Nah. The 5128 measurements look good. No peaks.

And yes, the Salnotes really had that peak on the 5128 measurements.

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Does anyone have any experience running these on a portable source like the Qudelix 5K? It seems technically possible. Any recommendations for aftermarket balanced cables? Thanks!

Is Crin using his new measurement rig in this graph? I haven’t followed it that closely, I just saw his video unboxing the new gear. May mean the baseline has changed.

Based on my experience with comparing Crincacle's graphs vs others vs what I perceive in my own ear I would expect a nasty timbre killing 12k peak just like on the Salnotes Zero. My experience may not be represaentative though as many others do not complain of that.

I don't know anything about the construction of this unit but I'm guessing it has two drivers? It has the hallmarks of a dedicated driver for the bass but only one driver for everything else.

Where is the pricing?

Sounds great. Thank you

Airpod pros have a very exaggerated bass region though. They’re effectively eq’d.

Slam is less about frequency response (a sine sweep) and more about whether the build and decay are sharp. Your amp matters too, if you have an insensitive headphone and the amp can’t summon the current to make the slam happen it’ll be a dud.

Monoprice says payment received, but my credit card hasn't processed the payment and I don't have an email still. The website also shows out of stock now.

u/Simeras for president!

I like that it's going the direction of the b2d instead of trying to squeeze into the Khan and zero space, I was not interested in buying it before but I am now, still needs to have a price around those other two

Well that's interesting, I also used it with the normalized setting. I for sure got used to it but will check it with it turned off.

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As long as its. Red in color i buy it 😅😅😹

I really liked Zeros, Dusks are pretty good, but lacked air. today I saw headphone shows video they said project red is seriously good. The new project red V3.0b graph has reduced Sub and mid bass, and slightly reduced 4k region compared to V2.2. initially project red looked like 7hz zero with better bass The new V3 graph looks like hybrid iem. Looks very similar to dusk. Also Blessing 3 coming out.

What do you guys think? An upgrade over Dusk or something very different?

Edit - I feel like the pricing will be somewhere around $100. Could be 7hz Legato

Edit 2 - Read this article

Just broke mine while putting these on my not enormously large head - that headband is not designed to last! But otherwise very capable headphones in their price range, so agree in full with your pitch.

First impressions:

I have no idea how they measure anything like the chu. They sound totally different to my ears.

Not sure if is the fit, or the characteristics of the included ear-tips but they make these IEM sound bloated and muddy to my ears. That immediately went away with different eartips.

trying the spinfit tips that come with the chu have exactly the opposite problem: treble extension too sharp. very fatiguing.

With these short wide tips (pictured) the bass and mids sound tight, and the treble is really quite forward (maybe a tad too much so, not sure yet).

Independently from that, to me the timbre sounds much more natural than the Aria. Those also lacked in the treble for me- and hihats kinda got lost. (easy fix with a smidgen of EQ but not needed here).

I don't have 'truly' analytical IEMs to compare them too, but as far as I am concerned these display a lot of detail. Flamenco guitars sound just lovely. More complicated instrument arrangements can get a bit overwhelming.

I never had IEMs where the sound depended that much on the eartip geometry.

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I must‘ve used Spotify with that setting for all those years… damnit lol!

You're in for a new experience. :) The last time I tried Normalize on Spotify - it totally messed up dynamic range and made everything sound awful.

Omg yes!!! That must be it! Normalize volume was enabled on spotify, after disabling it the volume is pretty much on par with Qobuz. Thank you lol!

Check if Spotify does not do normalizing and auto quality adjusting. Normalize on Spotify does weird things to audio. WASAPI bypasses Windows mixer and in theory is bit-perfect. But it might cause unwanted behavior with other audio streams (them not playing properly).

You are going to notice a nice step up in sound quality and clarity. Probably a bit less bass but not by much especially if you drive the K371 with a strong source. AKG K371 is an excellent headphone and very comfortable too. Make sure to handle it with care though as they have been known to snap if not handled properly.

there's minimal diff between flac and 320mp3

I’ll primarily listen from my MacBook and phone. I also plan to rip my CDs too and convert them to FLAC