I helped Ben a bit while he was making this. Just info and tips. Cool to see it sounds nice.
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That is dope. He made a really nice sounding IEM for sure.
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Hi all! I’m Ben and I made the Sabertooth IEMs.
The goal with this project initially was just to make my first IEM. I got tired of buying IEMs and I felt like going on the journey of making my own. After a bunch of learning and trial and error, I settled on the set that I’m currently sending around. I was very shocked at how great it sounded, and I noticed that it was graphing somewhat similarly to the Dark Magician. I sealed the shell, refined the upper midrange and got the balance that’s there now. I think as it is, it has a deep but also slightly intimate stage, big and powerful and deep bass, and a smooth sound with great resolution due to the fact that there is nothing in the nozzle besides a small cut out of tubing, and the CNT + Bery driver is shooting directly out of the nozzle. I wish I would have shifted the balance so that there was slightly less bass and lower mids, and slightly more upper mids and treble, but I’m going to be making another prototype here soon that will sound more balanced. As it stands, I think it sounds very fun and unique, and rock and metal music especially sound awesome with it (those are my favorite genres). EDM and rap also sounds insane with it. I don’t think I’ve heard better sub bass in an IEM before honestly. Lastly I’ll say that the driver inside is special in my opinion. It sounds like a top of the line dynamic driver. I don’t find myself craving better separation, better bass or clearer details with this driver.
The goal going forward is to make a DM inspired single DD IEM with a high quality beryllium driver, and have no filters or foam in the nozzle. I think I can achieve that. I’ll be sending the new one to DomQ and others in the near future 
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Howdy pardner. Fancy seein you aroun these parts.
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Hell yeah, so cool to see you here, brother.
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One of the biggest benefits of my job is being able to try out all of the sound systems in various cars. I’ve tried them all. It’s one of the first things I do when we get a new trade in.
Of all of the systems I’ve tried, I’d still say that Roll-Royce has the best stock/factory system I’ve heard.
It’s really an incredible experience.
It better be for $12,300…
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The sound system costs 3x what my car did. Like you said, it better sound good!
If you’re already buying a luxury car, it would suck if the speakers weren’t good though.
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Very true.
You’d be surprised if the sound systems in other high end cars. Lamborghinis have notoriously bad sound systems funnily enough. Porsche Bose sound systems are really bad too imo.
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To be honest, there are IEMs out there more expensive than that 
Seriously though, getting such an opportunity is awesome.
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In the case of the Lambo, I am not sure the user cares about a sound system. The only sound track I would want to hear is the sound of that engine…
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I mean, when you put it that way…
You’re right, though. The Fugaku being $5k more than the entire system in a Rolls makes the rolls system look like a bargain.
Truueeee. I love how Ferrari doesn’t put a radio in their flagship v12s. That’s how it should be fr.
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