Tag: thoughts
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Meze 105 Silva – Set, Forget, and Just Listen
The Meze 105 Silva is an effortlessly musical open-back that prioritises comfort, cohesion, and long-term listening enjoyment. With excellent bass for the price, beautiful mids, and a smooth, fatigue-free treble, it’s a headphone designed to live with; not analyse. One I keep reaching for.
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Punch Audio Portazo – Bass First, But Not Bass Only
Punch Audio’s Portazo is an unapologetic basshead IEM, delivering deep, textured low-end without completely sacrificing the rest of the spectrum. After extended listening across multiple sources, it proved to be more refined than expected, with solid mids, smooth treble, and excellent value for a purpose-built set.
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Meze Poet – Depth, Darkness, and Falling in Love Late
The Meze Poet – highly recommended for fans of dark-sounding headphones, it may become a cherished addition to any audiophile’s collection.
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Hidizs x Linsoul AP80 Pro Max: A Tiny DAP with Big Performance
The AP80 Pro Max from Linsoul is a compact and versatile portable music player. It features built-in music playback, streaming, and DAC functionality. With a balanced sound profile, it excels in the midrange and offers customizable sound options. Despite minor usability issues with Tidal, it provides great value for its price.
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ThieAudio Hype 4: A Fun, Musical Hybrid at $399
The Hype 4 by ThieAudio is an impressive in-ear monitor presented in an attractive box with essential accessories. Featuring a unique driver configuration of 2 dynamic drivers and 4 balanced armatures, it offers several stylish shell color options. Over two weeks of testing with various DAPs, sound quality improved with better sources while maintaining sufficient…
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ZiiGaat Crescent – Big bass, smooth treble, and pure musicality
The ZiiGaat Crescent comes in the great new ZiiGaat packaging like the Luna. I’m very impressed with the inclusions for their price point, with the eartips (two different silicone types and one pair of foam), cable with 3.5mm and 4.4mm termination options, and case all of great quality. As with the Luna I used the…
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Kiwi Ears Airoso
Thanks to Linsoul for a review unit, all thoughts are my own. I’ve spent a week with these as my daily drivers. I have 124 IEMs, and 109 full-size headphones from budget sets to TOTL so have experience across many price points and listen to a lot of music. Rating is based on its price…
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AüR Audio Aurora
Listening to some Shpongle through this IEM, happy days. It has a laidback sound which pairs perfectly with Psybient music. The bass is quite unique, has a wavy texture which I haven’t really come across before in an IEM. The iBasso DC04Pro is also an awesome little dongle, 4.4mm balanced and 3.5mm SE output. Also,…
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Another day, another IEM
The AüR Audio Neon Pro arrived yesterday, looking very nice here with the Effect Audio Eros S 1st anniversary edition cable: Initial impressions are great! They have a bass switch, which increases (or decreases depending on how you look at it) the bass by 3db. I’ve tried them in both, think I prefer off, but…
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MGMT – Little Dark Age
What a fantastic album! Congratulations gets more ear time with me, but that’s due to familiarity. Coming back to this today and perhaps this is actually a better album? Certainly close. New album on the way it would appear as well, can’t wait! Need to find some other artists like these guys.
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