This is something that I always do to ensure consistency across all my reviews. Why would you want to burn in a pair of earphones, you ask? Well, if that’s your question you must read about it right here. I paired the KB EAR with my Mac, the Cowon Plenue D3, the iFi ZEN DAC, and my Luxury & Precision W1 to analyse the sound.īefore making any judgement for the review, I burned in the Moondrop Quarks for about 100 hours. However, at such a budget price, an in-line mic would be very convenient and a nice addition. A mic is often seen as sacrilegious in quality head-fi products. I know what some of you guys are thinking. Although that does not bother me too much, I would like to see an in-line microphone control. Red for the right side, black for left side. The colour scheme indicates the left/right for the earphones. While they don’t isolate as well as balanced armature earphones based such as the KBEAR Neon, the isolation is good enough for daily use.
However, being a pair of single dynamic driver earphones, they do require vents for the drivers to function properly. With the right choice of ear tips, the Quarks provide a decent amount of isolation. This is not the case for the Quarks, as they are very lightweight and so they stay in my ears just fine. Usually, I prefer the over-ear style because bullet earphones often fail to stay in my ears properly and fall out after a while (looking at you, JVC FW01). The Quarks follow a bullet-design style instead of the more common over-ear wearing style of most audiophile IEMs. At this ultra-budget price, I am more than satisfied that Moondrop has provided ear tips in multiple sizes. You get a carry bag, a guide, and 3 pairs of ear tips. Here are all the accessories provided with the Quarks. A rather modest selection of accessories. On the side of the box, the model name is written in both Chinese and English. The model name Quarks in both Chinese and English. They are all written in Chinese, though, so if you are a non-Chinese speaker, you may be better off checking them out above. On the back of the box, you find all the technical specifications. Groups of three quarks are most common, so it makes sense to me (a physics enthusiast), that there are three circles for the Quarks logo, even though Moondrop only included a pair of Quarks in the box. Real quarks cannot be isolated and must exist as a pair, a group of three, or more. For the physics nerds out there, it is accurate to call them the “Quarks” in plural form.