The Simgot EG280 is the latest from Simgot and is intended to be a gaming IEM, providing a better gaming experience. It is of a 1 + 1 config, comprising of a 10mm LCP dynamic driver, as well as a 6mm planar.
As expected with “gaming IEMs”, one can already imagine what aspects are being focused on. But truth be told, I was honestly suprised that the EG280 handles music listening experiences even better than other IEMs in this price range!
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𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 : https://www.linsoul.com/products/simgot-eg280?_pos=1…
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘕𝘓𝘠 𝘚𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘋 𝘘𝘜𝘈𝘓𝘐𝘛𝘠. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 : https://youtu.be/gMIGPGu1wG8?si=6QQ8BTnQX6lu7hif
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘋𝘈𝘊. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣-𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺.
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𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 :
– Mild V-shaped with Harman-ish characteristic on the bass side
– Treble emphasized, with presence of sibilance, but fades away upon burn in
– Tonality is pseudo-warm, mostly felt it on the bass region but none from mids and up
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𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬 :
– Overall provides an airy, cinematic experience in this region
– Positioning of instruments in this region is done where it is slightly further away, but still provides a good amount of intimacy, allowing diffused overtones to fill up the surrounding
– Lowerbass sounds bouncy and quick, with good amounts of overtone-synergistic effects, giving it some textural presentation and rumble
– Midbass overall provides good amount of body with no incidence of bloatyness
– 808s and kicks overall sound thumpy and well controlled. Has well executed diffusion
– With the Dongle DAC, the headroom of the track feels slightly bigger and overall gives the low-end more room to breathe
𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 :
– Positioning is on the recessed side with less dynamics
– Tonality is neutral
– Male vocals sound formal, intentive, but occasionally might not sound too intimate
– Female vocals sound more full and more soulful
– Sibilance is negligible in vocals
– With dongle DAC : overall position is pushed forward and more bright, dynamics will also be improved slightly
𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐬 :
– Instruments are in unison, complementing each other to fill up the experience
– (Pop) Synths specifically that are on the more digital profile sounds extremely fun
– (Orchestral) Instruments overall weave with one another, having no resistance or dissonance or abrasion with each other
- Strings specifically sound interactive with the listening experience, very dynamic
- Liyue Themes from Genshin Impact
- Silksong : Enter Pharloom. Lace, Songclave
– With Dongle DAC : instruments overall will be presented with a more aggresive yet refined resolution
𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐞 :
– Notes in this region provides an airy experience and sounds quick and snappy
– First listen presents some sharp incidences of sibilance, but is almost non-existent after burn-in
– Percussions provides a natural lively timbre and organic sound
– Closed hats and cymbals for some reason really piqued me (jazz) and sounds very engaging
– Treble extension is good and allows good immersiveness without fatigue
With the dongle DAC, airyness sounds more natural and smoothened out, whilst still maintaining the crispiness
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𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 :
Dynamics
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Overall it’s a V-shaped IEM, only vocals experience some issues with intimacy and coherency
With the dongle DAC : vocal dynamics are improved as positioning is pushed forward
Soundstage
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Uuprisingly wide for the price, the presence of a big headroom aids in an immersive experience using the IEM
Imaging and seperation
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Accurate, and in terms of seperation they really nailed it with the context where 2 elements are so close to each other but provides a clear definition of one with the other
Detail retrieval
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Amazing macros, average micros. This pair was designed in favour of an immersive gaming experience, so expect very well performing macrodetails but you won’t purposely be presented with nuances of microdetails
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 :
To be honest with you, I had some expectations already and went in opinionated. What I didn’t expect that this thing exceeded what I thought, and especially on the musical side of things. Other than the vocals, for only 80USD, this IEM is definitely worth the price for both gaming, and music listening, as doing whichever also results in one thing – having an immersive experience.
If anyone is interested you can get them at the link below : https://www.linsoul.com/products/simgot-eg280?_pos=1…