Variations is my favorite set with EST and I find my variations to be super super smooth with no shoutiness. Will scrub through my playlist to see if I encounter shoutiness now that I’m more familiar with the hobby
With that in mind, the worries are Volare and Vari being too similar, so redundancy
Mega5Est, I don’t really have any thoughts on it. It’s like a blank slate for me. I’ll see maybe if I can find a way to hear them both at some point.
Leaning towards Mega5, but Volare is pretty and I’m dumb
Btw what did you find better on the mega5 over Vari? Just that it’s not as peaky?
It wasn’t a lack of sparkliness it just sounded a bit shouty at times and would sometimes make me wince. I get that we all have different levels of sensitivity to different frequencies.
Other than that the variations were really nice.
I find the Mega5est to just be a bit more balanced and refined sounding with a bigger sound stage. Again, I’m not saying this is fact, just what I hear. To me the Mega5est is a step up on the variations.
The Volare graphs very similarly to the Variations but I don’t know how similar they sound. You’d have to ask someone else, who’s heard both.
If I was early in the hobby I’d have bought mega5est from your words alone but knowing how different everything is to our ears, makes this hobby crazy difficult.
Everything you described is what I encountered in Project M, Variations was so smooth to me, it’s my I just wanna drown in music set.
Either way, I’m sure to maybe at some point grab one or the other, or both if I sell my PC lol
If you find the variations smooth and not shouty at all, you might well find the Mega5est a bit dull and unexciting. In which case the Volare might well be the better option for you.
We all have our preferences after all, that’s what it’s all about - finding what agrees with you the most.
@ToneDeafMonk will probably know before I do…he got that cable loooong time ago.
I’m not sure/have no idea.
Besides having Linsoul getting me stuff fast I am not close to Simgot direct communications wise
That’s the Supermix 4 quadbrid by Simgot
Lotta companies have trouble putting DD and BA together well
These guys are on the next level
And the company was a mess just 2 years ago
One of the wilder turnarounds I have ever seen
Actually have seen nothing like it
I saw your rankings
If I ranked Jupiter it would only be behind Canpur and Maestro GM
That’s a beast set, glad it was sent to you. I can ask linsoul for a discount if you ever wanna buy.
Supermix, that cable looks badass with that faceplate and squig. Just wow. 150-300 or so? Could be a winner depending.
I feel like Simgot has been waiting, training to mess up the market yet again. Exciting company for sure. I love wildcards, and underdogs that use creativity in the market. It’s a refreshing approach where each product is focused on improving on feedback. They get some hate, but people can’t deny they had a great 2023, and their 2024 items are just getting started.
Thanks for the offer of a discounted Jupitier. I might take you up sometime. Still loving the GM at the moment. It gets a lot of time.
