HIDIZS - MK12 Turris

Owned Tea Pros, Hype 4 and MK12 at the same time. Decided to sell the former two because the MK12 sound that good to me (after PEQ), and was <1/2 the price (backed on Kickstarter).

I have the Turris, without EQ they're a bit shit, with it they're much much better. Decent bass extension smooth punchy sound and because a single driver very good phase alignment across the full siectrum so good spatial cues for an iem. Bear in mind my ears stop working at 13khz so younger users might find them lacking in upper treble. I prefer my daybreaks because they don't need EQ.

Hi, thanks for reading, MK10, wow, sounds pretty interesting, i reviewed the MK12 Turris and loved it.

Just received my Turris after a long wait. Sounds good with the balanced tips, soft, good seal, comfortable. Gold nozzles so far to my taste. The cable looks so thin. Which cable other than Kbear?

I own the mk12 turris, bass is pretty good, soundstage is very wide like very wide. Vocals are foward but it has a treble roll off so there’s a lack of air or sparkle. Instrumental separation is fine but not great, things seem to fall apart when there’s too many instruments at the same time especially In rock songs. I tried the tuning nozzles but I didn’t really prefer either one except for the stock one. I’d easily take the Simgot super mix 4 over these

Not OP but I have listened to the Hidizs Mk12 (both standard and collab) and the Thieaudio Valhalla. I simply do not get how one can listen to both IEMs and rank them 0.02 points apart, it's not even close, the Valhalla wipes the floor with the Mk12. I don't even like the Valhalla, but the quality difference is enormous.

As you're new, it's hard not to fall for IEM marketing hype cycles. Every month, there's a new "best ever" IEM. Tons of reviews come out saying this *is* it. Then it arrives. "Is that it?"- That was my first reaction to the Martilo. It's great, but it was nowhere near as bassy as everyone said. Months later, I still want more punchy bass. I stumble one I'd never heard of, released months ago with barely any hype- the TSMR Armor. It's got nowhere near the same marketing budget but the few reviews I find compared it to the Martilo and said it's punchier, a more impactful bass. I take a punt. It arrives. No hype. I'm not expecting much.... IT IS AWESOME. The lesson: If this is a big purchase for you, wait a while before buying. Nobody has heard the Portazo yet. It might be amazing. It might be crap. But the real verdict is if people are still talking about it after 2 months. Final final point- I listen to DnB quite a lot. Weirdly, I enjoy it most on *not* total Basshead IEMs. For example the Hidisz mk12- is an absolute DnB beast, it's so fun and punchy and energetic. On paper, the Martilo should work best with DnB, it has tons of sub-bass, but it feels a bit dry and dull in comparison.

Chat GPT doesn't know shit about IEMs. Imo, there's too many, and too similar. The most unique choice is the Diablo... To the delicate ears of our favourite Singaporean IEM God that might be a lot of bass, but there's more bass out there. The others kinda just blend together... If your goal is to experience every kind of sound and weird driver combination there is, go much further. Buy an all BA set. Buy a bass head set. Buy a tribrid. Buy a KZ Decet with 5 DDs squeezed in each side. Buy a bone conduction set- "subtle" options that boost the soundstage a bit, or "obvious vibration" sets like the Kiwi Ears Etude, Kbear03/02. Buy a treble head set. Buy something off Penon. Buy a desktop amp and see if that makes a difference or not to you. For what it's worth, I really love the MK12, and I think the MP145 is a much better IEM than the Mp143 (which is fine but a bit boring) If your goal is quality... You can afford a couple of AMAZING sets instead of 15 good ones.

Isn H60... I love the mk12, and the H60 has an even more fun engaging tuning- probably my favourite IEM. Possibly the EBC80 if you have a lot to spend (I've not heard it but I've read it's the next level H60)

Why I keep returning iems like tea pro and moon drop dusk and keep returning to my MK12? I cannot fault them in anything and I tried hard to not like them. They beat the tea pro in every department and cost less than half of them. Where am I wrong?

Regardless of the claims about Hidizs. Mk12 turris is an IEM that punches well above its price point, the sound preference you have mentioned suits this iem perfectly well. As a good product I don't think these rumours justify losing out on such a good iem set. I think Hidizs as a company is also quite good . They respond well and have taken note of ducbloke's tuning and implemented for their next edition. My experience with customer service was also quite good, much better than some of the mainstream companies (chi-fi) If the tuning is exactly what you prefer, go for it...

Try using turris at high volume with a red nozzle, wide bore tips and if you want you can put ducbloke's peq as well ( I prefer without it) You'll get a much better sound experience

Ofc if you prefer simgot's tuning more than turris isn't really an upgrade for you ig

Supposedly the Hidizs MP145s got a retuning. I got them fairly recently so I suspect mine are the retune. I have since purchase the Horizons and a few others not in your list. And I gotta say they're very technical and musical at the same time. Female voices sound amazing. I get lost in the music when I put those on lay my head back and close my eyes. Their score on the chart says(old tuning) for those. I really like the Mk12s too tho (gold nozzle & SpinFit CP145s) so I might have a preference for their house sound. If you like something with great transients/instrument separation that's a good all arounder and bonus... Looks exactly like the Top Pros, the Pula PA02s are awesome and comfortable to me.