Jmo04 OP t1_jd4ralx wrote on March 21, 2023 at 8:45 PM

Met up with a friend to try each others gear. Thought this was a pretty sick photo so I decided to post it. If anyone wants impressions feel free to ask. I can provide some on the ie600 and the sa6 but those aren’t mine, however I could get my friend to hop into this post too. (Hoping this comment is long enough now to let me post this)

Kvothestarkiller t1_jd4sn5h wrote on March 21, 2023 at 8:54 PM

What your thoughts on the Mest?

Jmo04 OP t1_jd4uc8g wrote on March 21, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Easily the most resolving IEM I have heard. It’s also the first one I’ve tried where at my first listen I thought wow I see why this is so expensive. For tonality and just normal enjoyment I kind of prefer the u6t but if I want to just be wowed by music I’ll use the mest. It’s also no where near as comfortable as the u6t and has a FAT nozzle. Along with that I find it’s treble peak to be a bit fatiguing after a while but damn does this thing have soundstage and depth and really natural sounding vocals… almost like a performance is happening in front of you. I believe the bass hits much harder than it shows on a graph.

Kvothestarkiller t1_jd4wv6h wrote on March 21, 2023 at 9:20 PM

I really wish I had to opportunity to listen to them in person they sound right up my alley. How does the Dunu sa6 compare?

Jmo04 OP t1_jd4y28c wrote on March 21, 2023 at 9:28 PM

I’ve tried his SA6 quite a few times now because they are honestly so comfortable that it surprises me every time. I don’t think there’s an aspect in which the dunu wins against the mest in terms of sound quality though. That being said, I really enjoy it’s tonality and could be happy with them being my only IEM. The sa6 is just a really good all rounder, it’s not offensive at any part of the frequency and is just a really easy listen but that also might make it boring to some, I quite liked it. I think I wish it just had more resolution but hopefully the new dunu models fix that.

blorg t1_jd6mas4 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:20 AM

Anole VX is the SA6 with much more resolution. VX is better, the tonality is very similar though. Higher resolution than anything else I have heard, other than the Shure KSE1500, and even that it's on a similar level to. Higher resolution than the the MEST, it's really on a different level to other TOTL IEMs. The negative is it's maybe not quite as natural sounding as some other IEMs. I'd still take the Monarch Mk2 as a more natural sounding all rounder. I don't find the Anole VX too bright, but I'm not sensitive to very high frequencies.

It's much more expensive than the SA6 too though. But just to throw it out there as something that is tonally very close to the SA6, but absolute TOTL resolution.

https://crinacle.com/graphs/iems/graphtool/?share=IEF_Neutral_Target,Anole_VX,SA6

https://precog.squig.link/?share=qdc_Anole_VX_(OFF),DUNU_SA6_(Atmospheric)

My own graph possibly even closer

The SA6 Ultra was very well received, if the new SA6 is similar to that it could well be a winner.

Matt053105 t1_jd8e4k7 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:58 PM

Theres a new sa6 coming?

blorg t1_jd8f6c0 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:05 PM

/r/headphones/comments/118hxsp/dunu_sa6_mk2_sa10_sa16_announced_sa16_demo_unit/

gelade1 t1_jd5zdaf wrote on March 22, 2023 at 1:50 AM

It doesn’t. Except comforts and stock cable.