The rating system is like having strict parents looking at your grades in school. If you get a perfect score they are simply content. Anything less than perfect and you have some explaining to do.
I absolutely agree with the statement that tastes in IEMs might differ from person to person and we can all be adult about it, … since it would ofc be wrong to badmouth someones’s trash taste.
Who are we to criticize people who throw their money away on trash like Beats, Bose, or Skullcandy? Maybe they enjoy throwing money away and listening to trash.
You're definitely one of the audiophiles I really take with high regard and right on time as I buy a sub-$100 iem again. Excited to test out my T3+ when it comes!
LoL....... so you met my cat then? I did call him Lucifer, it was a very accurate name choice. If it was his, death stare. If it belonged to me, death by a thousand scratches and the "wtf you looking at human" stare. I'm not sure who owns who?
Came here from the snippet in the newer "unboxing" (~nugget~ IEM bag) video to see if anyone thought the same, was not disappointed (timestamp is 4:53 btw :P)
Finally, a new upload from crin! It was nice to hear your impressions of the Shuoer S12 and Dunu Titan S. There's a lot of new IEMS with potential, I kind of regret buying the ThieAudio L2. I do not regret buying my CRN though. They sound pretty good with EQ and a change of tips. :)
Love that you are back Crin! Since you like the fight in the sub 100 dollar IEM category so much, why not do a battle/comparison with the best in that class? So that we may have an answer to the Aria. Keep up the awesome vids!
I just ordered my first pair of "real" IEMs, the KZ CRNs, previously I have only had cell phone provided ear buds or gas station specials, and I made sure to do it through your site. Good luck with both the reboot and getting your Google account reclaimed.
I enjoy the format. Peoples facial expressions are often fun to watch and this is no exception. More important, I appreciate a quick down and dirty review. This gives people a quick and early taste of a lot of gear, which is great and is all you need sometimes. I don’t need a 10 minute review of a garbage or mediocre sound recreating device but this give some insight into what is going on with those items.
Can't believe the results with the Tripowin Lea for only...US$26 !! Another winner well under the $100 mark. Thoroughly pleased with this recent purchase.
While it is a novelty to get reviewer first reactions, the content I come here for is seeing Crin disrespectfully toss the products boxes. 5/5, quality content.
@@why_tho_ Not bad for the price. The cable is cheap garbage, so I bought the Tripowin Zonie to replace it. I have fitment issues with the ear tips as I'm between a medium and small ear canal. The build quality of the iems themselves is excellent. when you click them together they sound like marbles hitting, no idea what the material they are made from, but they should be hard-wearing. For the price, these sound great. A nice flat sound signature, which is always my preference. Your mileage may vary.
Something you might want to be cautious of with your scale is quotable "5/5.." - Crinacle+ If you think that manufacturers, especially offbrand IEM ones, won't sink that low... :P
I’m psyched for my Titan S to arrive in the mail soon. Glad to know you got a positive first impression of it! I thought about the aria but went with the titan s instead.
Fiio FH3, Moondrop Aria, Kz Zs10 Pro, Tin T2, Blon BL03 and finally Tin T3 Plus. I tried a lot to find best ones for my taste and my top picks are T3 Plus and Blon BL03 over all the others without a doubt! If you reading this, and searching for an iem, just buy BL03 or T3 Plus if they are in your budget and don't look for anything else if you are looking for some decent technicalities with best possible natural timbre and tuning. I'm a guy who prefer natural timbre and good forward but not shouty or aggressive vocals on an iem/headphone. My favorite/endgame headphone is HD600, so you can say technical performance is not my first priority for sure. My experiences are; FH3 is muddy, lacks energy in vocals, too much bass and midbass which kills rest of the spectrum. Has great micro details but resolution is somewhat meh, ok for the price, nothing amazing. Also it has the worst driver-flex i ever experienced in my life with iems... It has soo thin diaphgram and always clicks whenever i put them in my ears or even just move my jaw... it feels like it's gonna crack at some point, so i sold it. Zs10 Pro; do i need to explain how bad is the timbre and tonality on that thing?... Tin T2; it has so much hype on the forums but it doesn't have anything special for the price imo. It has midbass bloat and lacks energy in vocals. eq helps a bit. it's so bright sounding and vocals are bright too but somewhat especially the female vocals are still laid back while being bright... Vocals and some mid area are very recessed and sounds very far behind from you. Treble region is peaky and not so refined so it gives some fatigue after some time even on very low volumes. (i always listen my iems at low/moderate volumes btw) It doesn't have good micro-details, the bright presentation makes some fake detail resolving sound like the zs10 pros but micro details are faaaar better on T3 Plus for example. Resolution is at the same level (or a bit worse) than Blon BL03. Soundstage is wider than BL03 but has less depth and height for sure so i always prefer to listen the BL03 which has more 3D stage. Moondrop Aria; very well tuned but has big dip and peak after 10khz and it irritates me. The worst thing about the aria is while it has decent technicalities for the price, it's midrange is very thin and unnatural sounding. Can get a bit shouty at times, not as bad as on the zs10 pro for sure but i still prefer way more balanced and proper sounding t3 plus's midrange over the aria. Comfort is best on BL03 and T3 Plus for my kinda small/average sized ears. Kz is ok but not the best either. Aria is too big for my ears and not comfortable as others, i have to keep adjusting them every minute. Just because of it's thin and unnatural midrange and bad comfort, i'm gonna sell them. T2 is just doesn't fits in ear. it just hangs at the entrance of the ear canal and i couldn't get good and deep fit with it... FH3 was very comfortable and it was the most sturdy one in the ear, it was staying in the ear so well with it's good (but bit tangly) stock cables but in the end, the driver-flex make it feel really bad and unreliable for longevity. TL;DR, Buy T3 Plus if you gonna spend around 50-70. Buy BL03 if you want something for around 25-30. Of course, everyone can prefer different sound presentations but i would still recommend these iems. at least get these two before spending on something else while buying dozens of iem for trying to find the best one, just my thoughts...
