I was going to give you a cookie, but here, take the whole jar.
Welcome home. 
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Hisses a lot with sensitive IEM (has an impedance adapter to help with that). To be honest, i barely touched it so far. Time is short and RU6 appeared at the same time so yeah, rip.
First impressions are good sound, insane power and a couple of drawbacks like its cable, no buttons, not working with UAPP and the hiss.
Great for buds tho.
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Like your taste in music. I might have to break down and buy them . It always chose between Teas or something else. The something else wins but maybe I am making a mistake lol. I know Nymz tell me I am 
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No mistakes man. Everything are happy accidents. I bought Teas as my “first real IEM” by chance. If I had stayed put, we might no be here talking.
Time teached me Teas OG aint for everyone. They are made for these little moments. When they connect to the owner, a lightning strikes and love happens.
Long live the Tea Cult. I miss mine.
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I did the exact same thing, and I have a few other IEMs that I enjoy as result. I know I am in the honeymoon period, but I am guessing that they will be my number one or two IEM when the dust settles. The first time I was thinking about buying them was when the Timeless was releasing. The second time was when the Tea2 came out, which just made me indecisive about which version. I snagged the S12 and Olina, and finally got back to the OG Tea.
I really like the darker tonality of them, but only because they do it while not losing the things I want from the treble.
That is a pretty impressive first pick, and still blows my mind.
I am not sure where that “real” line is. My first IEM was the KZ ZS10 Pro, which I have in my nightstand. If real is by price tag, I am guessing that 7Hz Timeless was my first big boy IEM, and my first trip above $100, but I had Mele at that point, and was getting a clear idea of what I liked.
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FH3. Snigger
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And that was the moment I knew, without even hearing any other IEM by then, something was messed up.
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Day 3 with the Tea MK1 … working through my library and really enjoying it more and more. My plan is to split some listening time tomorrow and Friday, so I have some other tonal reference ( contrast is good ).
The sub-bass hits better than it graphs. I was listening to the Baba O’Riley by The Who, and the bass notes really start coming in around the 1 minute, and the keyboards are still perfectly balanced against the vocals right after that.
While we all know Tea is amazing for Zeppelin ( and most classic rock ), I wanted more time with my 2nd favorite band, Rush. I tend to pick and album and go, and since it recently turned 40, I choose Moving Pictures, and Tom Sawyer opens up as good as any headphone I have heard. YYZ was amazing, and if you are familiar with that song / drum solo, it might be the perfect check for sub-bass and timber of every standard rock instrument, more so anything a human might throw in a normal drum kit. The imaging on the drum work was good, since they set mics across his setup, so you could follow his movement.
I then jumped back to Caress of Steel, which is sort of weird album for me, and songs about Bastille Day and I Think I’m Going Bald don’t connect with me, even today thankfully, having a full head of hair down to the middle of my back thanks to lockdowns, and being very not French. The Necromancer and The Fountain of Lamneth are about as typical “annoy the record label” as early Rush gets.
Permanent Waves was the point that I discovered Rush, and when I learned how to play guitar, Freewill, and Spirit of Radio were pretty early on the list of stuff I worked on. The solo on Freewill took me a while to get even close on. The timber on the solo was perfect with this IEM.
Thanks @nymz the is very tasty, glad you gave me more than one.
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Your second sample has channel imbalance? Ayayay.
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Well that ones down the drain lol ! Oh well onward and upward. Should I go see the Oracle or listen to the Lava flow ? Who knows lol?
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Oh crikey. Can you maybe send your Serials to @Tonytex_Teixeira to see if his rig shows anything differently? How does the second set sound?
Hmm just saw your second graph…damn. what the hell
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It’s not the rig, I tried to measure IEMs after that so it’s not that.
They sound as they graph 
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Wtf…this is like Final AUDIO with their terrible channel imbalance history. Well, maybe not as bad, but still. Disappointing! HBB got lucky huh?
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I have no idea, I think he only graphed 1 monitor.
I’ve owned two different sets of Serial, with no audible imbalance but I never graphed them. I’m shocked, but it for sure seems like you say - double bad batches, which is awful statistically!
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Oh wow…I was about to pull the trigger on the Serials today but alas I guess it was not meant to be.
Thats unfortunate - I was looking forward to at least trying them.
Regardless, thanks for all your work, @nymz!
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Getting some comparisons in with the OG Tea vs Tea 2. I’m running them through a Q5K. OG Tea is via 3.5mm Unbalanced and the Tea 2 via 2.5mm Balanced both with stock tips.
Staging - Still confused by this. For me this is how far out an instrument sounds to my ears. The OG Tea definitely has a bigger stage presence. Extended well beyond my ears to a point that doesn’t even seem achievable to reach out and touch. The Tea 2 takes the staging and significantly brings it in closer. Sounds congested in comparison to OG Tea. Keep in mind this is only comparison between the two. The Tea 2 still has decent staging but, not on the level of OG Tea for what I hear.
Imaging - Again another one I’m confused with as it always seems to be referenced differently. This for me is the ability for the sound to be strictly left (L) and right (R), LR and Front, LR and Back or 360 (Holographic?). On the Tea 2 I’m struggling to determine this. On some tracks I get a sense of it being 360 when the track isn’t busy. However, it seems when the bass comes in the imaging shrinks. OG Tea comes in as strong winner. With the imaging always remaining wide and 360 and for me extremely precise. Feel like you could tell me to throw a dart at an instrument on a busy track and I’d bullseye it everytime time.
Bass - Not much to go into on this. To me they both have a very similar presentation and texture. Only big comparison is there’s just more of it on the Tea 2. It doesn’t go overboard with it but, I think the OG Tea presents a better balanced presentation with the rest of the tuning. Tea 2’s bass seems to cover up some of the magic that makes the OG Tea.
Treble - Tea 2 is just more elevated. If my understanding is correct things like cymbals seem more metallic on it. Not in a way that I’d say is bad or offensive just how it compares to OG Tea. Overall the OG Tea comes off darker/softer but, in a way that I feel is more pleasant and complements the overall signature better.
Details - OG Tea is the winner. On Tea 2 if the details are larger on scale I’m able to pick them up eon busier louder tracks. For the small details though I seem to need more focus to pull them out on some tracks. The OG Tea though, Wow! Those quiet details I was hunting for with Tea 2 are right there. This becomes really apparent for me on tracks with an acoustic guitar. Where on the Tea 2 the strumming and fingers slides can be lost sometimes along side other instruments with OG Tea they’re right there.
Vocals - Not an area that is really of concern for me as neither are offensive. Vocals seem to be elevated more on Tea 2 and more forward. Vocals also seem slightly thicker on the Tea 2. OG Tea sounds more natural and intimate for me and overall I think the vocal presentation plays better with the imaging and staging.
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