The lower midrange is pushed back to provide a sense of separation between bass and male vocals. Sub-bass hits deep, and treble has an incredible sense of air and openness, giving this IEM an impressively wide stage. Variations focus mainly on the sub-bass and treble extension. The signature is well-tuned and balances like previous Moondrops with a few changes in signature from the norm. Variations are the newest in the Moondrop line-up and arguably the best price-to-performance. If you want to hear some of the best IEMs on the market or a sampler to what the top-end can provide, look no further than these two offerings. Detail retrievals on these are also incredible for the price, competing with many IEMs $500 and above. The second difference is in the upper midrange the Dusk is more relaxed while the original is slightly more aggressive.

A couple of differences are the bass the Dusk version has noticeable more bass while the original is more neutral in that area. Both IEMs are extremely well-tuned, having accurate-to-life instrumental and vocal responses and very balanced overall sound. These two IEMs are what truly elevated the name “Moondrop” in the audiophile community. All three are fantastic for their respective prices, but being so close in performance, it’s hard not to recommend Aria for its sheer value alone. Starfield has the best imaging and the most relax treble, and Aria has the widest staging but the least accurate imaging. Out of the three, the KXXS has the best bass control and overall resolution. All three are Harman tuned IEMs, sporting great mid-bass control, natural vocal timbre leading up to a tame and relaxing treble response. They sound 90% identical to each other with minor differences. Overall, excellent IEMs for the price, my favorite between the two would be the SSP for its more versatile and easier to listen signature. Both IEMs have a rather impressive resolution as well for the price. SSP is still shouty, but a lot less so, making it an overall more enjoyable listen between the two IEMs.

SSP has more bass, which balances the otherwise shouty nature of the SSR. SSR and SSP are sibling IEMs they have a similar upper-midrange forward signature with one significant difference, the bass. List of IEMs we’ll be covering today ( Video Version Here : )

Today, we’ll dive into each one, explore the differences and see which one will be the best for you! Spoiler alert, you really can’t go wrong with any of them. Starfield and Aria are benchmark IEMs, other IEMs like Blessing 2, Variations, and S8 are also benchmark worthy. However, little do people realize that the rest of Moondrop’s IEMs are also incredible in their respective prices. You cannot be in Chifi and not heard of at least the Starfield or the Aria.

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