Auricular Remedy

  A fine planar implementation PROS : desirable organic and musical tuning bass response good balance of tonality and technicalities reasonably priced for its performance comfortable fit and wear has that desirable roundness in its sound presentation adequate inclusions both in quantity and quality CONS : medium drivability. I notched up my level 15-20%  A mobile phone will not drive this properly upper mids can get hot on some tracks. Jpop in my case (subjective) vocals are sometimes pushed back on some tracks (nitpick) INTRODUCTION: Letshouer S12 was released more than a half year ago. It was received warmly by many from the audio community for its tonality and technicalities. It is one of the early release of a planar implementation and I think it is still one of the good ones up to this date. It is not a perfect IEM but the pros outweigh the cons for me. It ticked to me and made a mark and suited my personal preference. Read on to know more…  DISCLAIMER: My opinions h...

  Authoritative like an Empress PROS : excellent bass response good balance and control across all frequencies well thought of face plate The sound stage has extra headroom balanced sound signature clean and precise instrument reproduction excellent vocals presentation technically capable should be not that hard to drive but a DAC or DAC is strongly suggested CONS : Planar timbre. That “sheen” in the trebles and mids. Very minimal though.  INTRODUCTION: I would like to give thanks first to Steve Tong for providing us, the Philippines circle, a chance to experience the Zetian Wu firsthand.  not a fan of purple, but looking good The Zetian Wu is the 3rd release from Tangzu since the Yuan li. Here, Tangzu is officially entering the battlefield of the planar wars. Companies have been cutting each other’s throats in this war. So how does the Zetian Wu compete with the current status of planar releases? Sorry to disappoint but I will be vaguely comparing this to all the planar ...