Within 1,000 yuan, the wired earbuds I know of using liquid crystal polymer diaphragms include TINHIFI T3PLUS (359 yuan), Water Moon Rain New Aria (399 yuan) and Angel Jimmy HANA (discontinued / 999 yuan)
Inside this TINHIFI T3PLUS and Water Moon Rain New Aria are both 10mm whole LCD diaphragms, while Angel Jimmy HANA is a secondary polymeric LCD diaphragm whose size is undisclosed.
The differences between them are discussed at the end.
The box was minimalistic.
interior.
Craftsmanship and material: marble + resin + hand polishing.
It has a more attractive glossy feeling, but the camera is not easy to present. The solid material sense is more advanced, and the earbuds with relatively similar shapes are slightly larger.
The contour design of the panel is not as aesthetically pleasing as the bottom case, and the marbling pattern makes the pattern of each headphone different due to its natural characteristics
The wire for distribution is soft, quite thick, and easy to store.
The stethoscopic effect exists, but it is relatively mild and fully acceptable.
Sound insulation (passive noise reduction) works well, but the 26dB noise reduction from the Sennheiser IE100PRO is still slightly weaker.
Two silicone sleeves (timbre difference) and one pair of sponge sleeves (enhanced sound insulation) are randomly distributed.
The difference between these two silicone sleeves is mainly in the form of the internal catheter. One is a red pipe diameter with a thin bottom edge, and the other is a gray pipe diameter with a uniformly thick pipe wall.
The sound of the red tube is relatively more balanced, the spread of the treble is more natural, and the air feel is relatively better; the bass of the gray tube is thicker, and it occasionally appears to be more energetic in the low and medium frequency parts, which will affect the permeability of some specific types of music.
(Specific sound quality performance, there are many times to see the equipment between the collocation or listen to the content, evaluation of this thing is mainly for the reader's simple reference)
Perhaps because of the prototype, there is still a difference from the ear tips shown on the official description page.
The value of the face is very good at this price.
The stability and comfort of wearing is very good, even if the volume is large, there is no fatigue caused by long-term wear.
The center area is a golden logo. Under strong light, it will flash blind and be very angry.
Connectors and other things are exquisite and worth the price.
The iPhone photographed three earbuds using an LCD diaphragm. If you are a lover of liquid crystal diaphragms, you can try to collect them.
The actual sound pressure is very good, easy to push, even better than some mobile phone plugs. Even Apple mobile phone + original adapter cable, the experience is very good.
Sound performance (based on red tube ear tips):
Atmospheric, thicker solid midrange, good treble, slightly thicker line sense, good full-frequency control, good layering, no noisy, noisy or too bright stimulation.
The sense of volume and density of the bass is more and better than the new aria of water moon rain, the thickness, density and energy of the vocals are relatively obvious, the sense of distance is relatively close, you can feel the strong voice emotions, the vocal tooth tone control is good, no excessive brightness, dry and hard problems. The density of the mid-to-high tone is also very good, but the resolution is slightly affected by the very saturated sound background, but fortunately, the basic overtones are presented, and the extended beauty can still be well put in place.
The new aria lines of Water Moon Rain are silky, the instrumental overtones are crystal clear, and the vocal distance is relatively far away, which concaves a more obvious "sense of depth", but the density and scale (lateral soundstage and mid-plate density) are not as good as TINHIFI T3PLUS, especially the momentum and dynamics of the midrange area are not easy to show more power. In the bass area, both have a good sound thickness to support the popular taste, but the T3PLUS still has a larger sense of scale in the skull. In terms of quality, the high notes of the new aria have a more charming feeling, staggered and orderly, and the T3PLUS part is rich and leisurely, and the brightness and dynamics are slightly inferior. Overall, both can show a sufficient amount of information, but the focus of the tuning is different, the new aria melodic sense first, emphasizing the big overall concept, with details to support the frame, the sense of sound is very popular, the aggression is weak, but in exchange for a relaxed and moderate sense of gorgeous. T3PLUS in the low frequency to the high frequency of energy is more abundant, in the human ear to feel the most obvious, the most direct area to give sufficient and solid strength, flesh texture and fullness are better at it, and this is also beyond this price of some headphones hard quality ability to show, although there is emphasis, but T3PLUS low frequency and high frequency capabilities are still very good, but the amount of midrange information is relatively large, occasionally will cover up the light of the rest of the frequency band.
If there is no comparison, the control and dynamics of the T3PLUS from mid and high frequency to high frequency are still very good, and under a better front end (such as Fei ou M11 PLUS), the sense of positioning and space will be better improved than that of Apple mobile phones.
Compared with angel Jimmy's original HANA, T3PLUS has a fuller fullness, and for electronic music enthusiasts, the bass of T3PLUS will be significantly better than that of the original HANA. In terms of vocals, T3PLUS is fuller and smoother than HANA, which is more than I expected, while HANA's vocal lines are more condensed, but also relatively lack feminine and silky. The difference between the mid-treble part, T3PLUS and HANA is mainly in terms of style, the former is a little warmer, the latter is cooler.
Switching from T3PLUS to the original HANA feels like a "big slimmer". The former is large, surging, affectionate and relaxed, while the latter is lean, tight, cohesive and slightly neutral.
Compared with JVC FX77X, this former positioning of bass-heavy high-end headphones, T3PLUS style will have a certain similarity, but FX77X's low volume sense will be larger, diving also has a deeper feeling, the entire momentum and scale and T3PLUS even go hand in hand, but the transparency of the mid-treble to treble, T3PLUS is still more outstanding, with the traditional HIFI headphones unique "wind bone". However, due to the difference in tone and product positioning of the two brands, this difference can also be expected.
In fact, the FX77X's parsing is already good in the in-ear headphones that position heavy bass.
(After changing to the gray tube sleeve, the T3PLUS's bass is more imposing, and the dive will be better, but the mid- and high-frequency analysis seems to be a little weaker than the hearing under the red sleeve, which will appear slightly crowded.) ）
In general, tinhifi T3PLUS takes the route of trying to achieve the highest resolution, the highest density of sufficient quantities and a larger sense of scale. Instrumental music and vocals have a good sense of realism, and they are not vain at all.
The overall sound is sturdy, the transverse soundstage is excellent, and it is also very attractive, but it does not emphasize the particularly high "dynamics", and it is slightly worse in the "transient" aspect of the treble, or it is also affected by the entire tuning style, of course, this is also a trade-off that every headphone will have.
In the name of HIFI, from the perspective of enjoying music, achieving such a high sense of density, scale, and listenability between 300 and 400 yuan, I think it is still worth blowing and recommending.