CrinEar Project Meta

Delivery & Shopping Experience:
Received around mid-June (around No.950), not too out of expectation with a pre-order or group buy. Adding another update letter around late May for the few people who haven’t received the product would be appreciated. As for other aspects about shopping and delivery, absolutely no complaint.

Sound quality:
Pretty impressive, especially at the price point, although not perfect for me (probably shouldn't be in the first place). Ended up EQing out some upper treble (around 15K) because triangles sounded too forward to me in multiple tracks, similar to what I adjust with DUSK.

The mid-range is absolutely beautiful, it's competitive even compared with DUSK default DSP.

As for bass, I'd argue that Meta sounded not as dynamic as DUSK to my ear, though still well textured. Not sure if it's because of frequency response or not, either way, two flavors of good bass IMO.

Build quality:
Pretty good as well. I like the rather small earpieces. I can listen at lower volume when cycling with META compared to DUSK thanks to the less protruded shell, which creates less wind noise. Small issue with the cable tho, which the chin slider just wouldn't stay in place.

Overall great experience from CrinEar and Hangout! Looking forward to the new releases.

This being both my first IEM above $100 and CrinEar’s very first IEM, I was very curious what it would be like. Happily I was and continue to be impressed.

What strikes me is just how lifelike and tactile this set sounds to my ears – vocals and acoustic instruments sound just right on well-recorded music. No other earphone or headphone I’ve used has evoked this sensation for me. Granted, I haven’t tried that many.

The bass, while on the prominent side, can be impressively satisfying when the track calls for it. That justifies its prominence for me.

Fit and comfort are great for me, it fills the inside of my ear nicely. Likely thanks to this the noise isolation is also quite good.

The carrying case is a bit bigger than it needs to be but I like the protection that it offers.

I hope that this set will be durable as I like to use my gear for a long time – time will tell.

It was a leap of faith buying this but I’m glad it did not disappoint. If this first statement is anything to go by then we should expect CrinEar to make their mark in the audiophile space.

It has a very pleasing tuning. I don't know much about frequency response graphs, but to my ears, it has slight emphasis in both the bass and the treble. Soundstage is not as wide as the DUSK 2 but in most other technicalities, it's a better-looking DUSK 2. And to a Crinacle fan as myself, there's an additional joy of owning his first creation and that too in limited edition

Build quality is great, eartips were a bit hard for my ears, so I swapped them out. I feel the carrying case looks great, but a bit too big for me. I've been x q daily driving the Iems for the past month. I like the tuning, works great for most of what I listen to.

Amazing tuning and great separation of instruments.