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Photographed: The iBasso IT01 V2

Jürgen Kraus (Calgary, Canada)

The iBasso IT01 is a popular and highly acclaimed $100 single-dynamic-driver earphone which I purchased from iBasso in the spring of 2018. Here some photos of the updated version that I received as warranty exchange. Full review to follow. You find details of the iBasso IT01 on its product page.

iBasso IT01
iBasso IT01 frequency response.
You never change a winning team…do you? The original iBasso IT01 had a much more subdued midrange and the revision has this annoying Chifi peak (between 2 and 4 kHz) added that typically serves as an eardrum excavator.



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iBasso IT01



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iBasso IT01



iBasso IT01


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  • Jürgen Kraus

    Head-Fier since 2016. He has been known as “Otto Motor” to Head-Fiers, as “Dr. Schweinsgruber” to audiobudget.com users and Youtubers, and as “Brause” to Super Best Audio Friends and the Headphone Community. - For the purpose of confusion, he decided to pose under his real name Jürgen Kraus (“JK”) from now on. - This is a hobby. In “real” life, Jürgen is a professional geologist operating his own petroleum-exploration consulting company Franconia Geoscience Ltd. based in Calgary, Canada. He holds German and Canadian passports. Jürgen had a classical music education from childhood through high school in Germany and he has been following popular music developments since the late 1970s. His understanding of arts and crafts was influenced by Bauhaus pragmatism: “less is more” and “form follows function”.

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Jürgen Kraus (Calgary, Canada)

Head-Fier since 2016. He has been known as “Otto Motor” to Head-Fiers, as “Dr. Schweinsgruber” to audiobudget.com users and Youtubers, and as “Brause” to Super Best Audio Friends and the Headphone Community. - For the purpose of confusion, he decided to pose under his real name Jürgen Kraus (“JK”) from now on. - This is a hobby. In “real” life, Jürgen is a professional geologist operating his own petroleum-exploration consulting company Franconia Geoscience Ltd. based in Calgary, Canada. He holds German and Canadian passports. Jürgen had a classical music education from childhood through high school in Germany and he has been following popular music developments since the late 1970s. His understanding of arts and crafts was influenced by Bauhaus pragmatism: “less is more” and “form follows function”.

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2 thoughts on “Photographed: The iBasso IT01 V2”

  • loomisjohnson
    August 14, 2019 at 6:58 am
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    i like the IT01 but can’t help but feel it’s been surpassed sonically by its $100 chifi peers (toneking, simgot, tfz, etc.) it is undoubtedly beautifully built and packaged with a great cable and therefore the classic gateway drug.

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  • Apples to apples: the Toneking still appears interesting but I will buy the JVC FDX01 on drop, when it comes out on 5th Sept. Arguably the world’s best single DD.

    The IT01 remains its Sennheiseresque charm with its fuzzy warmth…it is somewhat of a chicken soup for my soul.

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