Pretty sure that one is a full range DD + planar tweeter
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Chiming in with the blown-up diagram of the GL-AMT16 via the Taobao listing below:
I’ve been in the market for a new IEM, and my curiosity was piqued, so I uncharacteristically went for the semi-blind buy two days ago on Linsoul. The tuning matches pretty closely with the LZ A7 (Gold Filter), one of my favorite IEM tunings, with some added treble extension. Pretty hyped.
*Also a sucker for tuning filters, so that was another reason.
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@hawaiibadboy Just watched your $50-300 tierlist and noticed the Hana 2021 was at the top of the list, then I seen how high you placed them on your spreadsheet, are they really that good?
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Love this set. 
SQ is unique as one would hope it is.
The box is really heavier than a Susvara package. You will definitely know when it arrives 
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They are, but that list needs an update badly. Great set though
3DD&4BA?
Must be quite a chonker.
I had the Lokahi but couldn’t deal with the BAs in that one, sounded cheap…
Interesting.
This whole hobby has been a sea of planar’s with folks swearing that their favorite is special when actually virtually the exact same drivers from same factory in different shells.
Can you hear Sonion v.s. Knowles?
I think I can…maybe it is all in my head
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You should make a video when you get the chance to update it, people love rankings lists lol
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And here I thought ThieAudio could be trusted to tune an IEM proficiently. SMH.
I expect this was the goal (tuning) I’m just not sure why and how it related to the Oracle.
By the end of my own video I was kinda angry. I gotta control that stuff but reading the advertising and listening and the linkage to the OG…just a buncha thoughts…what?..why?..who?
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I think you were right to question it. I don’t get when companies name things as successors but totally deviate from the previous iteration
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Name-brand recognition. They know people will be loyal to a brand so they use that to get buzz.
If they hadn’t discontinued Excalibur and made this Excalibur Mk II nobody would bat as much of an eye at it. But Excalibur didn’t have the juice. Oracle does.
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I felt that you had a little anger boiling up inside by the end of the vid - that 5 second silence told me everything I needed to know. I’ll be honest - flat out, I love the ThieAudio brand. Their naming scheme is questionable however. I agree that the oracle MKII is a missed opportunity. Timmy from gizaudio always raves about the OG cause of its vocal presentation, beating out sets double, triple the price. Surely they read reviews, why not double down on that niche of the market?
Money. That’s why.
It’s unfortunate.
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I really should be more professional and then again, that’s not what got me to this point in the hobby so best to leave those moments in. i considered trimming it out.
I was getting more and more pissed as the 1 take review went on so it’s 100 as they say
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Independently of the deviation from the OG, how would you rank the Mk2?
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I have not a single clue about drones. I only found the video on twitter and found it spectacular.