SeeAudio Bravery

SeeAudio is a Chinese brand  fairly new to the international market. But they have a couple of great products under their belt namely, Anou(aka Yume) , Neo, Kaguya. My first experience with SeeAudio was when I reviewed Anou. It was an absolute delight and fun IEM, although the bravery is quite different in terms of technology and price. The Yume was a hybrid design and costed around 180USD whereas the latest entry in the market is the much awaited Bravery is a pure BA IEM and cost around 280USD. 

Bravery has quite an eye catchy design. See Audio has made sure to include Bravery with a premium set of accessories. It comes with a customized 6N OCC Hakugei cable with 2-pin 0.78mm connectors; comes bundled with three pairs of Azla Sednafit XELASTEC ear tips(S, M, L) and a nice carry case similar to Yume. The driver arrangement is as 2 BA Low+ 1 BA Mid+ 1 BA Highs and based on the Knowles and Sonion BA drivers and has a nice vented design.

Disclaimer: 

I have received  as part of review circle sent from brand itself in exchange of honest reviews. All impressions of sound are subjective to my own listening and my sources and is based on my experience with IEMs of similar hardware configurations and price range. 

Sources:

For this review the unit has been paired to A&K SE100 (ES9038 Pro) and Shanling M6 (AK4495EQ).

Pros:

1. Warm mild V-shaped Signature

2. Well extended treble

3. Relaxed overall tuning

4. Above average soundstage with good imaging a separation

5. Lavishly accessorized

Cons:

1. On Face Vocals

2. Bass Strength is low

Highs:

The treble is bit on bright side, and helps cutting through the thickness in the mid-range adding the appropriate air. The extension is very good balancing the warmness giving the required energy to it. The details and resolution is above average. The treble does feel bit sharp and aggressive at times but compliments the overall signature.

Mids:

The mids have nice BA texture to them and overall nice tonality. Both male and female vocals sounds full of emotions. The lower mids have a natural feel to them and have nice texture whereas the upper mids are bit forward and relaxed. There is nice presence feel to the notes of all the instruments. The only thing I don’t like about the mids is that Bravery tend to throw vocals at your face. 

Lows: 

The bass feels bit elevated, the sub bass extends to mid bass gives a nice presentation of flowing bass. The sub-bass architecture is kind of missing as of all BA setup; instruments like bass drums feel hollow although the sub bass extension is good but its missing the strength.

Technicalities:

Bravery excels very much in terms of technical capabilities, It has very good implementation of imaging and separation. The soundstage is just average in terms on width and height. It has very good layering capabilities. During my testing it has never faced any difficulties rendering busy tracks with precision. Micro dynamic on the other hand felt bit lacking along with the depth.

Final Verdict: 

In my opinion SeeAudio Bravery is very capable IEM. It has a nice warm and mildly V-shaped tuning with above average technical performance. The looks and accessories are very much premium. Although peaks in treble can be observed but it does complements the thickness in the mids as well as the bass performance. If you are looking for a relaxing all BA driver IEM under 300$ range then I would say this is good option out there to consider.