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CVJ FREEDOM: Freethoughts On Its Tonal Aspects

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"I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery." ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-French political philosopher, Father of French Revolution. It seems that  CVJ  are now in freedom mode as they finally break their shackle of mediocrity this year as they keep releasing new products on a monthly basis. Since the release of the  CVJ Mei  that receive a majority of positive feedback from its users and some reviewers,  CVJ  looks like they are good path on how they deliver their recent products in ultra-budget to entry-level segment This is their latest product,  CVJ   Freedom . This set seems to follow the footsteps of  Mei  as it has the same driver system and also has a tuning switches.  CVJ Freedom  is an IEM with hybrid driver set-up consist of 1 dynamic driver and 4 custom balanced armature drivers. The dynamic driver has new type of material, a nanophase ceramic on its diaphragm which has better fracture resistance, high ductility rating and good hardness to deliver a mo

TANGZU PRINCESS CHANGLE: Affordable Ornate Set

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Changle or Li Lizhi was an ancient Chinese imperial princess during the Tang dynasty era. She was a daughter of Li Shimin also known as Emperor Taizong, the second emperor of the said dynasty and according to some accounts, She was known to be a beautiful woman with high intelligence. She was also an accomplished painter but to some illness due to some genetic disorder, her life was cut short. Her tomb still exists to this day somewhere in modern Xianyang city in Shaanxi Province. Bullet-type earphones are one of the form factors that was designed for ease of use to its users. With its smaller and slimmer profile on its shell chassis and a built-in microphone to receive calls and also use for a voice command to do simple tasks. This is  Princess Changle , the latest earphone from  TANGZU Audio  for the ultra-budget segment. With a small and slimmer profile, its shell chassis are made of aluminium alloy with an aesthetics inspired from some traditional Chinese geometrical patterns that

QOA GIMLET: Tonally Tangy and Balanced One

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Gimlet is a cocktail drink made up of mixed lime cordial and a gin. This drink is usually served straight up by bartenders. (I have some few stints as an assistant bartender before) It seems that this sister brand of  Kinera  has a fixation on naming their products based on cocktail drinks with their models like  Vesper, Adonis, Margarita, Mojito  and  Pink Lady .  QoA  or  Queen of Audio  has been establishing themselves with some of their products gains more attraction from audio enthusiasts and audio professionals due its aesthetics and specific tuning. What I have here right now is their model,  QoA Gimlet  as I mentioned it on introduction. This set has a single dynamic driver set-up and its transducers has a 10mm LCP (Liquid Crystal Polymer) diaphragm on its dynamic driver. The sturdy and firm properties of LCP delivers more detail, less distortion and faster transient speed on its sonic performance. These drivers were encapsulated in a solid metal alloy with smooth coating with