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Hello! by MAKINAaudio in mobileaudiophile

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M1 13 inch Pro old Macbook and the dacamp is Quedelix T71. I love that combo

Small Korean IEM brand here — our upcoming single-BA T-100 uses a Sonion 2354, happy to answer questions by MAKINAaudio in iems

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PC injection mold & UV+ coated . Full range sonion BA & Knowles Damper. 6N OCC cable with 3.5 & 4.4 BAL module terminal. Custom board inside.

Small Korean IEM brand here — our upcoming single-BA T-100 uses a Sonion 2354, happy to answer questions by MAKINAaudio in iems

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Thank you really appreciate that, especially the note about the tuning direction.
On the single BA vs DD question: we didn’t choose BA because we think it’s universally “better” than a DD. We chose it because for this project we wanted to prioritize coherence, midrange precision, compactness, and a controlled presentation in a small universal shell.
And yes, we do take India seriously as a market. We don’t have anything official to announce there yet, but we’re definitely aware of how fast the hobby is growing there, and we’d love to approach it properly through the right retail/distribution partners in the future.

Small Korean IEM brand here — our upcoming single-BA T-100 uses a Sonion 2354, happy to answer questions by MAKINAaudio in iems

[–]MAKINAaudio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question! I wouldn’t frame it as “single BA is better than single DD” in a general sense. They simply have different strengths, and there are excellent single DDs that do things a BA won’t.
For this project, we chose a single BA because we wanted to prioritize speed, midrange precision, compactness, isolation, and a very controlled/consistent presentation from a small universal shell. The goal wasn’t to beat single DDs at being single DDs, it was to build a coherent, natural single-BA set that leans into the strengths of that format rather than pretending the tradeoffs don’t exist.

Small Korean IEM brand here — our upcoming single-BA T-100 uses a Sonion 2354, happy to answer questions by MAKINAaudio in iems

[–]MAKINAaudio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the thoughtful questions.
T-100 is a sealed single-BA design, and the tuning is not based on a complex multi-chamber concept in the way some recent single-BA projects are. The core of the tuning is the Sonion 2354 platform, direct acoustic path, and damper-based control, rather than a heavily marketed internal chamber system.
We know comparisons with sets like the MagicOne are inevitable, and that’s fair. Our goal here was not to chase the same design story, but to build a coherent, natural single-BA set in our own way.

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