Nice review man. This is a solid set at its price. They really grew on me man. Feed em the right source and they are fantastic.

Nice review, but the Title says it’s for the Simgot EA500LM and its review under them.

Please correct yourself, this way it's out of the proper thread.

Sorry iSorry, I'm still confused about how to post. but I will fix it

As always, quality review
Enjoyed reading it!

Thank you SteveK27! It's an absolute treat to see you taking an interest in one of my reviews - I know you're even more passionate about cables than I am.

Agreed

And indeed the Penon Serial are super good, it's true. Less technically proficient than the Fh9's (no contest here), but pure magic (timbres, tones)

Mate, have you been reading my review notes of these IEMs because our pros and cons are exactly the same!

So Noir will have a 4 way crossover? I guess it will make it closer to Gaea in Technicalities.

In the sentence starting with "A plus point for this cable" you still have the FX15 mentioned -- I guess they both have the same cable.

Hi @MidnightSun thanks for pointing that out!

Haha was writing this review after a long day of work and got it mixed up with the FX15 haha! Thank you!

Great review! This is one of the most impressive accessories I've ever seen included with an IEM!

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Glad someone liked it. Cheers!

it is written with passion and flair. But I agree that Reneta is taking over the review. In your experiments, how does it sound with Mirai X, warm+warm , makes me wonder. The question you had raised under Penon 10 "Why would you add a cable on the warmer side, wouldn’t you want a brighter cable?"

@antz123,

Thank-you!
Well it is simple and the reason for the emphasis in the review. That yes, the Renata IS the cable choice for the IEMs in question, all though if you wanted the T-OCC......it is an alternately a good choice too that provides a section of the included character at a fraction (of the Renata) price and goes with many IEMs. Cheers! At only $119.00!

No.........the TSMR FEAT and TSMR-X goes alive with both the Renata and the T-OCC, but you get what you pay for (as real results) in the end.

How does the tuning scale at higher volume? Is there more emphasis on the bright treble?

I might be somewhat of a basshead, but I don't like excess bass that colors the music as most of my music is already very bassy.

I saw a reviewer (Akros) on youtube that put the CCA Hydro's bass over Xenns Mangird Top and that is some achievement considering its almost "the" basshead set for many.. Also being he owns a set of Xenns it comes as a surprise and sounds convincing.

Have you tried these with techno or similar bass focused EDM?

@dezzadk, With higher volumes I do not get excess treble harshness. In fact, I feel the Hydro actually gets better with higher volumes. Of course, I am a higher volume listener. Probably something I should remark about in my reviews. So the bass is really very nice. I try not to make any grand declarations about how good a thing is but I could see how Akros came up with this. No this is not the type of bass that will color the whole of the spectrum, add unwanted veil or become muddy in the right switch settings. Of course, some would probably argue that, especially if they are allergic to bass. Great for techno, edm, and any other genre which requires a deep, palpable and snappy bass region. It isn't sloppy at all.

@dezzadk, Now, if you choose the more bass heavy dip-switch settings than the bass will color the spectrum a hair more, but for the most part the bass is clean. I didn't know he compared them to the Top. I've always liked Akros a lot and respect him quite a lot too. I suppose I should've brought out some more expensive sets to compare against. I saw that you said you enjoy bass, but not the kind which will color the rest of the mix to a fault, basically. You want good, solid, tight bass from an iem which will take an already bassy track and not over emphasize that region. I get that. I can say this, the Hydro does have an emphasis in the mid-bass, a big one. However, while the sub-bass is lifted and deep, it isn't the type which gives too much weight to the mid-bass making it sound slow or too wide in its presence. If that makes sense. Bass notes have good contour to them and they aren't slow "per the quantity".