Trying out some IEMs. First to arrive. Dunu Davinci
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Ordered a shanling EH1, ali sale plus $20 off coupon.
hopefully cutting back my gaming setup to just that when it arrives so I can let go of other stuff 
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Nice thatās a great transportable DAC/AMP congratulations!
and so I stare at 5080 and watch how disappointing it is compared to 4080, itās basically just an AI update lmao
Iām team red but I gotta agree with peeps, March is a stretch but I need to save money anyways so thatās good maybe I shouldve grabbed 7900xtx lmao
Iām glad I got guitars instead
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thinking I might mount it under my desk so stationary it will be 
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Just did a āgutsā refresh on my PC, wonāt have everything until Friday but:
Ryzen 7 3800X ā Ryzen 7 9700X
16gb DDR4 ā 32gb DDR5
X870 mobo (Gigabyte Eagle Wifi 7)
New cooler just because (Bequiet! Black Rock 4 ā Black Rock 5), gifting the old cooler to a coworker that needs a better solution for his i14600K.
I intended to hold out a little longer but Iām getting some bottleneck that causing stuttering/slowdown on 4K video and some games when thereās way too many particle effects on screen. GPU is a 3080 so that stays for a while longer, all of the old guts were bought back in 2020 so that helped me rationalize it. My setup is designed for Max settings or close @ 1440p/144hz.
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Meze Alba and Moondrop Robin both came in today. The Robin is surprisingly very good for a TWS IEM. I donāt really care about the anime tie in, but they are more comfortable than the AirPods Pro 2 (saying a lot) IMO. And the latency in āgamingā mode is fantastic. Definitely like the tuning with the ābass modeā. Not actually overly bassy. Pretty tasteful. Good treble as well. For $99 extremely good IMO. Been using them with my desktop PC all morning and so far so good. Have yet to test the Alba.
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Swan Oasis 140 here! (and Douk A5 amp for it.)
First impressions of the Oasis 140 (with the Douk A5) vs the M10 Plus with sub at around 90%.
Sub-bassā¦ doesnt exist on the 140ā¦
Mid-bass quantity is a LOT lower on the 140 compared to the M10 Plus and also seems to have less texture. But it is cleaner and tighterā¦
Lower-mids is cleaner on the 140 but may lack some warmth/note-weight compared to the M10 Plus.
Upper-mids quite a bit more forward and cleaner on the 140. Perhaps a bit smoother on the 140 while the M10 Plus is a bit peakier here but still on the warmer side (cuz of the bass) and overall smooth.
Treble: A bit smoother than the M10 Plus but is brighter (not sure if its cuz of more treble directly or indirect cuz of bass difference).
Upper-treble: A bit airier on the 140.
WIth the sub knob on the M10 Plus turned to 0 (-6 db compared to stock) though.
Biggest difference is that the sub-bass on the M10 Plus is now worse than the 140, although the M10 Plus still has a bit more mid-bass quantity and is more textured.
Mids and treble difference is much more apparent now, with the 140 being noticeably smoother and has a bit mor warmth to it
With the M10 Plus sub volume at stock (in the middle 0db).
Better sub-bass on the M10 Plus but mostly the same for the rest like before with the sub volume at minimum.
Overall, the Swan Oasis 140 desperately needs a sub to both get some actual sub-bass and also to increase the mid-bass quantity (and hopefully more textured). As it is now though, unless you listen to genres that REALLY does not have any bass whatsoever (maybe classical could work ok) I just do not see the reason why Zeos would hype this up as much as he did as this is missing a HUGE chunk of the music (sub and arguably mid-bass). The M10 Plus is the better kit as of now. Although the Oasis 140 is quite a bit better if you dont have the sub volume turned up more than the default but then again if you are buying the M10 Plus why would you not want to use the subā¦
I will likely get the Cambridge Audio Minx X301 to pair with this as they are priced pretty well on ebay for a refurb from them officially.
I will wait until then before I conclude my thoughts (and if i want to condemn Zeos for thisā¦)ā¦
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hoyoverse collab so game not anime was kinda interested but heard there was supposed to be a version with the JP voice actor coming
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Yeah, Iām just using anime as a generic term. Itās anime style and all that. I do watch anime, but I do not do āgotchaāā¦ just on principle. Even though I think Hoyo is an insanely talented developer. Lol Iāve watched a friend play it a bit.
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one of my friends I used to play Genshin with bugs me to play once in a while lol, if only it wasnāt gambeling simulator was pretty solid gameplay actually.
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The Kbear KB02, because i was curious about bone conduction.
The Swofy M503Pro DAP. I wanted something cheap that I wouldnāt feel bad if I donāt use it much. It was mostly for evenings in the bedroom for super low volume listening.
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I didnāt feel it, but it has nice bass to it. They donāt scale well, but at mid and lower volumes, it sounds pretty solid. I think they are a decent value, but I am not sure about the bone conduction.
I need more listening time to sort out what is going, but I have been dealing with some tinnitus for the last few weeks, so I am not getting much time that works for that.
Sigh, another one thenā¦
Doesnt look like it with how how muich upper-mids it has.
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Congrats!
Canāt wait to hear your thoughts on the Arya Unveiled.
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So far, immediate first impressions, I am extremely impressed. Like extreme, extreme. I am feeling giddy listening to them. Listening to them on the Element IV with a single filter to add a rise in the sub-bass to give them extra impact. The rest of the response is stock and the timbre sounds extremely good and natural all the way through the treble, maybe the best Iāve heard so far? Iāve also played with reducing 5k area a bit (which was recommended in Resolves review), but I personally canāt tell much of a difference there. But Iāll stop thereā¦ gonna settle into them first and see if maybe some flaw or issue comes up or maybe something I do not like. Lol Will post some proper impressions after a couple weeks, probably.
Edit:
For those curious, this is how the headphone graphs against Harman using Resolveās PEQ setup (NO SMOOTHING!). I add a bit more sub bass tilt to it, but this is unequivocally the best experience Iāve had with something tuned to Harman. Usually stuff in the treble or ear gain bother me, but this sounds just super smooth, tbh. I also personally add a bit more sub-bass and these can take a seemingly infinite amount of it. And it sounds clean regardless, giving it that impact you can only get from planars. I also think it helps that the lower mids, upper sub is filled in a bit compared to Harman. It helps it not sound overly lean, IMO
For graph sniffers, this could be an āultimateā headphone, IMO. LMAO. Subjectively, itās also rediculously good, Iāll say that. It sounds very nice with everything, especially with some extra oomph in the sub-bass. Itās really uniquely good, IMO.
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