@@CassioHungria85 Highly recommend you to listen yourself, check out the sound demos on Dan's Audio Reviews channel. You can check the Kz Zex Pro sound demo video for comparison between the budget ones like blon bl03, mele and t3 plus. He is doing the best iem sound demos on youtube i ever came across to this day, he also has some headphone demos and comparisons too, like hd600, 650, 6xx, 660s and 800s. Of course, the raw technicalities cannot be heard from a youtube video but the tonal differences, the tuning differences, timbre of the drivers are very well reproduced so i can confirm all the iems i have is sounds more-less the same on his demos. He's doing very helpful videos and deserves much more! as i said, his sound demo video of the kz zex pro is more than 1 hour long comparison between the iems, respect...
Already have FH3, zs10 pros, and just ordered my BL03s, and I'm not worried about "retiring" any of them, I'll just switch between them at a whim, why? Because variaty of sound types will keep them "fun" for their own reasons when I can compair them to eachother, and I deffinitly plan to get more over time to build my collection, because a collection I can use and enjoy everyday is so much more fun, my ideal next addition is the OH10s, though some in the video here are tempting too
@@UNSCPILOT Yep, some of us will prefer to have at least three or more iem and keep changing them to listen with different signatures. But i'm simply not. i prefer to have one good iem as daily and can be able to listen everything with it. a good iem should do everything good, and be comfortable at least. i'd like to use my daily iem to listening to music and also for gaming, watching movie/youtube/twitch too for example. My brain/ear loves to hear natural sounding timbre so the technical performance can't get me any fun or pure enjoyment. Naturalness of the vocals, instruments and overall presentation is way more important to get a "balanced and neutral" sound in my opinion. Also, 'neutral' doesn't have to mean "flat fr curve when compansated". It just has to sound natural and balanced. Highs has to be non fatiguing and mids should sound detailed but natural too. Bass is just mostly personal preference because i'm in love with my blon 03s because of it's slow but natural decay/transient... Unlike most people, i'm in love with it's midbass bleed because it gives the song a soul and liveliness... it's a personel subjective preference of course but i love it and that's the important thing in the end, how you want to hear it?. doesn't have to have ultimate levels of technicalities or micro-details. again like the natural sounding "legendary" HD600s.... Zeos said that once in his Blon review, "i'd prefer the Blon BL03s over the HD800s. They are just better." :)
Your new channel is gonna be fine. This one is great so far just 9m in. You and giz got me to just order the t3+. I didn't know that and the lea was so new, I got the lea a week ago kind of on a whim. EQ'ed, I sometimes enjoy it more than my timeless. I am just blown away by the price. Everyone should buy it! Was curious what first impression rating you'd give, and surprised by the 5/5! Oh, and it's def under $100. ;)
@@Katomatic For that, aria and t3+ are better. Overall the aria and t3+ are a half grade or so above the lea imo. If tonality is more important and instrument separation and imaging not as much, then the lea could even be better, though. It's just crazy being able to compare a $26 iem to the sub $100 killers like the t3+ and aria. At times I still prefer the lea over the aria. The t3+ isn't really my thing for tonality, but technically it's great, better than aria imo. I'm going to throw out my favorite right now for sub $100, the tanya, another $26ish iem. Michael Bruce, an iem youtuber, approved. Crin rates it C+, but man, I super strongly disagree!
Could you make an introductory/beginner guide to being an audiophile? I enjoy the content, but it feels like I'm watching someone sample wine. The personality is why I'll stay.
