Moondrop Golden Age: Taking Steps Backward

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0:00 Intro
0:20 TWS Function
2:32 Tuning
4:55 Tech
5:32 VS. Space Travel
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  • @thefinkie6459
    @thefinkie64594 ай бұрын

    Where's Jay with his "TIMMY'S A PAID MOONDROP SHILL" comments now? 😂

  • @jub8891
    @jub88913 ай бұрын

    the box with the anime girl is worth $50 alone

  • @calvinchann1996
    @calvinchann19964 ай бұрын

    Mine arrived a few days ago. I didn’t buy them for the features but because they were planars with LDAC. They sound OK to me, maybe better than the Space Travel.

  • @jjcornelio7741
    @jjcornelio77414 ай бұрын

    I'd love to see you make a tws recommendations vid 😊

  • @ticoss
    @ticoss3 ай бұрын

    I don't completely agree with this test, even if the description of the type of sound is quite well transcribed. I tested then and for me, these TWS are a bit like the new Lypertek Tevi. They are made for music, not quite for other aspects. It's a choice. They sound very good: they are clean, neutral, kind of natural sounding. It's not the typical bass from tws. I compared them to my wf1000-XM4, it's really the opposite (even if I equalized them to reduce bass). Kind of lean bass but with impact. LDAC connection is stable, even in the subway. ANC is a nice little extra. Tip provided are not bad but don't contribute for the isolation. I used the symbio W on them, i think it was a good addition. I think it's really not bad, I like them. The little thing is that they are a little expensive ($15 less and the purchase will be easier 🙂). PS: for the extra cover for the case, it's real that it hide the design a little. But the drawing recall the location of the cassette player that we had at the time. There were always patterns or bars allowing you to see what was left of magnetic tape. Timmy can't remember that, it didn't exist in his time 😇. He must not have often seen a HiFi system with an audio cassette player. After that, I understand the rating because these are not typical TWS.

  • @clipso9061
    @clipso90614 ай бұрын

    did you try swapping the stock eartips? i had these problems with every moon drop tws untill i put after mark tips on it

  • @alberk77
    @alberk774 ай бұрын

    I love we all hear different. My impressions are far from yours. I own both and to me the golden ages sounds clearer, punchier and much better than the space travel. Even transparency and NC feel better to me on golden ages

  • @FroySan33

    @FroySan33

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree with you, I don't get why the GAs gets so many bad reviews and the Space Travels gets so many good reviews, if the GAs are way better than the Space Travels in every aspect.

  • @mudpuddle7527

    @mudpuddle7527

    3 ай бұрын

    I think it has to do with the price, where I'm from Space travel costs 3 times cheaper than golden age. Maybe it's better but is it 3 times better in every aspect?

  • @jonathansmith4737
    @jonathansmith47374 ай бұрын

    I find its really hit and miss with the Moondrop TWS as ive owned the limited edition "Ash Arms" Neko cakes and they sounded fantastic, there was a specific Sennheiser EQ tuning curve that made them sound exact like my Sennheiser Momentums 2s and I was laughing at how great a price it was. They lasted for maybe 6 months when the case battery died as well as the earbud batteries as well. Fast forward to the space Travel coming out I thought they were great minus the battery life and not being as loud as the Neko cake but i understood due to the price, those lasted maybe 3 months and I ordered another pair and currently they are still holding strong however not as loud as the Neko cakes.

  • @rizki4883

    @rizki4883

    4 ай бұрын

    Bro, i have Nekocake Ash Arms Edition too, it's been more than a year it still fine, btw which EQ tuning you talking about? I don't really know TBH

  • @MrBlackJava
    @MrBlackJava4 ай бұрын

    I loved the sound at reference setting, female vocal sounded so good, wery easy to listen to and detail was pinpoint as a clock, think i Will use my as gaming monitor at my Computer. Yee as a tws it not worthy, but for sound and gamingmode i think its good. As tws and all the way you use one at same price i would recomende soundcore Liberty 4 over this anyday.

  • @sussei
    @sussei4 ай бұрын

    For TWS around $80 you might want to look at the Soundcore Liberty 4NC. It may have the "consumer" tuning which is to say quite pleasing outdoors, but the noise cancelling is way above its league and it has all the tws gimmicks like LDAC, wear detection, wireless charging case and dual connection. Battery lasts way longer too.

