Its the Rhodium plated plug that separates the CS02 with many that look alike. I agree with Red that this will be a good match up due to its ability do bring better sound separation with an increase of detail elements. NEO 5 is a musical leaning IEM meaning it sacrifices some technical elements for that bold rich bass end. The CS02 will bring the rest of the sound to the level of the organic bass end of the NEO5. The CS02 brings a better defined bass end to boot. Its a suprisingly excellent cable.
Once you discover ISN and Penon cables, there is no going back. As meticulous as they are about their IEM tunings. You better believe they bring that to the cable game as well. Lots of fantastic options. Recent OCC849 for example. Crazy great all copper based cable.
I equate the SQ of the TSMR-X and the H60 to be on a similar level. It wouldnt surprise me if some prefer the H60 over the TSMR-X and visa versa. I will do a more in depth comparison soon between them for my reader about the H60. Brought my Neo5 and EST50 to work with me to compare against the H60.
Will post a more complete impression about the H60 here real soon.
The NEO5 just keeps getting better. With extended playback the wonderfully full detailed bass really brings music alive with superb attack and layers detail just amazing quality at the asking price. Then there's the supremely natural mids really putting vocals in the spotlight with organic authority the way male and female voices are presented with equal authority is very impressive at any price point. Finally the treble is coming alive with little no sibilance. A real classic rock, funk, edm masterclass iem. I going to really enjoy reviewing these.
The NEO5 just keeps getting better. With extended playback the wonderfully full detailed bass really brings music alive with superb attack and layers detail just amazing quality at the asking price. Then there's the supremely natural mids really putting vocals in the spotlight with organic authority the way male and female voices are presented with equal authority is very impressive at any price point. Finally the treble is coming alive with little no sibilance. A real classic rock, funk, edm masterclass iem. I going to really enjoy reviewing these.
The Neo5's remain one of my absolute favourite ISN or Penon IEMs, and a contender for my best IEMs under $500. The Quattros do have superior tonality and sound much more refined, but there's something about the Neo5 tuning that just screams fun. They're also supremely comfortable.
It's interesting that the newer ISN & Penon IEMs seem to be using 2DDs for bass as opposed to the Neo5s' solitary DD. I definitely find the Neo5s' DD doesn't respond quite as fast, but that makes bass decay slower and more satisfying at times.
Actually the Neo5s remind me of the classic Blon BL-03s - they don't sound at all "correct", but because bass is slightly bloated in just the right way it makes them sound exuberant and almost decadent, eschewing audiophile pretensions. I really enjoy that as a change of pace from Harmanish IEMs that all tend to sound the same.
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