I’ve reviewed the Sound Rhyme SP01 the latest under $100 banger. I really love this single DD with its ibasso shell and quality driver. Peacock obscura reviews - #24 by Andy_Pickard
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Beautiful shell
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dunno how long it’s been with S08, would be a perfect IEM if not for the fit not being great on me
if it fit well, I’d honestly sell a lot of other sets
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I was feeling adventurous, so I picked up the Dunu Da Vinci. They should be here tomorrow. I’m pretty excited about this one, I think this set will be a great compliment to the 2 I currently have.
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Some of my humble and quick impressions, if you’re interested:
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Nice to hear some more about those, they really flew under the radar at release… seemed like very little chat about them.
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same picture basically lol, enjoying these a ton, I was worried it’d be more veiled compared to S08 but these have been good so far
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NICE! Honestly one of my favorite sets. Not that they’re the most technically capable but they are capable of enjoyable long-term listening across the genre collective in my library anyway.
They work really well for me on the Hiby R4, they’re my go to set for that DAP. Also quite nice on the dx180. I haven’t tried them on my M300.
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I only got an M300 for mobile and a schiit stack for desktop lol
I’m absolutely loving them, they’re incredibly relaxing sound wise and just an enjoyable time. Fit I’m getting to make friends with, then again I’m just forcing default tips lol
edit: I’m pretty sure explorer graph wise has a bit more midbass but the way S08’s planar bass hit is just so satisfying to me as well, I gotta find tips to make it fit perfect on me
I know it’s not supposed to be that technical but I think I’ve found the lowest I enjoy treble wise, this is great
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If anyone has Cadenza 4 and a mic, could you try to graph it with shallow insertion??
I’m using wide bore and short tips like the Whizzer SS20.
Thanks in advance!
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What’re you hoping to learn? Shallow insertion will primarily affect the treble, and in a way that’s highly dependent on the shape of your ear canal, and where couplers are already unreliable. What we can glean from measurements has serious limitations, as much as we wish it weren’t so.
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For sure, I know that graphs are not the whole story.
I just find the treble better balanced with shallow insertion and was curious to see what it may look like on a coupler. I know that my ear anatomy will be different than the coupler…
As a side note, Z300 and QKZ xHBB graphs almost identical but the Z300 sounds warmer and has weird treble peaks somewhere but the QKZ is fine.
Just shift the graph a bit to the left and thats usually how a shallower insertion would graph.
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Hey guys. The Da Vinci is here. I want to try them, obviously, but there is a problem. The nozzles on these things are pretty big, and the tips won’t fit over them. I’m not sure what to do!
Anyone have this issue before? If so, what did you do? I’m thinking I might have to stretch the tip somehow…
What tips are you using, brother? You shouldn’t have any issues getting the tips on if you try to angle the tip against the side of the nozzle opening. I also sometimes try to invert the flange on the tip to better line up the stem on the tip.
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This def helps with some nozzles and also for the OCD tip roller (like me) that wants to seat the stem of the ear tip at a precise depth. Sometimes I feel like I was a jeweler in former life… 
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On mine I went with tips that were spec’d for 4.5-5.5mm nozzle. CP145s I think I’m using on that set. I was able to fit some of the standard nozzle width (3.5mm) tips doing like what @domq422 suggested by flipping the flange back and then angling the tip against the nozzle.
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OK, I got them on! I ended up stretching them across a pair of scissors for about an hour. I am using what they call the Candy tips. I got a set of those, a set of S&S tips and some foams. My instincts were correct, the Candy tips are fitting well. So we are in business! 
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I need to look into these tips. I don’t know much about IEMs yet, but the nozzles on the DaVinci are noticeably bigger than the nozzles on the other two sets I have. In fact, I’m not sure why they didn’t include something like that in the box. Oh well, perhaps my technique will improve over time.
@RBRIII @domq422 Thanks guys for the “tips” (see what I did there? 
) I reckon I need to practice a little. Main thing is, I got a set on and we are rockin and rollin. Oh boy, are we. First impressions are extremely good. The cable came with 2 options for amp connection. I am using the 4.4MM right now into the SA-1, the only amp in my system that has such a connection. Wow. 
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