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The AQ0 is a slick, metallic turquoise blue IEM made with FLP 3D-printing technology for expressive acoustics, optimal comfort, and a durable-yet-sleek form factor. Driving the sound is a 9.2-millimeter graphene driver with excellent rigidness to deliver excellent transient response across a large frequency range Read More
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So these have been a bit of a mixed bag for me. I'll start with the good things and then move onto the bad. I love the look. The cable has this nice bronze colour to it and the metallic green and blue paint contrasting with the cable looks great. The monitors themselves are very light, which will be good for long listening sessions (more on fit later), but they also feel very plasticy, which is what you will get from a lot of IEMs in this price range.
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They come with a very nice feeling case. The inside is lined with wool (not sure if it's real or synthetic), the outside is lined with a creamy grey canvas material and the zipper feels of a very high quality.
I won't comment on the sound itself too much for reasons I'll go over in a bit, but these are definitely bassy IEMs with decent bass that is punchy and extends pretty deep into the sub bass, the mids and highs don't feel drowned out by the bass and are relatively balanced.
Before I talk about fit, I should probably mention that fit is pretty subjective and I think my ears are a bit of an odd shape, because out of the 6 IEMs I own, 3 of them have caused fatigue or discomfort, and this is one of them unfortunately. Something about the shape of this IEM and/or the shape of the ear hooks means these don't quite fit my ears right and cause fatigue after about half an hour.
Aside from the general fit, they also make a high pitched "clicking" sound whenever I adjust them or move my jaw no matter which tips I use, including ones from other IEMs which don't cause this issue. It's as if the seal they're making is perfect but the there's nowhere for air to flow (even though these have perforated grills in them). Regardless of what's causing this issue, the sound is loud in my ear canal and is very discomforting and I'm not sure I want to put them on again.
At then end of the day, for me, these are nice "warm" sounding IEMs that look great, but are ruined by their fit, feel and comfort. I'm going to buy some memory foam tips to see if they'll fix the noise issue, but because of the comfort problems, I can't see myself using these on a daily basis, like I do with my Moondrop Starfields and KXXXs.
Edit:
So I bought some Comfly memory foam tips and put them on instead of the usual bud bits. This has fixed the "clicking" issue I mentioned above but comfort is still pretty poor, as should be expected in this scenario.