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“Stay with Me” by Sam Smith also provides a similar experience with the vocals and instruments presenting slightly forward in the mix and with a naturalness that I associate with being more emotionally engaging than some more hard-edged IEMs in the market. “Billie Bossa Nova” by Billie Eilish elicits a rather relaxed listening experience with the sparse instrumentalization and her voice feeling warm and rounded in nature. There is a sense of fullness and grand tonality to the vocals sitting within this range. MidsThe midrange of the Hype is imbued with a sense of warmth perhaps by virtue of its rather generous bass boost. A definite win for the Hype in this regard.

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My experience of the low-end of the Hype appears to affirm the claims made by Thieaudio in spruiking their novel implementation of a dual dynamic driver set-up in that it is elevated, fun and still clean in its presentation. The technology that Linsoul have put into the Hype appears to be paying dividends as this region seems to punch well above its price range. “THE PLAN” from the TENET soundtrack has an outrageous amount of sub-bass within the first 10 seconds of the song, and the Hype manages to resolve it with the required texture and sense of weight extremely well.

The bass remains present, impactful (I swear I’m not doing this on purpose) and quite clean. “Hype” by Drake (only a coincidence I swear) has a big, drawn out bass line throughout the track at times overlapping with a running rap by Drake and the entire experience remains coherent and easily discernible from one another. And it’s not a matter of sheer quantity over quality, the bass remains resolving and relatively fast, hitting with good impact and presence but not bloated to the point of becoming hugely distracting from the rest of the mix.

There is a healthy amount of bass added in the tuning with the sub-bass and mid-bass elevated above “neutral” IEMs resulting in a distinct fun-factor with the Hype. The bass frequencies in the Hype are very well done for an IEM in this price range. Opinion Stuff Sound BassThe Hype seems to place particular emphasis on the IMPACT2 technology used within and perhaps for good reason. The latter being a “super tweeter” focused on treble. The BA are supposedly the latest model from Sonion, the P2356HF/4 and E25ST001/D.

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The party piece of the Hype and the inspiration of their namesake is the IMPACT2 technology that utilises the two 10mm dynamic drivers arranged in an “isobaric design”. Within those earpieces are a drive configuration consisting of two dynamic drivers and two balanced armatures. While I didn’t receive the Hype in its box, I did receive the accessory package consisting of:Ĭoming in your choice of two colours, the Hype earpieces are rather lightweight and the faceplates carry a rather understated garishness that is very much appreciated. But is the Hype able to shake off some of the recent Ls to live up to their name?

That is not to say that they are infallible, there has been numerous detractors to some of their IEMs whose reputation have been less than stellar. Thieaudio has garnered significant attention over the last several years with their lineup of IEMs that have captured the imagination of many hobbyists as well as some very high-profile reviewers. Today’s review concerns the Hype 2, the not really a sequel in that it’s actually Hype2 instead of 2. What is the best at $XXX? Is it worth the extra $XXX for X IEM? Why does Thieaudio get so much hype (pun intended)? It feels as though Chi-fi has a new release every other week and in the midst of that, there are a lot of questions to be asked. Many thanks to Linsoul and Thieaudio for providing me with the Hype 2's for a review.

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