I pulled the plug, but I made a mistake. I realized too late that I got a 4.4 Jelly Cable. I wanted a 3.5mm Jelly cable so that I can use a nice cable for my desktop setup.
The stock cable would be handed down to the BLON BL-03, and the Altea Cable will be used for my upcoming iFi Go Blu (haha get it? blue cable, Go Blu).
If I contact Linsoul as soon as possible, will they be able to change my order so that I get the 3.5mm Jelly Cable?
Contact them ASAP before they ship out, should be fine
So many comparisons, and the Mele holds out very well!
Mele + SpinFit cp100 are a great combo for me. I hear more treble extension and more detail as a result. Enough that orchestral music becomes really pleasant with them, and spacial queues come through a little better.
Just got myself a nice dopamine fix by listening this on the Mele:
I totally agree - CP100 really brings out more treble! I wish Tripowin just added 5 USD to the price and added CP100 out of the box 
The back-to-back comparison is INCREDIBLE. The Mele sounds so natural and spacious compared to the Oxygen and Prism which has a rather thin signature. But heck, the Aria became really shrill, narrow, and cheapish sounding right away⊠Tea, on the other hand, is quite the true representation of its unorthodox but weirdly satisfying tuning.
Listened to the demos with Tea, Mele, Blon BL-05s, and Tin T4, which all produced the same results to my ears.
Totally agree with you on Mele vs Aria Track.
At first I was thinking âThey are identicalâ.
And then the drums comes in while the test is on Mele and it cuts into Aria.
I was like âNehhhhh, skip this, bring me back my Mele pleaseâ
Annnnddd the Mest, yeah, nope, donât talk about it again.
Please let me un-hear what I heard.
It just spoils everything even though we are listening through youtube.
BruhâŠthe effort you put in.
You mentioned several things I thought while tuning.
I used RHCP in the process
Imagine being me hearing another guy sound demoing my set with a track I used to tune in bass lines.
Fucking amazing work.
I am only up to The Chilli Peppers butâŠyou already got the point.
I think my favorite tip on the Mele is the Final Series E, but the CP145 and CP100 were both very good on it too. The stock tips are a bit too wide bore for me, and bring the highs out more than I wanted.
Havenât tried those yet but thanks for the tip, maybe those will work.
Thanks for the thoughts! It means especially much to me when these words are coming from the guy who tunes these himself.
For me Mele sounds better than everything except MEST in demos.
I bought 2 cables for Mele but still waiting for blue/gold to order one.
Same.
10 char
Another song that really shows off the Mele bass response. The bass line right from the start is impressive, but it is Steve Harris after all.
@nymz haha you should definitely not watch this video if you want to keep your money 
Mest is very very goodâŠ
Super long post incoming:
Got the Meles on 9/16, bought them with a balanced Tripowin Jelly cable ($20 seemed like a good price for a decent cable-very nice cables, I love how floppy they are). Had some issues with fit with the included tips, so Iâve been using Spinfit CP100+. I started off with CP100s but they would get kinda itchy on me after a couple of hours, and I read somewhere that CP100+ helps mitigate that I listen to them using a Qudelix 5k via USB to desktop or via bluetooth to my phone. I listen to classical music on iTunes at 360kbps and non-classical on Spotify.
Fit and comfort - superb. I listen to these things at least 6 hours per day, and wear them to sleep with no problems, Iâm a side sleeper and I donât have any comfort issues - including sleep time, weâre talking 12 hours plus Iâve got them in my ears a day.
Below are random notes I took as I did my normal listening, and noticed anything that stood out to me. Iâll start with positive notes with non-classical, then with classical, then anything that stood out as negative (a pretty short list). No particular order otherwise.
Pink Floyd, Dogs - In the final verse of the song, every line is the same type of question, âwho was born in a house full of pain? who was trained not to spit in the fan? who was told what to do by the man?â etc. With the Meles, I really hear the drummer start wailing away on the toms around midway through, starting around 15:55, which has the effect of increasing the intensity throughout the verse. With my HD6xxâs on, I can hear the toms but they have no impact and I donât hear any of that raising of intensity.
Steely Dan, Razor Boy - Meles might be perfect for all Steely Dan, actually, but it really stands out on Razor Boy, a song built around a very interesting instrumental mix of a jazz acoustic double bass, steel string guitar, and a grab bag of percussion textures: vibraphone, triangle, bongos, rattles. Songs like this make me wonder what people are talking about when they say Meles donât sparkle, thereâs tons of sparkle with these vibes and triangles.
Sigur Ros, Andvari - excellent treatment of the electronic bleeps and bloops in the left channel at the start of the song, and as with Razor Boy, no lack of sparkly magic with what sounds like a celesta, which is buried pretty low in the mix. In general excellent playback of Sigur Ros, music that requires a good balance of low end and lots of trebly sparkliness.
Daft Punk, Harder Better Faster Stronger - more music that relies on a good clean powerful punch but benefits by a lot of detail on the little bloops and bleeps lower in the mix that Mele handles fantastically
Rosalia, Malamente & Yo x Ti, Ti x Mi - As intended, Rosalia sounds like sheâs whispering in your ears, appropriately intimate. Love the steel drums-sounding things on Yo x Ti, Ti x Mi
Doja Cat, Rules - great on the vocals, beat has ample impact. This type of hip-hop inflected pop is really good on the Meles, nicely balanced thwack on the beat, and plenty of vocal presence.
Stormzy, Vossi Bop - I find this song tricky, the washboard-sounding sounds starting at 50 seconds in are very sharp and fatiguing in most playback devices. Love the song, but I canât listen to it much since I find the sound pretty painful. The Meles donât solve it but itâs pretty decent. Great thwack with those 808s.
