Linsoul 7HZ Timeless 14.2mm Planar HiFi In-ear Earphone with CNC Aluminum Shell, Detachable MMCX Cable (3.5mm)

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At times, it sounds as though you’re listening to music in a very long hallway whilst facing the wall. The Tin Hifi P1 was the first entry-level planar to gain real momentum in the audiophile community and it still has a lot of loyal fans to this day. In fact, I know that all contents are not included as there is only one set of tips and I know that these include more, therefore I am not going to really talk about presentation. The beautiful thing about planars is their layering and separation, which thus iem has nailed in one while dismissing the other entirely.

This review is completely based on my experience with it and all opinions positive or negative are my own and no one else’s (no one can have my thoughts ). Due to the large driver size and dual magnet arrays, the Timeless are thicker than average single-driver IEMs. Now the hard storage box that came with the 7hz timeless makes sense, you will surely treasure it inside that chest. Even with breakneck fast songs from “Snowstorm” by No Point in Living, classic Black Metal with intense guitar tremolos laced with equally nerve wrecking blast beat drumming exceeding 200 BPM, 7Hz handled them all without even blinking.I do not think presentation matters but its always nice so here are some hastily taken pictures of my unboxing experience all without me turning my phone camera sideways so it wastes a ton of space! Technical competencies, musical presentations, excellent scalability, ease of drivability and most importantly, a great value offering near TOTL sonic qualities that is hard to achieve by most magnetic planars in this form factor. It is freakishly close to the timbre and tonality of my Shure KSE1500 now in that configuration, the TOTL reference sound that I madly adore. Inter-notes separation is pretty good but there is very less inter-instrumental spacing and separation. For a magnetic planar, 7Hz Timeless offers good airy timbre as compared to TIN HiFi P1 (which sounded almost airless), FOSTEX T40RP MK3 and Monolith M565c.

There is no noticeable bass bleed in the midrange as the planar driver maintains strict control with no distortion and fast decay. Inter-notes separation is good even with the thick notes Notes have a good body and beginning definition but edge definition is not that pronounced. The inner side of the shells is shaped more like a conventional IEM with a sloping surface and angled nozzles. Given the lukewarm reception that previous 7Hz IEMs have received, one may be misled into thinking that the Timeless are another uninspired option. To me, my entry level ER2XR is a better offering than the Timeless when it comes to the sound quality.Scalability wise, 7Hz Timeless turned out to be a quite an efficient magnetic planar IEM, way more efficient than any other in this segment perhaps? Timeless have a V-Shape sound signature, as it houses a planar magnetic IEM, the response you get from these is fast, resolved and detailed.