Another day another IEM arrival, this is the 3rd this week! So this must be how it feels to be a reviewer
Vocals is quite recessed, it feels like a more bassy Blon-03 with a different timbre (mids seems different), has more extended bass and slightly darker treble. Nice if you care most about the bass authoritah~
I was delivered two basshead iems yesterday…the kbear Rosefinch and the Freqfreq Maestro minis. Both are sounding great right now . The bass in the minis is not overpowering and balances with the rest of the FR.
It’s always about the music and enjoying it…sets come, some stay and the rest go but music is the constant…comes a time when you’re happy just listening and not worrying about the doorbell and the next missed delivery
In hindsight if I ever order from custom cans again I would definitely ask them to upgrade pads, etc. and maybe do a cable upgrade - this cable is solid, well made but a little stiff
The camera does not do them justice, and the cable feels REALLY good in hand. I have not listened to them yet, as I am still (mostly) filthy from working in a process plant this morning. I will be working a lot over the next 2 months, so my impressions will be slow and considered as I have time. I want to give a huge thanks to @SoundJedi at Elise Audio for being a caring and consummate professional, all the way from asking about the preorder to him checking to make sure I had them when delivery indicated they were at my doorstep. If they’re in your neck of the woods or they have what you want, I can not recommend Elise Audio enough. I also want to shout out @toranku , I will follow up over time with sound impressions but on presentation alone, these are the definition of a flagship. You and the teams at Subtonic/Symphonium/Nightjar/TODAH have outdone yourselves.
First impressions the ie200 after the tape mode does definitely have bass!
And a really cool stage only words that were coming to mind was " Big Stage In a gentle way" if that makes sense.
I was comparing to some cheaper IEM like the HOLA, Cadenza, but realized that the ie200 is definitely a class or two above.
THE CABLE is the biggest and most horrific piece of $hit that ever existed!
Would be reason to return right there thank goodness I found a seller on Alix can make me my favorite Hakugei cable with ie ends for $22 .
DUNU S&S tips on here are a vocal saver all will be revealed in a review after I put some more time on.
Also going to wait till 4.4 balanced cable comes in.
Finally they are here and what I can say, they’re beautiful in person. I am listening to some of my tracks right now with the Heydays on and quick first impressions are these. My god, these are a freaking upgrade from my Katos and Airships. It can be driven without an amp but it feels and sounds a bit incomplete without an amp, therefore you need a DAC/AMP to make its sounds complete.
Overall so far, so good, will keep listening to these for a while and man I love the mouse pad as well, very high quality.
Cool - actually just ordered the Sea-Elf was to curious not too.
Should have ordered a few cables too - but just saw that they have launched the new connector set where you can change between MMCX and 2Pin and asked if that would come as premade cable and yes it will so might have to wait and see the prices on that.
Would be the same idea. Will come as pre-made, hope something like lucky voice with the swappable connection in both ends for allowing also the dac module.