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Shozy Form 1.1 IEM

Dec 9, 2019

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Horrible experience stock, ok once burnt in heavily.

Day 0: First impression immediately after pulling Form1.1 from the box and running through test playlist; WTF, the bass is boomy and muddy, and the high end of the treble is piercingly painful, needles ramming from my ears into my brain. Guess these need a good 30 hours of Fear Factory... ... ... And then Adagio for strings (Neeme Jarvi & Detroit Symphony) showed up, and while the high end of the treble is still somewhat painful... holy. the. shit. The detail, the separation between the instruments, the sound of people breathing. It is all there. Wonderful and enveloping. Totally tuned for classical. Strings and horns. And then ... it was done and I was back to the rest of my playlist... Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. WTF. OW. WTF. Would I recommend them as they are out of the box? Oh hell no. I'd say these are some of the worst initial IEM experience I've had in a while. Bad enough I had to skip through multiple playlist entries because it was too painful. Oxygene P5. 5 is not supposed to scratch my eardrums with diamond picks of evil. Teardrop isn't supposed to be muddy and bland. Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time) isn't supposed to kick my brain with glass via my eardrums. Wonderous Stories is supposed to be wonderous, not screeching pain. The Sound of Silence shouldn't make me want to throw the bloody things to the ground. And then I come back to the classical... and these stupid things work with it. I hear all the details. The balance is there. And then the classical is done and I'm back to ow. Ow. Ow. F this noise. Buy an Idun. Buy a Spring1. Buy a CP-3. Hell, buy a frigging EDC. Bugger the Form 1.1 as it sounds straight from the box. I'll update after they've had suitable break-in, and I'm not a pain-filled rage monster. Day 1: I put a good 12 hours of looped Fear Factory on them as an initial burn-in while I was sleeping. Running back through my basic tests is showing the IEM are starting to sound a bit more comfortable. Oxygene, Pt. 5 is still brutal on the high notes, but not bad enough to hurt. Teardrop is getting a bit more of the bass I expect, tighter and more controlled. Adagio is still wonderful, wtf is up with that. The cymbals in Gypsy no longer scrape across my eardrums like rabid weasel. Wonderous Stories isn't wondrous, but getting closer, the cymbals and tambourines still hit notes that hurt. Sound of Silence doesn't send me into an intense irrational rage from ear pain, but still isn't terribly great with some of the notes produced by Paul Simon's guitar. Swapped the tips and cable just to eliminate them as potential issues. Tested with Dekoni Bulletz and Spinfit CP145 tips. Used the cable that came stock with the Idun, ain't balanced, but it'll do until my next batch of Linsoul/Tripowin cables arrive. Problem wasn't the tips or the cable, though the stock tips are uncomfortable trash, and the stock cable is pretty meh at best. They're still rather fatiguing. Clearly they still need more time in the oven. Opeth on repeat tonight, rawr. Day 2: Well, I guess I can stop raging at these. That night of Opeth seems to have done the trick working out all the harsh and sloppy. Now all that is left is detail and balance. The IEM are still rather potent on the high end of treble, some notes rampaging through my skull in unfriendly ways, but not bad enough to make me hulk out. Bass is properly tight and thumpy, rumbling my eardrums all proper-like. Do I like them now? Eh, not overly? They need serious break-in before they're worth using, and while the sound quality is not too shabby now they've had 24 hours with metal, I doubt I'll be grabbing them over any of the other IEM I've got. At least for much other than classical and orchestral-centric musics. Does horns and strings suuuuper nice. Do I recommend them? Eh, if you're on a budget and willing to put up with a hard burn on them, sure. Otherwise spend a few more dollars and score a Spring1 or Idun. My preferences for IEM are as follows (based on my ownership and use): For bass: BQEYZ Spring1 > Kinera Idun > Shozy Form 1.1 > MassDrop EDC > MassDrop Pinnacle PX > Shozy CP-3 For treble: Shozy CP-3 > BQEYZ Spring1 > Kinera Idun > Shozy Form 1.1 > MassDrop EDC > MassDrop Pinnacle PX Overall: BQEYZ Spring1 > Kinera Idun > Shozy CP-3 > MassDrop EDC > Shozy Form 1.1 > MassDrop Pinnacle PX Rating updated as follows: +23 Stars because it sounds amazing for exactly one type of music, and not horrible for the rest. Plus the price isn't too draining. -32 Stars because the cable sucks, all the eartips are the same garbage shipped with all the other Shozy IEM, and the out of box experience is utter and complete rage inducing trash requiring many hours of burn-in. Note: all listening done via Roon -> SMSL M500 -> MassDrop THX 789 with the following playlist:

(Tidal versions because I'm too lazy deal with the turntable for testing these IEM.)

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rowaihi.11

Jul 20, 2020

Fayne"Opeth on repeat tonight, rawr." LOL. Thanks for sharing your experience. xD

Jul 20, 2020

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