Comments on Profile Post by M3NTAL

Yeah I recently got a pair. I think they’re tuned a bit better than the stock S12 and technically maybe better and have a nice spacious sound but are still bass light and I hear some new resonance of some kind in the upper midrange that hopefully isn’t caused by their needless venting system. I hope to take them apart soon. :)

I find them anything but bass light. Maybe without EQ I guess it isn't as prominent as that driver is capable of. The passive radiator is a great idea.

Well they specifically claim it’s not a passive radiator if it was I would think it a terrible idea. Ortho drivers don’t need a passive electrodynamic radiator to create bass it’s just going to be lower quality with higher distortion. But they claim it’s a venting system to release pressure and it only engages occasionally.

I’ll have to listen to them again then if you like their bass response. A lot has happened in my life since then. But I remember thinking they still had an upward tilting FR and a very bothersome resonance that I’ve never heard in any other ortho iem (I own all of them) so I assume it’s the venting system that’s to blame. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed. :)