Like he says about nearly every iem he gets and meh from precog is a good to excellent from other reviewers 
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Good point. Basicly this.
Precog is very harsh on most stuff, thatâs why I read his reviews. Different people look for different stuff, since everyone has different preferences and most important, libraries.
Regarding techs, Tea2 are very good to me at itâs price point, they just donât cross the line of the tribids around 500-600. The est clearly makes the difference.
The stage presentation on it its beautiful and one of my favourites ever. It comes out to my ears as one of the most holographic iems Iâve heard to date. Imaging is good, but not EJ07m good.
Sheer resolution is above the OG, which is incredible giving they donât have treble boosts to fake detail.
Itâs all about optics. If you compare them to stuff around 300 they are a beast, if you compare them to 600 stuff they are on its way there, but not in the same level.
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I always found Precogâs rankings odd⊠Donât get me wrong, I think heâs a great reviewer, but it doesnât make sense to me personally how the best IEM youâve heard is not a 10, since that is the best thing youâve heard. If you havenât heard anything better, then why would it not be a 10âfor example the U12T, an 8.7? It seems like heâs comparing IEMs to an almost non-existent âperfectâ version of his in his head that he has never heard, which again, contradicts itself since he will never hear that perfect 10 so how would he know what a 10 is to begin with? To me, it seems like heâs being strict just to be strict; Iâd be fine with the list if heâs comparing them to better headphones or speakers, but that doesnât seem to be the case.
But rant aside I found a review of the Tea2s: Xenns Mangird Tea 2 Initial Impressions đ€ - YouTube
Thoughts? @nymz
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Absolutely. Excellent IEMs he ranked 6-7! Then, according to him, what is 10? Something that has not yet been done and will not be done. His reviews are good, but he overplays a bit with these charts. 
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Exactly. It would make more sense if heâs comparing it to the best sound he has ever heard (for example expensive speakers) and that best sound he has ever heard would be a 10 to him, but in the context of comparing IEMs to IEMs it makes little sense. But I guess different people have different ranking systems 
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Iâm just speculating, but if 10/10 is being there in the studio or at an intimate live performance, I think itâs fair that even the best IEM is no 10.
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We do not know where his starting point is. Should he say what he compares IEMs to? 
Yeah thatâs what Iâm thinking too, but then again how would he test each IEM? Go to a live performance with every new IEM he reviews? I highly doubt that. In that case his test method is not consistent and thus his ranking lacks validity, which is why for consistency sake he should be comparing IEMs to IEMs (like to the U12T that he owns), or A/B to high-end studio speakers if he has one, but from my knowledge it seems like precog is judging off memory and experience. Again, we will never know since he doesnât disclose his logic and methods. For example, it would be nice if he disclaims that every IEM is compared to the U12T etc.
That has been posted before. I didnt get much from it, but I just swiped though it.
Tea2 is harder to describe than OG. To me OG is a sleeper. It shows only when itâs called, especially on bass and treble.
Tea2 is more of a chameleon. Frequency is more present while keeping the same vibe as OG, but still adapts to your track, due to itâs tuning. It got a boost technically. Stage presentation is less intimate but more rounded, more psycoacoustics happening.
Tea2 is the most difficult review Iâve taken so far as itâs not simple to put it into words. Same way when people ask me why is Dark Magician so specialâŠ
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Interesting. Hyped for the review 
@nymz, I donât remember: did you ear the kotori dauntless? The few reviewers that spoke about it report a good mid-centric set.
kotori dauntless
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Comparing to existing IEMs donât make much sense to me as a 10 may not be a 10 tomorrow so then that would shift every ranking that was compared to that previous 10.
From reading some of his reviews I think his ranking system makes sense. Even on amazing IEMs he calls out things that he has heard better from other IEMs so why would he give an IEM a 10 when it doesnât doesnât beat all other IEMs at everything?
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Yes thatâs what youâre supposed to do as a reviewer. Your ranking changes as better products are released. Itâs very normal to be constantly updating your list.
I agree, it doesnât have to beat every other IEM in every aspects since thatâs just not possible and thatâs not what Iâm implying, however, it doesnât make sense that he doesnât have a 10 in any IEMs on his list for midrange, dynamics, or even biasâwhich again makes no sense if heâs grading based off things he has heard. If he has never heard a 10 in midrange, dynamics, or bias, then how would he know what a 10 is in those areas? Grading based off of an ideal perfection can be dangerous.
But anyways, this thread is about the Tea2s 
Thatâs a lotta high-mids
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Here the tonality will be a killer of unicorns 
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I would say Precog starting line is around 1000 as and he dies not slow for cost in rankings. A meh review is not bad. Nymz feels it great in its range and if you only want to spend 350 ( certainly a good amount of coin. Precog does not do that. They are very different reviewers.
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With ni context, a FR curve means nothing. But I agree this curve seems weird: if raw, the bass would be more than lacking. If compensated from Harman, the highs seem to be a killing joke.
Some reviewers I donât distrust praised it. I guess weâll see when/if it goes out: iirc itâs a Kickstarter project.
Sorry bro, first time Iâm hearing about such IEM. No clue at all
You wonât like it
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