DUSK

I bought the dusk, and half the reviews I come across absolutely glaze the dusk, and the other half just tear it apart? Why is it so polarizing

I mean I’m just going to run them on 3.5 mm. I’m just worried if I’m getting the best performance out of a near endgame set

Yeah atp I’m probably going to stick with the dusk for now because mega5 is €150+ more expensive where I live. Dusk might be endgame unless I can get my hands on the V16 divinity. I still don’t really know if it’s worth it compare to the tea pro

Appreciate the effort! Personally I kinda checked out after getting my hexas, as the only upgrade I found worthwhile is the dusks 3, but can't afford to spend that much on iems

Meteor dusk edition. Meteor graphs too good unfortunately bass was off. I think crinacle s retune will definitely have better and tighter bass. So if it nails that and betters mid range resolution, we have a terrific set here.

I have the S12 Pro. Got it back in 2023. I still enjoy it. That being said, there are loads of newly introduced better options for you, specifically Crin's Daybreak.

This is a question I like asking those people who are lost like "oh I want best set for 217.78$" What makes you turn the volume up? Is it a the bass and energy, are you trying to hit party mode? Is it the singer? Is it the little details of the song? Things you are trying to search for? I think it's an underrated way to help people find their preferred signature. I'm personally trying to get high lol, turn it up all the way and start running around the house pumped! I wanna drown in thick emotional music

The the blessing 3 dusk is great for this

I just went on this exact same hunt with the same genres lol, I went with the davinci. I'm not trying to tune a dusk. The base analog sound of the dusk was called thin pretty often, dsp mode was better but I need 4.4 for my toys. The davinci was the number one choice for complicated electronic music due to the 5 way crossover. Can't argue with having the dynamic drivers play 2 different bass lines. Dusk DD pair is on one frequency.

If I had to pick one right now it would be a 5+2 without a second thought. In the 200-400 range 5+2 Tea pro OG Dusk ^^^^these are the only ones I don't have in my collection that I wish I did. Unfortunately I just don't need them

I've bought and tested things like Blessing 3 dusk and Tea Pro and returned it. Hell I've even returned iem that I used for a year and got my money back lol

“Everything audible is encapsulated in a FR” Sound is not a solved science that can be boiled down to a FR graph. I can confidently say that I can make my Dusk play the same FR as a Truthear Gate but I can’t change the tonality, soundstage, timbre, noteweight, etc. The only way to know what an IEM sounds like is to hear it. Using EQ to match the FR of another set can give you an idea, but it will absolutely not be the same. You may even like it as much or more, but it’s not the same. FR graphs do not explain the difference, HRTF only helps. No idea why oratory ignores directionality in soundwaves in relation to IEM soundstage when every audio engineer that makes IEMs understands how to position drivers to affect it.