14 Empire Ears Phantom In Ear Monitor Review

By Linus 1000-5000 In-Ears Review 27082019. And where the Zeus aimed for balance their two new flagships sit comfortably on either side of that baseline.

Empire Ears Legend X Universal In Ear Monitors

The Massdrop x Empire Ears Zeus in-ear monitors pack a major punch thanks to the 14 drivers that divide up audio reproduction.

14 empire ears phantom in ear monitor review. The undertaking involved is humbling. The components fit into a small shell making the IEM a very wearable and light unit. Before heading into the review an.

It features a dynamic driver a balanced armature and an electrostatic tweeter. The advantage of such a tuning is that its timbre sounds accurate for both brass and string instruments while remaining versatile over genres finding ultimate beauty in tonal accuracy while allowing detail to emerge in a. Empire Ears Phantom LE.

Its high resolution and resolving nature total sense of. I feel Empire Ears now are more relaxed and surer of their identity when it comes to retail packaging. One criticism of the build is the short nozzle and the fact that Empire Ears does not provide a lip on the end of the nozzle to help hold an ear tip in place.

Sony M9 This is a cold and dark IEM for me. Wraith has been in the works for over a year and has been pushed back because of numerous events. A slightly more balanced Phantom that is to say its not complete lower-mid bloat.

First EE had brought down the driver count to 5 5 x Balanced Armatures compared to Zeus 14 drivers which also helped reduce the price down to USD. Empire Ears provided the Valkyrie free of charge for this review. Like the Odin Empire Ears have stuffed a lot of tech inside the Hero except this time no electrostatic drivers.

This was an interesting product for many reasons. Extremely coloured on both ends of the spectrum. These are developed in house and feature a front and back-firing vent design.

On the low-end EE has inserted a single improved W9 9mm dynamic subwoofer design over the original Weapon IX driver used in the likes of their Legend X and Valkyrie monitors. These earphones are deceptively lightweight despite their bulk and include sturdy ear tips for you to experiment with. This also renders my Custom Art custom tips impractical because they wont stay in place on the nozzle.

It could definitely be mitigated through series of cable rolling. I find the lows of Phantom are a little tubby in some of the track. Hats off to Empire Ears for the unbelievable hospitality.

The Weapon IX drivers are a new version of their W9 drivers. The Empire Ears Wraith was sent to us in exchange for our honest opinion in this review. Thanks to Empire Ears for providing a discount on the purchase of my set of Phantom Custom In-Ear-Monitors.

That means the complexity of the driver configuration is a little simpler. Empire Ears Phantom Phantom has slightly narrower soundstage as compared to Legend X. Odin is Empires latest tri-brid monitor.

The Legend-X and Phantom represent the continuation of Empire Ears showcasing both innovation and a heavy appreciation of the traditional. It is one thing to think you know how the process is managed but to see with your own eyes is another thing altogether. Empire Ears Zeus is a very strong monitor that brings musical technicality to our ears.

The Empire Ears Wraith is the companys flagship EP Series quad-electrostatic 11-driver universal monitor featuring their proprietary EIVEC technology. I felt that the fit got better compared to my previous Empire Ears monitor where I had some issues on one side. The performance at the lows is a clear win for Legend X Cleaner and leaner.

One that ultimately leads to beauty rather than a compromise between either. So Moondrop sells two types of ear tips with three sizes each for all their IEMs. In this review we take a close-up look at Empire Ears first ever triple hybrid design the Valkyrie.

Phantom is the flagship model of the EP series from Empire Ears. It uses a set of two Weapon IX dynamic drivers. Part of the added cost can be explained by Empire Ears throwing in their own 1299 bespoke cable touted the Stormbreaker a collaboration with high-end cable manufacturer PW Audio Japanese electro-mechanical brand Pentaconn.

My personal opinion is that it can be ranked very high among my custom in ear monitors. This is a common technique from two-channel HiFi but hasnt been done much in our parts. The construct of the Odin package is very similar to the Wraith box only with a white vinyl sleeve adorned with the Odin in gold font and that Valknut symbol also in gold to the front as well as Dean Vangs signature to the side.

The craftsmanship is very nice and the overall comfort is good. The second type has a larger core diameter 55mm which fits the hybridsmulti-BA IEMs such as the Blessing 2 Solis A8S8. The cycle of life doesnt stop for Zeus though so today we are reviewing the successor of Empires legendary In Ear Monitor the true flagship of the EP line Wraith.

At 3399 the Empire Ears Odin is one of the more expensive monitors reviewed here on Audiosolace. The Phantom on the contrary has a plain shell and faceplate without any of the aforementioned features such that the shells appear to be very robust. The first type has a smaller core diameter 41mm to fit the single DD IEMs such as the Starfield and the KXXS along with the SSPSSR.

AV One demo unit. It is priced at 3499. All in all the visit made me appreciate Empire Ears even more so.

Swap between too warm or too bright. The Phantom represents Empire Ears quest for perfect harmony between performance and timbre.

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