The BEST VALUE Planar | 7Hz x Crinacle Dioko

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00:00 Intro
01:12 The tuning
02:25 Dioko-Timeless differences
03:00 The tuning process
03:51 TL;DW
04:08 Demo units
05:25 Explaining the marketing
06:02 What is "planar"?
06:48 "Single-sided" vs "double-sided"
07:59 Is planar better?
08:43 Timeless vs Dioko driver
09:39 "Dual cavity"
CAMERA: Sony a7S III + FE 35mm f/1.8
MICROPHONE: Motu M2 interface + Neumann TLM 102
SPEAKERS: Neumann KH120 + KH750
MONITOR: LG C1 48" OLED

[@EvanDickersonM81]

Like Thanos collecting another stone.

[@ivyoh6078]

It genuinely looks like a pair of infinity stones. So good

[@TechsheetID]

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[@Rorensuwl8]

@MINECRAFT MANIA truthear zero

[@matthewdavies2057]

"Driver size is not an indicator of performance." That's what I told her but...

[@bow3i]

Maybe the driver has a good personality

[@nukefoodsofficial5849]

Well how was your sound staging 😬

[@axmoylotl]

@@nukefoodsofficial5849 yeah, the width is what really matters

[@Dacied73]

what driver what are u talkin bout?

[@egorkarayani5410]

its ok. She's with me now

[@dry59]

"Allows for greater consistency in manufacturing" I see Crinacle would like to avoid another "Solaris Incident".

[@marsmagnus8524]

Newcomer here, Can you give an explanation or give me something to read about this?

[@matthewdunn2672]

You talking about the campfire Solaris?

[@marsmagnus8524]

@@matthewdunn2672 Maybe? Or are there more incidents involving a 'Solaris'?

[@mr.hitchens]

@@marsmagnus8524 I totally recommend Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 film "Solaris" ...... has nothing to do with headphones, but you'll thank me later.

[@dry59]

@@marsmagnus8524 Condensed story: When the Campfire Solaris was a super hyped IEM release, Crinacle's initial review of unit 1 was "meh, not bad, not great either" which was the minority take from all other outlets at the time, little while later he gets his hands on unit 2, which actually records a frequency response that was significantly different, but sounded better than unit 1. Then comes unit 3, which is different from the two before. Turned into a whole QC thing because no one really wants to pay in the kilobuck range for what's basically an IEM gacha game. Basically became a huge shit-show on the forums and Campfire never really addressed the issue because they sidestepped FR and started talking about channel imbalance. Also pretty sure their CEO coined the term "measurebator" for people who use objective measurements, which should tell you all you need to know about the crin-campfire relationship.

[@HoboVibingToMusic]

I love how you pop out and say "Fuck off" still. Never change.

[@benhall4766]

his outro is possibly my favourite on all of youtube

[@ericp2566]

Even though he got up and supposedly left the room, I still waited for that send off.

[@liquidmagma0]

same

[@TechsheetID]

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[@noel1626]

Tbh im probably gonna wait for other reviews before i consider this iem, but i appreciate crin being rather honest about the collab

[@kennymccormick8295]

What a profound comment.

[@vipfernandes94]

@@kennymccormick8295 yeah as profound as the abyss of your eyes bro

[@pmdthewizard]

This guy's literally owing the iem game right now

[@AntonyJohn71]

Because his reviews are spot on. I bought iem's based on his reviews and was not dissappointed.

[@carlogaytan7010]

Proud Timeless and Chu owner because of him so yeah.

[@LateBandwagon]

@@carlogaytan7010 I apologize for your last name.

[@LateBandwagon]

@@Tacet137 they were one of the best in their range when they first released

[@carlogaytan7010]

@@LateBandwagon at least it's my own

[@Collin_J]

The humor in this video is next level Crin. I love this level of enthusiasm and hopefully with 100k electric boogaloo things keep going well!

[@TechsheetID]

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[@mattriarchal]

Im just floored that people in Singapore could sit in the same bean bag that the man himself had graced

[@Cranson92]

The end of the video had me worried. "Is he not going to tell me to fuck off? What am I gonna do with my day if he doesn't tell me to fuck off?"

