Now, vocal separation, in terms of forward separation and kind of seeming like it’s not within the staging environment, is more on its own layer. Now, sound-staging is not super wide-and we’ll talk more about that in a second-but the staging and separation capability is pretty good. One of the things that this headphone is really good at is staging and separation and giving everything a specific place in the sound staging. The vocal forwardness is not super strong. You’re going to be getting not necessarily perfectly accurate timbre, but you’re going to be getting a large amount of timbre flexibility throughout this IEM, especially in the mid-range. And I actually consider it to be right on the money for tonality flexibility. It does avoid some of the most known pitfalls of most IEMs like shoutiness and grittiness.
I would say the mid-range is what impresses me most on this. It’s a softer approach without being muddy.
Now, while this does fall into the more easy-listening category, I don’t think that the sound signature is so dark that’s it’s muffled, but it’s also not on the other end-super open and airy-sounding like some other IEMs can be-and it’s also definitely not a sharp sound signature. I think that’s more reserved for the upper ranges of the bass and throughout the mid-range.īut for treble response, I think if you’re seeking a very active, very technical, precise treble, this isn’t going to be it. The treble response does have a little bit of sparkle and a decent bit of resolution, but it certainly isn’t standing out or jumping out to me as being kind of a standout feature for the frequency response. While not providing the most technical performance in some areas, I think the overall sound signature is going to be quite pleasing, quite enjoyable, and definitely fitting into that more easy-listening category. It avoids some of the known pitfalls of most IEMs in this price category. The braiding is a little bit loose, but it does fold up nicely, and it doesn’t get tangled very easily. And the overall cable quality is decent but not great. It does terminate to a 90 degree right angle, 3.5mm on the other end. So I’m going to leave the stock cable with no problems.
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I actually prefer a completely free cable-they’re just more comfortable on average for me-but on this particular headphone, for my particular ears, it doesn’t really bug me that much. Now, normally I don’t actually like the forced ear shape of these cables. So they’re not particularly small nor particularly big, but the ear stem is actually fairly decently long. The chassis is I think plastic and is split up into two main segments.Īnd the ear tips are, you know, kind of average circumference. It’s got this pearlescent sparkly blue and purple color-this shifting paint-and it’s really quite a good-looking IEM. The paint, I’m not sure how long it’s going to last or how resistant it will be to chipping, but in terms of the fit and finish of this paint, it’s awesome. You’ve got this blue-really kind of honestly a beautiful paint job on this. Now, the first thing to cover, as always, is going to be the build and fit. They are not paying, asking, or otherwise trying to influence me to say anything good or bad about this IEM. It does have some technical limitations, and we’ll get into that, but I think you should at least consider it.Īll right, before we get started, Apos did send this out for a review. And I think a lot of the top players do sound better, both personally and technically, than their full-sized headphone counterparts.Īnd I think the Starfield is a pretty good consideration for a hundred dollar IEM. Now, when you get over that price it’s a little bit different, but below that I think there’s a lot of choices that are really, really good. The top players in IEMs at that price sound better than the top players in full-size headphones. So I’ve been working on this theory for a fair bit now, and the theory is this: if you’re looking for the best sound quality that you can buy for $100 or less, I actually think that the headphone you should be looking at is an IEM. Check out the video below or scroll on for a lightly edited transcript. Josh Valour reviewed the $109 Moondrop Starfield on his YouTube channel, touting their excellent build quality and pleasing, easy-going sound signature. Edits have been made for clarity and length. The review was originally posted on December 21st, 2020.
Note: This article is based upon the video "Moondrop Starfield is one of the best IEMs for the money!" made by Joshua Valour on his YouTube channel and is printed here in partnership with Joshua Valour.
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