XENNS - Mangird Top

I can help you describe how the iems sounds on what I had tried. Take it as a grain of salt because this is just my impressions and opinion. Use it as a guide. 1. Moondrop Blessing 3. Deep subbass focus makes it rumbly rather than thumpy. Mids are very neutral. The lack of midbass can make it sound thin. Treble is forward. 2. Moondrop Variation. Harman. Huge subbass. Mids can get really thin. Treble is bright. The bass is somewhat on the blunt side. The dynamic and decay is really great making it sound speaker like. 3. Xenns Mangird Top. My top pick for under $600. A smoother harman. Subbass focus with a presence of midbass. Makes the mids sound more thick but not thin or bloated. Treble is also much smoother. Hope you find this helpful.

Yeah me too, I have some very expensive sets, like the IE600, and I prefer the EW300 over the IE600... I still prefer my Ziigaat Odyssey, or my Mangird Xenns Top, but damn the Simgot is indeed very very good for the asked price

Moondrop Chu, and no. The Kato is the only Moondrop iem I still have and use. I liked the Aria but gave it to a friend to try to get him into iems (I failed). The Chu was good enough to get me into iems, but not good enough to keep me listening. I don't even know where they are now, lol. Of the early iems that I bought, I only have and listen to the Truthear Hexa (lifeless but decent, with wonderful imaging) and that Truthear Harmon-tuned one that Crinacle did with the subwoofer (I forget the name). It is fatiguing, but it is exciting until it wears me down. Good for techno. I listen mostly to the Aful P5, the Chopin, the Letshour S12, and the Kato now. Sometimes at home, I listen to the P8 and the Xenn Mangrid Top (they are too expensive to lug around with me--I have a $200 limit on iems that I'm willing to take in my backpack).

well that is reassuring to hear, going from the ikko oh10 to the xenns top. Hope they blow me well 😉

Straight up Xenns Mangird Top. Period. Detail, quality, over all sound. Amazing set.

Xenns top is a no brainer. Symphonium Meteor if you like more laid back and bassy sound.

Idk m8.. my Xenns Mangird Top are much better than all the <100$ iems I have.. then again I got the Novas for 95$ on 11.11 sales and the novas are actually just a little behind the Xenns in sound quality.. to my ears anyway.. but normal price is around 150$...

I have 2 I would suggest Xenns Mangird Top Fatfreq deuce

Idk about mind blowing, but when I first heard my Xenns Mangird Tops, I had never heard anything as good... Kind of the same thing when I 1st put on my Hifiman Ananda nanos... the tops are in the 500$ range btw.

Have you tried the Xenns Mangird Top? I have it and the Monarch MKIII and still prefer it. I want Xenns to make a $1k IEM badly.

1st was Xenns Top like 2 months ago. 2nd is the Thieaudio Origin have it for almost 2 weeks now.

Xenns TOP was my first IEM, the first time i looked at it, i thought it was big but when I got the Origin, Boy i was wrong. It look small to me now hehehe. But when i'm wearing, i don't notice it anymore. I can play for hours with Origin just like the TOP. In terms of music I can listen to it way longer than the TOP maybe because Origin sound much better overall.

Top is good. But overall origin is better in music and gaming for me. I'm no expert but i just prefer Origin.

I have the xenns top and love it. Just ordered the origin. Is the origin a straight upgrade? Prolly sell the top if it is.

Currently daily XENNS Mangird Top but I’m looking to try something different just for gaming. I mainly play EFT and COD. Do the Aretes have precise imaging? As far as hearing distinctively if someone is above/below and how close or far they are? I’ve heard the soundstage is pretty solid. Or if there’s something else around the $200 mark you’d recommend, I’m open to suggestions.

Thanks for the reply, I’ve been using the Mangird Top for about 2 years now and have no complaints. They are solid for music and gaming. I just have an itch to try something new. I’ve been playing EFT a lot more recently and with the Mangirds I can hear people but can’t pin point their exact location.

I’ve been using the xenns top in fps gaming for the past 2 years and love them. I recently picked up the Ziigaat Arete and have been enjoying those as well. I mainly play COD and EFT. The audio is complete garbage in COD and extremely good in EFT for directional/footsteps.

I have the EM6L and if you think they’re end game, my god, the Xenns Top that I have would blow your mind.

Xenns top are amazing, one of my all time favorites

Appreciate the input, and I really enjoy this tier list! Have you listened to the new Tea Pro? I listened to it at CanJam and loved it, possibly more than my Xenns Top. And what didn't you like about the Pilgrim?

can confirm. xenns top are amazing for gaming and music

And they offer 7 days free demo of “brand new” units so if you don’t like it just send it back. Though technically it’s doable, but return shipping to China takes some effort. But I never had to send anything back and actually that’s how I got my first pair of Xenns, the Top.

The XENNS Top are a better Variations. Variations have shoddy built quality, and were from the few IEMs that didn't fit my ears.

I have/had them both, man. Basically kept the Top and sold the Variations. I couldn't stand the spilled glue that had leaked from underneath the faceplate to the smoky transparent body as well. If you really want ESTs, go for the EJO7. Much more comfortable shell than the Variations monstrosity and similar tuning. I shouldn't have even replied to you being disrespectful. You are a disgrace to the community.

Both IEMs sound excellent. I am not a gamer; I am an audio enthusiast. The ThieAudio Origin has a grander sound, and its bass experience differs from that of the Xenns Top. Both IEMs are incredibly addictive to listen to.

Xenns top has a wider soundstage than tea pro

Xenns tops are better than tea pros

Personally think the tops are better. Tea pro lack sparkle, and tops have a slight more soundstage. The only drawback of tops is the mids are kind of recessed. But still a little bit better than tea pros Edit: I tried them again with balanced ending in smsl c200, and it sounds way better now. More energetic, and more range of frequencies and separation coming through. Sounds completely different. If you run these or the xenns top I recommend using balanced. I wasn’t very impressed with them without balanced

Mine would be the Xenns Mangird Top and old school RnB. Think of things like Craig David, Brian Mcknight, Ne-Yo etc etc.

Honestly for an entry level iem just save up some more for the supermix 4, skip the timeless soundstage is so narrow. Then the next upgrade with honestly be either the Variations or Xenns Top. Final endgame will be the Thieaudio big boys (Monarch, Prestige, Origin). Alternatives would be Elysian endgame range iems too.

Top and variations are about on par for techs. Vari has est drivers for a bit more sparkle though, but imo the top is more musical due to the midbass.