[@rayxia4466]

I'm from China and the dioko was on preorder about ten days ago and I am literally watching this video with the dioko. I never bought the timeless but the dioko sounds great I must say.Was really surprised when I saw crin on the packaging and the collab thing (it was not metioned in the marketing material)

[@reelne]

What do you think of them? Channel imbalance was rather prominent on crin's measurement.

[@rayxia4466]

@@reelne The sound stage is great. Even if there is channel imbalance, they sound fine to me and I can't really hear the difference when listening to music. Might be a measurement inaccuracy or qc issue.

[@al201103]

Yeah, checked on TaoBao and saw them already available. What other ear-gear do you/have you listened to? It will give people a better idea if they know what you're comparing these to. Also, what kind of music have you listened to and enjoyed with these?

[@JoelHernandez-tz3vk]

@@rayxia4466 Wonder if less channel imbalance and more of an inconsistent performance from the driver. Whether it's from being planar magnetic or 14.6mm diameter or both I don't know.

[@sodiko100]

What do you think of the sound imaging on them? Suitable for gaming or prefer only music on them?

[@ntego369]

Just got my Dioko yesterday, sounds great, love it.

[@bhalejos]

Thanks for answering all my questions before making my pre-order!

[@LucasPolczynski]

i love your tuning. never change

[@chad6]

Ordered mine yesterday, very excited!

[@noxalbus]

Allow me to add my experience to the shilling. I'm from China and I got the DIOKO three days ago. Took them to work and the ladies loved the color. So if you get them, you may attract some girls......so you can scare them away with your audiophile lingo. *oh you know you're going to do that*

[@sonicthehedgehog989]

Glad to hear about your experience. I got glass paint so I'll paint mine navy blue. It's going to look super cool 😎.

[@zednik8956]

Just preordered :) ive been in the market for new IEMs and looked into planar so this dropped at the perfect time. We even got our holiday pay in norway so this is a nice little treat to myself

[@TechsheetID]

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[@gerhard400]

How is it?

[@hughharsher]

yeah how is it?

[@damiengrief]

Very cool to see more entry level planar IEMs.

Can't wait to get mine. Pre-ordered it day one

[@ConsecDesign]

ayyy crin, just got my dioko, and i'm pleased to say that you and 7hz did a great job tuning these! i don't normally love iems, but these are incrediby comfortable and sound really enjoyable for a neutral-bright set. thx!

[@raymonda4605]

you convinced me for the 2nd time, before 5min went by i ordered them. love your videos.

[@alfredcazarescastro5849]

Dope..... One more to my Crin collection 🤩

[@Towkeeyoh]

Dropping by mecha when I'm in the neighbourhood next time. Still love the signing off after all these time.

[@RaphaelStarr]

Thanks Crinacle. I'll be ordering soon.

[@trocadero1965]

Rightly, of course you make your interest first, obviously, and those who lads behind you, BUT you are great explaining and fair to let those who want to understand the words the 'between brackets'.. I hope I was clear enough... Keep up the cracking work 👌

[@ELJefeReviews]

I didn't get the email for the review samples so I went ahead and ordered one for myself. 😆 Hopefully it gets out on the first shipment!

[@trevin550]

I’ll be looking forward to your review!

[@yumika4877]

Pov : you just bought a timeless and see this. I'm totally not mad because it didn't happen to me of course....

[@androidtech61]

At least, it is now 7 months since I brought the Timeless. Lol 🤣

[@jeremy_k7574]

Managed to try the demo unit at Mecha myself, Timeless users aren't missing out on much. From what I could tell, Dioko cuts down on an already tight soundstage and doesn't resolve detail as well. It's fantastic for its price point and beats out more orthodox Chi-Fi, but won't overthrow the Timeless IMO

[@bubukyove6281]

@@jeremy_k7574 do you think the 20$ more is worth it compared to the Aria or Aria snow? Or those in the same 100-110 Price range?

