To be honest, they’ve stopped trying to do that because they know it’s a lost cause. It would be catering to a market that really wouldn’t be interested in their products regardless and are just going to buy whatever tops the charts each month. Not worth trying to dip to the level of those who complain for the sake of complaining and won’t consider something of that level in the first place. There are plenty of higher end companies that have taken a chart topping measurement focused approach with great results, as an example the mola mola tambaqui was fantastic in both measured performance and actual sound quality, some other dacs I’ve heard in a similar measurement range such as let’s say d90, not so much. On the other side of things, I’ve heard some dacs that looked terrible on paper sound fantastic in person (lots of options to pick from here but let’s say totaldac), and then others that sounded as bad as they looked (borderpatrol dac) lol.
A lot of these higher end mfg do care about measurements, they just don’t care about participating in the pointless race and using them as a selling point, more using for designing and checking products internally since they know it’s not really relevant when it comes to trying to judge a product off it’s measurements. As another example, I ended up getting a pair of speaker amps that were designed solely based off measurements, the designer didn’t even listen to them until he was setting them up to be shown off at a show for release. The difference was that he was shooting for his own target that he developed though his research, of what he thought was the most realistic and accurate measurement profile rather than something to just show big numbers
The TinHiFi T2 DLC is is competent in all respects and is a great addition to TinHifi’s lineup. I could not ask for more from an IEM with a street price of around $50, and I am happy to recommend the T2 DLC to new IEM listeners.
My full review is available here on HiFiGuides and on my blog.
Already a fan of my Serials of course… but tonight I had a more powerful amp to try (Xduoo XD05 basic) and I was gobsmacked. (Also had a chance to confirm what people say about the OG Fans and how much they depend on power scaling to shine).
I’ve got some incoming sales my friends. Will be posted shortly. Prepare your bank account because one of them is a gem and myself and surely @nymz, who sold it to me, would love to see someone here call it home.
Yeah, shouty in all seriousness- it’s very different. So maybe it’ll be interesting at least? Which honestly, at this point, I’ll take. How many good to great IEMs are there around $200 with similar tuning? Too many. We need variation, dammit!
I think the drastic price increase is a little meh, in my opinion, but honestly- the cable is beautiful and along with the new style case, I wish I didn’t already have the OG Timeless already.
Jesus buddy - high praise. I’ve only ever heard the Timeless, but they’re so good I never ever felt the need to buy another planar. I love them, still to this day. My literally only complaint about the timeless is I wish it had a touch more bass, maybe a little more texture as well - if these have a more thumpy mid bass, I may have to cry a little and sell my OG timeless to fund these.
in all seriousness- it’s very different. So maybe it’ll be interesting at least? Which honestly, at this point, I’ll take. How many good to great IEMs are there around $200 with similar tuning? Too many. We need variation, dammit!