12:06 "Let's put the price up, and let the audience react to how I should have reacted to this" I don't know about you, reader, but I was absolutely horrified. $290 for Crin to just say "Meh"?!
Congrats you appeared on my home page! You know what that means, the algorithm is again with you! You should try to make some mainstream videos, like "best TWS of 2021" or something like that :)
The T2+ and the T4 are B- on your list , so I expect that the T3+ should sit between B and A- since they are better than the T2+ and noticeably better than the T4.
QKZ's ZXN looks exactly like KZ's ZS10 Pro - it even has the same configuration; the ZXN is way cheaper though - that being said, idk about the tuning of either of the two.
Hey I so glad I finally found your new channel and wanted to tell you that I'm happily listening to this through my "new" kz crns like I said I must say while I'm not an audiophile by any means I love the sound
The absolute nightmare you had to go through is such a hard thing I have literally cried, how could you not have PTSD, it's just impossible. Great job surviving
@@Weareonenation303 I mean the QKZs look like they have the same frequency response as all the KZs Crinacle has ever reviewed (Probably because they use exactly the same drivers lol) so probably a bit better than D, maybe C- or D+.
I coudn't agree more with the rating. My Lea tonality is better than my friend's aria. Technicality things that apart both of them though from the price difference. But for the price, Lea is a really good and balance IEM. Kudos for tripowin 👍
I've been hoping someone would cover the Veedix Strings series for a while, though I do think their Silver Strings would be more my speed in terms of sound profile. Regardless, hard to fault the aesthetic on that set (unless you just don't like any branding whatsoever on your stuff.) A shame they don't inspire a more enthusiastic response from you, but it is what it is. They're prettier than they sound. Also, I totally love these rough and dirty impression videos. If you've got the time an inclination I'd love to see more of them.
Love it as usual Crin, I was one of the people who thought the last unboxing/first impressions video was too informative (after all as you said these are FIRST impressions, so might as well go for the entertainment value no?), and as someone else has said, glad to see you recovering from your other channel's fate (my condolences). I do have a question though, just curious what motivates you to collaborate with another iem brand? I mean as in what gave you the idea with this iem in particular, and why not work with one of your best ranked iems to make it even better?
Roasting BQEYZ IEMs for naming it's iem like season. Also, naming his colabs like Solar and lunar names i.e. dawn, dusk, eclipse and midnight except crn
Hey Crin you should cover the "Heavys", it's a kickstarter project that has been 500% financed for headphones aimed specifically at Metal heads, apparently designed by an ex employee of sennheiser that worked on the HD series. They boast about their eight drivers,"lossless audio"(???) and spl loudness technology. Lots of buzzwords and not a lot of proof to back them up. They cost 149$ and claim to be on the same level as 500+$ headphones.
His background does sound solid but as soon as I hear people throw around lots of marketing terms I usually get hesitant.. But let's hope for the best Sennheiser has made some goated products after all.
i trust this glasses guy 100% cause he is a very culture men and good looking. And i bought a headphone for 400$ he recommended. i will come back and give info
I was doubting if i should get the t3 plus or the dunus, but after seeing the graph and your first impressions i just thought that the t3 would be better for my taste
Hey Crin, excellent video as always! Is there any list of songs You test headphones with? I think covering your test-tracks could be a nice idea for a future video :)
Love your stuff Crin...I’ve been using my CRNs 75% of the time the rest of the time I use all my other IEMs and TWSs to kinda train my ears for the differences in tunings and different sound qualities and aspects...I did however get the LEAs and they are my 2nd favs now...I also got the AKGs and they are me second favs of TWSs...Status Between Pros are my #1....anyway I love your stuff and thank you for all that you do in the name of audio and sound.... p.s. if you know where I can get some Moondrop Crescents I would greatly appreciate pointing me in the right direction (I know you know the right people wink wink jk).... Much Love, Many Blessings, and Much More Success my friend.....
I got chinese headphones, super cheap build, cheap price, but satisfactory performance. I do not aim for perfect studio specs, but something I can enjoy for cheap price. There are some hidden gems in it, which is way way hard to find, if there are any, with famous brands(at that pr8ce).
Not really. You still have burn in, trying different tips and some may or not need amps. All can change the sound, sometimes dramatically. And to try out a range of music genres, as while an earphone/headphoe may not be great overall, they can excel in certain genres(it's why I keep my two open headphones and two closed and two main earphones). Kinda pointless to just do a speed listening and first impressions for headphones. Uless of course you don't actually care about what you're listening to and plan to move on from them anyway, in which case yea, I guess beyond first impressions wont matter to you.
