Moondrop KATO, KXXS successor IEMs

I found blessing 2 at 280€ and Kato at 200€.
Is better kato?

It is all matter of taste. They are both good it will come down to your ears. I prefer Timeless but that’s me,

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Blessing 2 is more resolving but to me sounds shouty at times. Kato, tuning wise is more to my tastes but not as technically good as Blessing 2.

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I also have to decide between these two. But not the normal Blessing 2 but the Blessing 2 Dusk. Don’t know why people would get Blessing 2 when the dusk exist

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Because B2 OG corresponds to a different library and different musical tastes. :wink:

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I have a blessing and have no problems with the treble response

In my case, the Dusk wasn’t/isn’t available where I’m from. Importing from shenzhenaudio would mean heavy import fee.

All the hype surrounding the B2 might also be a reason for some people.

Lucky you. I got the Kinera Norn recently and like it’s upper mid energy more than B2.

I still can’t decide if I should get Kato or Blessing 2 dusk. I’m mainly listening to male vocals and classical music

For male vocals or more Bass get Dusk, for a more neutral sound get the Kato

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DD timbre. Blessings have terrible timbre and coherency, unless that doesn’t bother you…

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Yeah, timbre is my main concern. I will probably get the Kato

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Timbre on single DD = master race

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Hi to all
A question. For those who have tried the newest Aria model (Snow Edition) which uses a new driver and tuning. How close is the gap between this one and the Kato in overall sound quality?

I think I can agree on this one, for I have been getting excellent timbre on both the Kato and the Airships.

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Has anyone had issues with humidity/condensation on the Kato? How often it happens?

I never did but didn’t use them in any humid environments

How about cold weather? I mean inside home of course, but sometimes its so cold there’s humidity everywhere.

only time I got anything like that was using them after showering once since I still had some water deeper in my ears
weather/temps didn’t have any impact that I noticed but my room never got below 60 even with my window open in the winter (coldest day I remember was like -20)

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The issues I got with my own set of Katos, would be its cable eventually stiffened due to the place that I am living and the 2pin slot from my right piece fell off in placement, therefore I had to open up and gut it out just to get to the 2pin and fix it.

It sucks that my Kato had to receive that treatment, due to the fact that Moondrop does not even want to honor the warranty of replacing it. I am pretty much still pissed at them for doing that, therefore leaving sour grapes in my mouth and it is disappointing. Most of their sounds are in my range of taste and sound preference, solid products but plague with QC issues and their customer support sucks.

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