BQEYZ Winter Review

Mahir Efe Falay

2 years ago

Winter has finally come to us with BQEYZ Winter. Aside from the lame wordplay, the use of BC (bone conduction) drivers is a surprising sight to see at the price level below the renown UM Mest Mk2. Let’s see its sound review, balanced listening, and comparisons.

The bass has some gentle, textured touches, and the treble is starting to come into play (and this is where the BC driver is responsible for). The quality of the whole treble range is almost the same as that of a real material. It’s nice to be able to hear the extensions in high quality without getting tired of them. In addition, technicalities must not be ignored at any cost. The layering is excellent, and all of the other elements are worthy of either a silver or gold award. You may sense a progression in terms of record quality from this point on. It’s well worth the cost to hear Bonamassa’s violin introduction in its completeness. Contact by Daft Punk is another masterpiece produced using it. That level of joy is something I have never previously experienced with that! And all of this was achieved just using the original cable and reference tips. I have no doubt that things will be better once Dunu Amber 4.4 is introduced.

Pros_

Power and dominance

Technicality

Bass and mids. Treble is high in resolution

Plenty eartips and accessories

Cons_

Can be hard to drive

Fit isn’t for everybody

Desire for more as the stock form is already very good

Not brilliant in smooth jazz

The Sound

You are getting a very high degree of realism and a spectacular soundstage with dx300 Mango 4.4. I can easily say that the sound is around you but the scene width isn’t as wide a it was in the ipad pro. So read my words while keeping this in mind. PS: the whole review listenings were performed while balanced eartips are plugged. Both the other and your experience might vary.

Winter is keeping the background at a zero noise level, which is very ideal for musicality. Just out of the blue, I am speechless. But the hardcore of Slipknot is like a splash of fresh, cold water on your face; however, hearing the drummers’ individual drum hits and the guitarist’s tonal changes isn’t that fascinating after being charmed by the musicality of a 96-piece orchestra. I guess this Winter must decide between fun and technicalities 🙂

3d imaging is so high but basses aren’t that controlled in smooth jazz. This is a problem with the stock cable I guess. Dunu Amber 4.4 will tell us the real story. Aside from 3D imaging, you get a forward and neutral to dark presentation with speed, similar to the winter season after which it is named. In addition, in live recordings, have tower speakers play full sound in your ears. This gigantic result is the last step of BQEYZ’s mastery in tuning. You can have great layering without the live recording wow effect, so you can hear, say, the layer of guitars beneath the main, even the smallest spectacle contains treble strikes from the producer.

Not only live recordings are stunning with it, symphonic rock is leaving me breathless since the bass has a solid body, attack speed is high, resolution is high (this has a downside too), and the violins are fluid. If only the layering was a few notches more razor sharp. And my last words for this section is going to dubstep. Hearing everything so realistic yet knowing that everything is synthetic is opening a new door in my perception, which is leading to deeper thoughts. However, same-bodied, non-bleeding big bass are also present.

Cable Impression

I used with Dunu Amber 4.4. And Jason Mraz is responding pretty well to the cable change. His voice has a previously unseen texture on it. Plus other parameter enhancements that are futile to mention again. The same goes for every track I listened to so far to build this review up. But hearing a big yet sharper bass tone in electronic music is something. They evolved into a more smoxoth jazz friendly shape too. What did symphonic metal gain? It gained a huge boost of layering and dynamics. But the vocals, whether by Tobias Sammet or Hansi Kürsch, toned down the highest notes in a way that made them easier to listen to. Old timers surely know what I mean. What makes some bands unique is their main vocalist’s ability to reach higher notes.

Comparisons__

vs BQEYZ Autumn

Not as edgy as Winter plus vocal and other extensions reach less. In comparison to winter, layering and musicality are significantly lacking. Separation’s immaturity is obvious in rock music. Driving is surprisingly hard at the same time.

vs BQEYZ Topaz

Layering is near Winter’s. Soundstage width too. But bass punch it noticeably inferior. Treble extensions too. Winter didn’t have grain of a salt as some extensions in rock music. But the lickingly extensions of the guitars and vocals are welcome after Autumn, let alone Winter.

vs Moondrop KATO

KATO is rising up to the level of Topaz in terms of technicalities. Do not expect delicate vocal extensions. BUT it seems that KATO’s bass punch power is hurt after Dunu Amber upgrade.

I replugged Winter into the Amber one last time and heard a sound that was far superior to everything else above. I guess a SA6 or Mest mk2 can take it down without mercy. Its resistance to Moondrop Variations will also be observed in its dedicated review.