To me I can tell a lot in the first 15 minutes of listening to audio equipment. And I would assume he probably burned in the IEMs in first place. Which would loosen the drivers suspension and smoothed out the highs and deepen the bass slightly. Maybe 10 to 15 % , but the general sound characters of these IEMs would still be there before burn in . 😁
@@robertthurston6858 It's still really weird that he doesnt try different tips or different cables, as they can make quite a difference compared to stock. Especially if you change both tip + cable. Not to mention, music genre also REALLY matters. With the kind of stuff i listen to (rock, metal, anime OSTs, pop punk, MJ) , something like the Moondrop Aria would be wayyy less serviceable compared to something like a KZ.
crin making fun of the autumn spring summer and winter when he's naming his collabs dusk, dawn, midnight and eclipse lmao
Guess there's gonna be a Noon at some point.
Can't wait for morning, night, evening, noon, afternoon.
Can’t wait for the Maghrib, Ishak, Fajr, Zuhr and Asar
high noon
Can't wait for the Muharram, Safar, Rabī ul-awwal, Rabi uth-thanī
Your face with the TA2 was priceless!
Estou ansioso para o Kuba x Crinacle, fico imaginando o quão incrível seria uma parceria dessas.
Great to see such another awesome youtuber commenting here!
@@augustofreitas3569 IMAGINA!! MDSSSS
@@augustofreitas3569 Crinacle cobra o peso da cabeça dele em ouro pelas parcerias.
Disco CRN confirmado
The rating system is like having strict parents looking at your grades in school. If you get a perfect score they are simply content. Anything less than perfect and you have some explaining to do.
Good to see you out of your slump. Just keep the stuff coming and you'll reach 100k again in no time. Then you can get two buttons. Who even has that?
linus 🥶🥶🥶
Every major RUclipsr with a clips channel
Jacksucksatlife
@@charredolive *every major youtuber that sucks
tbh plenty, but yeah an achievement for a pure audio gear reviewer
I absolutely agree with the statement that tastes in IEMs might differ from person to person and we can all be adult about it, … since it would ofc be wrong to badmouth someones’s trash taste.
Absolutely. Someone with a trash taste is already punished enough ;-)
Who are we to criticize people who throw their money away on trash like Beats, Bose, or Skullcandy? Maybe they enjoy throwing money away and listening to trash.
@@Knowbody42 or listening to anime music
@@nitromenoob EXCUSE ME SIR
@@nitromenoob aight no
You're definitely one of the audiophiles I really take with high regard and right on time as I buy a sub-$100 iem again. Excited to test out my T3+ when it comes!
Its good. Its the little brother to Iko OH10
Have you tested? Long term how does it sound?
I love this format. Unboxing are a waste of time honestly. “OoOoOooOoooo! Look! Ear tips! And a manual.”
When I first saw an unboxing video here in RUclips, I thought it was rather lame....
Agreed, Crin has this figured out to a T
the way he pushes the boxes.. he's secretly a cat
😼😹😽
LoL....... so you met my cat then? I did call him Lucifer, it was a very accurate name choice. If it was his, death stare. If it belonged to me, death by a thousand scratches and the "wtf you looking at human" stare. I'm not sure who owns who?
@@mr.hitchens pretty sure when it comes to cats, they own you xD
@@mr.hitchens oh geeezzz
Came here from the snippet in the newer "unboxing" (~nugget~ IEM bag) video to see if anyone thought the same, was not disappointed (timestamp is 4:53 btw :P)
Finally, a new upload from crin! It was nice to hear your impressions of the Shuoer S12 and Dunu Titan S. There's a lot of new IEMS with potential, I kind of regret buying the ThieAudio L2. I do not regret buying my CRN though. They sound pretty good with EQ and a change of tips. :)
Yup, CRN with EQ is 👍
you should not regret buying your l2. they're still fantastic imo
Please, what tips do you use with CRN? Foam? Is there a specific brand?
@@CassioHungria85Stock tips small size
@@linolingelbach2214 stock is a brand?
Love that you are back Crin! Since you like the fight in the sub 100 dollar IEM category so much, why not do a battle/comparison with the best in that class? So that we may have an answer to the Aria. Keep up the awesome vids!
But what does this even mean, really? A “battle”. I can’t see this.
I just ordered my first pair of "real" IEMs, the KZ CRNs, previously I have only had cell phone provided ear buds or gas station specials, and I made sure to do it through your site. Good luck with both the reboot and getting your Google account reclaimed.
I just did the same. Took me a bit it finally narrow down on them
I enjoy the format. Peoples facial expressions are often fun to watch and this is no exception. More important, I appreciate a quick down and dirty review. This gives people a quick and early taste of a lot of gear, which is great and is all you need sometimes. I don’t need a 10 minute review of a garbage or mediocre sound recreating device but this give some insight into what is going on with those items.