Migos, Straightenin, Walk it Talk it, Versace etc. - Again, good thwack with these heavy beats built around 808s. Raps are very clear, very easy to accurately make out the verses. Most modern and old school hip hop is good to great on Meles, with some exceptions Iâll mention below.
Van Morrison, Cypress Avenue, Madame George - songs off of Astral Weeks can come off a little wispy and ethereal, but the recording sessions were essentially led by the outstanding jazz bassist Richard Davis, who used to play with Eric Dolphyâs band. In other words, you need to hear a nice satisfying thwack on the double bass to provide structure and verve to these songs and not sound too much like new age, which the Meles does in spades.
Charles Mingus, Track b: Duet Solo Dancers - speaking of jazz, hereâs another standout on Meles, with satisfying blasts from some mean tubas starting around 2 minutes. Some very interesting low horns on this recordâtubas, contrabass trombones, baritone sax. I only really listen to jazz from the 1950s and 60s but so far, I havenât heard any jazz that wasnât basically flawless from the Meles. Another exceptional moment is the very start of Coltraneâs Love Supreme, with awesome tam tam crash to start the album and cymbals.
Black Uhuru, Sponji Reggae - well balanced instruments and vocals, vibraphones adding sparkle without being overdone. Great handling of the classic rhythms from Sly & Robbie.
Talking Heads, Slippery People (Stop Making Sense version) - love how the Meles handle the 2:20-2:40âish break with bass drum and bongos
Swans, Children of God - This is the Swans at their peak for me, when they balanced the grim and heavy music of their early music with Jarboeâs ethereal and pretty singing. Meles provide that perfect balance.
M83, Midnight City - super fun instrumental break starting at 1:50. Meles handle this type of synth-pop so well, again with the thick meaty bass, but retaining all the clarity through the midrange and sparkly tops that I want.
Ok, classical:
Prokofievâs Piano Concerto 2, second movement: Yuja Wang with Paavo Jarvi conducting (linking youtube since this particular performance isnât available in good quality other than on Berlin Philharmonicâs very expensive website). Not as detailed as HD6xx but with much more impact and oomph. I bet Prokofiev would care much more about the latter than the former. I often think this when I hear that classical fans are supposed to ignore bass and care more about transparency and clarity than impact and force, I think composers would care more that you get that visceral thrill when the orchestra is going all out than whether you notice that theyâre cleverly doubling the flutes with the bassoons or whatever. And I feel like I get enough of that with the Meles anyway.
Pucciniâs Turandot, Mehta conducting. I noted the Meleâs performance on a lot of tracks here since this opera is such a sonic treat. Non piangere Liu - mix of solo/duet/choral scenes, big climactic moment with dozens of singers and the full orchestra in full flight, no problem for the Meles, super exciting and beautiful. In questa reggia, one of the really challenging high soprano songs in the repertoire, the Meles handles Sutherlandâs exceptional high notes flawlessly.
Wagnerâs Parsifal, Karajan conducting. Nun achte wohl und lass mich sein - church bells from the start of the track to 0:40 sound wonderful, you can hear all the overtones, and more church bells again at 1:11 to 1:30, this time mixed with strings and percussion for a unique blended sound.
Bizetâs Carmen, Solti conducting. Solti was a conductor who was maybe a little overenthusiastic with percussion and horns, and the bass drum hit to start the prelude sounds tragic and terrible with the Blon BL03s. On the Meles, itâs still a little hot but it makes the right sound, and the little tinkling triangle provides a dainty counterpoint.
Flaws:
Most of them involve a tricky peak in the treble:
Wu Tang Clan, Visionz - the high hat is a little insistent
Van Morrison, Wild Children - ditto
Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer - at 4:20, the tambs are too hot
Latto, In n Out - starting at 0:50, overly intense high hats again
Now is the problem the Meles or the tracks? Listening to these with other gear, I think both - the tracks arenât mixed great, but the Meles put an unflattering light on them that makes these hot high hats/tambs more noticeable than with other gear. Iâve thought about equalizing but I wonder if that peak is what accounts for the paradoxical way the Meles arenât too sharp or fatiguing but still have a lot of air and sparkliness, and thatâs a very special quality for me for like 98% of the tracks Iâve listened to in the past few weeks.
Bobby Shmurda, Hot N*gga or Lil Wayne, A Milli - Hereâs a type of tune that the Meles handle OK, but the Blon BL03s handle betterâthe songs that use 808s not just on the beat (like on the Migos songs I mentioned before) but sustains their rumble throughout. That rumble is the point of these songs, and the Meles have good rumble but not quite enough. That slightly looser sloppier bass on the BL03s are just right here.
Overall - ridiculously great. And I watched that Danâs Audio Reviews comparison that was posted earlier and I kinda feel like the Meles slaughters the rest of the comparisons he posted, other than the Mest. I listen to pretty wide range of music, and itâs remarkable how well Meles handle so much of what I listen to.
Iâve demoed Mest and Mest Mk2 bro 
Ah, well, only one thing left to say - I feel for your wallet but my gosh, Mest sounds amazing
Nah, skipped. But they are totl ocd details
Has anyone seen a graph of Melee with Tanchjim or Moondrop replacement filters? Alternatively, are there any plans to offer Mele replacement filters? The reports of channel imbalance here and on the other forum make it seem very likely that Meleâs filters suffer from the same moisture issue I and plenty of others encountered on Blon BL03, Moondrop Kanas, Etymotic ER2XR, and other metal shelled earphones with nozzle filters. Iâve been planning to get a blue Mele once theyâre available, but Iâm worried I wonât be able to use it with the intended tuning for long if there isnât a source of replacement filters.