Blon BL-05s Review (1) – New Gold Dream
The Blon BL-05s earphone is a well tuned single-dynamic-driver budget earphone that excels in its coherent and organic sound. It is a true upgrade for the vastly popular BL-03.
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Nevergiveup In The Belief And Oppoty To LetMusicBurn – The Evolution Of BLON BL-05s
[Estimated reading time: Approximately 2 minutes] The story behind BLON BL-05s is quite an interesting one but earphone development is an
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TRN STM Review (2) – Transformers, Different Tunings In Disguise
The TRN STM is a budget CHIFI brightish U-shaped hybrid that offers 3 tuning nozzles to finetune the sound signature. It has good price to performance ratio and good technicalities for the price. A nitpick would be the common artificial BA timbre for acoustic instruments and thinner note weight. Don’t be expecting a tour de force for the price, (and keep your expectations in check), but I think its very decent value for 20ish bucks.
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CCA CA16 Review (2) And Second Opinion – More Is Less
These seem to have been tuned for maximum inoffensiveness, but simply sound off; like Bose speakers, they’re mostly midrange, without visceral highs and lows.
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CVJ CS8 Review – Breath Of Fresh Air
The CVJ CS8 is a budget hybrid with good technical performance at its asking price of sub $30 USD. Its tonality lies on the analytical side and it brings a breath of fresh air in sporting a neutralish bright tuning in the vast sea of V shaped/harmanish budget CHIFI.
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Urbanfun YBF-ISS014 Review – Urban Legends: Life Is Like A Box Of Urbanfuns
My Mom Always Said Life Was Like A Box Of Urbanfuns. You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get.
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NiceHCK Litz 4N Pure Silver Cable Review – Well Well Well
The main characteristic of this $20 cable is its pure silver conductive material at a relatively low price. Pure silver may have – but not always – favourable sonic effects on certain earphones. It is therefore good to have a pure silver cable in the toolbox, along with pure copper, occ copper, and silver-plated copper.
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TRN-STM Review (1) – The Devil Wears Lucite
Finding absurdly cheap models like the TRN-STM are precisely what makes this obsession enjoyable—they’re colored as hell and purists may shudder, but give me that caffeine buzz are recommended nonetheless.
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Photographed (And FR Graphed): TRN-STM Earphone
Technical photography and frequency responses of the TRN-STM earphone.
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SMABAT M2 Pro Review (1) – Mercurial Chameleon
The SMABAT M2 Pro is midfi earbud in terms of sound quality with good technicalities and timbre, but the real selling point is that the SMABAT M2 Pro is a mercurial chameleon, giving one many options in tuning the sound signature of your choice via a modular design. There are different permutations in driver type, tuning module type and foam cover type.
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FiiO FD1 Review – Faster Pussycat
The FiiO FD1 is a fast, energetic dynamic-driver earphone with a strong sub-bass, a forward upper midrange, and a well resolving treble. It excels through a huge headroom but cold be a bit more organic sounding and less dynamic.
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BLON BL-05 Review MK1 (2) – A Giant Step Sideways
I can’t categorically state that the BL-05 is an upgrade from the more accurate BL-03. That said, the BL-05 is brawnier, rocks harder and is much better suited for on-the-go use with my mobile.
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Photographed: FiiO FD1
Technical Photography of the FiiO FD1 earphone.
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