Lea is no where near slightly under 100 it's slightly under 30
Nice to see other companies bringing some better competition to what has felt like a Moondrop monopoly in the budget 1DD space.
Can't believe the results with the Tripowin Lea for only...US$26 !! Another winner well under the $100 mark. Thoroughly pleased with this recent purchase.
While it is a novelty to get reviewer first reactions, the content I come here for is seeing Crin disrespectfully toss the products boxes. 5/5, quality content.
So what was your reaction when you found out the Lea is 25$?
Went straight to aliexpress and bought a pair. Worth a listen at the very least.
@@Stephen__King how was it?
@@why_tho_ Not bad for the price. The cable is cheap garbage, so I bought the Tripowin Zonie to replace it. I have fitment issues with the ear tips as I'm between a medium and small ear canal.
The build quality of the iems themselves is excellent. when you click them together they sound like marbles hitting, no idea what the material they are made from, but they should be hard-wearing.
For the price, these sound great. A nice flat sound signature, which is always my preference. Your mileage may vary.
@@Stephen__King Do u try a KZ memory foam ear tips?
I'm not even that into audio, just find your content very entertaining lmao. Keep it up Crin!
Something you might want to be cautious of with your scale is quotable "5/5.." - Crinacle+
If you think that manufacturers, especially offbrand IEM ones, won't sink that low... :P
Ok, at least some justification for my recent purchase of the T3+😆
Happy to see you back on the grind. Keep up the good work!
I’m psyched for my Titan S to arrive in the mail soon. Glad to know you got a positive first impression of it! I thought about the aria but went with the titan s instead.
Same, that was a relief.
@@zekion. Hey guys, do you have the DUNU TITAN S? Is it better than T3 plus and Aria for rock/acoustic?
Do you have the DUNU TITAN S? Is it better than T3 plus and Aria for rock/acoustic?
Thanks for the ongoing commitment to affordable audiophile gear.
Fiio FH3, Moondrop Aria, Kz Zs10 Pro, Tin T2, Blon BL03 and finally Tin T3 Plus. I tried a lot to find best ones for my taste and my top picks are T3 Plus and Blon BL03 over all the others without a doubt! If you reading this, and searching for an iem, just buy BL03 or T3 Plus if they are in your budget and don't look for anything else if you are looking for some decent technicalities with best possible natural timbre and tuning. I'm a guy who prefer natural timbre and good forward but not shouty or aggressive vocals on an iem/headphone. My favorite/endgame headphone is HD600, so you can say technical performance is not my first priority for sure. My experiences are; FH3 is muddy, lacks energy in vocals, too much bass and midbass which kills rest of the spectrum. Has great micro details but resolution is somewhat meh, ok for the price, nothing amazing. Also it has the worst driver-flex i ever experienced in my life with iems... It has soo thin diaphgram and always clicks whenever i put them in my ears or even just move my jaw... it feels like it's gonna crack at some point, so i sold it. Zs10 Pro; do i need to explain how bad is the timbre and tonality on that thing?... Tin T2; it has so much hype on the forums but it doesn't have anything special for the price imo. It has midbass bloat and lacks energy in vocals. eq helps a bit. it's so bright sounding and vocals are bright too but somewhat especially the female vocals are still laid back while being bright... Vocals and some mid area are very recessed and sounds very far behind from you. Treble region is peaky and not so refined so it gives some fatigue after some time even on very low volumes. (i always listen my iems at low/moderate volumes btw) It doesn't have good micro-details, the bright presentation makes some fake detail resolving sound like the zs10 pros but micro details are faaaar better on T3 Plus for example. Resolution is at the same level (or a bit worse) than Blon BL03. Soundstage is wider than BL03 but has less depth and height for sure so i always prefer to listen the BL03 which has more 3D stage. Moondrop Aria; very well tuned but has big dip and peak after 10khz and it irritates me. The worst thing about the aria is while it has decent technicalities for the price, it's midrange is very thin and unnatural sounding. Can get a bit shouty at times, not as bad as on the zs10 pro for sure but i still prefer way more balanced and proper sounding t3 plus's midrange over the aria. Comfort is best on BL03 and T3 Plus for my kinda small/average sized ears. Kz is ok but not the best either. Aria is too big for my ears and not comfortable as others, i have to keep adjusting them every minute. Just because of it's thin and unnatural midrange and bad comfort, i'm gonna sell them. T2 is just doesn't fits in ear. it just hangs at the entrance of the ear canal and i couldn't get good and deep fit with it... FH3 was very comfortable and it was the most sturdy one in the ear, it was staying in the ear so well with it's good (but bit tangly) stock cables but in the end, the driver-flex make it feel really bad and unreliable for longevity. TL;DR, Buy T3 Plus if you gonna spend around 50-70. Buy BL03 if you want something for around 25-30. Of course, everyone can prefer different sound presentations but i would still recommend these iems. at least get these two before spending on something else while buying dozens of iem for trying to find the best one, just my thoughts...
