Oh yeaa defoo I will be soo worried am gonna mess my ears up xD
Do we know if it support in line mic?
Really interested in this, just skeptical about what the rafters of my garage can hold! May have to reinforce two and then put a brace between them.
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Hello everybody,
today i want to share with you my impressions of Letshuoer´s latest release the Mystic 8.
First of all thank you very much @Jon_let and of course Letshuoer for making this happen and lending a demo unit for our small group of audio enthusiasts here in Germany!
As per usual I start my review with the disclaimer that I am not a professional reviewer (don´t get tricked by the pictures :-P)
I am an audio enthusiast like most of us here and do this just for fun and kind of because âi have toâ in exchange for being able to listen to such an expensive set 
Sharing impressions is something that i like a lot but writing essay like reviews not so much so I will keep it simple.
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Non Sound:
- Great unboxing experience, i like the stylish presentation
- Included metal puck is the best I have seen so far, without the annoying screwing noise of the regular ones. This is probably the first I´d actually use
- I do like the stock cable, it is something different and you don´t notice it at all when wearing
- Good selection of eartips ranging from wide over medium to narrow bore.
- They included a gift in form of a necklace and a ring which is an interesting decission. The necklace looks kind of like a thin braided IEM cable and is pretty nice actually. The ring is in the theme of the phantom cat and also does not look too cheap or badâŚi still would not wear it though.
The Design of the IEM itself is very unique and interesting, first i was not the biggest fan but in person i like it a lot.
Build quality is top notch and the IEM feels very sturdy and like a very premium product.
It is heavy enough to feel substantial but light enough to not being bothersome at all.
The shape of the shell is similar to the ones of Cadenza 12 and therefore one of the best I have seen in the hobby so far.
Fit and comfort is fantastic, I could wear this IEM all day long and it sits so snug that it does not move at all.
Sound:
I started my first listening session with one of my favourites if not my favourite band, Lake Street Dive, and was instantly amazed at how good M8 was sounding
My mental notes were:
- wow, amazing clarity i love how instruments are presented
- very open sounding, everything has room to breathe, nothing sounds congested.
- very dynamic and lively, even at very low volume which is great if you don´t want to blast your ears or it´s late in the night allready. Some IEMs tend to sound dull on low volume but not M8.
- female voices are an absolute standout
- treble is nicely extended but never annoying or fatiguing. I think this is not easy to achieve and I very much enjoy this treble presentation, maybe even more than my Cadenza 12. This i probably one of my favourite upper mids and treble presentation of all IEMs i have heard so far. PfffâŚwho needs ESTs anyway
- Layering is pretty much on par with Cadenza 12 i can not really hear a difference here.
- Imaging might be even better on M8. Everything sounds a little extra crisp, especially in the upper mids and presence region where C12 is smoother.
Depending on what i am listening to I also prefer this over C12. Lake Street Dive sounds so crisp and snappy with M8âŚIf i had the money I´d buy M8 only for listening to my favourite bands,the tuning works really well here.
After the first eargasm i changed to other genres and could detect some downsides of such a specialized clarity focused tuning.
- midbass is scooped out quite a bit, bass guitars don´t sound full (but not bad either). I ended up using Final Audio Type E tips which helped a bit compared to TRI Clarion which I have used before
- Jon from Letshuoer recommended to use M8 on a tube amp but unfortunately I did not have anything tubey around but I can imagine it to be a fantastic match
- obviously there is no earthshaking rumble. The BA bass is very quick in the attack and as quick as it comes it´s gone again.
- It should be clear that this is not a basshead set, i would not pick it for bass heavy musicâŚstill it does not sound bad or anemic and I really like the presentation and texture and speedyness of the bass.
This only works because the midrange and treble are tuned so ecxceptionally well.
In some tunings you NEED a lot of bass to counter the annoying upper mids and treble, with M8 this is not the case and I can still enjoy other genres even with less bass than I am used to. - On some recordings M8 can sound thin but it is definitely not a thin sounding IEM in general, actually it does have very nice noteweight.
