Bad Guy Good Audio Rankings and stuff (under construction) (Part 1)

IEMs / Other In-Ear Monitors (IEM)
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Do they give that same energy when Linsoul or Hifigo or Shenzen folks spooge all over stuff?

They should shut the fuck up.

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Actually hard when Penon cult leader is DN, every thread on headfi turns into a cable swapping into a 2k cable and graphs are non existant til now.

But serial looks hot.

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Cymbals and female vocals (lets day feetwood mac - dreams) are good and 5k not noticeable?

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@rattlingblanketwoman @thoohil both have the Serial and can also chime in if they have time

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Just was on that album.
ā€¦kinda love me some DD goodness. :white_check_mark:

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Guess I need to look into it :disguised_face:

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As a fellow reviewer getting asked about stuff in the rangeā€¦you should.
Money does not grow on trees but some stuff is worthy

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If you say itā€™s good and has one or more dds, i will put the dough.

Already mailed penon :disguised_face:

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hey Chris, did you listen to the Legend? what do you think?

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Not yet.
Iā€™m buying my Penon stuff full price so I am moving slow :slight_smile:

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All this talk about Penon sets has me looking like šŸ«  and my wallet looking like :interrobang:

If I can get some good checks in from work, Penon might be the next brand I try out. Iā€™ll be on the look out for the ā€œPenonā€ video :sunglasses:

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iā€™ve seen the penon serial mentioned on head-fi before, and it was being hyped due to just using DDs and doing that really well, but then there werenā€™t any reviews from external sources ā€¦ so i never really bothered looking into it more. itā€™s nice to see that head-fi wasnā€™t full of shit on this one :slight_smile:

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Bought mine. Very satisfied.
Best 3DD implementation I have heard and among the best in its $$ range with a library like mine. :+1:

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Was there a specific question I missed? Here are my initial Serial impressions: IEM discussion thread (Part 1) - #2352 by thoohil

What changed over time is that they play more stringent than fresh out of the box.
My most expensive IEMs are the the Dunu EST 112 and the Moondrop Variations and I favor the Serial any day of the week.
While tribrids are technically well thought out and executed I came to realize that itā€™s kind of exhausting for me to listen to them for longer sessions. They demand too much brain cpu load. Itā€™s hard to describe.
Planars are similiar but still unmatched for electronic music sessions.

@hawaiibadboy Great Serial review! I can subscribe to all points made. I was wondering how far totl IEMs are from a pearl like the Serial?

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oops sorry, not sure why that didnā€™t link properly. Hereā€™s a question from @nymz that I thought you could answer as well:

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Ah ok, Cymbals sound perfectly fine. Clear, not piercing and not recessed. I did a quick comparison with the S12. Reverb and decay are actually better on the Serial.

Favorite Cymbals Meinl Byzance Vintage Sand Medium 18" :grinning:

Same with female vocals Fleetwood Mac - Dreams, perfectly dosed imho.
Itā€™s hard to find anything negative about these.

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Should existing Tea owners grab the serial? :thinking:

Debating on whether I should spend my $300 on Serial or Hook-Xā€¦

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Ooooh yeah, Hook-X vs Serial - thatā€™s an epic battle there!

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