Fantastic. Awesome. Wonderful. Thank you. How about tripowin vs t3 plus?
@@CassioHungria85 Highly recommend you to listen yourself, check out the sound demos on Dan's Audio Reviews channel. You can check the Kz Zex Pro sound demo video for comparison between the budget ones like blon bl03, mele and t3 plus. He is doing the best iem sound demos on youtube i ever came across to this day, he also has some headphone demos and comparisons too, like hd600, 650, 6xx, 660s and 800s. Of course, the raw technicalities cannot be heard from a youtube video but the tonal differences, the tuning differences, timbre of the drivers are very well reproduced so i can confirm all the iems i have is sounds more-less the same on his demos. He's doing very helpful videos and deserves much more! as i said, his sound demo video of the kz zex pro is more than 1 hour long comparison between the iems, respect...
Already have FH3, zs10 pros, and just ordered my BL03s, and I'm not worried about "retiring" any of them, I'll just switch between them at a whim, why? Because variaty of sound types will keep them "fun" for their own reasons when I can compair them to eachother, and I deffinitly plan to get more over time to build my collection, because a collection I can use and enjoy everyday is so much more fun, my ideal next addition is the OH10s, though some in the video here are tempting too
I am wondering if Tripowin Olina would be a so much better choice vs T3 plus
@@UNSCPILOT Yep, some of us will prefer to have at least three or more iem and keep changing them to listen with different signatures. But i'm simply not. i prefer to have one good iem as daily and can be able to listen everything with it. a good iem should do everything good, and be comfortable at least. i'd like to use my daily iem to listening to music and also for gaming, watching movie/youtube/twitch too for example. My brain/ear loves to hear natural sounding timbre so the technical performance can't get me any fun or pure enjoyment. Naturalness of the vocals, instruments and overall presentation is way more important to get a "balanced and neutral" sound in my opinion. Also, 'neutral' doesn't have to mean "flat fr curve when compansated". It just has to sound natural and balanced. Highs has to be non fatiguing and mids should sound detailed but natural too. Bass is just mostly personal preference because i'm in love with my blon 03s because of it's slow but natural decay/transient... Unlike most people, i'm in love with it's midbass bleed because it gives the song a soul and liveliness... it's a personel subjective preference of course but i love it and that's the important thing in the end, how you want to hear it?. doesn't have to have ultimate levels of technicalities or micro-details. again like the natural sounding "legendary" HD600s.... Zeos said that once in his Blon review, "i'd prefer the Blon BL03s over the HD800s. They are just better." :)
Your new channel is gonna be fine. This one is great so far just 9m in. You and giz got me to just order the t3+. I didn't know that and the lea was so new, I got the lea a week ago kind of on a whim. EQ'ed, I sometimes enjoy it more than my timeless. I am just blown away by the price. Everyone should buy it! Was curious what first impression rating you'd give, and surprised by the 5/5! Oh, and it's def under $100. ;)
How did you find the Lea's imaging and soundstage? Edit: and instrument separation and bass?
@@Katomatic I am very interested to know too.
How about lea against t3 plus?
@@Katomatic For that, aria and t3+ are better. Overall the aria and t3+ are a half grade or so above the lea imo. If tonality is more important and instrument separation and imaging not as much, then the lea could even be better, though. It's just crazy being able to compare a $26 iem to the sub $100 killers like the t3+ and aria. At times I still prefer the lea over the aria. The t3+ isn't really my thing for tonality, but technically it's great, better than aria imo.
I'm going to throw out my favorite right now for sub $100, the tanya, another $26ish iem. Michael Bruce, an iem youtuber, approved. Crin rates it C+, but man, I super strongly disagree!
Could you make an introductory/beginner guide to being an audiophile? I enjoy the content, but it feels like I'm watching someone sample wine. The personality is why I'll stay.
12:06 "Let's put the price up, and let the audience react to how I should have reacted to this"
I don't know about you, reader, but I was absolutely horrified. $290 for Crin to just say "Meh"?!
it's not actually that much compare to the top of the line stuff, and even then it is hard to get crinacle to like it
Look at crin rankings. There are 4 digit price produtcts at D/E/F tier.
Price isnt everything
i found it very rare for crin to give this much IEMs good score, i mean usually he would mock them
I don’t care about audiophile listening. But I like your videos. You are compelling to watch. Subscription given.
I love watching these even though I never remember any of the iems 5 minutes later.
Crin, I like when your videos are long they are detailed and important, dont stop this format
I like the editing especially the green to red fade on the 4/5 was cute
QKZ has that Sony's "make. believe" tagline with the exact same font god darn it
Congrats you appeared on my home page! You know what that means, the algorithm is again with you!
