I reviewed the sexiest IEM from this year, take a look
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Talk about being underrated
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Juzear Defiant - First Impressions
As I already expressed the Objective impressions letâs talk about how is it as <$100 IEM ? (In my opinion)
To start things off - Huge bass-shelf with very defined midrange (almost to a point where I though it couldâve used some 1khz recession). On the first listen, this combination felt very unlike a regular V Shaped/U Shaped IEM. Every enveloping and physical bass can be noticed here. Hip-Hop just shines with this IEM. The treble though is not as pronounced as the bass or the mids, they are a bit safely tuned in the lower half, and there might be reasons for that as this is a Zeos Collab. The safeness of the treble also will cost a bit of up-front nature of the details (micro-contrasts). But on the other hand it feels smooth and fatigue free even after 3/4 hours of loud listening sessions. And as far as I can remember, these are meant for âNo Slouch Fun Soundâ, and it never failed to deliver that.
To set a benchmark, it can comfortably compete with ZiiGaat Arcadia, which is a $200 IEM. This will give you an idea of how competitive it is. Now, this is not fair (for other companies). Juzear just almost killed the competition with this move (I havenât reviewed the AFUL EXPLORER so I canât say anything about that IEM & it seems they are quite competetive).
The $99 price-tag is ridiculous, even after that the IEM Box and Cable quality is not compromised even a bit ( like HOWWWWWWW?) . As I am writing this review, I already shot the Review for ZiiGaat Arcadia & FatFreq Deuce , which is funnily enough collaborations of a fellow reviewer who also likes bass. And both of them donât even stand a chance infront of this IEM if we talk about value-proposition. Offcourse, tech is a bit better in Arcadia but it costs 2X and it is not as refined as the Defiant as a Basshead set. And letâs not talk about Deuce.
IDK how Zeos did it, but at this price Defiant is a blind buy & nothing else. ( The green colour looks diabolical )
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Here is my take on the Letshuoer Mystic 8 -
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Hmm! The IEM is excellent value for money, but the DAC is interestingâŚ
Here is my take on Juzear Defiant
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Hereâs my take on Polar Night, this is my first public Earbud Review
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Hello! I have created a Discord server primarily focused on discussions related to Audio Science. If you wish to join this community, please do so by following this link.
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Your music sounds different everywhere because the entire audio industry is trapped in what Floyd Toole calls the Circle of Confusion. This fundamental flaw means music is mixed on broken monitors, gear is designed to fix those flawed mixes, and the cycle never ends. Discover why expensive gear wonât save you and what actually will.
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Really interesting point! It makes sense that gear can only do so much if the source mix is flawed to begin with. I guess it puts more importance on good mastering and room treatment than just chasing expensive headphones or amps.
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Well, i still think the transducer side is more important than say the mastering quality on the file, at least for YOU as the consumer. Of course mastering is damn important but that is a factor that you may not be able to change/improve depending on the tracks you like, in that case the only way to improve the sound is via the transducer.
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100% Music mastering is way more important than Streamer / DAC / Lossless to me.
But transducers are also quite the important step. Might not be the fundamental one. Thatâs why I gave big importance to Headphones+EQ in the Fix It section. Although I have very little faith in Subjectivity due to varying opinions online mostly, but as I drawed from the result, above certain point, itâs just taste and how much youâre willing to pay for your taste.
(In the video above I mostly talked about how different paradigms differ from one another like Speakers to Headphones , Car to HiFi Stereo etc., mostly the Big Picture)
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True!
Another thing that Mr. Olive commented is pretty interesting too. And I donât have an answer to get out of this.
Itâs Survival vs Long Term Effect.
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Definitely, a well mastered track is much better than a higher bitrate one IF it has trash mastering. (dac doesnt matter at all though.)
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With every good DAC is transparent analogy?
Yes exactly. And we have a harder time to find one that ISNT.
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Well I donât want to say this , because I can find a great difference b/w DACs (Great to me, might be small to others) , which makes the last nail in the coffin.
More over, when you say DAC you target DACs only, not their clocking mechanism, not the analog stage, not even if itâs filtering/oversampling if they have that, and that does provide some deviation. (Good or bad is a subjective thing).
But I get your point.
If thereâs no analog output, itâs not a DAC 
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