@@shahkhan110 I can get the midnight sounding damn good by a cable change and running it in balanced ( IFI Go Blue). Top dog number one OH10’s then KATO then in 3rd currently is the Midnight ( in balanced ) I’ve got the OLINA coming soon ..it may displace the KATO ..I’ll have to see . Hope this helps🍻
Hey resolve! I disagree with you on v16’s technicalities but to each of its own ears…I want to thank you for your opinion and the graph…i concur to your graph…
14:16 So he is saying the V16 sounds like the MkII except for the bass difference? Why are other people saying the V16 has way more 3D sound and soundstage and way more resolution? 12:33 what is that "masking quality"? If lowering the EQ did not have an effect on mids/treble details, then is something wrong with the IEM itself? Is that acceptable?
Resolve here - Probably because it costs more? Price and confirmation bias are significant influencers. Re the masking thing, it's mainly an example of some important difference in the sound quality that's not immediately available or recognizable in FR. Bass level is something that's identifiable in FR, and can 'mask' the details at times, but I don't think it's what explains it in this case.
You want bassy and relaxed …Midnight. But the KATO has a touch more sparkle on the top end . I run the my Midnight IEM in balanced..they like ⚡️⚡️ ( IFI Go Blue in balanced mode) 🥳
Please can you mention the ear tips you're using on the Kato. Like you, I don't like the spring tips, find them too short and can't get a good fit. Have been using cp145 but looking to change them. Thank you
Does anyone know what resolve meant when he mentioned a slightly shocking announcement that would be made next week? I don’t recall his exact words but it didn’t sound like he was talking about a new product.
Thank you for your honesty 🙏 I bought the mk 2 a couple months ago and with that in mind it sounds even better 😉😂 and thank you for your streaming device advice qobuz some streams ago. It really is the best sound quality possible 👌
Thanks for the video! Sorry if I have been spamming this. But I find the V16 resolving enough that it gains synnergy depending on source. I swear mine gets a step more imaging detail & intensity with my dx300 amp11mki & the Samsung dac dongle. My dx300max, ak240 gives it less so of these qualities. My old Sony ZX2 dap is a middle-ground between the dx300amp11mki & the dx300max. Also it helps to listen to it at lower volumes being a V shaped fun iem. It feels more compressed at higher volumes since its bass and ear gain are already a little ahead.
@@TareqASamra I have the ibasso amp 12 for dx300 and I definitely heard step ups in fine tuning and nuancing/ micro detail until 300 hours. So maybe it's also the case for the max 🤔
It just occurred to me that the reason everyone should use EQ is because everyone's ear canals are different. EQ is necessary to correct for ear canal differences and is essential if you want any hope of reproducing what the mastering engineer intended. Also IEM fits are all the different with different types of tips and different size tips and different insertion depths. Customising the bass to adjust for your particular fitment and is essential if you want any hope of reproducing what the mastering engineer intended. And so while you're doing EQ anyway why not improve on what the mastering engineer did with it. It might have sounded great on the studio monitors he/she was using but most IEM don't sound exactly the same as those studio monitors. Most headphones don't sound the same either.
I use EQ all the time with IEMs, because actually I think most IEMs respond much better to EQ than full size headphones. You only have to worry about eartip seal and your unique ear canal resonances, while with open back full size there are too many factors at play like ear cup resonances and outer ear pinna interactions. With IEMs, you can create a very natural and balanced frequency response just by using sine sweeps and correcting for the peaks and dips you personally hear. It’s interesting that with most IEMs I have tried, I get a fairly large peak/resonance at 6.5-7kHz, and when I equalize that out it sounds much more natural.
I just like to use measurements to get somewhere in the ballpark of neutral (what I prefer) and then go off what sounds best to me. I use Resolves EQ for my LCD-X but I don't EQ my Oracles. I prefer not to use EQ if possible
@@kyron42 I think this is among the best ways to customize FR to your own ears. I'm just too lazy to build my own EQ from a sine sweep so I defer to someone else's correction as a starting point lol
May be it is a result of music choices, but I don't find any sibilance issue with my Timeless. I use it 4.4mm balanced with the Cayin RU6 Dac connected to Oneplus7pro smartphone. It can be a matter of different subjective preferences as well. Ya, bass of the Timeless is planar magnetic in its character (what some describe as 'soft attack') but still it is quite punchy and very well textured and detailed in my experience. As for the general planar magnetic timbre, I have no issue with that as I am used to the planar magnetic Hifiman Sundara. As you yourself said, there is the uniqueness factor going for the Timeless as well.
I have the Tin T2 plus, Blon BL03 & the KZ ZS10 Pro, falling for the hype train, I've ordered the 7hz Timeless and the KATO....will be arriving in a couple of days, How much of a sound quality jump can I realistically expect from these two compared to the dirt cheap ChiFi's that I already own? I use apple music Lossless on my Sony A105 and a Shanling M3X...
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Got the KATO , OH10’s and got Crin’s Midnight.
Something different.
please copmare oh10 with other two... I have oh10 n I love them,...do you think kato or midnight are better than ikko?
@@shahkhan110 I can get the midnight sounding damn good by a cable change and running it in balanced ( IFI Go Blue).
Top dog number one OH10’s then KATO then in 3rd currently is the Midnight ( in balanced )
I’ve got the OLINA coming soon ..it may displace the KATO ..I’ll have to see .
Hope this helps🍻
@@carminedesanto6746 thanks for the reply...any idea how timeless 7hz stands against oh10?
@@shahkhan110 don’t know …but unless it’s exceptional..is it worth the extra for the timeless 🤔
@@carminedesanto6746 wondering the same..
