The Best Colab IEM Ever!? ZiiGaat x HBB: Arcadia, Kiwi Ears x HBB Punch, FATfreq x HBB Deuce
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Disclaimer!!! This is all subjective, take everything I say with a grain of salt.
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Punch was measured with my 711 clone, off an apple dongle, calibrated SPL at 85db. This is an IEM that changes quite a bit depending on how it’s measured. I did multiple seatings and this is what I ended up with. The bass changes drastically depending on if the IEM is stuck in or eased in. Insertion depth also makes a huge difference.
Awesome review! I love the step up in production!
@@SwordAndBored thank you sir, hopefully the extra work is worth it in the end :)
I love the Arcadia. The Punch is one that is on my radar.
@@hazi5961 Arcadia is so damn good! If you can handle a bit more upper mids then punch is a good option, but I’d rather listen to Arcadia myself
Loved the review - nice seeing your face on the video. Wish more reviewers did the same!
@G00dH0uR83 just started haha thanks! I’ll keep it up if people like it
A small contribution for the Arcadia fund.
That’s so kind ♥️ thank you! And thank you for watching, even tho it’s a lot of the same hahaha
I think the background music is fine and I actually meant to tell you that I'm glad you seem to be more confident about showing your face. I know you didn't seem to be too comfortable with it and that was OK but I like the new format more if you're cool with it.
Also, If you have mixups in the future, I think you can probably save yourself some time if you want to add correction subs into the original video instead of reshooting everything. Maybe pin a comment if you think it's needed. Don't misunderstand, I appreciate you taking the time to do it but I know it must be time consuming and potentially stressful when you have so many other things to deal with in your life. Keep up the great work! 🙂
@@_-Z- I appreciate that input, thank you. Ya, definitely some mess ups I can add a caption or pinned comment, but I felt I wanted to reshoot this one, felt it was big enough to reshoot. For sure will save me a lot of time just adding a caption, absolutely!
I just bought the Arcadia and I’ll have to agree that it’s the best one I have as well. It replaced my Crinn Midnight which wasn’t very good imo. Arcadia blows it out of the water. My next project will be to get the Shanling ME 600. Have only seen two reviews on it so far. Maybe you’ll review it sometime. The Yanyin Canon is still my best, but it’s way more money, but smoother. Awesome review!
@@sagaman4785 so much I have to try haha maybe one day I’ll get my hands on them.
Nice to hear I’m not the only one who loves the Arcadia
I want a warm, thick, smooth sound for around $100 or less. I don't want brightness. I tried some and they had a slight brightness that was annoying for listening to TH-cam, music, or watching a movie. What do you suggest this year?
@@abdullah_12_12 best option might be QKZ x HBB… not a lot of good warm sets under $100 unfortunately… more people like bright cause “detail” lol so bright sells but I’m with you…
Take ✌️🎬. You got the update out really quick. 🙂 Thank you for another great review! 👍
Haha ya, wife was out last evening. This time only took me 3 hours, so a bit quicker haha. Last one took longer I think cause I’m trying out new formats to see how they go. Let me know what you think about the background music, and the face being in there.
I think you got your graphs mixed up with the Punch. Every other graph I have seen has it looking very different to the Arcadia when it comes to sub-bass. Should be hitting 74db on your graph without the adapter.
@@exhibitD79 it’s quite sensitive to output impedance and output level… Variations had this problem too where FR changes DRASTICALLY depending on the level. I have calibrated, and measure at 85db. HBB measures at 77db? I think? And output impedance I’m not sure.
I did multiple seating, and this is what it came out as.
@@HobbyTalk In your graph it is closer to 70db at 20hz. Most others are quite a bit higher. All other graphs I have checked have the Arcadia and Punch looking very different in the bass and not similar as per your graph. Might be worth checking.
@@exhibitD79 hobbytalk.squig.link/?share=Δ_10dB_Target,Ziigaat_Arcadia,Kiwi_Ears_Punch
This is it equalized to 500hz instead of by db
@@exhibitD79I did measure multiple times… I dunno… I have a slightly different coupler than most, mine has the base, could be the acoustic impedance of the coupler as well… but I did measure multiple times and this is what I got.
@ Yeah I can see the difference using those two options. However, it is still quite different to other graphs. When I link to other graphs my comment gets removed.
I hope you get to hear the Odyssey since, according to hbb, its even better than Arcadia
@@Foobymaster1 I’m definitely open to trying it, but I dunno… Arcadia pretty much to my liking
@@HobbyTalk honestly, based on the graph, I have a feeling you will like arcadia more.
I ordered the Odyssey from Amazon through the Linsoul store but took too long to ship, so I cancelled it and bought the Arcadia which was a little cheaper anyway. I’m glad I got the Arcadia because of the less treble on the higher end. This is the best review I’ve seen on the Arcadia that I’ve seen yet. Again, great review. Your preferences look more like mine so I’ll be watching more of your suggestions.
All collabs are STILL evil.
@@dorisisaway355 hahahaha fr
Arcadia seems more like my cup of tea, can't stand too much upper mids.
@@AronAddams7 Arcadia is one of the few that doesn’t have too much for me… very few out there lol
Stephen, thank you for another wonderful earphone review! 👌
Reverend Dr. Thomas,
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@@TheVeganVicar thank you for the comment :)
Why do you always refer to people in their first name as if you knew them personally? Also, why do you have multiple TH-cam accounts and constantly flip flop between the two when posting comments? Honest question.
@G00dH0uR83 SILLY question, rather. 🥱