Truthear x Crinacle Zero:RED IEM Review

[lazarian]

May 20, 2023 01:15AM local time according to Shenzenaudio records.

Oh wow, yeah super fast. So they clearly had a huuuuge number of orders in the opening few hours. Fingers crossed something in next week or two for more stock.

 

[Glen20]

Oh wow, yeah super fast. So they clearly had a huuuuge number of orders in the opening few hours. Fingers crossed something in next week or two for more stock.

May 22, 2023 09:59AM Ordered.
May 31, 2023 08:27pm tracking number assigned.

 

[markanini]

Ordered Friday, 26 May
Dispatched today Wednesday, 31 May

 

[BillG]

Istn't it the best case to have an IEM already that close to the target that it doesn't need EQ? So I would think it would be ideal to have a target with really great approval and manufactorers providing IEMs coming close to.

This is always going to come into regardless of how well tuned an IEM:

"Generally speaking, the HRTF boosts frequencies from 2–5 kHz with a primary resonance of +17 dB at 2,700 Hz. But the response curve is more complex than a single bump, affects a broad frequency spectrum, and varies significantly from person to person."

Of note, I always have to knock down from ~1.5 KHz to ~6Khz by -2 to - 3dB or else the tonality is too biting for my taste.

Head-related transfer function - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[lazarian]

Just got dispatch notification! Of course they apparently put a Canada post tracking number on it... that might prove interesting seeing as I live in Australia.

 

[Glen20]

Just got dispatch notification! Of course they apparently put a Canada post tracking number on it... that might prove interesting seeing as I live in Australia.

so did mine earlier today
last order did it too. turned up fine to NZ

 

[flywood]

Just got dispatch notification! Of course they apparently put a Canada post tracking number on it... that might prove interesting seeing as I live in Australia.

when did you place the order?

 

[lazarian]

when did you place the order?

20th at 6am based on the time listed on Shenzhen's site.

 

[flywood]

20th at 6am based on the time listed on Shenzhen's site.

ty, mine is 23th

 

[khensu]

Ordered mine the next morning (5/20) at 8:30AM. Just got an email this morning that they've shipped, so they'll no doubt arrive while I'm on vacation.. lol

 

[Zim]

Mine shipped on May 27th and it's already here in Sydney (May 31st). I should be getting it by Friday or early next week!

 

[MacClintock]

This is always going to come into regardless of how well tuned an IEM:

"Generally speaking, the HRTF boosts frequencies from 2–5 kHz with a primary resonance of +17 dB at 2,700 Hz. But the response curve is more complex than a single bump, affects a broad frequency spectrum, and varies significantly from person to person."

Of note, I always have to knock down from ~1.5 KHz to ~6Khz by -2 to - 3dB or else the tonality is too biting for my taste.

Head-related transfer function - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Well, it should be possible to find an IEM with this knock down from ~1.5 KHz to ~6Khz by -2 to - 3dB already built into the frequency response.

 

[Mookalafalas]

Ordered a pair after reading review. They arrived today. My response: Holy Crap! I don't want to take them out. Rather regret all my other headphones. Using the gummy, malleable ear-nibs, and the noise-cancelling is better than my phones that actually have noise-cancelling. Perhaps this is just honey-moon period, but I don't think so. Thanks for the review, and recommendation.

 

[F1308]

My turn...

Order received
May 21, 2023 04:48AM

TRUTHEAR x Crinacle ZERO: RED Dual Dynamic Drivers In-Ear Headphone

Order fulfilled
May 31, 2023

 

[F1308]

I don't think you can EQ a headphone or IEM based on you "knowing" what an instrument sounds like or recording stuff on a smartphone (no idea how that last mechanism would work). You can't exactly know how a particular instrument for example is supposed to sound on a track because the artists & engineers will influence how it sounds and how it's laid down on the track (it's not the same every time), there can't be any references here for you to latch onto that will enable you to EQ a headphone. The best you can do is to EQ based on measurements (which theoretically gets you closer to an Anechoic Flat approximation (sort of)), and then to tweak the bass or overall tonality until it sounds balanced in spectrally dense music.

I know because I compose music.

Since I am the one placing sopranos, tenors, gongs, bells, harpsichords...stating every detail...then I can say if they actually sound as pretended or not.

Of course, everything will be relative to the original master equipment, but as time passes by I am approaching a near perfect reference, since others were previously discarded when failing to perform here or there, such as with profound tones from pipe organs or astounding sopranos not quite getting there...

In order to match the performance I get from the Zero I think one have to go north of 15000€ on loudspeaker monitors.

Let's see what the Red brings...

 

[Jimbob54]

I know because I compose music.

Since I am the one placing sopranos, tenors, gongs, bells, harpsichords...stating every detail...then I can say if they actually sound as pretended or not.

Of course, everything will be relative to the original master equipment, but as time passes by I am approaching a near perfect reference, since others were previously discarded when failing to perform here or there, such as with profound tones from pipe organs or astounding sopranos not quite getting there...

In order to match the performance I get from the Zero I think one have to go north of 15000€ on loudspeaker monitors.

Let's see what the Red brings...

Would you be so good as to share your EQ settings please? Appreciate your ears are not my ears but will be interesting to see what "real" looks/ sounds like to you.

 

[F1308]

Would you be so good as to share your EQ settings please? Appreciate your ears are not my ears but will be interesting to see what "real" looks/ sounds like to you.

Not using any EQ...

So my EQ settings are flat.

 

[Ron Party]

Is there a cable with a mic which can be used with these?

 

[Jimbob54]

Is there a cable with a mic which can be used with these?

Tripowin grace 2 pin should sort you. Id like the blocks between the barrel of the phone end connector and the raw pins to be a bit longer (recessed socket on earpiece) but I reckon it will work. Can't speak to mic quality though.

Linsoul Tripowin Grace Detachable Silver-plated Oxygen Free Copper OFC In Ear Earphone Cable with Microphone, 0.78mm 2Pin connector for Audiophile Replacement Cable (Tripowin Grace, 2PIN) https://amzn.eu/d/5XsWZCl

 

[markanini]

Or Truthear Hola mic variant, for the nice cable.