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TONEKING T88K IEM

Name: TONEKING T88K IEM
Brand: Toneking
SKU: toneking-t88k-iem
Price: 330 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.666667 (6 reviews)

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The TONEKING T88K is sure to catch the attention of IEM fans, packing eight balanced-armature drivers into each earpiece: something rarely seen at this price point. Arranged in a three-way crossover, these masterfully tuned drivers deliver reference-quality sound with an extended frequency response Read More

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Cyberthingy

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Nov 15, 2020

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Another disappointment in my collection

I had high hopes for these earphones but I ended up not keeping them. I think they were pretty neutral but boring to me. I need a little giddyup in my sound profile. These did not deliver.

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sixk

Apr 30, 2019

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I am no audiophile so my review would not mean much to most. But here is goes. These have more presence than the TFZ King Pro. I feel the sound being more upfront and cleaner. It has a little less bass than the TFZ King Pro. Compared to the UE TF10 the T88K has way more room and less bloomy in the mids. I actually like these but the only problem is the bore is large. I got a pair of the symbio ear tips in medium and it hurts my left ear... my right side is fine. So I have a small pair coming and I might try that to see if it levitates the pain. These are my go to IEM

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Marcusbryant

Feb 3, 2019

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Very satisfied with my purchase. Build quality of the unit and the cable is excellent. Out of the box, I can describe the sound as clear, clean, and detailed. The fit is perfect for me (I'm 5'7 medium built and using JVC spiral tips ML). Using Samsung S7 Edge ->UAPP (bit perfect) -> iFi iSilencer -> Chord Mojo

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strooper

Jan 10, 2019

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Excellent sounding earphone with great isolation and a nice cable. These have bass that hits like a dynamic driver but faster and with great slam. And there's plenty of it--enough that I would EQ it down on some bassy tracks. The midrange is excellent with lots of texture, no shout and good balance throughout. The high end extends and is not sibilant. There's a peak out there that (somewhere around 6K) that I wish wasn't as pronounced as it makes cymbals a little shisssssshy at times. Fit is good, but beware, they are not small. The lip on the nozzle is not pronounced and rubber tips that fit a little tight on it may stay in your ear. I always use Comply tips and had no problem, but in experimenting with silicone, I had one stick in my ear. I really like these. There's a realism to the sound that is uncommon at this price. The separation is great. The soundstage is very wide. To me, the bass is the most surprising thing--I typically prefer dynamic drivers and how they deliver the low end. But these really bring a solid bass presence and have a nicely thick sound. One note: the units I received had a port on the side (facing up when in the ear). That's not usual for a fully balanced armature earphone (dynamic drivers need vents, BAs don't, or so I thought). I believe this is to vent the Knowles 31618 BA which has ports. What I hear in the bass may not be identical to the versions without the ports. I've had (and sold) a lot of earphones over the years: Shure 215, 425, and 846, Campfire Jupiter and Dorado, Orivetti New Primacy, Ibasso IT01 and IT03, TFZ Secret Garden (dynamic driver version), and a few others. My current collection consists of IMR R1, Magaosi X3 and Hifi Boy OS V3. I spend most of my time with the IMR R1s. The T88ks have an equally full, but more textured sound, and I could see them being my everyday earphones. They definitely fit better and seal better than the IMR R1s. The midrange and high end are similar to the Magaosi X3 (also all Knowles BAs), but the X3 bass is much less present. They compare very well with the Dorados while costing $700 less. Now for the bad thing: my left unit lost the treble after 5 days. Massdrop is giving me a refund (thank you Massdrop!) but until they offer another drop, I'm back to my other earphones and missing the T88ks. I really hope they go with another drop.

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TheRequiem

251

Jan 10, 2019

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Woah, staggering performance! I was not expecting these to perform like $1000 multi-driver IEM’s... but after burning them in awhile and listening to all genres of music, they sound insanely good. Very neutral sound signature. Soundstage is incredibly wide at this price point and instrument separation is almost perfect. They are not bright at all, seam a little more on the warm side, but the clarity is competitive with IEM’s I’ve heard several times the costs of these.

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strooper

Jan 10, 2019

TheRequiemDo yours have a small vent? Mine do--a small opening with a brass ring rimming it.

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Ggerald1

Jan 1, 2019

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I like the sound signature. Everything is elevated through all the frequencies. Very fun to listen to and with a 2.5 adapter on my dac it’s a bliss.

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Cyberthingy

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Jan 9, 2019

Ggerald1I find them to be pretty neutral but not necessarily in a bad way. I'm just used to IEMs that have anywhere from a mild to moderate V shape sound profile. I wonder if they will sound any different after some extended play time. I'm not yet ready to form a final opinion yet. I do find it a little difficult to get good ear penetration with the stems. I think because the body is so big they just don't insert into my ear far enough. I put some aftermarket silicon tips on that worked better than any of the included tips.

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I see this is on warehouse for $247. I bought mine used at this price! These are great iems, I just bought an Es100 recently turning it up to another level. The Soundstage is great, definitely the highlight after the great slam and attack at every frequency. Edit: Here I previously mentioned my difficulty enjoying classical and jazz. I realize now that I'm listening simply to these iems too loud. I still think piano comes in and out of the forward staging too much, but this is mainly because of the great dynamics on this iem, when someone pounds on the keys, you'll know. So unfortunately, on some recordings I have to turn the volume down so low it sounds like I'm outside the hall waiting to be seated, but somehow I can hear every detail and stroke of bow on a string and every press of a piano key. (end edit) The subbass is amazing, mid bass is less so than the subbass but still present. I'm currently trying to find a nice copper cable because the lower mids could use a little love, but vocals (upper mids) are the main draw with this iem. There is a small peak around 5k which brings out cymbals are some bell tones. This causes me to turn down the volume sometimes These get a huge recommendation from me for hip-hop, rap music, and surely pop as well. If you love hearing the production on hip-hop tracks with lifelike detail and immersive soundstage, you gotta buy these. Jpegmafia sounds incredible on these, and so does any other eclectic or seemingly unfocused production like some nujabes, dilla, and madlib. I recommend symbios eartips. (the mediums are tio fat for me so I'm using smalls). If you love acoustic music i suggest try to find some decent foam tips which will bring out the double bass and low end on orchestral instruments. At $247 these are a steal, I like them more than the MD+ which has annoying and unnatural subbass. P. S. I'm a profesional violinist and my favorite over ears rn are the hd600

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I also got symbios, small is definitely the way to go I think. Medium didn't work for me. I love these iems, but they have a strange peak that doesn't work with classic music very well for some reason. Most everything else sounds great. Quite detailed but the Soundstage is the real draw here. Quite deep and wide with a decent amount of bass for a neutral /balanced iem

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the last thing I wanted to point out is that the best feature of these IEMS for the price is definitely the soundstage, which is deep and wide. Sounds constantly begin behind my head, and the depth of the soundstage makes me question if sounds are originating in real life rather than in the Iems. These qualities, paired with the natural/realistic tone of the T88k suspend your belief to the point when you take them off you just want to put them back on!