Another review on YouTube: Xenns Mangird Top - Resting on Top of the IEM pile? - Honest Audiophile Impressions - YouTube
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Interesting info from Headfoniaā¦ Top much better treble; Oracle MKII slightly more mid-bass. I would probably still go for Top, between these 2, knowing that info. (Inaccurate mid-bass info, according to Giz and VSGās graphs, and HBB graph showing about equal mid-bass). The treble graph of Top looks quite clean & controlled, although Zeosā review says they are extremely relaxed IEMs, sadly :\ (I thought Oracle was very dull & boring) Where is Crinās graph? 
Mangird, pls send me review unit 
Moonlight for me has no bass and enough energy. If you want chill IEMs for work, can take them, if you want relax and enjoy your music maybe Xenns Top) Oracle MKII seems to be way behind 
Maybe MKII has too much treble and because they worse then in Top 
I think Top is midway between variations and monarch mkiiā¦a gem for harman target loversā¦
The review of the Top is really all over the place. Some say the treble is too much, while headphones.com says itās too dark, which is not true at all imo. Iām happy to report the Top is actually very well tuned, if anything itās actually a little on the bright and exciting side, definitely not dark.
Bass is ever so slightly longer decay but it has very good resolution, was worrying it being too much but itās actually not too bad. Mids are forward, trebles are extended without obvious peaks.
Vocals are quite close, vocal body hits the nice balance between clarity and thickness, with the extended treble it has good texture and air to them.
I think the only nitpick I have in them is in the imaging. Its lacking a little in depth and 3D in the sound. While the layering is good, the instruments sounds like being placed in the same distance, kinda feels like they are competing with each other.
I have been daily driving the Blessing 2 Dusk so I can only compare it with the Dusk. Their base tuning is actually pretty similar, while the Top has much better clarity in the high frequencies and better resolution in the bass with longer decay. The Dusk however has better imaging at least in the sound stage depth wise.
I feel the Top has sound signature closer to the Dusk than the Variations which many reviewers compare it with. Versus the Top, Variationsā midrange especially vocal is just too distant, and itās bass is just too prominent while the Top befinitely feels more balanced.
I feel the Top excels in vocals, and string instruments sounds super nice with them. The twangs in strings sounds very realistic, crisp and satisfying.
All in all itās a keeper, it would be perfect if itās not so 2 dimensional. This also shows how crazy good value the Dusk is when it holds its own comparing to a set close to double itās price.
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The Xenns Top is my third, of the product line. Only the Up left, for the upcoming 11.11 sale
Going from Tea ā Tea2 ā Top
Each step up was a natural evolution, from the prior set. If you can get the Top (new or used) for anywhere in the low $400ās, I would take 'em over the Aful P8; which has a similar tuning.
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For me, one of the more underated IEM of 2023. This thing is a powerhouse of sound, capable of great layering, detail retrieval, with very good timbre.
The highs are very well done without being arsh, the mids are detailed, organic and feel natural.
And the bass, is a beast when called upon.
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I also bought both Tea and Tea2, but have been pondering the Top or UP. The UP is darker, and closer to the Tea2 in the treble region, which is appealing to me.
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The UP has sick bass. Super duper snappy and fast with a ton of energy. It was an awesome listen - I wish I could have another listen now tbh.
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yeah yeahā¦what dom saidā¦ kick drums and toms are very tight on this setā¦I like the upper registers on the TOP more than the UPā¦ even without the ESTsā¦the tune agrees with me more for my library so I sold the UPā¦ but Iāll eventually buy them again because they too are quite special to my earsā¦this company is legit
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Agreed, if I had more money, I would already own the two Xenns sets missing from my collection. I have a friend that does that with Thieaudio, which is a far more expensive version of this hobby.
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I had the Monarch Mk2 but bought the Mk3 so the former was sent on its wayā¦great set and lost some money but to me the 3 is betterā¦paid the same price initially for both
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Totally agree with you. The company actually care on making good IEMs at an affordable price, instead of flooding the market wit slight variations of the same IEM.
I would love to se a multi DD from Xeens.
Anyone knows if they have any rep in this or the on the HF?
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Double Dā¦ that would definitely agree with meā¦ maybe even in an isobaric configurationā¦ which would be very interestingā¦ you listening Xenns
how moondrop variations compares to mkiii in treble region? mkiii is brighter? Merry Christmas.
Never heard the Moondrop Varā¦Iāve never bought a Moondrop and never willā¦ but in regards to the 3ā¦ you have to test drive it yourselfā¦ I personally love it but you may notā¦ itās a ref tuneā¦ kind of a slightly bass boosted harman with great technical capabilities
Iāve lost over a thousand dollars in buying and then selling IEMs over the last year alone from bad decisions on my part because I listened to someone elseās opinion
Its the nature of the beast
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