This is the official thread for the Moondrop x Crinacle Dusk
This thread is for discussion and reviews.
- Type: In Ear
- Amp needed: No
- Driver type: 2DD 2BA 2Planar
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Z Reviews…
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Comprehensive hands-on review from GadgetryTech (basshead/gamer). He’s a big fan of these.
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Nothing interesting in tuning, nothing interesting in technical performance (according to the reviews), nothing revolutionary in technology, nothing interesting in drivers. You can skip it without wondering… 
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I kind of agree. I worry that it might be too low pinna or not the greatest value. But I hope generally that it is good as I preordered one as soon as they were up. I don’t use dsp iems as they are just eq, and a 360-dollar one feels overpriced.
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It actually looks very uniquely tuned in the treble! The warmest treble out of all other popular warm treble IEMs in fact!
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I do believe this one will sell a lot of units. And i also feel like it actually is good value… Easy going tuning stock, and lots of possibilities with the DSP cable, or EQ on your favorite source/player.
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DSP is the future…whether you like it or not…just like electric cars…not a matter of if, but when…easy EQ for the masses…a Swiss Army knife IEM
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Raises the question of if the IEM is any good if it’s only at its best with DSP / EQ. I think a good IEM should stand on its own merit vs requiring that.
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Also, if you lose or break the cable it’s a bit of hassle to replace no? How’s the availability in lets say a few years down the road?
From what I gather the analog tuning is kind of mediocre, which is unfortunate.
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The stock tuning looks fine, but if you don’t want to use the DSP then it’s like they’re only selling you 1/5 of the package unless you want to calculate/create the EQs on your own. It’s admittedly nothing special to me because I never use my phone to listen to music, so there is no allure to the profiles. I would be buying it on the strength of the analog tuning alone.
Edit: I’m not buying it, but I’m not in the market either, so caveat empor.
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It is, for TWS that is.
I still think a regular wired iem needs to be properly tuned WITHOUT DSP.
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I agree…but a lot of manufacturers either don’t know how to or don’t want to invest the energy or resources into a good tune
If the manufacturer can get it close with quality components…the end user can fine tune it to their own tastes
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I’m not in the market either at this point…but interesting to watch the development from afar…I love tech…curious to see where this goes
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everybody tryin to hype this badly on youtube
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ordered from amazon so I can return easily if I have any issues with it.
I have lots of issues with the freedsp I got a while ago so hoping they fixed/improved it for the bundled one.
not to mention phones/tablets having poor volume control when outputting digital so its either too quiet or too loud if there’s no external control.
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if its only good with DSP, I’m skipping and quitting the hobby, gonna run with my Mext till I fuckin die
well after I try out a Maestro Mini for good measure
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When playing with autoEQ, I do prefer the 2020 target to the Crinacle 2023 target. The pinna starts too late imo.
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