You should try to make some mainstream videos, like "best TWS of 2021" or something like that :)
The T2+ and the T4 are B- on your list , so I expect that the T3+ should sit between B and A- since they are better than the T2+ and noticeably better than the T4.
QKZ's ZXN looks exactly like KZ's ZS10 Pro - it even has the same configuration; the ZXN is way cheaper though - that being said, idk about the tuning of either of the two.
Hey I so glad I finally found your new channel and wanted to tell you that I'm happily listening to this through my "new" kz crns like I said I must say while I'm not an audiophile by any means I love the sound
Your reaction is sth that I believe we could call it "rarely hilarious emotions "
Remember folks - the 7hz Timeless was first introduced to the world in a humble Crinacle unboxing.
The absolute nightmare you had to go through is such a hard thing I have literally cried, how could you not have PTSD, it's just impossible.
Great job surviving
Hearing someone calmly say "Trying to identify the good shit, the good good" is awesome. 4:20
Everbody loved the Tin T2 and they was a 1 for me. After 10 min I took them off and sent them back. Then I tried the Blon 03s :)
Both are good for me
Very exited for all of the 5/5 items.
You could do videos on just about anything, I think they’re pretty funny, and somewhat informative. 5/5 gots potential 👌👍
When will you update your IEM Rankings with these new ones? I'm really interested how high some of these will climb~
@@Weareonenation303 I mean the QKZs look like they have the same frequency response as all the KZs Crinacle has ever reviewed (Probably because they use exactly the same drivers lol) so probably a bit better than D, maybe C- or D+.
@@Weareonenation303 You indeed got a few of them correct at least 👍
OMG Crinn!! You mean to tell me that when I turn off your RUclips video I'm watching of you, that you STILL continue to be alive?!?!! WHO KNEW?!! 🤪😂😆
This format I think perfect, fast and with various items ...
Love these quick notes. I like the Tanchjim Echo more than you do clearly. :-)
Aight after seeing the lea was about 25 euro's i'm sold on giving it a try looking forward to seeing it arrive.
Nice to see you back in the saddle again!
I coudn't agree more with the rating. My Lea tonality is better than my friend's aria. Technicality things that apart both of them though from the price difference. But for the price, Lea is a really good and balance IEM. Kudos for tripowin 👍
Crinacle is so great they made Crinacle+
I've been hoping someone would cover the Veedix Strings series for a while, though I do think their Silver Strings would be more my speed in terms of sound profile. Regardless, hard to fault the aesthetic on that set (unless you just don't like any branding whatsoever on your stuff.) A shame they don't inspire a more enthusiastic response from you, but it is what it is. They're prettier than they sound.
Also, I totally love these rough and dirty impression videos. If you've got the time an inclination I'd love to see more of them.
S12 vs Timeless when?
Love it as usual Crin, I was one of the people who thought the last unboxing/first impressions video was too informative (after all as you said these are FIRST impressions, so might as well go for the entertainment value no?), and as someone else has said, glad to see you recovering from your other channel's fate (my condolences).
I do have a question though, just curious what motivates you to collaborate with another iem brand? I mean as in what gave you the idea with this iem in particular, and why not work with one of your best ranked iems to make it even better?
I love the content, very good sense of humor without being dumb. Thanks
I really liked the Tanchjim Echo. I do run it with an EQ and I use Moondrop's Spring tips on it.
the moment i heard the word "sibilance", i was instantly like "HA! get the F outta my consideration list" lol
Already back at 21k! Hell yeah dude! Love your stuff
Please, make more of these!
Thank you!
lol feels wierd owning an iem before crin, the tin t3+ btw
its actually really good, 2 months and going
Roasting BQEYZ IEMs for naming it's iem like season. Also, naming his colabs like Solar and lunar names i.e. dawn, dusk, eclipse and midnight except crn
Hey Crin you should cover the "Heavys", it's a kickstarter project that has been 500% financed for headphones aimed specifically at Metal heads, apparently designed by an ex employee of sennheiser that worked on the HD series. They boast about their eight drivers,"lossless audio"(???) and spl loudness technology. Lots of buzzwords and not a lot of proof to back them up.
They cost 149$ and claim to be on the same level as 500+$ headphones.
His background does sound solid but as soon as I hear people throw around lots of marketing terms I usually get hesitant.. But let's hope for the best Sennheiser has made some goated products after all.
Ultimate Objective Factmaster sounds a little bit longer than Professional Measurbator.
I could tell you were Singaporean from the accent. I felt validated after checking.
