Welcome to the sparkles team 
I got mine from Dudo with a discount, but maybe there’s some sales still on other sites!
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Yeah, I love the Sparkle of the Variations, and if the RSV delivers that like you said, I got myself a killer Combo.
Variations, Oracle, RSV. The Holy Trinity that will replay them all for me.
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That’s a veeeery nice team
Im excited for you!
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thank you! May get the RSV at the end of the year.
Say, regarding tips, do the SpinFit CP155 fit the RSV?
I think if I got the RSV I might be done for a while; no more buying.
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I use Mele stock tips or SS20. I shove it deep like this:
Also a favourite of the gang, Comply T600 chopped:
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Sold.
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What does the stars mean in your ranking list?
More stars more recommended? Price-value ratio?
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Price value. I should add a rec symbol tho
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The Audionsense DT600 (6 BA) I demoed is also for sale. Mint condition and includes a 30 and 80 ohm adapter inside.
Price: 200€ with paypal fees and shipping included. EU/UK.
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I received, tested the heart mirror and compared it with the Aria.
With these two having the spinfit cp100 tips, it’s a hand down victory if the Aria for me: voices are more natural, have more body, and detach more from the other instruments. The heart mirror demonstrates many sibilances, too.
With some xelastec tips, the heart mirror get better: voices have more body. But they still are on the verge of being sibilant.
With my library, the Aria are easier, and will fit way more music styles.
I tested on:
Lorde - buzzcut season
Birdy - skinny love
Prodigy - smack my bitch up
Koji kondo - Zelda medley
The heart mirror isn’t bad per se, and especially for the price, but the aria does everything better with easier tips.
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All automatically set to Monarch MK2 ( S ) level. In my opinion, this will be the disappointment of the year. For this price, they need to do more things and be more versatile, not just listen to Chinese folk music 
. It became clear that metal could not be listened to. The dynamics is level (C) according to reviews and comments, no soundstage … Let me not continue. This is not my end. Many deluded people 
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I use HM with Final E, but aria should be way warmer. How do u find the Techs?
I advise narrow bores / bass tips with HM, due to the tuning. I find final e to tame peaks a bit while increasing bass.
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Looking for these characteristics: fun, long duration listening while work, smooth, coherent, crisp, clean, balanced frequencies.
No technical or clinical. (hence why I sold Variations)
- Xenns UP
- Dunu SA6
- EJ07m
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Please help a bro 
I didn’t think about final Es, I’ll try them asap!!
On the tech side, I must admit I didn’t really pay attention. I found the soundstage quite narrow, but I feel biased by my first experience, with a bad seal. I remember having tested it on buzzcut season, and it was bigger on aria.
Now with the xelastec, hearing yosi horikawa - bubbles on Spotify, I feel layering is quite good in this “small” soundstage.
With m.Jackson - thriller , the 2 sets were on par for the step noises going 'round
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I haven’t voted yet, because I think the 3 of them excel at different stuff.
Maybe you should give more info about what you want to use them for!
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From what I read the Xenns Up would be the one that’s “fun”
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Thanks mate! I know how good the EJ07m is, and the SA6 seems more in line with it as well. Xenns UP is the tuning outlier of the three.
My take is that I’m a imaging and sound stage hoe, then coherency through all frequencies comes next, then clarity comes next. I once thought I was a V-shaped guy, but after listening to the Tea and MEST, I realized that even Mele can sometimes sound too boomy for my every day listen. MEST has been living in my ears almost every day since I got it last week.
For me so far:
- Xenns UP: Dan’s latest review of the Dusk really bumped up my interest in the UP, but I fear that the sub-bass thickness is going to distract me a lot from my work. Also if it’s veiled in the mids or highs, I’m gonna notice too.
- SA6: Actually my first pick until I realized the EJ07m discount. Seems to be a smooth listening experience without the BA timbre, but not sure if the sub-bass would be sooo thin that it doesn’t punch.
- EJ07m: New contestant and now increasingly piquing my interest. Just afraid that the short nozzle will have that weird effect with my ear canals. I can’t stand thinness and peaky treble… that said, the 5k-6k bump on the MEST seems fine for my taste.
What I didn’t like about the Variations: the coldness of the technicality and the shrillness of the treble can sometimes make it undesirable for long session listening. So what I want: a long session listener with enough enjoy factor while working.
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The ThieAudio Oracle might be something to try / look out for. They‘d fit right in what you are looking for. I‘d consider that set a long section listener while being fun (at least to me).
One of the best tonal balances I‘ve heard in any headphone. Really glad I got these.
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Oracle was originally on my list as well, but due to it being not so easy to find nowadays and the only new option that I have is DD on AE, I decided to drop it. Linsoul’s has it for pre-order only.
I think eventually I might go for the EJ07m + filter for a safer neutral yet borderline fun tuning 
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