My 3 driver (2DD 1 BA) Sony IER Z1R beats them in raw resolution and imaging but that is expected they are way cheaper but I love my Kiwi Ears I have Quartet, Orchestra Lite and now the Quintet I use my Orchestra Lite for editing vocal tracks they are so balanced and have good detail retrieval. The Quintet would replace them it is much more resolving and has more resolution.
@@VortexReviews1 the Quartet is very good IEM that can sound good on all genres - I have tried metal, pop, rock, classical, tri hop soundtrack and orchestral and they all sound good. The bass is not as rumbly but that is my only complaint I love the mids and the mid bass drums sound good with good kick and vocals sound good with sufficient warmth Just be sure to pair it with a high resolution source like BTR7 as some reviewers say it sound a bit muddy if not paired with an analytical hi res source I maybe will do a review soon
Thanks for your review. How do they compare to the S12 Pro and Tea 2? Any metallic timbre to the treble from the micro planar and/or piezo tweeter, e.g. brittle cymbals etc?
Hi! in terms of an overall hypothetical rank of techs (soundstage, resolution, imaging...) which one you consider better. -QUINTET -S12 PRO -HOOK-X -ORCHESTRA LITE -LEGATO
Linsoul has video with these, unboxing, etc. They show and image of blown up internals with individual drivers and their types. The packaging of the driver marked as micro planar looks exactly like a typical BA. That got my interest. But I could not find any information at all on what a micro planar is. And, honestly, making a planar a size of BA does not make sense to me. I wonder if this is again the same confusion as with SPD (Square Planar Driver), which ended up just a square shaped dynamic. Maybe micro planar is a variation of BA.
@@VortexReviews1 Received mine and listened for a day. To compensate for slightly longer nozzles, I used AZLA Crystal 3 tips (very short, for TWS) and that worked well. Love them thus far. As usual, stage size depends on volume you listen at. Quintet handles it well.
They both have pros and cons. I guess that's why they are priced quite close. Quintet can be a bit bright at times but has more low end for the music I like.
@@LorenzoFrausto if i buy one of them, it'll be my most expensive iem so far. so in the first place i'm looking for something better than what i have overall. I'm hoping for something versatile (i listen to lots of different genres), balanced, natural and smooth sounding (if a bit on the warm side, not a problem) with good tone, timbre and technicalities with no obvious/big shortcomes. No shoutiness, sibilance or excessive brightness.
They both have pros and cons and I guess that's why they are priced quite close. Quintet can be a bit bright at times but has more low end for the music I like.
