Boom. $25 well spent IMO
Nozzle is just a pinch wider. Same tips fit but for 02 driver it would not work as wanted in other stem (Mele) . Material is slightly different. Issue was a spay adhesive that gunked up filter on a batch of Mele. ixed.
Is that the Olina on the left? Glad the condensation issue is fixed!
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Beautiful!
Like that it conforms to the more tradition nozzle shape, wider also allows more room for sound to pass through
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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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I’m in - that finish on the Olina looks mint! Any teasers on faceplate colours you might be able to share?
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I’m 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 – their lineup is being made redundant! First Hana 2021 and now the O2.
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I doubt haha, there’s 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 don’t 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? it’s the same driver in a metal shell. If spending $278 dollars makes ya feel like it sounds better…enjoy
Driver
Container
Tuning
It’s not rocket Science
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I didn’t 
Hence why I’m 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. I’m willing to bet with the sprinkling of HBB tuning sauce it’ll be better for my library than the O2 (caveat being I haven’t heard the O2), but at less than half the price I’m happy to make the jump.
I’m 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 could…
Take the U12t drivers and put them in the same material shell and tune the same…
it would be fucking U12t’s
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Yep - but the UM 3DT is a next level step-up over the DQ6 (although I’ll 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 didn’t enjoy Mele or would not purchase Olina? I think not. I didn’t discredit anything mate, just being real as a consumer. I’ll 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. O2’s price tag is the reason why it’s on my wishlist and never purchased.
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Yeah true. I wish more people reviewed Penon Serial - that’s a 3DD and consumers with both 3DT and Serial are saying they prefer Serial.
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If I called you B.S. I’d 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 I’d 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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