I worry for that wretched assembly of IEM’s waiting in the gallery to learn their fate from the hanging judge 😬😥😰😳😅
My favourite part is when you are listening in silence and thinking how to rate
About the Tanchjim Echo: I suggest you to get another set. Mine came faulty as well with a strong channel imba due to a faulty right driver.
i trust this glasses guy 100% cause he is a very culture men and good looking.
And i bought a headphone for 400$ he recommended.
i will come back and give info
He is rather charismatic and good looking, that is true.
I was doubting if i should get the t3 plus or the dunus, but after seeing the graph and your first impressions i just thought that the t3 would be better for my taste
T3 plus should be a safer pick 👍
Hey Crin, excellent video as always!
Is there any list of songs You test headphones with? I think covering your test-tracks could be a nice idea for a future video :)
i can imagine crinacle teaching his kids and raising them with the spoiled milk analogy
I wonder how the Lea stacks up to the Aria.
I always found your rating system absolutely genius since it makes so much sense if you think about it
Especially the “S”
nah, crin is not genius. it just every reviewer who using 7 as mediocre is absolute moron.
A breath of fresh honesty.
MAKE A SEPARATE RANKING UNDER $100 PLS!
yes we like these short first impressions formats! :)
Yay, another 20 min Crinacle video
You thought you could hide from me? I will find you and consume your sarcastic humor and smirk quietly in the breakroom. ☝
So you took my advice, went for a walk. Good to see you out of your slump. Cheers!
A short review on the senheiser 560s headphone would be nice
4:32 I did a spit take at this part. While eating a protein bar. How does that even happen?
Got the lea and , They are really good. If you like a more neutral sound and with a bit énfasis on guitar sound. A solid rec definitely
I just appreciate Crin is using 4k videos..
Thank you for your literacy and humour!
I just got my t3 plus today and I am liking them so far
I like it! I like you! Glad you're back.
POG new Crinacle+ Vid
Would like to see how crin reacts to the HBB collaborations with tripowin, the mele and olina especially
Love your stuff Crin...I’ve been using my CRNs 75% of the time the rest of the time I use all my other IEMs and TWSs to kinda train my ears for the differences in tunings and different sound qualities and aspects...I did however get the LEAs and they are my 2nd favs now...I also got the AKGs and they are me second favs of TWSs...Status Between Pros are my #1....anyway I love your stuff and thank you for all that you do in the name of audio and sound.... p.s. if you know where I can get some Moondrop Crescents I would greatly appreciate pointing me in the right direction (I know you know the right people wink wink jk).... Much Love, Many Blessings, and Much More Success my friend.....
Interesting rating on Lea. Looks like it sounds really good for the insane price of 26 dollars.
I got chinese headphones, super cheap build, cheap price, but satisfactory performance. I do not aim for perfect studio specs, but something I can enjoy for cheap price. There are some hidden gems in it, which is way way hard to find, if there are any, with famous brands(at that pr8ce).
Finally a RUclipsr saying it like it ne, I am an moron! And I is proud of it!
Looks like I'll be getting a Lea
My moondrop variations arrive today. Excited AF
Jealous.
We missed you Crin
His videos are great for so many reasons, beyond the review. He was spot on about the 7hz timeless. That thing is a bit of a wonder. Really great set.
"slightly under 100 dollars", damn tripowin
I love how a fellow singaporean made it to be internationally recognised
Hey Mate (crinacle+), Are you in Melbourne? Cuz I've seen you here in Melbourne.
or I've seen someone just like you mate.
Big fan, great work
Used to study there for a few years. Might've been me!
I Love the speed listening tests. First impressions can tell a lot for an experienced listener aka audiophile
Not really. You still have burn in, trying different tips and some may or not need amps. All can change the sound, sometimes dramatically. And to try out a range of music genres, as while an earphone/headphoe may not be great overall, they can excel in certain genres(it's why I keep my two open headphones and two closed and two main earphones). Kinda pointless to just do a speed listening and first impressions for headphones. Uless of course you don't actually care about what you're listening to and plan to move on from them anyway, in which case yea, I guess beyond first impressions wont matter to you.
To me I can tell a lot in the first 15 minutes of listening to audio equipment. And I would assume he probably burned in the IEMs in first place. Which would loosen the drivers suspension and smoothed out the highs and deepen the bass slightly. Maybe 10 to 15 % , but the general sound characters of these IEMs would still be there before burn in . 😁
lol "burn in", pretentious loser
Yeah Bling, you'll knew burn in is real when you have a carrot in your arse.
@@robertthurston6858 It's still really weird that he doesnt try different tips or different cables, as they can make quite a difference compared to stock. Especially if you change both tip + cable.
Not to mention, music genre also REALLY matters.
With the kind of stuff i listen to (rock, metal, anime OSTs, pop punk, MJ) , something like the Moondrop Aria would be wayyy less serviceable compared to something like a KZ.