đź”¶ Letshuoer S12

@pylaczynski @igor0203 @nymz

Oh hello there :call_me_hand:

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Seems like Yanwen delivered quick this time, at least for UK!
Should be not long now :crossed_fingers:

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Mine is still far off… But I would love to hear your hype starting feedback on it once you have it :smiley:

Mine is on it’s way into EU. I’m expecting it later this week but it’s fedex 🤷

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So different destinations determine the processing speed it seems? OOF…

Yes, since you brexited UK is different shipment via air especially to avoid doubling on duty. But it must have been like that before on second thought, since you were always outside of Schengen.
To EU those cheap shipping companies tend to wait until they have plenty of stuff to send at once to cut down on some costs I guess. Then it ends up in some mid terminal in Netherlands or Hungary and story starts again :sob:

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First pics from the wild!

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Ej07m nozzle fit deja vu 🤦

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Curious to see how these compare to Timeless :thinking:

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Arrived an hour ago

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Ended up holding off temporarily. Had to make sure payment for insurance renewal cleared first.

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Next to blon 03, these are SMALL, smaller than all of my kz’s, for anyone worrying about fit i’m finding them comfy and i have super difficult ears :+1:
immediate listening impressions - final tips + tripowin altea cable (stock cable is nice but 4.4mm and my 4.4 - 6.35 adapters isn’t here yet)
mid bass is CRISP, sub-bass is weaker than mele but still present, doesn’t have usual planar timbre but it’s still there, just not as obvious as a planar as the timeless or a sundara

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Feed us some Timeless vs S12 :smirk:

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it’ll have to be off memory i sold them around a couple weeks ago due to fit issues
from what i remember - bass and sub-bass are very similar, male vocals feel thinner on the s12 and less so on the timeless but not by a massive amount, i’d say maybe a 10% difference and i’m only noticing it because i use iems to watch youtube and things in the background, i think on anything with post processing it’ll be harder to distinguish the two
the s12 stumbles a little in the treble - high hats and cymbals don’t have any edge to them and i’m particularly treble sensitive so i can’t imagine how it’d be for someone less so, female vocaloids ie miku on kill jill sounds fine, just fine, which is what i got from both the timeless and the s12
soundstage + fit clearly goes to the s12, when @Rikudou_Goku mentioned the timeless had like a soundstage/imaging that was entirely in the front that’s what i was experiencing without realising it on the timeless. I don’t think the s12 has particularly good soundstage/imaging just not particularly awful (although obviously mixed reports)

disclaimer: all immediate impressions + i don’t particularly review things i just try and a/b test with what i have to see what i like and don’t like, currently a/b ing with the hekili but for $120 which is the price i paid, safe purchase, no build issues or weird caveats like i would have to give a lot of products ie the timeless fit was god awful for me

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Hekili?? I’d love to hear more about that, in the right thread at the right time. :heart:

The S12s just arrived.

First impressions

  • Excellent cable, feels and looks good and solid.
  • Comfortable fit in the ears
  • Construction looks and feels sturdy, top notch
  • No cheapo vibes from this set

Pics

Out of the box graph

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And they added a “real” waifu. Take that Moondrop!

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Congratz :fire:

Mine should arrive this week, but fedex :poop:

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Ok guys and gals I am not the most versatile in audiophile vocabulary but I already can give you my verdict about the S12. If you want to read a full review of the S12 read any of the numerous Timeless reviews and add my below remarks, et voilĂ .

tl;dr:
The S12 is better than the 7HZ Timeless

I can keep it short, this is an obviously very close to Timeless tuned driver Timeless clone with the same driver inside. Which is a good thing.
As you can see from the graphs.

The S12 has a little bit of sub bass roll off otherwise the tuning is the same.
I have been listening the past 9h switching between the 7Hz and S12 and there are no big differences. There are slight differences which make the S12 the winner in my book:

  • Overall I find the sound of the S12 a little bit smoother
  • fit, comfort and looks of the S12 are way better than the Timeless
  • S12 has the lower price
  • excellent 2-pin cable

Oh and btw:

The only IEMs I use foam tips on are the the S12 and Timeless as I prefer overall more smooth, dark sounding IEMs.

Here are the foam graphs.

S12 is a very good IEM and definitively worth a buy.

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OMG I love all those hype reviews! For now it looks like a cheaper timeless with a better cable and no QC issues (based on 3 reviews after 1 day of usafe, so I don’t call it a day yet), so win-win-win situation.

Mine is still stucked at outbound of YanWen, so I guess I would have mine in a month or so, but for 120$ I guess I would wait.

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Thanks for the review. Just to clear this off - this is not the same driver as Timeless. Ours has a 14.8mm diameter while the Timeless’ is 14.5mm. To-mae-to, to-maa-to, different nonetheless :smiley:

Sidenote: @Ohmboy could you change the thread title to LETSHUOER S12 (yes, all caps)? We got a rebranding because we needed to register in US and Shuoer Audio / Acoustics is not available unfortunately. Thanks.

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