šŸ”¶ 7HZ Timeless Planar

What do you mean thrives ? Gives the extra power more bass quantity, clarity ,details or something ?

All of the above. The MT-604 is a valve pre-amp, A-Class 2watt headphone amp. It brings out the best in the Timeless. Greater soundstage, separation, resolution, clarity, sweeter treble, all the things you expect tubes to give to your IEMs and headphones. Iā€™m not a reviewer so I shall not attempt to describe it as I wouldnā€™t do it justice. Suffice it to say, the Timeless sounds better in every respect. I plug my Timeless into the MT-604 just for the joy of listening to it. It sounds fantastic.

I feel a BasX A-100/DT880-600 energy comingā€¦

soā€¦ nobody notice the release of the shuoer s12 ? the graph look identical to the timeless, at least for bass and mid region. And itā€™s 70 bucks less.

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Weā€™re all waiting for reviews and hands-on impressions. Many of us here are waiting for our sets to arrive in the coming weeks!
It certainly looks similar to what you say based on MRSā€™s measurements, but we wonā€™t know for certain until itā€™s ā€œin the wildā€, so to speak.

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Jup. Itā€™s even got itā€™s own thread.

I donā€™t remember where it was mentioned but it was already pointed out (maybe here, maybe in the ā€œrumors and releasesā€ thread or in BGGARā€™s or Rikudou_Gokuā€™s thread)ā€¦ :rofl:

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Got my pair. Within first 10-15 minutes (no tip rolling, burn-in, or higher power sources) Iā€™m split between these two bullet points:

  • Imaging and separation are next level

  • Whatā€™s being separated has an odd timbre (a taste of the ā€œplanar timbreā€ Iā€™m assuming. It doesnā€™t sound natural to me and Iā€™m not a fan. From bass upward.

I like the overall choices in the FR/tuning. Maybe itā€™s a planar thing. This is why Iā€™m at least slightly considering spending s lot on something like the dark magician, or other pricier single DD. The Serial is a great triple DD but I notice it pulling away in cases where it counts for me, like texture and details of bass guitar.

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In my honest opinion, I feel that folks should start the planar experience from headphones, not from IEM versions of planar drivers. As much as planar IEMs are improving, the diaphragm of planar just simply needs a big plane. Iā€™m really skeptical that planar can sound natural on its own in IEM shells without extensive tuning.

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On that note, Iā€˜m very interested to read your thoughts on the Shuoer S12 when you get it, given that itā€˜s supposed to have the same Driver as the Timeless inside.

What planar Headphones do you own? :v:

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HE400se :drooling_face:
Base level yet beautiful

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Same, got the HE400se as well. Lovely cans and an absolute price to performance beast. :fire:

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Iā€™ll be happy to share thoughts on S12, but we probably will benefit best from folks whoā€™s got both Timeless and S12 to do a comparison

Is that short impression on S12 already? :open_mouth:

Iā€™d rank the 7Hz Timeless ahead of the HE400SE, Iā€™d put it closer to the Edition XS or Ananda I think. HE400SE is really excellent for the very low price they ask for it but itā€™s relatively veiled and congested sounding relative to higher Hifimans, but I think also the Timeless. I wouldnā€™t say this of the HE400SE relative to its pricepoint, itā€™s great at itā€™s pricepoint. The Timeless is just perhaps even better at its one. I wouldnā€™t call it veiled and congested in isolation either, only relatively when directly compared to the higher end Hifimansā€¦ or the Timeless.

Timeless is more airy, deeper bass, clearer with more detail, at least equal and probably better separation and layering too. Part of this is the more V shaped tuning, HE400SE is tuned more neutrally. But I wouldnā€™t agree the HE400SE is superior to the Timeless just because itā€™s an overear. I have the Chinese HE400SE (non-stealth magnet).

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My BTR5 also seems like way more power than I would ever need.

In what was a surprise to me, they actually run ok without an amp. I miss the headroom, and they donā€™t sound as good, but they have decent volume and sound pretty good.

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No, to the main thread on 7Hz Timeless, I see now that it was just after a comment about the S12.

Further updates on itā€¦ timbre is good, I just think itā€™s in an uncanny valley of sounds not having dynamic follow-through of air hitting the eardrum. So the sounds produced are accurate, good sounds ā€” but theyā€™re not physically interacting with my ear enough, I feel a little left out of what Iā€™m listening to.

Overall very good though. Iā€™ve been trying with ZX300 as my player, on high gain (but not balanced, donā€™t have balanced MMCX cable only 2 pin)

Itā€™s like when bass is lacking in slam, but for all frequencies. Arriving at the ear unannounced.

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Sounds about right for a tiny planar diaphragm. As @PopinTeddy mentioned, if you get a chance, try a full sized planar headphone. I definitely feel rumble and slam through my Sundara, and thatā€™s not even supposed to be a bassy set. Itā€™s just the sheer form factor - over-ear open-back planar HP sound good to me, in terms of tonality and note-weight.
Hopefully your brain will burn-in and youā€™ll enjoy the planar IEM sound! If not, you can always flip it and buy a Sundara :wink:

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Lets hope mine gets delivered this week :pray:

Theyā€™ve arrived yesterday. Iā€™m impressed. On a technical level, I think they definitely outperform my Sundaras. To my ears, the soundstage is similarly wide, 7hz lack verticality, but have
about the same depth; imaging is definitely above average for an iem; instrument separation is justā€¦ dunno, the efortless way in which they dissect complex music is kinda insane. Tonality is not as good as on Sundara but EQ is my best friend, and they respond beautifully to it, so no issue there. Also, interestingly, they give the illusion of having a warm and dark sound, probably due to the silky smoothness of their highs, everything sounds non-intrusive yet incredibly detailed.

Iā€™m in love with these things.

As an only con, they have the same problem as all planars I tried so far, I think the timbre is a bit flavourless, ā€œgrayā€?

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Did you end up buying S12 finally as well? :astonished:

Mine tracking is dead or fake, even on official Yanwen (shipping company) website it is not existing, universalparceltracker also cannot find it. Only 17-in-one can find given number, but it stops shortly after initial processing information