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Kiwi Ears Halcyon's Review - MEMS within reach

  General Info/Comfort/Build/Packaging The Kiwi Ears Halcyon features a genuinely fascinating driver configuration that actually lives up to the hype on paper, you are getting a unique tribrid setup consisting of one dynamic driver, three balanced armatures, and one microscopic MEMS driver, If you aren't familiar with MEMS technology, think of it like a microscopic speaker meticulously etched directly onto a silicon chip rather than a traditional diaphragm moving air, the biggest barrier to entry with MEMS drivers is that they require a dedicated DC bias, meaning you'd normally have to lug around a specialized external energizer just to get them to work, best part about the Halcyon’s implementation is that it doesn't require any additional external energizers or complicated setups to run,  you just plug them in and listen, which completely removes the annoying burden usually associated with this tech. Alright, enough with the introduction of MEMS, let’s move on to the build...

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