"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." ~~Kong Fuzi/Confucius, Chinese philosopher during Zhou dynasty. SIMGOT or XINGGE is on the blitzkrieg mode right now since the introduction of SIMGOT EA500 on the international market as if it revolutionise a single dynamic driver which was quite well-tuned one for just in under $100 with superb build quality that really punches above its asking price. What I have here is SIMGOT's latest model for the entry-level segment and this time it has a different driver set-up...

Digital Audio Players or simply known as DAPs are types of multimedia devices that are specifically for listening to high-quality music. Not simply listening to it but to be more immersed in the high fidelity audio quality that few selected portable media devices are able to offer. These devices have unusual components such as powerful amps, high quality DAC audio chips and complex circuitry for better power delivery. With the absence of headphone jacks on current smartphones and if adding a DAC/Amps dongle is a bit of a hassle for portability to be...

Elf/Elves are mythical creatures who have a humanoid features with strong affinity of magical energy and unsurpassed yet unusual physical features like pretty faces and elongated pointed ears in which J.R.R. Tolkien lore describes them although they were quite different from their counterparts in Norse mythology. These creatures remain to be one of the most popular races in fantasy literature. Fellow audio enthusiasts out there, I have a product that was recently released by TINHIFI for the past few months. I'll skip an introduction of this company...

This audio company, CVJ seems to be in a steamroll mode as it produces a substantial amount of IEMs. The introduction of CVJ Mei in the last few months did somehow improve the company's standing as it was able to earn back some of its reputation that were lost due to prior releases of less impressive and mediocre products. It appears that CVJ will try to establish a strong presence in the ultra-budget to entry-level segment and this is it, their latest offering, The CVJ Konoka. The CVJ Konoka will differentiate itself from its competitors in this...

"Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation.” ~~Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor, perspectivist and electrical & chemical engineer. We in the audio enthusiast community are quite familiar with this audio brand, HIBY MUSIC as they are known to produce some of the most popular portable audio paraphernalias out there like DAPs, earphones and USB DAC dongles in the audio market. HIBY was established around 2011 and they have their own dedicated research and development to create some high quality portable audio products at decent price...

"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art." ~~Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish composer and pianist during the Romantic Period. Fryderyk Franciszek or Frederic François Chopin was Polish-French composer and pianist who was well-renowned in 19th-century Europe for his virtuosic talent on pianos and created some of the finest and timeless piano compositions during the Romantic Period like the nocturnes, polonaises and mazurkas. And...

"Without music, Life would be a mistake" ~~Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, composer and a cultural critic. This is AFUL Performer 8, this is a follow-up model and an improvement of the highly popular, AFUL Performer 5. I did a review of the AFUL Performer 5 before and to be honest, I find it not that impressive given its popularity among audio enthusiasts out there. Like its predecessor model, AFUL Performer 8 is a hybrid driver IEM but the difference was the improvement of some of its patented technologies like High Dampening Air...

Hype is now used nowadays for advertising and marketing tactics. It is a form of excessive and unrestrained promotion or publicity of a certain product or an idea to the point that leads to an exaggeration of its usual function or capabilities. But we have a different HYPE here as I will explain it properly, the term "HYPE" was actually formed as it was taken from the first two letters of two words, "Hybrid" and "Performance". This is actually my first product review from THIEAUDIO but I've tested their older entry-level product, The LEGACY 3, so...

In climatology definition, Wind is a natural phenomena where movement of air across the Earth's surface plays a significant factor in controlling and determining the weather and even climate in a certain region. The reason for the occurrences of different scale wind movement or atmospheric pressure are due to the variable thermal heat on both vertical (poles) and horizontal (equator) parts of earth's surface and also an inertial movement and rotation of earth also known as Coriolis effect. Gusts, squalls, breezes, storms, hurricanes, monsoons and...

Quintet is a set of musicians consisting of five members in a musical group. The prime examples of famous quintet acts are the Jackson 5, The Temptations, Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls. Quintet is also a typical set-up for rock and metal bands like Anthrax, Scorpions, Avenged Sevenfold, Malice Mizer (a 90s to early 2000s band act from Japan) and Twisted Sister. This is Kiwi Ears Quintet, a follow-up product from their previous model, The Quartet. Unlike the Quartet which has a usual hybrid driver set-up, the Quintet takes another level for a...

