QOA Pink Lady : The Queen of Bass

The entry level product from QOA (Queen Of Audio) - Pink Lady is pleasant musical surprise. QoA was established in 2019 as a sister company of Kinera. It continues Kinera's technology and R&D experience and incorporates its own innovative ideas in product positioning.

The Pink Lady has a semi-transparent cover with a purple tint and engraved logo in golden with chrome finish is nothing less than a small piece of jewelry. With the smooth touch of resin coating, these earphones have a classy and elegant feel to it. Along with the purple it is also available in black shade.

These come with 1 Copper+SPC Cable, that adds premium feel to the product along with a good quality brown leather box for easy carry these items with care and protection.

Disclaimer

QOA Pink Lady has been provided to me by HiFiGo as part of their review tour. I am in no way related to them or working for them. All impressions of sound are subjective to my own listening and my sources. One can purchase QOA Mojito from HiFiGo using the following link.

Also, The following review is based on my experience with IEMs of similar hardware configuration and price range.

Product Specification:

• Triple Driver Hybrid setups, having one 10mm DD and Dual BA driver unit.
• Impedance: 16 ohms.
• Sensitivity: 112 +/- 1 dB.
• Frequency Response Range: 20Hz-20kHz.
• Copper+SPC Cable with 0.78mm Two-pin interface and 3.5mm termination plug. 

Pros: 

• 1. Fun and Musical IEM with relaxed V- Shaped Sound Signature
• 2. Decent Soundstage and Depth
• 3. Full bodied warm sound
• 4 Rumbling bass response
• 4. Nice fit and Premium looks
• 5. Good Built Quality and accessories

Cons:

• 1. Overflow of Bass into Mids
• 2. Bit Muffled Sound

Sources:

For this review the unit has been paired to Chord Mojo, Hiby-R3, Xduoo XD-05(Burson V5i) and LG V30+ without any additional amplification. Stock Cable and eartips have been used during listening experience.

Fit:

The Fit of QOA Pink Lady is very comfortable as IEM itself is very light weight that one can wear it comfortably even for long sessions without any fatigue. They are very well designed, although nozzle could be bit large for some people. The stock cable feels light and sturdy and adds further quality to the product.

Lows:

QOA (Queen Of Audio) – Pink Lady is a killer IEM in terms of Bass, don’t get me wrong here but long usage definitely can result in hearing damage. When it comes to bass response it a total beast and treat to bass heads. It has a very relaxing signature with good rumble, although one can definitely feel bleeding of bass in mids resulting into bit muffled sound; but to all the bass heads out there that should not matter much. The V-shaped relaxing sound signature is where the Pink Lady outshines.

I have tested this more on bass-oriented tracks and it didn’t fail even for a single time to give me a wow factor by initiating an instant groove from its punchy bass response and sets up an instant dance mood where in no time I feel my hands up in the air. The hip hop and gangsta music sounded outstanding over it.

Listening to “Bass Rani” album by Nucleya was such an awesome experience - what a rumble on all the bass drops, it was entirely fun listening to each track. Although there were occasions when bass got overwhelming and muddy, but guys that sub bass rumble was amazing!! I enjoyed each and every bass drop with same fervor.

Similar experience was there while listening to “KVSH -Tokiyo drift remix” – The Presentation of bass response was outstanding and the feel one has while anticipating for the drop was damn amazing. Again, it didn’t lose the wow factor; not even for a single drop.

Mids:

The mids tuning is somehow on warm side, but yes, a lot of bass bleeding effect can be observed in lower mid-range which too sounds well in some tracks generating a feel of presence in the full-bodied sound. Vocals are vivid and intense while the upper mid-range has nice detail and sounds very good specially the female vocals although male vocals do have a nice texture to them.

The entire mid presentation is laid back and produces a relaxing sound signature, purely musical in nature. Same thing can be observed while listening to “Sting - Shape Of My Heart” that gave a nice feel of presence factor in bass guitar and decent sound stage creating an enjoyable presentation.

Highs:

Highs on QOA Pink Lady are on a bit bright side and slightly more distinct than the mids; yet they feels quite smooth. Treble is not very much detailed yet sounds fuller and pairs well with the overall sound signature of the IEM.

Soundstage/Imaging:

The Pink lady has a decent soundstage. Even the depth feels quite dominating on it and at times can be more empowering than the width. The imaging is fairly decent until too heavy soundtrack is thrown at it making it bit muffled and congested.

Same can be observed while listening to “R3HAB x Mike Williams – Lullaby” the soundstage and female vocals were quite good, and again followed by a lovely drop!!

Also, at same time it felt bit congested while listening to “PLAY - Alan Walker, K-391, Tungevaag, Mangoo” where it sounded bit muddy and lost all the magic.

Final Verdict:

QOA Pink Lady is a bass heavy IEM, yet it shines in case of imaging and separation. The overall signature is warm and musical. The overall presentation is relaxing. And the IEM is having very premium feel along with nice accessories.

In nutshell, it is an IEM designed for all the bassheads and casual listeners out there who are treble sensitive and yet enjoy highs. And to all audiophiles out there, save your ears and stay away from it, just kidding, do try it out and you’ll definitely appreciate the bass response and depth it gives at this price range.