[@randomdrifter]

@@bubukyove6281 @Jeremy_K_75 I'm curious about this as well, but pretty much still eyeing the Dioko just to hhave a planar in the collection

[@jeremy_k7574]

@@bubukyove6281 Haven't tried the Aria firsthand so I'm not too certain, but both seem like safe bets in the technicals. So the choice between either should come down to preference of sound profile. Aria might be on the neutral side, whereas Dioko and Timeless share a boosted-neutral signature.

[@carminedesanto6746]

Mine on order 😱 I love the Midnight’s 🔥

[@joelstoppa]

seriously, this kid is crazy, if i had the money, i would buy it just out of curiosity and i was already planning to change the iem. ("needing" to change IEM)

[@JeffDvrx]

Oh I'll 100% be buying a set of these.

[@Wingedmagician]

Finally iem content 🙏 😩

[@jeremysu9111]

The legend continues

[@ChaseHub]

First pair of IEMs I've ever bought new! Sign me up. Hope they're as awesome as they sound.

[@julian23561]

That was one of the most aggressive send offs to date from this channel.

[@shura4136]

I just woke up and I'm surprised with one of my favorite people crin

[@cesarpensado2959]

I love you Crin ❤️

[@yin-lungwong2033]

I live for these video endings :D

[@ianw.8132]

The way they market this IEM is like how I write my CV.

[@TheSolidlad]

I have the Sony MH750s as per crin's list. If this is anything like that tuning-wise, but more technical, I'm sold.

[@btfr5129]

Dioko, lets go!!!!

[@NotTheOnlyMattAround]

Pre-ordered mine yesterday. Actually love the cable but I ordered a Tripowin Zoe to match that purply color scheme.

[@notveganbro]

watching this video using the diokos. They're genuinely awesome.

[@Rorensuwl8]

Foam tips+ less treble = really good

[@victorfsaaa]

Man, when he changed the mics, I noted how much fuc**** better his mic is compared to a standard one lol it is clean as hell

[@softcrema9687]

Realmente son bonitos, tienen trayectoria de tu trabajo prometen mucho, creo en tu gusto.

[@LifeLongCaboose]

Hmmmmm, I guess I should review these after I had 2 timeless units with big issues. These do look pretty great.

[@nated5355]

Just got these a month ago for cutting the grass. It sounds really good for this price......I tamed the highs a bit and added more bass with an EQ app and I'm impressed. It gives my Timeless AE a run for their money at 50% less cost. I splurged for the Tripowin Noire cable and wasn't a fan. The swappable plug was creating issues. I ordered the Tripowin Altea to replace it, and the Tripowin Danube for my Timeless AE (NOT for yard work).

[@actuallyasriel]

I actually bought these before I watched any of your videos, based on 3 things: 1. They looked the nicest 2. The graphs looked nice, reviews looked good 3. They were on sale. *I love these fuckin things.* I love that mid-range boost, there's so much detail in vocals and melodies. Watching this, I see was your goal! I highly recommend the album Alice Schach and the Reminiscent Bibliotheca to anybody with Diokos; it's the album I use to test headphones because in the musical scenes I listen to it's one of the best-engineered and covers a wide range of styles. I recall being absolutely blown away with the breath in the vocalist's teeth, the skin of the instrumentalist's hand-drum, all intimately rendered. These are my first "nice" IEMs, and I've managed to land on a pair that I'll be coming back to for years. They're fantastic. Great work Crin!!

[@user-oo7dw4qw4b]

That send off at the end was intense hahahahaha

[@zerousen]

good job son

[@Mageoftheyear]

You absolute mad lad. You 100K subscribers. Twice. In less than a year. Congrats.

[@MuhammadHanif-tj3dr]

I like that kind of bass too, in this part I really agree with y

[@theonelad3028]

company: Hey crinicle this would be a really beneficial collab Crinicle:yes this is great..... time to disprove some marketing shiz haha love the content cant wait to get a hold of em

[@porscheoscar]

Enjoying mine with the Quedelix Bluetooth DAC. Kinda surreal performance for the inflation dollars

[@quikspecv4d]

I placed an order less than 5 minutes after the email was sent.

