Linsoul Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite Performance Custom 8BA in-Ear Monitor IEM with Detachable 4-core 7N Oxygen-Free Copper OFC Cable, Handcrafts Faceplate for Audiophile Studio Musician (Green)

Endgame IEM
The Orchestra Lites gave me nearly the same feels as the 1st time I put Focal Clears on my head after a borderline psychotic rabbit hole dive that had me buying every set of hyped cans from SHP9500, X2HR, HD58X, Sundara, AD700, AD700X, AD900X, K701, K702, DT990, DT900X, HD560S, to R70x (still my fav for FPS gaming) & more, including some IEMs, such as KZ ZSN, 1MORE Triple, VR3000, Crin Zero, IE200… I liked the Zero’s enough to hang on to them at $50, but wasn’t impressed with the soundstage and thus disappointed for gaming, as with any IEM before it. I had given up on gaming with IEMs until Fresh Reviews waxed poetic about the Kiwi O Lite. And I can’t thank him enough!
The Orchestra Lites are blowing me away with their incredibly big stage (for an IEM) and imaging, as well as detailed, clean, natural sound. They are nearly Clear Lites! One test I like to use is Lithium by Evanescence (Synthesis album version) starting at 2:45 where Amy Lee’s voice is extra emotional and goes high up into her prodigious register… Many cans & buds can’t handle this passage, making her sound pitchy and distorted. Only two of the dozens of ‘phones I’ve heard has done Amy Lee justice: Focal Clear and Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite.
One of my favorite soundstage tests is Crossing by Yosi Horikawa… With the O Lites, the passing moped in the very beginning appears off in the distance to your left, drives right through your head, and fades INCREDIBLY far beyond your right shoulder. Most IEMs and even many cans place this mostly inside your head, perhaps out to your shoulders. Meanwhile the O Lites do a wonderful job of placing you right in that environment. Not surprising wide open cans like Clear & R70x can do that. Stunning when an IEM does it.
Another test I enjoy is Chocolate Chip Trip by Tool. Again Kiwi O Lites do an amazing job of circling the bells, percussion, and then synth around and around your head OUTSIDE your ears. And though I’m no bass-head and the Lites are technically a tad light in bass (sub bass really) when Daniel Carey starts hitting the double bass drum around 3 minutes in, it’s clean and accurate with PLENTY of slam.
Every popular test track, from Thriller, Nil Lofgren’s Live performance of Keith Don’t Go, Hotel California Live, The Holy Men, Sentenza Del Cuoro, Bubbles by Horikawa, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Limehouse Blues, Mombasa, etc. sounds excellent on the O Lites and checks every box, be it stage, imaging, bass, midrange, treble, dynamic range, detail, etc. I like to sprinkle “Binaural Recording (Test Only)” by myNoise in a few random places on my list just to see if the door knocks startle me or even make me 2nd guess if someone is really at the door… The O Lites get me EVERY time. You swear someone is actually knocking at the door because the sound comes from the walls of your room. No other IEM has done this for me before. I do like the Crin Zeros for overall sound quality, esp for $50, but they can’t put sound outside my head like O Lites somehow can.
I should mention that initially I had a problem with the supplied gray tips, getting horribly weak bass (I may have not installed them properly over the large O-Lite nozzles) but found the stock white tips to be comfortable and sound great. However based on many suggestions online to upgrade Kiwi’s tips, I tried SpinFit W1 and the uniquely shaped Dunu S&S tips (which fortunately fit my ear canals very well.) My choice is easily the S&S which open up the soundstage even wider, as well as improve bass over both the stock & W1 tips.
Now for gaming, I honestly still do prefer open backs, especially the R70x. But honestly this is partly because I don’t like my voice coming from inside my head, even with mic monitoring and partly so I can hear my girlfriend when she asks me a question while gaming… But these are the first IEMs I’ve ever been impressed with for either situational awareness in a shooter or immersion in an RPG. I bounce back & forth between these & the R70x when solo in multiplayer COD… The R70x clearly has the bigger stage and a better sense of distance and verticality. The O Lites give you slightly better “tinglers” when footsteps are near or gunfire is in the distance. However both are excellent overall. The O Lites have the advantage of being able to plug directly into your controller and still being able to get loud enough for anyone plus with no loss in dynamics. Meanwhile the 470Ω impedance R70x’s will need a good amp to fully open up its massive soundstage potential as well as get loud enough for most tastes. Lately I’ve been playing God of War: Ragnarök quite a lot. Plugging directly into PS5 controller, I go with either Focal Clear or the O Lites. Both sound beautiful & convincingly place me in the environment along with PS5’s superb 3D Audio. It’s hard to pick a favorite here, which is a huge testament to $250 O Lites being comparable to near kilobuck (& originally $1500) Focal Clears!
Just as the Clears finally put a stop to my headphone rabbit hole insanity, I feel the Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite is the easy and logical stopping point for IEMs (at least for anyone who cashes a paycheck and doesn’t have a trust fund.) As obsessive as I can be chasing something better, I can hardly imagine what little diminishing returns that are left being be worth another $100, let alone $1000 or more. Sorry Jeff, I’m done buying IEMs. Found my endgame at last!

El sonido en general es excelente para la gama en la cual entra, si lo quieres mejorar cambia el cable por uno que tenga plug de 4.4mm balanceado, la estética… uuffff… a mi me encantan este tipo de diseños transparentes donde puedes ver el interior, simplemente una chulada, en fin, la razón por la que no puedo darle 5 estrellas es justo por un detalle en el diseño, si tienes canales auditivos pequeños (oído externo), como yo, lo más seguro es que este tipo de IEMs no son para ti y menos si eres de los que no soporta traer auriculares intrauditivos tanto tiempo, no es mi caso, la verdad no importa que gomitas escojas de las que trae, sientes que te están ya saben que (vio…do) el oído, les recomiendo que las cambien por las FiiO HS20 tamaño S o las SpinFit CP100 Plus tamaño XS o S, que son mucho más delgadas y más cómodas, en mi caso me acomodé más con las FiiO, esto es un punto muy negativo porqué no son baratos estos auriculares, tampoco es que sean demasiado caros, pero que tengas que invertirle en algo extra para que puedas sentirlos cómodos no está cool

Llegaron en menos tiempo del programado, simplemente de los IEM más exquisitos de sonido que he probado, trae 9 pares de gomitas de diferentes tamaños para gusto y preferencia de cada quien, algo cariñosos pero por la calidad del producto no me desagrada.

Beautiful IEMs. I don’t use them for music but for fps gaming, they are incredible! I can hear everything clearly and seperation to detail is great. I would recommend this to everyone 100%. You will not regret it if you purchase this for fps shooters.