Any chance you will get it first hand?
Right now, I am trapped in amazon world. And most of these are not available there. ( think gift cards ) 
No I wont get it.
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Aint good reported by reputable bud people.
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LBBS is my (probably) endgame.
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My budget is needed elsewhere…
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Just for my reference: By Eastern or Western ears?
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Who knows. I dont exactly go around asking if they are asian or western.
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I had the EM5. Sharp, shrill FiiO highs however clean and resolute…
If you could get a good seal the bass was pretty impactful and airy, but still lacked extension of course.
When EQ’d they become pretty darn good. With acoustic music they shine.
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I think that’s as important as knowing what sources, cables, and tips they use.
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Just in case it’s relevant for you: They seem to have 3 pairs left in the .co.uk shop.
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I am in the U.S., and I have setup a price tracker on amazon for fiio em5. I will probably grab something like this if they go on sale during black friday insanity. Maybe sooner if I can justify it.
Still on the fence if I want to try oxygen, 3dt or some all-ba/hybrid to answer the BA question. Black friday options may answer that question for me. I am also expecting a mele. And I want to try that first before I make any decisions. No idea when that will arrive.
I also have the new topping dx3 pro+ coming in. Since I haven’t been happy with most more expensive stacks I decided to give topping another whirl. I had the previous dx3 pro and had I known how frustrating the more expensive stuff would make me, I would have kept that one.
Have a look at the single DD Softears Turii.
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Just to point out: Some brands like Fiio don’t allow retailers to mark down their products on sale periods. Price regulation and whatnot. That’s why some retailers like Linsoul will do “20% off storewide” sales… with a small * saying ‘excluding Fiio, Dunu, etc. products’. If there’s a markup, they might lower prices to the regulated price, but not lower.
I understand how price maps work. Even the em5 was $50 off on prime day. If that happens again, it will likely trigger me to buy it. Should amazon have done that? No idea. But they did. (I use price history tools, which is yet another reason I prefer to purchase on amazon, sadly)
The less available stuff (meaning not on amazon or other “big retailers”), I typically just pay attention, and if a deal comes along I might buy. Apparently, the 3dt street price is really $319 most of the time. No need to jump on it.
Haven’t looked at this one. Though it’s entering price to performance category that makes me nervous. Still, crin rates it well. Which is usually a sign that it is at least competent.
Their RS10 and Cerberus seem to be fantastic as well but more expensive. Do you know the brand? If I remember correctly they share R&D with Moondrop with the latter doing the design while the former doing the drivers for both. Something like that and I may have it in the complete wrong order. Still it may unnerve Moondrop owners 
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RS10 is amazing but doesnt worth the money. Cerebus is ej07 og with better tech, but not sure its worth the extra price.
Rsv or ej07og will be ur best bet if interested in the two.
(ps: for 2k u can get U12T.)
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FWIW, you may want to look at this review Derrek, where the owner compares the Blessing-2 and the RSV, just to give you the idea:
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Any thoughts on RSV vs Oracle?
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Do you have an opinion on BA timbre? Reference: the b2 dusk just doesn’t sound right to me in the face of these single driver IEMs. That wasn’t true before I got them.
Different species. I’ll get rsv (or any other ba). Cant help u with oracle.
Yes, ba timbre is horrible if done wrong. Dusk/blessing2 is known for bad timbre. I flipped my lokahi because of that (and irrelevant vs teas)
Rsv is known for good timbre. U12T is master race if you rich as hell, i wont buy it.
There are some good timbre options, but on bas, u get what you pay for.
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As a coincidence, when your message came in I was reading on the RSV thread on Head-Fi:
“I noticed the sound wave attack and decay is very analog on RSV, compared to general Knowles ones, not like digital on/off, it has the mid point between on/off, like the quantum computers vs conventional binary computing. That analog attack/decay benefit RSV to generate organic sound IMO. Maybe this is the benefit of Moondrop/Softears’s diffusion field study using the german made dedicated professional devices.”
I honestly can’t tell if that solves the BA “issue” but at least we’re not the only ones.
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