IO Audio Volare Review & Comparison 

Thanks, appreciate that🙏

I second that. And also the price point - whivh isn't cheap for a good amount of people interested in the hobby and music listening, but its still a very accessible price. The comparison chart at the end is very much appreciated.

Same here. I keep falling back on my Simgot ea500lm despite having more expensive and more detailed IEMs. They’re comfy, enjoyable listening, I end up listening for hours for most genres!

My pleasure. And thanks for the support!

Mp145 definitely is fantastic if it fits, and it fits me like a glove. It's easier to drive than my z12 and timeless ae as well.

I’m not sure if I should mod my S12 or just get the MP145 🤔

Thank you! 😃

Thanks, will do!

My pleasure 😁🙏

Thank you kindly!

Thank you 🙏

True indeed. I am pretty sure there're other IEMs that are equally amazing at this price point but I can only speak for those I have tried personally

My pleasure, yes that's my intention too, we shall see

I appreciate that

Thank you! Really appreciate that. So many good competitors around, so many to choose from

Precisely. And thanks, as always. Cheers

Thanks. You get the idea, to know how good an audio equipment is, you need to test them with as much as possible for versatility, then their ability to handle both Hi-Fi and Lo-Fi

Soon, stay tuned!

Not sure when this will happen, Pilgrim is on my wish list but no idea when I can get my hands on them

Thank you! 😁

Yes I am interested too in that one

I haven't tried Monarch MK3 so it would be hard for me to compare. I wish I know what to say. Sorry

@@donglemadness Ah alright thanks for the reply. Cause I've heard the MK3 is also very versatile in terms of all genres. Once again thanks for the amazing review

Not sure who this might help but I had the opportunity to listen to both the IO volare and the monarch mk 3 using w1 spinfit, silicons and foam tips. I listen to a variety of genre from rock to jpop to classical to jazz. The IO volare sounded too thin but wide sounding. I didn't really hear a difference when changing to different tips but based on my experience different songs will affect the IEM. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me sounded really nice with it's wide sounding and nice bass and smooth vocal but for other songs could be a hit or miss. MK3 sounded much more fuller and the bass is more forward. I've thrown different kind of song to it and it just sounded fuller and energetic but not as wide as the IO volare. I would like to thank red ape audio for letting me try both of them. I'm not so technical with this hobby just like to listen and dance to my music so I might say some wrong stuff but this is based on my experience.

Yes absolutely, Volare is one of the standouts top shelf performer this year

​@donglemadness thanks! Will begin putting some money away towards it. Ali Ex doesn't deliver here, so not targeting that sale.

Thanks. Yes I would love to hear IE600, I feel so outdated now

❤ 😂. You are not outdated. Would be quite interesting how many IEM actually exists on the market by now.

Yes of course it can

I would not know as I haven't tried Mega5EST. Sorry

That's in my wishlist

I would not know, haven't tried IE600 yet, perhaps someone can assist with this

I wouldn't get the IE600. In my experience the sharp treble doesn't work well with hiphop and jazz songs. I haven't tried this IO so can't comment on that. Some IEMs I prefer over the IE600 for these genres are the Penon 10th Anniversary, Xenns Up and Monarch Mmk3 (it's above budget, but you can find it used for ~750). They all have great bass for hiphop and good technical performance for complex Jazz passages.

Not with Wan'Er cable, I haven't tried it

@@donglemadness the sound is incredible and different from other iem cable. Sound like expensive iem haha i just love it

I personally haven't tried Night Oblivion Butastu,hopefully someone can answer this

Hidizs MP145 is well within your budget, so does Kefine Delci, Star City 5 Pro and Simgot EA500LM, the three of them under 100, you can check my reviews on them

@@donglemadness Yes I will check your reviews on them , thank you !

boosted or emphasized on any range of frequency.

That's correct

Yes

@@donglemadness in your opinion, are them worthy of being considered a reference iem and used for studio production?

@@cyberroller7806 It is a great IEM, but I would not use it for monitoring or studio where transparency/accuracy is paramount. I would use something like Kinera Idun Golden or Etymotic ER2SE instead

I hope someone can answer that for you

Far superior than Variations in my opinion

Need to test it first to check whether this iem come with inverted polarity like variations or not..wish audio store in malaysia bring this model for demo..

This one doesn't sound like Harman to me, there's no suppression of Midbass like you will find on Variations or most other Harman+ish IEMs

@@donglemadness thats is what i don't like in harman tuning iems like variations. that bass tuck drive me crazy make it lifeless IMO. how does it compare to other harman tuning you've tried bro?

@@relentlezz17 Well I can only say that the only Harman-ish IEM which I like is the Truthear NOVA, somewhat not so dampened with Midbass but the Subbass is thoroughbred Harman, smooth and wholesome. For Volare, as noted in this video, with foam tips it is tight and fast, yet offering smooth dispersion of Subbass, a balance hard to achieve

@@donglemadness thanks bro

FR graphs don't tell the whole story, it is the actual sound itself that matters. As far as I have learned so far, graphs can be so misleading

@@donglemadness Exactly, especially for the treble region, FR graph aren't representative of what an IEM can sound like.