4/19/2023 0 Comments Moondrop aria vs starfieldThe inside looks standard – a velvety texture and a small net pouch to put extra tips in place. It has a black scratch-proof texture with gold accents through the text logo and zipper. The Aria’s carrying case looks unique compared to generic black smooth carrying cases. Aggressive contouring on the underside is there giving it a quasi-custom design which should improve general fitting. Yes, it is a bit on the heavier side considering it is a metal design but pleasingly, it lacks rigid lines that so often accompany metal monitor builds. Honestly, it looks like a rather elegant piece of chocolate, something you unwrap and stuff yourself with a coffee after your Xmas dinner.Īnd yet, it is anything but delicate with robust and almost tank-like quality. Aesthetics are completed with a blend of a matte black metal spray and some judicious use of thin curvy lines that stretch over the faceplate. The Aria design consists of a 3-piece CNC carved and metal injected molded shell. The Aria is rated at 32Ω with a sensitivity of 122dB, which should be easily driven by most portable sources. The driver construction is capped off with a redesigned HF waveguide to ensure any improved HF response from the new driver diaphragm is as smooth and distortion-free as possible. Where the Aria differs from the Starfield is in the composition of the diaphragm which is a 10mm LCP (Liquid Crystal Polymer) liquid crystal diaphragm which is a material used by the likes of Sony in some of their headphones for an enhanced HF response. Moondrop has made these coils central to their lower-tier lineup claiming an improved transient response and dynamic range in the transducer performance. Starfield users might also quickly spot the same lightweight Japanese-made Daikoku CCAW voice coils inside the Aria. ![]() The Moondrop Aria is a single 10mm dynamic driver universal monitor featuring the same dual brass-plated inner cavity and a neodymium N52 magnetic circuit. The new Moondrop Aria is still very much their entry-level offering at $79.99, but this time around it pulls from a lot of their newer technology in the market from the likes of the more expensive Starfield. The older version ran from 2018 but just for a few months so user experience outside of the Chinese domestic market might be a bit sparse. The Moondrop Aria is not so much a MKII with some tweaks but rather it is being pitched as an entirely new IEM. It came, it left and now it has reappeared apparently.
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