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AAW’s in-ear monitors have earned acclaim in both the universal-fit and custom-fit categories. These are three of the company’s universal models, each complete with a 4-foot detachable cable and all the accessories you need Read More
AAW AXH Holiday Edition here. Tips make all the difference with depth, width, and frequency response. It’s an airy headphone with good warmth and plenty of detail on tap. Lip smacks and breaths come through. Female vocals are rendered well enough, male vocals have good body and grit. Bass is linear, mids are slightly recessed. It has decent isolation and it’s good for commutes. AAWs mid and upper tier has good cables and cases. All tiers are built well and sturdy. Worth every dollar.
I do have the Canary. The soundstage ia stunning. The Canary does not blow your mind during the first minute. After 5-10 minutes the 3D like soundstage is very impressive.
Part of me wants to put money down on the Nightingale, I haven't heard a planar magnetic I didn't like so far. But I'm still debating. The next 24-ish hours should be interesting.
I own the W900 from AAW and the presentation is stunning.
I even prefer them over my SE846 but I'm keeping the SE846 because the differences are appealing and both are excellent IEM's. The W900 are universal and the fit is spot-on for my diminutive ears.
I'm considering a purchase of one of the offerings in this drop.
I'll likely take the ASH model. AAW is targeting them at bass-heads and, while I'm not a bass-head, I'm so impressed with the W900 that I want to experience what bass-done-right sounds like in an iem.
If I don't like them I'll just give someone a good deal on them.
The planar-magnetic Nightingale are not something I plan to take a flyer on until I read some reviews.
If I didn't already own a pair of AAW, I'd definitely pick up the A3H also. You can't go wrong with a $200 iem from a reputable company.
KC-130As a follow-up on my purchase, I did buy the ASH during the advertised Drop.
I still own the W900 but I decided to sell the SE846 due to how well the ASH perform.
A notable observation worth sharing is the ASH are not the bass-head iem that's stated in their marketing.
The bass is excellent, firm and rich, but in no way overdone. The SE846 is more bass-present than the ASH but that's actually the reason I sold the SE846 and kept the ASH.
The ASH are in the sweet-spot of impedance and I've experienced absolutely no hiss whatsoever. I've played them through an AK380-SS, Hiby R6-Pro, Mojo, Hugo 2, Vega, LG V30, and a multitude of desktop amps... with no aberrant sounds at all.
They match particularly well with the Mjolnir 2 and Liquid Platinum amps.
The ASH are slightly larger than the W900 and fit every bit as well as their brethren.
I've now owned the ASH for 7 months and have no inclination to sell them.
For reference, I find the Chord products are by far my preference of the many DACs I've owned and the Auralic Vega sits in sole 2nd place.
AAW & Massdrop... if this drop fails to yield much in the way of sales, please don’t look on this as a measure of dislike or indifference. Ultimately there is so little information available for these that virtually no one is going to risk that kind of money.
My advice is to prime the pump by giving demo samples to the usual reviewers and let them do their thing. Then come back with the drops,