Important preliminary note: Lark is a product in a sense “born twice”. Its initial release has been stopped after the first users reported a treble section output not in line with what originally wanted by the designers. KBEAR stopped distribution, fixed whatever needed to, and restarted it. This sample I’m reporting about on this article…
Category: IEM
Quick impressions: CustomArt Fibae Black
I recently got an opportunity to assess a pair of privately owned Fibae Black, which are coming with some supposedly very interesting technological quirks which the manufacturer calls “Flat Impedance” BA drivers and “Pressure Optimizing Design”. Flat Impedance drivers are supposed to be what the name says, as described here: CustomArt claims that their drivers…
TRN VX
It’s a crazily crowded market down there below the $50 mark and TRN VX compete in that segment. It does it with quite some authority, too: VX is not bad at all. Actually, its sole real tuning “flaw” is that excessive peak at 8 Khz which I doubt can be considered nice even by die-hard…
TRN BA8: very picky
In my direct experience BA8 is possibly the most capricious IEM I ever auditioned when it comes to source pairing. When it does not “like” the source, it reacts very badly. I discovered this the hard way: first source I plugged it onto has been my Questyle QP1R. Even before hitting “play”, I was struck…
Quick impressions: Penon Sphere
Again a privately owned IEM which I’m having the opportunity to audition for a few days to build my own impression upon. I tested them with my usual local-stored 16 / 24 bit – 44.1 / 96 / 192K music collection. Sources: Lotoo PAW 5000 Questyle QP1R Laptop -> ifi nano iUSB3.0 (w/ iPower PS)…
Quick impressions: IMR RAH
I got to taste the flavour of a pair of privately owned IMR’s triple-driver RAH model. Not enough to write a full review with all the details etc, but I jotted down some notes, here they are. The most “externally evident” component of the product is the replaceable nozzle + filter system intended for the…
Intime Sora 2 – clean energetic musicality
Well, you know: I do have a passion for final’s IEMs. First of all about their sound delivery, of course, but also about the technological effort they endure on their development, and share in good details with their customers. Is that a unique case, or maybe a tendency – a sort of “regional school” ?…
MEMT R1 : an attempt at something different
All about this IEM talks about the manufacturer attempting at differentiating from the crowd – which is a much needed as much as difficult exercise, considering how crowded their chosen price bracket is of successful other models. They first of all invested quite some thought onto the physical parts of the product: very lightweight, perfectly…
KBEar KB04 : brightly inexpensive
Delivering good value at a (very) low price is not an easy exercise, and this is a case where that has been well executed. KB04 is an overall remarkable product in terms of price/performance and even price/quality ratios. There are a few parts I like more, others less, but no “defect” really. Those liking a…
TINHIFI T2+
So I got this pair of TIN T2 Plus as a review unit from my friends at KEEPHIFI (www.keephifi.com) entrusting me to an unbiased analysis and openhearted subjective evaluation, which is what I’m reporting here below. You can purchase T2+ either at Friendly Audio Store (Keephifi official store) or at Amazon Yinyoo Store. At-a-glance Card…