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KBEAR INK: HEY BASS!!

 

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Hello Everyone welcome to my Review. Today we will have the KBEAR INK. I already have experience with the brand and honestly, it surprised me with their releases now with this set it's a new experience for me. Now, let's start this review with my exciting emotions and take,

Background about me and personal taste in music.

I am a student and currently a hobbyist in the world of audio. When it comes to my sound library. I am more in anime songs and jpop artists (but not all jpop artists). To all my fellow anime fans, even otaku or weeb expect me to put anime references in my reviews by using anime music. The KBEAR INK somewhat reminds me of Release the Spyce lol

Personal Sound Preference

mid-centric guy. or neutral balanced with an emphasis in the mids. This KBEAR INK does not provide those aspects; I will explain it further in this review.

Disclaimers.​

I would like to thank hifigo and sir Eiji Romero for arranging this Tour

We have different audio perspective and beliefs

The KBEAR INK I have is a tour UNIT

I am a hobbyist and budget reviewer so expect that my take are based on my budget setup

All my reviews are my own, I didn't gain any monetary reward in this review.

Reasons to buy these pair

  • Fun and engaging sound
  • Plenty of accessories and a great unboxing experience
  • outstanding stock 8 core cable
  • easy to drive with 16ohms of sensitivity
  • great design
  • decent resolution and clarity
  • acceptable mids for a V-Shape sounding pair
  • great build quality

Reasons to avoid these pair

  • Average technical performance
  • Bass bleeds
  • treble sensitive might hear the sibilance very prominent

Sound Signature​

The sound of these pairs is V-Shape according to my ears and sources. Honestly even its V-Shape it feels like not a V-Shape sounding.

Package

KBEAR INK

it has a great Package and unboxing experience. The feel for me is very explosive and extraordinary.

inside the box is the following

  • cleaning cloth
  • cleaning brush
  • IEM leather case
  • Eartips package
  • paper for instructions and warranty
  • 8-core stock cable
  • the iem itself

Eartips

KBEAR INK

Honestly, I didn't test all the ear tips. since I have the Eartips that I always use. and one of them is KBEAR O7 eartips and it's included in the eartips package. The KBEAR 07 I have is bought with my money and I didn't use the ones in the eartips package.

Cable

The Stock cable is an 8-Core and honestly, it feels great and is very durable. I am not a cabling expert so I explained it so short lol,

Lows/Bass

The pair has great bass and is very responsive. It has great punch and attack that bass lovers will like. For some, the bass is very overwhelming but for that. I don't have to say since I enjoyed the bass of this pair. Even though I am a former V-Shape listener, I find this pair to have bass bleed in busy tracks and modern tracks.

MIdrange

Since the pair is a V-Shape sounding pair. I expected the KBEAR INK to have recessed midrange. after listening to the pair it's not that recessed it is still hearable. Male vocals have that decent power and depth but it's not that forward in the track. female vocals have forward bright and airy. but it has a feel of being forceful. in terms of instruments string instruments like violin it has a sound metallic and glassy while the acoustic guitar sounds dry it lacks brilliance for me.

High range

it has the sparkle I want in my tracks but I find the sparkle too much making it out of control. In terms of extension, it's decent for me. Treble sensitive might find the treble to be sibilant and peaky. since it has upper mid-peak and it has prominent sibilance in any track.

SOUNDSTAGE, IMAGING, SEPARATION, DETAILS

The soundstage is decent. It has average width and space. Imaging it's decent the type is more in stereo setup but in some tracks, it's hard to locate the right placements of instruments and the vocalist. In a band setup explanation sometimes the arrangement is fine at first. but in the long run, it becomes unstable losing momentum, Separation is decent you can somewhat hear the instruments but not clearly the style of it is very congested. Details are somewhat decent macro details are more prominent compared to micro details that are minimal.

Closing

For me, this is a fun set and it has the vibes of a party goer for casual use this will be my other choice of set.

Final Remarks

  • Bass: 3/5
  • mids:2.6/5
  • highs:2.8/5

Test Tracks

  • chikichikibanban-Queendom[Hi-Res]
  • The Queen of white- Date a bullet music [CD-Quality]
  • infermata-Spotlight kids[HI-Res]
  • Villian Vibes-Amalee and mori calliope. [CD-Quality]
  • cha la head cha la- cover by amalee[CD-Quality]
  • Gimme X Gimme-Hachioji-P and Giga-P.{Cd-quality]
  • Inner Urge-Sumire Uesaka[CD-Quality]
  • Round and Round-Merm4id[Hi-Res]
  • Life Will Change-Cover by Amalee[CD-Quality]
  • Yona Yona Journey / TAKU INOUE & Mori Calliope[Hi-Res]
  • Tribes by Victory Worship[CD-Quality]
  • For your Purpose by Victory worship,Lee Simon Brown[CD-Quality]

My Testing Audio equipment.

  • Abigail by non-VE
  • UAPP-USB Audio Player Pro
  • Roon-Music player and streaming software
  • ES-Pro 9318-sabre DAC 9318
  • OPPO A95- 3.5 headphone jack.
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