That would increase expenses even more and confronted with the disadvantage to not having an opportunity to try the FS also size-wise before a decision to order it, either the FS or the FuSang, would make it a highly risky project.
It's surprising for me, that I think about Mason FS, after I had already made a decision to it pass by.
Especially, since I am very busy and extremely happy with the bird.
Now I have a theory, which I think @Marat Sar has also alluded to in his impressions: The bird will wow you in your first listening because: (1) it is in the general category of the IEMs you used to own, so you get a “familiar” experience even in your first listening; (2) it delivers the music better than most of the IEMs you have owned, and presents such a wonderful whole package. In short, it is like an ultra refined version of your existing gears, so it is very very easy for users to appreciate its excellency.
Mason FS, on the other hand, is a totally DIFFERENT experience. @Marat Sar describes this as “mysterious”, and I think this could be true for most users in their first listen. For me, in my first listen I was like: “What am I listening to??” I cannot even judge whether it is good or not outright because it is so different from everything I have owned before. I then realized that I need to be patient with it.
Now that I am thinking back, I will attribute this experience to the bone conduction driver magic: the spherical feeling I get from it, the thick vocal and extremely smooth overall presentation, the detail retrieval that allows you to feel the air in the singers mouth, and many more. The ultimate result is what I called realism - and this is achieved in a completely different way than other IEMs.
Also, because this to me is a completely different kind of product, I will need to do my homework to even understand how to use it to my preference. Fortunately, this journey has paid off to me as I have found the two key requirements in the DAP - music control and tuning - and identify several DAPs based on these requirements that suit my taste.
This is indeed the Unique Melody!
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