  • @AmmarAbotouk

    @AmmarAbotouk

    4 ай бұрын

    LDAC is a gimmick ? Hard disagree

  • @ash_knight9029

    @ash_knight9029

    24 күн бұрын

    @@AmmarAbotouk yeah LDAC on cheap headphones/TWS is just a gimmick.

  • @realgrilledsushi
    @realgrilledsushi4 ай бұрын

    For 80 nah might as well get iem

  • @mrdrwdry
    @mrdrwdry4 ай бұрын

    gonna get the Space Travel from this video. hahaha thanks for the info.

  • @marumaru5480
    @marumaru54804 ай бұрын

    Sound wise i didn't find them bad, in fact i kinda enjoy them. TWS wise anc and transparency are decent, i usually don't take TWS outside when i travel, i'm too used to my little white + IEM combo.

  • @DCer0
    @DCer02 ай бұрын

    I genuinely think you got a faulty unit

  • @AntonioHernandez-xo2su
    @AntonioHernandez-xo2su3 ай бұрын

    It be good if you make a video of Bluetooth Headphones (TWS) with all of your recommendations

  • @micgalovic
    @micgalovicАй бұрын

    Wasnt some codec weirdness going on with the mic? Moondrop states that they support lc3, which works well with compatible devices. Only the newest smartphones have those bluetooth chips though, so your smartphone might have been the issue

  • @Rorensuwl8
    @Rorensuwl84 ай бұрын

    I've just saved 80 dollars for dusk Looking forward to your review

  • @podio_km4g532
    @podio_km4g5324 ай бұрын

    I was really hoping for a s12-like tws

  • @captainpicard3016

    @captainpicard3016

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too, I ordered it as my wireless S12, cause I'm not satisfied with my AirPods Pro 2 and Sony WF-1000XM4. I really don't want to get one of those TWS receivers for IEMs that look like hearing aids. Some reviews I read online are still positive though so, I think I'll wait for mine to arrive and validate myself and I'll share my experience too

  • @podio_km4g532

    @podio_km4g532

    4 ай бұрын

    @@captainpicard3016 thanks

  • @makunohatsu
    @makunohatsu4 ай бұрын

    Nice vid, as always. Will you review Dusk? And most importantly: will you Duy Busk?

  • @aidencraft32

    @aidencraft32

    4 ай бұрын

    he doesn't need to duy busk

  • @raffiarsenal

    @raffiarsenal

    4 ай бұрын

    If you don't duy the busk I don't know what you're doing with your life

  • @CrustaceousB
    @CrustaceousB4 ай бұрын

    You, and your wife, are correct. 💯

  • @pedrosk445
    @pedrosk4454 ай бұрын

    moondrop dusk review when??

  • @fahen857
    @fahen8573 ай бұрын

    Ip rating?

  • @MML66
    @MML664 ай бұрын

    Frankly, I think this is just nonsense. This type of headphones is often used for transportation and to be kept in the pocket, so this size and shape are bad. The 80s does not mean making something impractical.

  • @cfilorvyls457

    @cfilorvyls457

    4 ай бұрын

    The size is not that bad. I'm still using sony wf 1000xm3 and from what I can tell the cases size are similar. Biggest problem is just really that this thing sounds like trash.

  • @REALOsmiumm

    @REALOsmiumm

    4 ай бұрын

    @@cfilorvyls457 doubling this. I don't think size means much of anything if the quality is there. Obviously I am choosing TWS/IEMS over headphones for the convenience factor so there's absolutely such a thing as too big. But yeah, I've been a long time lover of the xm3's from Sony and that is one monstrous case.

  • @kan8155

    @kan8155

    Ай бұрын

    it's still small and fairly light imo

  • @andrewlawrence3308
    @andrewlawrence33084 ай бұрын

    This vs nekocake tho?

  • @kazefw3834
    @kazefw38344 ай бұрын

    So basically a reshell space travel but more expensive 😂

  • @LSDScreen
    @LSDScreen4 ай бұрын

    That's too bad, I already ordered mine as as Space Travel upgrade. 😅

  • @ChrischlyM

    @ChrischlyM

    4 ай бұрын

    Got you by their claws huh 😬😬

  • @datdudeinred

    @datdudeinred

    4 ай бұрын

    Cancel it. Or return it. Almost every review is negative. This is really that bad.