Canon has many definitions, it could mean the authentic work of a writer, a body of standards and principles or in fanfiction, a set of events that are accepted by a fan based and/or from the official author to have actually occured on the narrative of the story, In this sense, the name of the earphones suggest a sense of authenticity in the sound it produces. But the actual inspiration of the naming scheme, according to YANYIN, was the particular term in music theory that for a piece of a musical composition relying on counterpart techniques where...

Rinko has many meanings in Kanji, "Rin" means respectful, ethical, dignified or beautiful sound and "Ko" means children or young girl. Looks like we have a new set from SEE AUDIO and this one is quite unusual compared to their previous releases which are either hybrid or all-balanced armature configurations. To be honest, I'm quite a fan of SEE AUDIO as I owned some of their products like Yume Summer Edition, Yume Midnight and Bravery Limited Edition and my first hybrid set with premium Knowles balanced armature was a SEE AUDIO Yume. This is SEE...

Cetaceans are order of aquatic mammal family consists of dolphins, porpoise and whales. These creatures known to have a distinctive streamline physiological features that were adaptive on their environment, carnivorous diet, high intelligence in animal world and magnificently enormous sizes that makes them one of the most fascinating critters out there. Blue whales are the largest living animal in existence while the pod of the Orcas are one of the successful hunters in animal kingdom for their complex hunting tactics. This is HIDIZS MP145, this is...

Rosewoods are an endemic species of trees found in South Asia to Southeast Asia and South America. They have this distinctive brownish hues and colour with darker stripes and veins. Their woods are known for its strong and pleasant sweet scent that it exudes and they are usually used on woodworks, furniture and musical instruments. Speaking of musical instruments, its hardness and easy to polish properties are a valuable choice for acoustic and electric guitars, violins, some woodwind instruments and marimbas as it also produces a good acoustic...

Avian migration is one of nature's wonderful phenomena as some species of migratory birds are doing some long distance flyway by following some specific travel path either in regular and irregular patterns due to seasonal changes as it is also their indicator for breeding and finding new feeding grounds. The scene of flocks of divine birds that are heeding the call of Fenghuang, the divine nine-headed Phoenix is quite astonishing to visualise on how these birds were doing while they are migrating towards the deep forests of southern mountains. This...

Dynamic drivers are a type of transducers that are quite common as they are easily available in the supply. Its function was to simply convert the electrical signals into sound waves via voice coils that are suspended between the points of a magnet then react to the diaphragm to disperse the air pressure. It is given that it produces a deeper bass response but will not give you the best full range sound that a dual and hybrid can achieve. Oi! mates and fellow audio enthusiasts out there, It's been awhile since I did a review on a CCA (Clear Concept...

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series created by Araki Hirohiko and it is said that it was heavily inspired from another manga series, Hokuto No Ken also known as Fist of the North Star. It's an action-adventure genre and it has some elements like some characters have unusual pose, having some unique perspective scenes and some choices of gaudy colour schemes that makes them somewhat appealing and became a butt of a meme in the internet. It seems that it is somehow connected or where they got the inspiration for today's product that...

"News comes from nowhere" ~~Du Fu, Chinese Poet Du Fu was a Chinese poet during Tang Dynasty, he was also known to be an astute politician and a civil servant in the imperial court during Emperor Xuanzong's reign. His stylistic and content innovation on composing his poems gives him that reputation as a groundbreaker poet, his literary works have influences on some of other Far East regions and left an indelible mark on Chinese, Korean and Japanese literary works. TANGZU Audio is an audio company that does not need further introduction as they...

"Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it" ~~Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor, Military leader and Philosopher, Author of Meditations. Nami means "Wave" in Japanese. The kanji character literally translates it as "Water Skins". The latest CVJ product takes some inspiration from troughs and crests forms of waves from the seas. This is CVJ Nami, this is their latest entry-level hybrid driver IEM with tuning switches. This is currently the cheapest set with...

Frieza is the current Emperor of Universe 7 in the Dragon Ball series. He is a cruel, vicious and genocidal maniac who conquers a multitude of planetary systems as part of his ever growing galactic empire. He also serves as one of the main antagonists and at the same time, an unexpected ally. What in the sane mind I'm doing right now that I even put him as part of this product review? Well if you check its colourway options, It really reminds me of that character with his evolution (yeah, mine is a black and purple variant that reminds me of his...