[@chrisstroud60]

He should do a video on how to tune a iem since he did the eq video. So we can fix all our crappy muddy upper mid forward iems the hard way.

[@MrTokyoJunkie]

Got da new Crins!

[@ghostjacker]

Going down to Mecha to have a listen. Should be awesome 😜

[@TheMechaStore]

See ya!

[@ish96885]

This man out here flexing on us with the Batman GMT

[@royalarmy1837]

I didn't skip the 11:31 minute long ad to show my support.

[@Garrettdx1988]

I dig the subtle Dankpods references.

[@DarenLee]

Aaaah I was waiting for End Credit special scene.

[@nagyba]

I love dual cavities - my Gf has it too and I enjoy it -10 out of 10

[@katalysis]

The sibilance on these are going to be legendary, thus affirming that Crinacle's ears are immune to sibilance.

[@JoelHernandez-tz3vk]

I think the Jade Audio EA3 would digress.

[@Hari-kx2er]

One guy called 'Zeph Ng' had commented here about his experience of demoing the Dioko at Mecha store. He talks of a smooth sound signature with no sibilance whatsoever.

[@frozzle]

sick

[@user-kp1ts5vv6i]

I'd like to see a collab on a TWS IEM like the AKG N400, which are already great but why not add a little fun?

[@soundflo3653]

Pre ordered dioko days b4 this video is up 🤣🤣

[@kennysandhoj]

I have never heard a planar driver anything. Probably gonna get this since the pricepoint is affordable. Waiting for my order of the Zero atm also ^_^

[@TonkyTronicus]

you swerved me at the very end, crin.

[@amielamarasekera]

the "heeee's laaaaazzzyyyyyyy" bit had me cackling

[@Allaces305]

Purchased yesterday!! Now the waiting game begins..😭

[@firehobetgamer]

good fun

[@whollymindless]

What I love is that we all know Crinacle would pan his own tune.

[@FriendlyFireProds]

I JUST bought the timeless and now I'm starting to get buyers remorse

[@antoniosetz1354]

I think you shouldn't. I don't believe 7hz would kill the timeless with an IEM that costs less than half. It makes no sense. Wait for the reviews.

[@sandnoodles]

jokes on you Crin, I ordered them before this video came out.

[@mattBLACKpunk]

Neutral with sub bass boost, exactly how I like it^^ I'll def pick it up when I have the money - either that or the moondrop aria 🤔

[@amanieux]

his bass boost goes up to 200hz, this is not only a sub bass boost

[@TalesOfGod]

The main factor here is going to be the fit issues, the comfort, the quality control and the customer service (of where you buy it from). The 7hz Timeless did poorly on these factors despite being $220 USD. There are some people that are on their third Timeless IEM because they kept having quality control issues. Keep in mind that it has only been less than a year since it was released. It is only reasonable to be cautious of a planar IEM that is $100 USD. I would hope that it sounds well and judging from the graph, it looks nice. I would have to try it out for myself though.

[@BrianYoungPhoto]

It is a Linsoul exclusive, so you can be assured any QC issues will be met with Linsoul's terrible customer service and non-existent warranty.

[@TheMechaStore]

@@BrianYoungPhoto promise that we'll try to do better for the audio community coming into this

[@exigency2231]

The Timeless is comfy and fits great in my ears, so if you’re reading this comment remember ymmv

[@BrianYoungPhoto]

@@TheMechaStore Linsoul already burnt me once, so never again. I would consider buying it from Mecha, but I do not live in Singapore. I have bought from almost every major site that sells audio gear, and Linsoul is the only one to ever give me problems.

[@Wingedmagician]

7hz is one of my best fitting iems so I got lucky I guess

[@jungholee7778]

U sell quite well

[@fahryst]

Probably gonna buy it. I already have timeless and s12 but don't have anything with this tuning.

[@Polyfusia]

You already have the best and second best planar IEMs. Do you have any other IEMs? Getting the Dioko will mean at the very best you're getting the third best planar. I'd go for something totally different. A Hybrid IEM, with a dynamic driver for more natural bass. That's just me though.