Hey resolve! I disagree with you on v16’s technicalities but to each of its own ears…I want to thank you for your opinion and the graph…i concur to your graph…
14:16 So he is saying the V16 sounds like the MkII except for the bass difference? Why are other people saying the V16 has way more 3D sound and soundstage and way more resolution?
12:33 what is that "masking quality"? If lowering the EQ did not have an effect on mids/treble details, then is something wrong with the IEM itself? Is that acceptable?
Resolve here - Probably because it costs more? Price and confirmation bias are significant influencers.
Re the masking thing, it's mainly an example of some important difference in the sound quality that's not immediately available or recognizable in FR. Bass level is something that's identifiable in FR, and can 'mask' the details at times, but I don't think it's what explains it in this case.
You want bassy and relaxed …Midnight.
But the KATO has a touch more sparkle on the top end .
I run the my Midnight IEM in balanced..they like ⚡️⚡️ ( IFI Go Blue in balanced mode) 🥳
Please can you mention the ear tips you're using on the Kato. Like you, I don't like the spring tips, find them too short and can't get a good fit. Have been using cp145 but looking to change them. Thank you
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Does anyone know what resolve meant when he mentioned a slightly shocking announcement that would be made next week? I don’t recall his exact words but it didn’t sound like he was talking about a new product.
DUNU Vulkan maybe?
@@Baphometus666 Hopefully it will be a Resolve collaboration. 🤞
Thank you for your honesty 🙏 I bought the mk 2 a couple months ago and with that in mind it sounds even better 😉😂 and thank you for your streaming device advice qobuz some streams ago. It really is the best sound quality possible 👌
Where would the v16 fit on your tier list ?
Thanks for the video!
Sorry if I have been spamming this. But I find the V16 resolving enough that it gains synnergy depending on source. I swear mine gets a step more imaging detail & intensity with my dx300 amp11mki & the Samsung dac dongle. My dx300max, ak240 gives it less so of these qualities. My old Sony ZX2 dap is a middle-ground between the dx300amp11mki & the dx300max.
Also it helps to listen to it at lower volumes being a V shaped fun iem. It feels more compressed at higher volumes since its bass and ear gain are already a little ahead.
Did you burn in the dx300 max for 300 hours?
@@floriangopel3909 Not sure if I reached 300 hours yet. I've have been using it for many sitdown sessions since release though.
@@TareqASamra I have the ibasso amp 12 for dx300 and I definitely heard step ups in fine tuning and nuancing/ micro detail until 300 hours. So maybe it's also the case for the max 🤔
It just occurred to me that the reason everyone should use EQ is because everyone's ear canals are different. EQ is necessary to correct for ear canal differences and is essential if you want any hope of reproducing what the mastering engineer intended.
Also IEM fits are all the different with different types of tips and different size tips and different insertion depths. Customising the bass to adjust for your particular fitment and is essential if you want any hope of reproducing what the mastering engineer intended.
And so while you're doing EQ anyway why not improve on what the mastering engineer did with it. It might have sounded great on the studio monitors he/she was using but most IEM don't sound exactly the same as those studio monitors. Most headphones don't sound the same either.
I use EQ all the time with IEMs, because actually I think most IEMs respond much better to EQ than full size headphones. You only have to worry about eartip seal and your unique ear canal resonances, while with open back full size there are too many factors at play like ear cup resonances and outer ear pinna interactions. With IEMs, you can create a very natural and balanced frequency response just by using sine sweeps and correcting for the peaks and dips you personally hear. It’s interesting that with most IEMs I have tried, I get a fairly large peak/resonance at 6.5-7kHz, and when I equalize that out it sounds much more natural.
I just like to use measurements to get somewhere in the ballpark of neutral (what I prefer) and then go off what sounds best to me. I use Resolves EQ for my LCD-X but I don't EQ my Oracles. I prefer not to use EQ if possible
@@SuLu_B I use a sweep tone to get things close to sounding flat then fine tune from there to get something that sounds good on all my music.
@@kyron42 I think this is among the best ways to customize FR to your own ears. I'm just too lazy to build my own EQ from a sine sweep so I defer to someone else's correction as a starting point lol
The mastering engineer intended for you to listen to the music on whatever device you have without putting any thought into it.
Divinity..so it’s going to run just under $2K cdn ?
What's the difference between IEM planar timbre vs dynamic timbre.
May be it is a result of music choices, but I don't find any sibilance issue with my Timeless. I use it 4.4mm balanced with the Cayin RU6 Dac connected to Oneplus7pro smartphone. It can be a matter of different subjective preferences as well.
Ya, bass of the Timeless is planar magnetic in its character (what some describe as 'soft attack') but still it is quite punchy and very well textured and detailed in my experience. As for the general planar magnetic timbre, I have no issue with that as I am used to the planar magnetic Hifiman Sundara.
As you yourself said, there is the uniqueness factor going for the Timeless as well.
It is because you have different ears.
Can you do a shouer s12 review?
How about the vision ears phönix next?
I have the Tin T2 plus, Blon BL03 & the KZ ZS10 Pro, falling for the hype train, I've ordered the 7hz Timeless and the KATO....will be arriving in a couple of days, How much of a sound quality jump can I realistically expect from these two compared to the dirt cheap ChiFi's that I already own? I use apple music Lossless on my Sony A105 and a Shanling M3X...
Hey there, how is your upgrade experience? :)
@@KelvinKamsg The TImeless is something special, KATO is a good earphone, but I wish I could return it and get another timeless...
@@AniketSen I am intrigued by the raptgo, unfortunately I had fit issues with the timeless when I tried it.
Glad you found something you enjoy!
Measurements…good solid state vs good tubes…bonkers indeed 🤣
My Kato is due whoop
Kato vs OH10
Endgame..wallet vs desire
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