Reecho and Peacock Spring 1

Expletive yea!!! I’m down. I think these 4 seasons will be my last to grab in the hobby above a hundy. Like I’m straight up trying to be a pokemon master here with these :laughing:!

Cool interesting to see where they’re going sound wise with this collection?..I’m using my Springs now to listen to Rush and yeah they’re still a solid rec from me :+1:

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I was surprised that they are blue apparently to be after the ocean

Well… i ordered them…

Interesting that they are 2DD instead of 2DD + 1BA

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You’d think blue as in blue skies wouldn’t you :man_shrugging:

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Yeah
According to them its based on…

Summer is created based on the summer blue sea and the wind, the color scheme is blue embedded with shimmering elements. It’s like the glowing sand and sea under the sun

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Spring FR

Summer FR

At first glance Summer looks to be warmish-harman/Moondrop style tuning than Spring as the 3k Spike isn’t there anymore

I took the plunge and bought both, I’ll let you guys know when it arrives.

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Cool do please let us know your thoughts especially on the Summer as I use my Springs out of choice every day or two :+1:

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For current spring owners, according to a few Chinese reviewers, reecho audio equipment is commonly required to burning in, 48 hours and the bass opens up a lot (i.e. across the bass spectrum sounds more balanced), and the mids no longer shouts.

Common consensus is that it is a vocal-centric IEM, Male or deeper sounding female vocal that have more body sound exceptionally good. (They cited 2 chinese artists with jazz-pop, maybe English equivalent would be Adele)

One reviewer compared to Final Audio E4000 but with more bass. According to him E4000 is very good for concert tracks as it has nice stage and makes singers sound good, this one takes it one step further.

I will test these claims once they come in, noting to record my initial impression (no burn in), and letting it run on low volume to burn it in.

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Sure thing man :grinning:

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Summer…

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Yepp depressing, still may try to toss some coin eventually.

Tiz odd like Chris said about the size disparity seeing as they were suppose to be a 4 piece set?..Maybe the should’ve picked a shell that could work for all driver con fig’s and tuning and gone from there, it seems they went about it arse about face?

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I got the Summer

Still getting used to the sound.
They seemed really hard to drive when i got them at first but after a few hours of music playing they now seem same as spring.

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As an early impressions.

I much prefer the spring to summer.
Summer just sounds like its missing something?
The spring are still my go to however I do like that the summer has longer nozzles.

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Yep I like my springs too, it’s a solid set for sure :+1:

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First 24 hour impression of the spring.

TLDR:
Solid vocal centric IEM with a fast tight bass with above average detail retrieval at the expense of “splashy cymbal” syndrome.
Excels in: Pop(especially female), Slower Tracks.
Weaknesses: Metal (in general) particularly Progressive Metal.

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Source: Tempotech HD Pro (hidisz s8) and Shanling M0. Nothing fancy, cleaner on the HD Pro than the Shanling.

Ear Tips: Went back and forth between various tips eventually settled for foams (and I usually hate foams due to the dirt it accumulates). Stock tips, varying degrees of fun/usefulness, I like the white ones with black stems the best but YMMV. Tried the Reverse KZ Starlines as it usually gives me the best seal but it made the peacock sound more “V” therefore making the splashy syndrome worse.

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Bass: Very Good, Prominent, Fast and controlled without muddying the bass. Very consistent regardless of genres and can hold up to faster genres. Lacking in extension as you dont get the same feeling in Hans Zimmer - 2049 compared to sub-bass focused IEMs.

Mids: I echo the sentiment of many other reviewers that the Mids are done well for vocals and for horns. Vocals feel rich and buttery while horns never get shouty. There is a feeling of “non-cohesion” between the bass and mids transition where lower register of the guitar doesnt seem as “snappy” compared to higher mids section. [The classic Stevie Ray Vaughn shuffle is a victim of this, it sounds a little anemic/woolly]

Treble: I have issue with the treble, they REALLY suffer from the splashy cymbal syndrome on faster tracks. You get good detail retrieval of course, but it really is a nuisance that can cause fatigue really quickly.Not ultra resolving (compared to etymotics ER2SE) but it is decent.

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Pop Tracks Tested:
Aimer - Tone -> As a singer that has that airiness quality in the voice, the spring captures it well. At times it could abit sibilant if she stretches her range to higher notes.

Michael Bolton - Close to you: WOW, despite the fact many instruments are technically competing in the midrange (Flute, Trumpets, Piano, Strings), the horn and the piano sounds fantastic here. Not to mention Michael’s slight raspy voice sounds very smooth here.

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Metal Tracks Tested:
Low Res/Thrash:
Slayer - Raining Blood/South of Heaven -> As lower resolution test tracks, the splashy cymbal syndrome is not as prominent here. Araya’s voice is well balanced, about the same emphasis as King’s guitar work.

Melodic Death:
The Black Dahlia Murder - Verminous/Catacomb Hectacomb. Splashy cymbals are not prominent on Catacomb Hectacomb versus Verminous as cymbals seem to be a bit further back. Bass, Kick Drums are tight and punchy but extension doesn’t go as low. (1:08 on Verminous you can hear the riff but its being drowned out by the floor tom which does not happen on IEMs with more bass extension [I.e. MH755]). Vocals sound better on lower volume as the splashy cymbals not that prominent

Progressive:
Between the Buried and Me - Selkies: Endless Obsession. Like most progressive metal songs, the aggressive metal portion suffers from splashy cymbal portion, but once it reaches the beautiful solo portion you can really test the detail retrieval as the song fades out (you can hear the tapping of the china on the last 8 seconds). Do note : upper frets in the solo gets drowned out by cymbals which was very disappointing.

Thank You Scientist - Party All the Time/FXMLDR. As a band that uses horns in their Prog tracks I can say they hold up extremely well. No shouty upper mids and they gel VERY Well. On 2:10 when you hear all the instruments playing together it never becomes muddy or fighting for your attention.

As a Metalhead, the spring is not my go to IEM. Hell I would even pick up the blons 03 despite its midbass bloat and slow bass recovery because the sound of the splashy cymbals is enough to steer me away.

For everything else that is not metal, this IEM is VERY Good. I was very impressed by how good horns sound on this IEM. I definitely need to do more testing on Genre’s outside of Pop and Metal and also test the fabled burn in effect that chinese reviewers have.

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I like them too… my iFi Micro iDSD probably ads a tad of warmth which I guess would help with your treble issue :man_shrugging: I find them fine treble wise but that’s coming from old ears lol…Nice review btw :+1:

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Original idea:
4 seasons, special collector box released 11/11 sales day along with “Winter”
Season 1 would be concluded in Spring

As commenter mentioned (and was part of the plan) the seasons along with color themes…(the whole shell) could be

Summer= Warm tuning
Spring = Refreshing/alternate tuning (Monitor/Musician)
Autumn = A variation of a known popular tuning (Harman for example)
Winter = Cold analytical treble leaning detail set

First video ever that made me wanna smash my camera and chuck it at my monitor.

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Its a real shame.
I really liked the idea…

But dark blue for summer???
If they wanted a ocean/beach theme for summer why not yellow with light blues and white hues

And the sound is just eh… on the summer and the cable is the same…

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Chifi gets mocked for having “now money” syndrome and this is an example of that. The Dunu 480 is 2 DD and graphs the same iirc??

They flushed money down a toilet.
I’m hoping they own the mistake and apologize and get a proper painted and tuned set

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