[@fahryst]

@@Polyfusia hybrids don't fit my ears. I also have autumn, aria, olina and er3xr. Dioko's graph and price is different enough to justify

[@coaldust01]

then EQ your timeless or s12, your going to buy another planar with subpar technicalities to what you already own, stop falling for the hype.

[@fahryst]

@@coaldust01 I review gear dude. And I don't remember asking for opinions in the first place and noone heard it yet how do you know it has subpar technicalities.

[@soyanchd5439]

3:03 you know when crinacle removes his glasses, some weird shit is about to go down 😂

[@justkurtzen]

The meta development of the ending

[@richtrebbien]

Hi crin, good work on this Dioko. The bass is lighter that I thought it would be but they are fantastic. Any EQ to try? I'm going to try my Tempotec dongle to see if the extra power gives it more bass. Regards and FOff

[@Cloud00]

great ending.

[@Secretlycat31]

So happy I found your new channel. Are there in your opinion any good headphones with anc? As I often am in busy environments but want to hear good quality sound.

[@xinigomiranda]

Hahaha. I felt a JobbyTheHong vibe a bit. Lovely

[@mic44lee44]

Thank You 🙏🏾 CRIN and You are The Best !!!! Bought Them Immediately !!!!

[@glennjordan5983]

ordered through Amazon delivery expected second half of July I can always return them

[@HowarFang]

Already holding the Dioko as I am watching the video XD

[@i2chip]

I thought he wasn't going to tell us to **** off. I was worried for a second there.

[@showdodoc]

I have to agree with crin here, I like IEMs with a bit more bass

[@GadZookz]

Utterly shameless! Ordered mine yesterday. 😎

[@Reformedekko]

Crinacle with the rolex tucked 👀

[@TheMechaStore]

👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@rayyip8464]

Hello Crin , how does this Dioko compared to the Timeless ? In term of sound signature etc... Does it make sense for me to purchase Dioko since I have already own a Timeless ?

[@kyron42]

"Dual cavity" Reminds me of The Loophole by Garfunkel and Oates.

[@lukedudgeon8699]

slowly, but surely, crin is taking over mecha to make it his own hybrid iem/kb store. "no, no, I'll just do your marketing...." *starts evil grin*

[@TheMechaStore]

excuse you, who told you this private and confidential information??!??!

[@ClearComplexity]

I like Crinacle's preference for sound focusing on IEF with a low bass boost that doesn't blow out everything else. The reported graph there for these is basically the line I have my Aria's and 560S tuned EQ'd to. I'll throw 100 bucks in to try them out with the case and stuff that's included. I collect Moondrop waifus, so I bought the cheap Chu's even when I didn't need them having Arias and Starfields (questionable purchase after getting the Arias...they look pretty I guess?). Timeless missed their market by not making it an IEM waifu shootout.

[@thierryfaquet7405]

The brand’s name is 7hz not timeless

[@Goodbutevilgenius]

Huh? Why would owning an Aria make buying a Chu obsolete? They sound different, the latter is significantly more lean and energetic

[@mdk12172633sg]

🙏🏻

[@Jhitch19]

Deadass when crin said "it's been 6 months" I had a fucking panic attack thinking that the last time he uploaded was 6 months ago and that my experience of life had hit super speed and that within what feels like a week to me, I would become a pensioner

[@Phantoharibo]

They are really good. Lacking in midbass but still very good, better than the Arias and I really like the Arias.

[@Phantoharibo]

Correction: once you manage to find a tip that can actually seal the thing, there is a lot of bass.

[@raythalnahi7536]

I held on pressing the like button and waited for the “F off” to do it

[@The_lastfallen]

tnx for video, have you review earphone Mangird xenns up ?? What do you think about it? which of the models below is better and has a higher purchase value? 1) Thieaudio Monarch 2) Thieaudio ORACLE 3) Letshuoer EJ07M 4) Moondrop Variation 5) Mangird xenns up