- male vocals don´t sound bad by any means but also not fully complete. When only listening to the stock tuning this is not so apparant but when you start to play around with EQ and fill out that lower mids you can hear the difference and that some male voices are not presented in their full range. (example Fairfield Four - These bones)
This brings me to EQ:
I saw Mark Ryan´s review and he suggested +3d @80Hz Q value 0.6 which gave me a starting point to try out but only going by ear i further played around with my Q5K and landed at the following settings
+4db @100Hz Q 0.4 which looks a little something like this:
When i compared this tuning to Cadenza12 i had to laugh as it´s almost a 100% match in the lower region. I guess I just like that bass shelf
With this EQ applied bass guitars sound more substantial and male vocals fuller.
The clarity is still on a very high level but M8 also looses a bit of its magic but that´s a good trade off if you also want to use it as an allrounder.
Conclusion:
I very much enjoyed my time with M8 and think it is a fantastic IEM if you know what you are buying it for.
Obviously this is not a basshead set.
It is a specialized tuning for maximum clarity and midrange eargasms and can potentially make your favourite music sound the best you have ever heard it.
Such a tuning has downsides for some genres but if you use EQ this is such an easy fix and then you have your Allrounder IEM which competes with Cadenza 12 for half the price.
Of course this is not a budget set and I wished it would be cheaper but you get what you are paying for, this is one of the best sounding IEMs i have heard and the build quality is on the highest level.
Shoutout to LETSHUOER for this release!
Their tuner once again proved to me that he is one of the best in the business.
Can´t wait to meet some of the guys at High-End in munich this year and hope that I will be able to demo Serenade
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Iâm glad you like it, youâre a fanboy. Personally, for me, the best highs Iâve heard in IEM are definitely Glacierâs.
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Iâm old skool and that 
goes to Z1R 
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Speaking of good treble, Iâm thinking the new Soranik Mems 3S 2025 might have a claim to best treble in the game
Well behaved, extended xMems in open-back format, boy o boy
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You do NOT want to hang any kind of punching bag on an unsupported beam in your garage. Donât do it. The torsion created by the bag swinging and the force from your punches could crack that beam or end up causing problems for your roof.
A few tips:
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Buy a bag spring, regardless of where you plan to hang. It reduces forces transmitted into the solid object to which you mounted the bag.
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Do NOT scrimp on gloves. Get quality boxing gloves from a boxing supply company, not something from the local sporting goods store or one of those boxaerobics snake oil salesmen you find on Instagram. Everlast, Rival, Title, Grant, etc.
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Learn how to wrap your hands and do it before every session. It will save you from a lot of problems. Plus you feel like a bad-ass when your hands are wrapped and then gloved.
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Watch YouTube videos for proper punching technique if you havenât boxed. It will save you from injury and also make you a better puncher. If you think big, roundhouse, bar brawl punches are the hardest, you are wrong. The hardest punches are the short, crisp shots that develop torque from the legs, especially a hook with hip rotation.
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Turn your session into a total workout. Box for three-minute rounds with one minute of rest between, just like a real fight. There are plenty of free boxing timer apps for your phone on the app stores. Keep moving. Imagine you have punches coming back at you. Move your head. Stick and move. Bob and weave. Itâs a much more rewarding workout than just standing there and wailing on the bag.
Visit https://www.titleboxing.com/ to find all the gear you need. I can point you to a cheaper place to get the Aqua Punching Bag as a yacht buoy. Itâs much cheaper and the EXACT SAME THING.
Good luck! Happy punching. Anyone can feel free to PM with any questions.
Sorry for this station break. Back to IEMs âŚ
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Youâve heard it? What did it sound like?
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I will ask the guy with it.
Edit: No TRRS support, so no.
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As are you of every new IEM you are buying which is always the best thing in existence 
I guess thatâs called enthusiasm and is the nature of the hobby 
And yes I am also a fan of Letshuoer as they release solid sets and have a good reputation
Also i am a fan of companies sending review units my way, how could i not like that
Iâm not praising M8 for everybody and everything and think it is too expensive but if it matches your usecase/genre itâs a fantastic set and has a special sauce which makes it stand out to me.
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This is because there is a slight gradation in price with each subsequent IEM.
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Curious about your next purchaseâŚyou need to jump to Storm/APX-SE price territory now
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The only logical step after that is SummitFi. But I still wonder who it will be.
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ZiiGaat ArcanisâŚ
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Ziigaat seems to like the spaghetti style of tuningâŚtry lots and see if any of it sticks.
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Indeed, KZ 2.0 
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I´m allready bored of Ziigaats designs, it just feels like they are selling the same thing over and over again 
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⌠but the sound is goodâŚ
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