  • @MartinitraM

    @MartinitraM

    4 ай бұрын

    I suppose it depends on what you wanted in terms of upgrade, but you might actually enjoy them despite the reviews.

  • @LSDScreen

    @LSDScreen

    4 ай бұрын

    @@MartinitraM What I wanted was more resolution. The Space Travel is well tuned and all, but that's like looking at a really well color-graded picture at like 300 by 300 pixels. Sure, the colors look nice, but they're still hard to appreciate at potato resolution.

  • @MartinitraM

    @MartinitraM

    3 ай бұрын

    @LSDScreen in that case it looks like you're not getting what you hoped. If you're chasing better resolution then wired options are a lot better for the money. You can get Bluetooth adaptors for wired IEMs, which is probably cheaper than similar performing TWS.

  • @moonabhinav
    @moonabhinav4 ай бұрын

    Crin sent you Dusk yet ?

  • @lukeItsAmeMArio
    @lukeItsAmeMArio4 ай бұрын

    nothing can beat the big 3 in tws

  • @thomasdanny7717
    @thomasdanny77174 ай бұрын

    So it's better to buy 3 Space Travel to replace each other when the battery runs out. The remaining $20 is for pizza.. 😄

  • @giiieeexd
    @giiieeexd4 ай бұрын

    Welp, think I just made the right decision to order the Galaxy Buds 2 for just 45USD here.

  • @layinboo2924
    @layinboo29244 ай бұрын

    Sahooorr

  • @realgrilledsushi

    @realgrilledsushi

    4 ай бұрын

    Shutup!

  • @alvianfajar9570

    @alvianfajar9570

    4 ай бұрын

    Wes Imsak

  • @rene837
    @rene8374 ай бұрын

    Love the design, unfortunate that performance and quality seem to be lacking...

  • @alexandervenus6464
    @alexandervenus64644 ай бұрын

    Is this with LDAC? Or no?

  • @calvinchann1996

    @calvinchann1996

    4 ай бұрын

    It says on their web site. Perhaps you could look.

  • @alexandervenus6464

    @alexandervenus6464

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@calvinchann1996 i mean this review not the product itself. I'm asking if timmy reviewed the Golden Ages with LDAC on

  • @imzelone
    @imzelone4 ай бұрын

    I think its better to compare it to the sparks, no? since theyre in the same price range, well literally the same price. Are they better than sparks?

  • @patrickhamning1734
    @patrickhamning17344 ай бұрын

    Moondrop finna blacklist you timmy

  • @TutalTutul
    @TutalTutul3 ай бұрын

    planar need amplifier

  • @Omar_ZX
    @Omar_ZX4 ай бұрын

    I do like the space travel but the golden ages you say has better vocals, I may get it someday purely as a hd600 fanboy lol

  • @randomrandom7724
    @randomrandom77243 ай бұрын

    Lets see for how long the moondrop app supports this tws, since it doesn't recognize space travel since some time...

  • @taryarwinhtet7653
    @taryarwinhtet765322 күн бұрын

    i dont get this review why is the entire audio section just based on bass, there are a lot v shaped tws in the market like what about other thing. This isnt even a review . 1 min of audio and half of it is on how it isnt bassy

  • @elliottsalt
    @elliottsalt4 ай бұрын

    shame. some of the critiques (like bad noise isolation) makes me wonder if it's because of a bad seal. doesn't matter though, with everything else mentioned I am still very disappointed in moondrop :/

  • @knuttz86
    @knuttz863 ай бұрын

    Is it just me, or are his mannerisms and delivery becoming more Crin-like?

  • @NJ-wb1cz

    @NJ-wb1cz

    3 ай бұрын

    It's called encrinification. Soon we will all become Crinacle

  • @knuttz86

    @knuttz86

    3 ай бұрын

    @@NJ-wb1cz slowly but steadily indocrinated

  • @gurabirierosanopara620

    @gurabirierosanopara620

    3 ай бұрын

    Crin would NEVER fix his hair in-between cuts

  • @iwantthatone6522
    @iwantthatone65223 ай бұрын

    I've never known you get something so wrong

  • @Ksn228
    @Ksn2284 ай бұрын

    Moondrop Sparks (Wennebostel preset) is the only good sounding product moondorp ever made.

  • @heyking8583
    @heyking85834 ай бұрын

    I honestly prefer space travel, the bass on this is so dry and unnatural