Out of the box, my first thought was they don’t sound like they graph. I tried the OG Que but got bored with it really quickly. The UTG has continued to capture my attention. I have to keep reminding myself they were $89. I didn’t use the stock cable or tips to comment.
The inherent cohesiveness of a single DD is there. The glass brings much more life to the presentation. There is something special about the way it presents audio. The bass did change with some hours of play time. It went from more mid bass bump to a complete filled out bass with sub bass but remained tight no bloat, no bleed into the mids. Like the graph reads early on but never too much upper treble, for me. In my mind, I see the graph with some good time on the drivers reading much closer to HBB target without any treble spikes, no bass tuck. Caveat, my range abruptly ends at 13kHz so I may only catch a tiny bit of that last peak. They require zero EQ, again for me.
Female vocals are perfect. Male vocals less so.
The treble concerned me a few times as I thought I heard some upper frequency distortion but I wasn’t sure if it was in the recording or the driver breaking up. After a couple more days use I’ve not heard a hint of it again. I’m a low to mid volume listener thus I don’t believe I was over driving at all.
There’s a special nature to the stage and imaging I’ve certainly not heard in other <$100 sets. It’s not the widest or deepest but very natural. I quickly forget about them and get lost in the music.
The fit and finish are exemplary. Maybe it just jives with my HRTF but I think this one will vanish with little attention because of the graph.
They sound full, complete, incisive without a hint of sibilance and yet at the same time remain quite forgiving of poor recordings.
Extreme value! They should have priced them higher. I would be curious to see someone graph them on the same rig after they have 100+ hours on them. It may be closer to what I hear or not…
Primary source DX180 single-ended. I will have a DX340 tomorrow
and hopefully will hear if the UTG scales or not. I’m looking forward to pairing them with AMP13 for a true harmonic experience.
Hope this helps inform. It’s simply my impression and experience. No, I don’t get anything if you buy a set.
I feel it bests the Defiant in bass quality and most definitely in upper presence. It also bests the Aether which just sounds weird to me more and more…
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