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OBRAVO RA-C-CU (IEM) REVIEW
IEM, PRODUCT, DIAMOND AWARD K. E. Heartsong IEM, PRODUCT, DIAMOND AWARD K. E. Heartsong

OBRAVO RA-C-CU (IEM) REVIEW

The Most Expensive IEM in the World and a Masterstroke of Design Engineering!

The Obravo RA-C-CU is a TOTL IEM not unlike the TOTL super cars—the Bugatti Chiron, Ferrari 488 Pista, Koenigsegg Jesko, Lamborghini Veneno, and Pagani Zonda Revolucion. And when its needs are dutifully met, as outlined above, its owner will be greatly rewarded with next-level musicality, transparency, and engagement.

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EMPIRE EARS ODIN REVIEW
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EMPIRE EARS ODIN REVIEW

The EMPIRE EARS ODIN delivers tremendous transparency, which offers up a wealth of microdynamics and spatial cues, critical in the determination of positioning and layering, as well as a midrange laid wide open from a wealth of details.

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VISION EARS EVE  REVIEW
IEM, PRODUCT, HIGH NINES K. E. Heartsong IEM, PRODUCT, HIGH NINES K. E. Heartsong

VISION EARS EVE REVIEW

Some might think the EVE an anomaly for what it does in service of the music, with its outstanding transparency—detail, microdynamics, articulation—its superb musicality, its speedier than The Flash transients, and its top to bottom coherency. However it is for us, very much in line with what we consider the Holy-Music-Lovers-Grail.

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IBASSO IT00 REVIEW
IEM, PRODUCT K. E. Heartsong IEM, PRODUCT K. E. Heartsong

IBASSO IT00 REVIEW

The IT00s renders a very coherent tuning from top to bottom with good air on top, a clear, engaging midrange. and a taunt, impactful bass. There is a warmth that wells up from the bass the nicely textures the midrange and vocals without smearing or obscuring detail.

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IBASSO AM05 REVIEW
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IBASSO AM05 REVIEW

The AM05 renders an extended, clear, sweet voicing with quite good resolution, tone and timbre. And it does this in a very musically engaging and transparent way. It should definitely be noted that in single-ended mode the AM05 is imbued with a dollop of warmth.

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MMR THUMMIN REVIEW
IEM, PRODUCT K. E. Heartsong IEM, PRODUCT K. E. Heartsong

MMR THUMMIN REVIEW

The Thummin design is, decidedly, avant-garde—experimental, radical, or unorthodox—as it embraces elements of Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller’s geodesic dome, a cutting-edge design for, perhaps, an Antarctic research facility, in miniature, or, as its name indicates, an ancient religious artifact imbued with magical powers. Needless to say, our curiosity was peaked with regard to just how this uniquely designed IEM might actually sound. 

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OBRAVO EAMT-2C REVIEW
IEM, PRODUCT, HIGH NINES K. E. Heartsong IEM, PRODUCT, HIGH NINES K. E. Heartsong

OBRAVO EAMT-2C REVIEW

Upon first listen (straight out of the box!), the resident cynic in me had to ‘figuratively’ lift his lower jaw from the floor. How can this be, I asked? Here was an IEM that had audacity to act as if it were an “Over-the-Ear,” planar-magnetic headphone of truly exceptional capability, right out of the box!

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