Moondrop Blessing2 : A Musical Bliss

The first thing you will notice when you see a Blessing2 IEM is the intriguing sight of a driver unit wrapped inside highly transparent 3D printed medical grade UV resin. As you see the intricate design and delicate engineering of these drivers working together, you can't help but admire dexterity that went behind this technological marvel.

Blessing2 is the latest addition in Moondrop's product range. Its futuristic look is quite a head turner.

The Cover of Blessing2 is made of medical grade stainless steel, which is sliced by precision CNC, engraved with brushing process, and 3D printed transparent shells. One side of Blessing 2 is laser engraved with the "Blessing2" logo, while the other retains the unpainted stainless-steel brushed texture. Along with default design of plain stainless steel, one can customize as per choice based on multiple available Anime engravings or wooden color patterns.

It comes with a 6N OFC litz cable with quite good quality of jack and connectors which also adds to the premium form factor.

Product Specification:

Impedance: 22 Ω @ 1kHz (± 15%)
Unit configuration: 1DD & 4 BA each side
Frequency response range: 9-37KHz
(1 / 4-inch free-field microphone, -3dB)
Treble unit: Knowles SWFK
Midrange unit: Softears D-MID-A
Bass: 10mm paper cone diaphragm coil
Effective frequency response: 20-20KHZ
Quality control range: ± 1dB @ 1kHz
Sensitivity: 117dB / Vrms @ 1kHz
Change connector: 0.78-2Pin
THD: <1% @ 1KHz

Pros: 

1. Good separation and imaging with wide soundstage
2. Musical with controlled on highs and lows
3. Full bodied bass response
4. Premium looks and feel
5. Nice stock wire

Cons:

1. Very Thin and unnatural Vocals
2. Full spectrum response sometimes becomes bit congested

Disclaimer

Moondrop Blessing2 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 Blessing2 from HiFiGo using the following link.

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

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 Blessing2 is quite wonderful although it feels bit heavy and takes some time to get used to the form factor. The nozzle provides adequate passive noise isolation. The stock cable and eartips are of quite good quality and do add a classy feel to it.
The product feels very premium as of its see-through design and engravings. The build quality is sturdy and of top notch.

Highs: 

Moondrop Blessing2 has a very rich upper mid-range. The treble response is quite good, there are no harsh peaks and neither sharp roll offs. Instruments sounds quite lively, airy and energetic giving an open space kind of presentation. The nozzle also responds very well to tip changes, during my critical listening I did not observe, even for once, any kind of sibilance or intrusive peaks. Overall presentation is exceptional in terms of presence and details.

“The Cymbal Song” by Gavin Harrison was exceptionally enjoyable on these.

Mids: 

The tuning of mids for Blessing2 is kind of a controversial topic to discuss. The upper and lower mids are tuned very well. There is a sense of bit forwardness and as a result instruments have nice details and presence. It was great enjoyment listening to classical orchestra over it, the orchestral instruments like string and horns make a very nice presentation of tonality and has a nice timber to it. The guitars have lush of forwardness and decay is very good.

I would say this IEM shines best if one is into orchestral music; be it Beethoven or Mozart, all concerts are very well presentable. Also, I enjoyed listening to “Duel of the Fates” by John Williams and whole presentation had a feel-good factor to it.

But as some say even the sun sets in paradise, the downside here I felt was very lean and unnatural vocals. The positioning felt very artificial and abnormal. Imagine one is sitting in a movie hall and vocals are coming out from the upper wall speakers, that’s how I experienced vocals with blessing2. For me this this was absolute deal breaker.

When I played “The hymn for the weekend” it started with a decent imaging, the soundstage was wide, and depth could be observed in the track but whole presentation was bit thin and lost the wow factor majorly due to the vocals. Similar result happened while playing “Love Story” by Taylor Swift, whole presentation was just ok, nothing out of world that would make the teenager inside of you to jump with emotions.

Lows: 

The Bass response of Moondrop Blessing2 is very subtle thanks to hybrid combination of BA and Dynamic drivers. The 10mm dynamic driver does a perfect job for the lower range. The sub-bass attack is remarkably clean and only comes in play when called for. There is no mid bass bleeding and overall presentation is very musical. The texture and rumble feel is quite energetic and engaging.

While listening to “Poem of Chinese drums” by Hok-man Yim the decay and energy were good, and full of details. The representation has quite nice texture and was fun listening to.

Detailing/Soundstage: 

Moondrop Blessing2 shines very well in this bracket. The soundstage is wide enough as compared to any other product of this price range along with a gist of verticality. The soundstage has ample width, it is neither extraordinarily wide nor narrow in any sense.

Imaging is also very well defined, and Blessing2 is certainly a winner in this department. The depth is not as much as compared to width but with the presence of verticality it easily generates a holographic representation with some tracks. One can easily pinpoint the space within every instrument.

The width height and channel separation felt very good while playing “Bassnectar Mind Tricks” and was very enjoyable and holographic to some extent.

Final Verdict

Moondrop Blessing2 is a wonderful IEM based on hybrid implementation of dynamic and balanced drivers. The bass response is very well, it’s nothing too heavy nor lean. It beats most of the IEMs in this price range in terms of soundstage, detailing, presence and extension factor. It makes the presentation of all instruments very interesting and enjoyable without any compromise to details, although when comes to vocals it does fail to impress.

In nutshell Blessing2 is very neutral IEM and stands ground to reference segment. The overall tuning is very engaging and enjoyable. It is indeed a very interesting IEM in terms of aesthetics and sound quality; moreover, in this price range it is by far a perfect IEM for people who are into orchestral music.