Yup
@PopinTeddy
Yeah it had to be done to not waste the benefits of the 02 driver. 9 tries 3 shells and went with a wider bore and diff filter to keep the upper treble energy.
This is a better fitting 02 for $99 v.s. $270+
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Iām in - that finish on the Olina looks mint! Any teasers on faceplate colours you might be able to share?
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Iām waiting for final samples.
The 2nd pic shows the reflection of the corner because of polish finish but quality of image is meh. I will have em in hand soon
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That middle one is giving me EJ07m faceplate vibes
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I feel sorry for Tanchjim ā their lineup is being made redundant! First Hana 2021 and now the O2.
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I doubt haha, thereās a reason why O2 is a single DD classic. I think just the same driver in a different shell alone will create a difference albeit the similarity in the FR (things that donāt show on FR, like timbre, stage, imaging). People who are looking for TOTL single DD under $500 will still look towards Oxygen as their priority.
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What? itās the same driver in a metal shell. If spending $278 dollars makes ya feel like it sounds betterā¦enjoy
Driver
Container
Tuning
Itās not rocket Science
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I didnāt 
Hence why Iām waiting for Olina so I could get a taste of the O2 driver. I based that statement on the reputation that O2 has out there. But on a reasonable note, I might wait for more reviews to come in before the purchase, simply because I have to many IEMs already. I hope the reviews will prove my predictions wrong 
I successfully recced at least 3 sets of Mele to friends and families, you know 
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Maybe - but depends on a number of factors of course. Iām willing to bet with the sprinkling of HBB tuning sauce itāll be better for my library than the O2 (caveat being I havenāt heard the O2), but at less than half the price Iām happy to make the jump.
Iām hyped to see what 2022 brings us next in terms of multi-DD IEMs - ngl I so want the UM Project X to be something like a 3DT x HBB 
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HBB already has a 3DD coming up 
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Enjoy what you got.
Lotta my viewers cannot afford $250+
This is identical driver
Aluminum shell
Same tuning
Instead of tweaking a set , this is ripping the guts out of a well reviewed set because it is publicly for sale so I can watch folks bend over and snap their spine trying to come up with bullshit to deny the simple reality is some kinda unknown bullshit
I am going to enjoy this and so are a lotta folks I know
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Enjoy bro and ignore B.S.
If I couldā¦
Take the U12t drivers and put them in the same material shell and tune the sameā¦
it would be fucking U12tās
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Yep - but the UM 3DT is a next level step-up over the DQ6 (although Iāll probably end up buying it too). But Olina will be first - already have a DQ6 as my beater set.
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Well, interesting to be called B.S. 
Plus, did I say I didnāt enjoy Mele or would not purchase Olina? I think not. I didnāt discredit anything mate, just being real as a consumer. Iāll be glad if Olina replaces O2 in post sale numbers in the long run; even better if Olina sounds just like O2, if not better. O2ās price tag is the reason why itās on my wishlist and never purchased.
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Yeah true. I wish more people reviewed Penon Serial - thatās a 3DD and consumers with both 3DT and Serial are saying they prefer Serial.
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If I called you B.S. Iād quote you bro. 
I am speaking in general.
People are going to have to twist hard to call Olina something at $99 when they
called 02 top class and I cloned it.
Not talking to you or Iād quote you
And thanks for Buying Mele 
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Unlisted till I put a close up vid on twitter I can pin under in comments cuz folks wanna see stuff up close
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Yeah, me too - I have less than zero trust in the author of the only review I could find, plus itās Penon and my one and only experience of shopping with them was less than stellar (it was only for some O2 filters and they still managed to fuck it up).
I think @rattlingblanketwoman has/had(?) a set though so could maybe chip in
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I liked them. The usual Penon brand of darkness (something about the sub-bass extension and perhaps upper mids or treble). Wasnāt sure about how sub-bass feels (compared to the biocellulose diaphragm in the Aladdin) and for me the main issue was where I listened to some bass guitar and it was just missing some detail/feel that I just have to have. Overall a very good coherent tuning, and fantastic timbre. My favorite Penon set, Iām not usually a fan of theirs but keep trying them for some reason. Hopefully this wasnāt too off-topic to answer here. But it made me enthusiastic for a well tuned 3DD set, after the 3DT which was really not my tuning preference.
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I just saw 3DD mentionedā¦itās 2022 and Iām still waiting for a multi-DD + EST set from a respected brand. Wouldnāt that be a great collaboration project @hawaiibadboy ?