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TINHIFI C0 ELF: Reminiscing Its Tonal Trait

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Elf/Elves are mythical creatures who have a humanoid features with strong affinity of magical energy and unsurpassed yet unusual physical features like pretty faces and elongated pointed ears in which J.R.R. Tolkien lore describes them although they were quite different from their counterparts in Norse mythology. These creatures remain to be one of the most popular races in fantasy literature. Fellow audio enthusiasts out there, I have a product that was recently released by  TINHIFI  for the past few months. I'll skip an introduction of this company as I already did it before, just check out my review on  TINHIFI T2 DLC  if you want it to be so. This is  TINHIFI C0 ELF , it's a single dynamic driver IEM which has a bullet-style profile. It has a solid circular casing made of aluminium alloy and it is quite light too and knowing this particular material has some acoustic properties that are able to remove some unwanted resonance and vibrations generated from the driver. Also, i

CVJ KONOKA : That Resonance Effect

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This audio company,  CVJ  seems to be in a steamroll mode as it produces a substantial amount of IEMs. The introduction of  CVJ Mei  in the last few months did somehow improve the company's standing as it was able to earn back some of its reputation that were lost due to prior releases of less impressive and mediocre products. It appears that  CVJ  will try to establish a strong presence in the ultra-budget to entry-level segment and this is it, their latest offering, The  CVJ Konoka . The  CVJ Konoka  will differentiate itself from its competitors in this segment due to unusual drivers that  CVJ  implemented. CVJ Konoka  is a hybrid driver configuration IEM earphone and it consists of one (1) dynamic driver, one (1) balanced armature driver and one (1) vibration or haptic motor driver which makes a "tri-brid" set. The new vibration motor driver will handle the low frequency, the 10 mm dynamic driver will take care of the midrange up to some parts of  high frequencies whi

HIBY CRYSTAL 6 II: Crystalline and Silvery

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"Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation.” ~~Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor, perspectivist and electrical & chemical engineer. We in the audio enthusiast community are quite familiar with this audio brand,  HIBY MUSIC   as they are known to produce some of the most popular portable audio paraphernalias out there like DAPs, earphones and USB DAC dongles in the audio market.  HIBY  was established around 2011 and they have their own dedicated research and development to create some high quality portable audio products at decent price. The reason that they can provide such pricing to be affordable as possible is due to its strong manufacturing background with decades of experience and at the same time, they also have a stable supply chain for their hardware parts and other components. Aside from hardware aspect, they also have competent software development as they also develop their own OS for their portable digital audio player and a music app for popular mobile