BGVP DN2: Capable But Forgotten

Greetings mates, Welcome to my humble IEM review blog. I'm doing another IEM review product from BGVP, The BGVP DN2. This particular set was released last year but due to some "controversy" of its marketing ad for being an erroneous and misleading, it was abruptly stopped its production but still sell some of the remaining stocks in some few selected markets.

BGVP DN2 is a hybrid driver set-up IEM, It has asymmetrical oblong shape shell and made of CNC-milled aluminium. The hybrid set-up is consist of "Beryllium" dynamic driver and 1 custom BA which BGVP christened it as Phoenix. A Beryllium driver offers better faster transients response and lower distortion rating compare to other dynamic driver technology. The connector of this IEM is a MMCX to provide flexibility and more adjustable as you can can rotate them in 360°.

The packaging box has a white colour in the front and back with black tinge  on its sides.The front has a picture of the DN2 itself with Hi-Res audio certification at the left bottom and some basic specification and the address of the company at the back. The contents inside are the IEMs, a silver four(4)-core OCC SPC cable, 6 pairs of extra ear tips for vocals and bass for a usual three (3) different ear sizes, a pair of memory foam ear tips, a shirt clip, a velcro cable organizer and some paperworks like warranty card and a simple instruction manual in different languages.

Wearing the DN2 is quite comfortable as it fits well into my ear canal and have a decent isolation from outside noise.

The scalability of this IEM is very versatile as it can be easily driven well from most decent power sources such as smartphones, tablets and laptops

The tonality of BGVP DN2 is a balanced, more on mildly U-shape tuning as it has good ample amount of bass, more linear  mids and a hint of brightness on treble.

LOWS/BASS

The bass quality has punchy and adequate depth on its sub-bass aw I hear a good amount of a rumble. The mid-bass has an decent texture to provide an ample weigh tone for the sustaining and resonant bass kicks and decent warmth and vivrant plucking of a bass guitar. This will be a more substantial for listeners who wants a decent bass quality

MIDS

The mids of the DN2 is a slightly recessed but can still provide a clean, forward and good texture density that will provide a satisfactory and decent weight tone.Vocals on both genders are both balanced and well-densed to provide better resolution and detail fullness as it will blend it well on melody harmoniously. The male vocals are engaging and with harmonic intensity while the female vocals are emotive and well-defined on its articulation, fluency and pacing within on their respective octave ranges. The percussions, rhythm and wind instruments sounds sonorously and natural as I can distinctly tell the tonality and timbre between the rhythm, lead and acoustic guitar as it has the crunch, vibrancy and crisp of a lead and acoustic guitars while rhythm guitar has  these warm and amicable feel, the piano has these fullness and mellow. Snares strikes are penetrating yet retains its precision and clarity.

HIGHS/TREBLE

The treble quality of this set has a bright, sparkling and good range airy extension. It has a capable occurrence on displaying the micro-details on most tracks. The cymbals, chimes and triangles has a good shimmer on this as they sound more organic with  acceptable transience range.

SOUNDSTAGE AND IMAGING

The soundstage size of DN2 has an above average width with emphasis in depth. The vocals positioning are quite intimate on this one. The separation of instruments has  decent sense of space. While imaging and layering has a good positional accuracy as I do some sweeping spatial panning  test in some tracks. I can locate the placements of instruments and vocals on each row.

As I conclude my review on this unit, despite of the controversy behind of this unit. It is still a very capable set that can provide a balanced sounding and most listener will appreciate its capability its tonal balance and decent timbre quality as one of the best sounding IEM in that price range.

Pros:

- Balanced and versatile sounding.

- Easy to drive on any sources such as smartphone, laptops, tablet, DAPs etc.

- Good, clean dynamic tonality.

- Has one of the best fitting IEM within its price range.

Cons:

- The fake "Beryllium" driver that causes the whole controversy of this IEM (subjective)

- Questionable implementation on MMCX driver

- Can be too bright to treble sensitives on treble laden tracks.

SPECIFICATION:

MODEL: BGVP DN2

DYNAMIC DRIVER: 10mm

IMPEDANCE: 21Ω

SENSITIVITY: 110dB

FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 7-40KHz

CABLE LENGTH: 1.2M

PIN TYPE: 0.78MM 2-PIN CONNECTOR

PLUG TYPE: 3.5mm /2.5mm/4.4mm

DRIVER UNITS: 10mm "Beryllium"  + 1 CUSTOM BALANCED ARMATURE

I would like to thank my mate, Berry White for graciously offering me his own BGVP DN2 as a loaner unit just take note and points on my own opinion for honest and factual feedback on this particular set.