Softears Volume S - 2024's Best IEM

Hello! Yes, Softears has one on the way to Andrew. For context, my measurements were done on a 711 coupler instead of the coupler placed into a pinna for use as a Type 3.3 system, because the tips that come included with Volume S were too big to fit in my Type 3.3 system. If I force fit it, the measurement looks more similar in the treble to Crin’s (dip around 10 kHz, 13-14 kHz peak).

EDIT: Redid some Type 3.3 squigs with matched-ish insert depth to show that they’re quite similar. Worth noting that both @MRS and I had noted there seems to be something destructive happening at 8 kHz, as neither of us were able to get a length mode precisely at 8 kHz, so its possible matching Crin’s length mode here isn’t actually accurate and the depth isn’t actually an accurate comparison. Just worth noting that even though I tried to match it may not be perfectly apples-to-apples up there.


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