BLON BL03 II: A Huge Leap of Improvement
This review article will be more special as this product has some connection with its well-known predecessor which somehow intertwined with yours truly on why I became an audio reviewer in the first place. My path of being a reviewer starts with annoyance, frustration and a feeling that I got duped by the audio community. The story starts with the original BL03 on how it was marketed and at the same time that its fame spread across the audio community like a wildfire about tuning of this one as it was rated as “excellent”. At first, someone in the audio community declared that it has a similar tuning with the great TANCHJIM Oxygen, which I'm really a fan of (that unit was priced at almost US$300 at that time) but I can't afford to buy one at that moment. After I received some information about this product, I saved up and bought the BL03 on pre-order from an e-vendor in an online shopping app. When I received this unit with a gleeful smile to my face, after a few hours of testi...