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Is the Zetian Wu – either the OG or the Heyday edition – worth getting if one already has the Hook-X? (The music I listen to is mostly acoustic & vocal).
I have OG Olina with Tanya Filter, S12, KZ PR1 PRO, EA500, and SA6 and kelp coming back to Heyday as my favorite IEM. It plays every type of music quite well! Smooth, detailed, fast transients. It shines on string instruments. What would be an upgrade to the Heyday? Will I need to step up to 1k budget to see an actual upgrade?
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I’m finding the same thing. The more I listen to the Heyday the more I love it.
I think you’d need to go deep into tribrid money to see a significant improvement.
If I didn’t already have a set of Monarch mkii I’d probably have stopped here.
Is the Monarch mkii better? Yes, in every respect but is it it 5 times better? Nope, not even close to that multiplier.
The Heyday hits the wall of the law of diminishing returns hard!
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Bought one on audio46 a week ago, arrived 2 days ago.
First impressions are positive, Heyday sounds to me like a more refined Tripowin Olina (OG) with slightly better resolution.
I have very little to criticize. Bass could use some oomph, but I’m guessing Planar bass is like this?
Solid allrounder IEM under 300 bucks, this is a very valid B2 Dusk alternative if you can’t afford shelling 330 bucks for that which still needs tips and cable swap btw.
Dusk has wider soundstage then Heyday but Heyday has more treble air and faster bass response.
Not getting any of that Planar timbre I’ve seen people talk about, the Heyday sounds like a good quality DD to my ears.
Stock cable is ridiculously good for the money (Companies take note!) Case is too big for normal use but fells premium and is big enough to fit a dongle and tips.
Stock tips are not great, I’m using Final E tips.
PS: audio46 sent me the Heyday mouse pad, I thought this was a pre-order bonus long gone?
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Bought a set of these this week to replace my Blon-03 and Moondrop Starfield. Using via a JDS Element desktop setup or a Qudelix 5k (via 2.5mm) when mobile. Immediately I knew these were for me - just hit the sweetspot - enough speed and weight to the sound with a great amount of detail thrown at me without the treble ever appearing to get over exuberant. Really, really impressed 
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These also became my go-to set for just not being offensive in any way. I was really hoping the KZ PR2 wasgoing to improve upon them, but I got the “revision” of those.
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I used to have true HBB PR2 version, but it that version did not compete with Heyday. PR2 was more shouty in the upper mids. Heyday sounds more refined.