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A Quicky Impressions of the Olina SE (For K-Pop Listeners)

I have this for about 2 weeks now. I’ll share a quick impressions so far. It’s a much better version of the Moondrop Starfield. What i didn’t like about the starfield was how small the soundstage and sub-par imaging. What it was great at was ballad female songs or solo artists music tracks.

A heads up, I have never heard the original Olina before so your impressions might be different than me.

Listened with

  • Sony NW-A55 (MrWalkman ONE (WM1Z Plus V2) Firmware)
  • M1 Macbook Air (Youtube music videos and Apple Music)
  • CP100+ (M) Spinfit Eartips

First of all. No vocal sibilance at all. Listening to LOONA’s “Hi High” and “Butterfly” are great with it and they can be very sibilance-y with my Fiio FD5.

Soundstage and Imaging are just amazing for the price. It got through some busy songs like IZ*ONE “Secret Story of the Swan” and EVERGLOW “FIRST”

As for the Bass, I find the sub-bass to be just a very slight lacking, which was noticable in LOONA’s “PTT (Paint The Town)”. The rumble was present through out the entire song but it’s minimal at best. The mid-bass is pretty great with the slams going into the chorus at from the 1:07 mark onwards.

But then I listened to NCT 127 “Cherry Bomb” and my lord the sub-bass rumble was just Chefs Kiss amazing.

Continuing the mid-bass, it’s very well presented and I chose Wonder Girls “Why So Lonely” for a more live-instrument recording listening. it definitely impress and with an already great soundstage and imaging, it’s a very enjoyable track to listen to through out.

Vocals are naturally forward and detailed. Red Velvet “RBB” tested it with it’s vocal imaging, not only in the mids but also the details in the soundstage.

And finally going into the Treble. Now I’m quite treble sensitive so I may detect the peaks fairly easily but for the Olina SE, it’s pretty good for my ears. I used Ailee’s “Reminiscing” because this track is very very treble peak-y and was barely listenable with my Fiio FD5. With the Olina SE, it almost reached to that peak but I was feeling comfortable listening to this track with it so it gets a total pass with me.

SHINee’s “1 of 1” is also a great listen for a treble-sensitive listener like me. It was almost hard to listen to with my Fiio FD5 but felt no stress with the Olina SE which made my listening experience enjoyable through out the entire track.

From what I can feel so far, this set may not be for Treble-heads but great for everything else. It’s definitely a much more better version than the Mele which I loved and the fitting is really really comfortable. For the price, the details are hella clean and it can be a casual listener’s endgame honestly.

At the end of the day, it’s a fun set to have and you’re just married to the music without even realizing it.

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