Alright,
I quick update on Fusion 1 around here…
I think everyone agrees that Fusion 1 is an eye catcher and it is. I does look, feel and sound great.
I gladly had a chance to try it on my Mest Mk3 while I had it and as you can see below they do look great together. The gold accent on the IEM goes really well with the cable hardware. Like an extension of each other.
But going to Sound.
Mest Mk3 + EA Fusion 1
MM3 is natural deep bass controlled IEM, but not as insane as some from FatFreq, with clear and detailed upper frequencies. It’s a great IEM for it’s price (just ignore the stock cable version…)
Sub-bass to lower Mids
This is the area where a I think Fusion shines the most, it does an Incredible job at shifting the FR just as so slightly to give a bit more lower mids “humph” that goes great with Metal songs with quick and hard quick drums. While keeping and extending the sub-bass. MM3 already have a well controlled area, so Fusion just emphysizes it.
Upper Mids to High Treble
Fusion has an unconventional sound profile, it doesn‘t follow the traditional copper, neither silver and also doesn’t follow gold plated copper alone, hence the fusion name. No other way to name this cable. a bit of gold would give the details and lows we commented before, but the silver and silver copper portion will be more noticeable in the upper-mids and highs here.
MM3 has what I would say is slightly forward but much be fatiguing and also to relaxed or boring. Fusion give quite a good and noticeable bump on the details retrieval and technicalities, but in exchange of bringing this region forward which makes it swing around the borderline of the forward presentation
for me. I know some people that would be happy with this results. So is all about your taste.
Overall
Fusion is a great cable that always gave something to every pair I matched it, mostly positive. Its focus on the lower mids is what I‘m liking the most, followed by the soundstage and details retrieval expansion. Basically competing with my Cleo Octa in enjoyment and ROI Perspective. It is definitely worth a try if you have a chance. I am loving experimenting with it and for that I will report other matches later (A12t, LX, Supermoon, Diva).