Your right. Sony is due for another revamp for their IEMs. XBA-Z5 was in 2014, IER-Z1R in 2018, If you go by 4-6 year cycles. That means maybe by next year. I say next year as they would have announced something or showed something new at one of the can jams/ trade shows this year if they had...

Seriously your not missing much. I own them and as good as they were once with their tramendous bass impact and extension. It is bassier than the IER-Z1R. These were the top of the line Sony bass IEMS. But it also has a lot of undue warmth associated with that bass. By todays standards the...

Penon Voltage. Is the newest Tribrid from Penon. These have been taking the spot light for me ever since I got a preproduction model shown here. Before you say. "Those are gonna be too expensive." Well yes these are not going to be anything close to budget level so far as price wise. But they...

Been testing out some cable combos with the Voltage. The ASOS+ on the Voltage sounds stupendous. Renata is a good match but for folks that want that extra detail and separation. If you are considering the Voltage for classical for example. The combination of the Renata and the Voltage might do...

These belong on here. First post supporting the midfi era. Penon Volatge gonna make waves. I did get an insight into what these will cost. Can't say at the moment but the fact that I am posting it here might give you guys a clue. In any case. These are freaking awesome sauce. An IEM you must...

Yes it is. It started out looking like this. Believe it or not this was the first ever Totem cable. Very garden hose like. Then they used a thinner PVC over the material that was more of a lighter blue. Then they used that all black cloth covering and now they have an all-white covering. They...

Voltage vs the 10th. So the bass end of the Voltage is definitely an upgraded version of whata on the 10th anniversary. With both switches in the up position, I mentioned the Voltage reminded me of the 10th anniversary tuning. So both sets represents Penons version of the V tuning but both are...

Well its only about 4.2 inches of the material. Just enough to make a difference. No need for longer one either 10cm version will be fine. It comes up to be about 4.2inches in length. It actually comes with the purple plugs which is the palladium plated copper plug. Thats the one you want to go...

Believe me this is one of the absolute best materials for sound you can buy with money. It has copper in it but take a look at what else it has. I did a full review for this cable which was initially made for IEMs. It is the same one that I got shown here. And it is using a palladium plated...

Just like that. These are now available to purchase on Penon site. https://penonaudio.com/PENON-Totem-Purple-Copper-Audio-Cable

It has to be one of the absolute best IEMs they have ever made hands down that is for certain. It is their best sounding Tribrid. This being said I did a comparison to the OG volts to add on my official review of the Voltage. The Volt still holds their own for just how musical and full bodied...

Some Drake for bass impact and rumble Same perameters using the obsidian cables, volume matched using Black liqueurs. Quattro bass in comparison has a touch more darker tonal quality to it and does not sound as tight as the Voltages bass. I feel the drivers used for the Voltage is an upgrade vs...

What is new is how the dynamics use a hanging suspension. Dont know exactly how that works. The quattro uses 2x 10mm composite. Actual meaning of composite is that it is using a mix material for the dynamic vs some type of coating or single material like beryllium for example. So the very...

You know just how much I appreciate the TSMR-X. Just my opinion but the TSMR-X is where the diminishing returns start. This being said my perameters for A/B testing is simple one. I am using the same Obsidian cable and just switching the shells back n forth using the same black liqueur tips...

Will check on that today. Brought both of them to work with me. Initially I want to say the differences will be in the mids performance and EST implimentation. Just found out today the reason why the Voltage has excellent bass defintion is that it is using 2x 8mm, highly specialized composit...