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terejuga t1_j72yl9q wrote

Hello Is it true that it has arena-like soundstage? Also it has little/no imaging and positioning? I'm considering between Tingo Tc200 and this one, the one with a wide/holographic soundstage. Thanks.

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FromWitchSide t1_j7eqvpg wrote

The soundstage is bigger than in more direct sounding earphones like Vido, Monk+, KBear Stellar or EMX500, but not extremely big. It actually is similar in size to Snow-Lotus 1.0, but like with a tiny bit of reverb added so it sounds more spacious than it. Reverb/echo is not a soundstage, it will sound spacious, but instruments/soundsources can't be placed there. As for positioning sounds in space I personally found everything mentioned above to be about the same. Like there is no actual difference in accuracy if you try to locate a sound source in 3D gaming. They all do 360 somewhat ok, but all fail at distance.

Paiaudio PR1 does improve that, despite it being slightly warmer and lacking in details, the soundstage is fairly big, and more accurate, you can tell which room say enemy in fps is, but accuracy is still like within several meters, so you can't tell where exactly in that room, can't just fire at specific spot.

Currently I'm trying out Qigom S300 White Lotus, it does sound most spacious, I think it has the biggest soundstage + a bit of that reverb. It is the most accurate when it comes to distance as well. Sorry for using gaming as example, but in their case I can play more or less normally, get a good grasp on distance on sounds that are gradually closing in to get a good timing when to react/prefire and such. It is not yet a tournament grade, not on par with good more expensive headphones, not a wallhack, but first among the budget earphones where I don't feel like I'm really being hold back.

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nodemms OP t1_j73lige wrote

To my ears, the imaging and positioning of the Rosemary is far from little. I can’t speak to the Tc200 personally but I have read a few good reviews.

Part of my curiosity with the Rosemary was it’s larger than average impedance. In my experience, this can allow a set of cans to respond well to equalization which I tinker with endlessly using APO/Peace.

So far I can safely say I have no regrets with the Rosemary. Let me know which way you end up going. I’m curious what others think of the Tc200 as well.

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terejuga t1_j74chuc wrote

Thanks for the reply. I think I will choose Tc200, because it's easier to driver, 16ohm only.

Is the soundstage of Rosemary really huge though? Thanks

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nodemms OP t1_j74era4 wrote

I think they easily beat out those three budget IEMs I mentioned above. It’s a very engaging sound.

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