Iām a former EDM only guy. My bases are house, later turned into techno. But I like anything that is eletronic or has a groove.
The song you linked, it a perfect example of why Mele will suit you. The kick you get since the first second, needs a slight boost tilt around 150-250hz and sub bass.
At 1:02 drop, you brain will melt. At 3.05 youāre into the rabbit hole finding for a even better upgrade.
I have only 4 sets with me atm.
Mele is my go to for Techno/Tech house, along with Mangird Tea. Variations is the best bass, but mutes that kick that you feel on chest, but has the best rumble ofc. Lokahi is the opposite of Variations - Big kick, less rumble.
One last thing that is really important for me on EDM is the peak of Treble gains compared to bass. If you have an upper pinna gain on Treble than the peak level of the bass, you EDM will sound like shit because all youāll hear is Claps and Cymbals, not the Bum Bum Bum Pow. I only understood what @hawaiibadboy meant with this after listening more to Mele. Thatās why my prefered FR is very close to his, even tho we have different libraries.
Let me know if I can help you more. Great song btw, added to my library
Basically the entire Capcom Vs SNK OST, but specifically these ones:
Also this album, but the opening track especially
Speficially with these tracks, itās the subbass that sounds kinda ādistorted or fuzzyā on a bad playback, but you can also compare the agility of a driver by how it replicates the lowest tones against the midbass and kicks, too.
I would like to ask something. Do 16 bits 44.1khz 1411 kbps enough for mele? I donāt know if I will loose some details or layering with that kind of quality.
And also, do I need to set my dac connected to my pc 16 bits 44.1khz if Iām only listening to that kind of quality? Or is it alright to all out what my dac can handle and set it to 32 bits 384khz?
PS: All of my music in my library are in 16 bits .wav format
Nah youāre good to go, I use 32 bit 384khz because I have some 32 bit files in my library but if your library is 16 bit then you donāt lose anything!
Iāll attempt to sum up my impressions on Mele, its bass speed and many of the general questions & comments from above while I was sleepingā¦
This is a $50 single DD IEM guys!
Iāve always seen the Blon BL-03 as the IEM every enthusiast must own. Iām removing it from my personal tier list because I canāt think of anything the Blon BL-03 does better than the Mele. The Mele is a clear upgrade from the Blon BL-03 in every way except price.
When anyone says that the Meleās bass is slow, compared to what? Compared to the Legacy 2 or Fiio FH3, sure. But compared to the Legacy 3? Nope. Compared to the Blon BL-03? Nope. Meleās speed is more than fine especially for its price point. Iāll refer again to my #1 point on this list.
When it comes to the metal genre, especially very fast metal, I have struggled to find any IEMs that do the genre justice. For an earphone to be able to properly portray that much speed, with such a dense mix layered in gain/distortion and compression, with bass competing for the same frequency range as the kick drum , itās clear that metal is one of the most difficult genres of music for any headphone/earphone to be able to represent with perfect clarity, detail and instrument separation. This also proves that music production (mixing/mastering) for metal is difficult and an art form when done well. Mele is not going to have a technical edge up on any other single DD IEM to be able to reply metal better than any other IEM that came before it and Chris did not design it with metal in mind. Remember my #1 point on this list! If you would like some IEM recommendations from me personally, feel free to PM me and lets have a conversation about it and lets help you find the perfect IEM. But if youāre expecting to hear metal re-played with perfect precision, expect to dish out a whole lot more than what Mele costs. For what itās worth, IMO the Thiaudio Clairvoyance ($700.00) is not a great metal performer either.
What Mele is is a masterfully tuned (for most musical libraries) single DD IEM with outstanding coherency, timbre and comfort for its price point. IMO it dethrones the all time must-have Blon BL-03. It is not the most resolving or most technical IEM available, but for many peopleās libraries who simply want a great sounding IEM to enjoy their music with will completely appreciate what Mele is and what it does does.
There are some sets that do certain things well, but they also then have weaknesses.
This is why Iām pretty upset reading some of the expectations from people in this thread expecting Mele, a $50 single DD to compete with some of the best IEMs out there that might be able to do metal OK. The Best IEM I have heard for metal and I really could not ask more from is the MEST MKII. It is hands down the best, but itās also $1,500.00.
Other sets I feel do pretty well with the metal genre areā¦
Fiio FH3, Fiio FH7, DUNU Zen.
Even then, the least expensive IEM (FH3) is 3X the cost of Mele.
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50$ IEM 