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ZiiGaat x Fresh Reviews Arete

ZiiGaat x Fresh Reviews Arete

Regular price $249.00
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About Fresh Reviews & ZiiGaat

About three years ago we went on a journey on the Fresh Reviews channel, the quest for the best audio for competitive gaming. It has been a joy ride, testing a laundry list of amazing IEMs, headphones, and collabs from other creators. Formulating the "wall hack certified tier list" was not just about expressing how good IEMs can be for competitive gaming, but also sharing the joy for amazing sound in general compared to what most of us gamers were formerly used to. I only hope that we have shared that joy with professionals, novices, and everyone in between. The idea behind Arete, was to attempt to craft an IEM that was easy to drive, and performed well in a diverse library of first person shooters. Given the significant differences from one title to the next, I think we landed on something that met our goal providing solid imaging, separation, and detail retrieval in several titles. Arete will hopefully be the first of many, for which we will follow the same theme, the quest for perfection. Happy fragging.

ZiiGaat has been the silent engineering team behind many of today’s most popular global audio brands. For over a decade, we have been developing OEM and ODM products for numerous consumer and professional brands. Taking the years of experience, we now wish to set out and unleash our technological innovations and passion for audio to new levels. By creating our brand, we can freely experiment and share our work without corporate restrictions. Our skillset, experience, and next gen tools equip us to produce some of the best audio products the market has to offer. We aim to be more than just an audio brand; we seek to be a tech team that can work closely with the audio community to make better products for all of us. Each ZiiGaat member is passionate about music and best-in-class audio resolution, and we are on a mission to help people rediscover their music like never before.

5 Driver Hybrid Configuration

Like its name implies, the Arete utilizes every driver to its full potential in this 1DD+4BA configuration. Classic American Knowles drivers were selected for the midrange and treble, owing to their tried and true performance, while a new biocellulose diaphragm dynamic driver was chosen to deliver a powerful bass.

Biocellulose Diaphragm Driver

A robust 10mm biocellulose diaphragm dynamic driver powers the sub-bass and bass response. Using stronger neodymium magnets, the bass response is extremely responsive and tight, while the biocellulose membrane allows better texturing in the low-end. Compared to typical balanced armtuare woofers, this larger 10mm dynamic driver allows significantly better bass performance.

American Knowles Balanced Armature Drivers

Two Knowles 29689 balanced armature drivers, famed for its persistent best-in-class midrange performance, deliver natural and accurate mids and mid-trebles. Particularly, vocals and string instruments excel thanks to the precisely tuned 29689 drivers. Finally, the Knowles 31736 twin-balanced armature drivers was selected to deliver pristine upper treble response. These drivers are some of the best known and beloved drivers in the IEM industry, and we have brought them back to introduce a fresh sound, thanks to our latest tuning innovations.

Balanced Monitor Tuning

Tuning was the most essential aspect in developing the Arete. The tuning had to be natural, like professional studio monitors, while still delivering punchy bass and an enjoyable listening session. The midrange is almost flat and natural from 300Hz to 1kHz, which allows instruments and vocals to sound exactly like they were recorded, without any coloration. Additionally, this neutral midrange allows excellent layering and imaging of instruments, allowing listeners to discern each instrument line within the mix.

Concentrated Bass Impact

To deliver a subwoofer-like bass signature, the bass has been tuned with a 9dB shelf that precisely cuts off at 300Hz. The bass hit is strong and deep, yet clean so that it does not add any muddiness to the sound. The tuning of the lower frequencies allows music enjoyers to fully appreciate all of the bass in the music, while retaining a clean and natural overall tone.

Professional Treble Response

The treble was carefully tuned, balancing clean tone with a comfortable and natural perception of upper treble harmonics. The upper treble response is free of any unnatural peaks or harshness, while delivering all the micro-details and nuances in the music. Finally, our special utilization of the Knowles 31736 tweeters allows excellent treble extension, allowing a more airy and spacious sound.

Three-way Crossover

The Arete’s tuning was made possible by an intricate 3-way electronic crossover system, along with three independent acoustic sound tubes per side. This configuration provides the best separation in the frequency ranges.

Collaboration with Fresh Reviews

ZiiGaat has collaborated with Fresh Reviews in creating the Arete. Fresh Reviews is a popular Youtube and social media audio reviewer that has amassed an in depth understanding of the world of Hi-Fi. With the help of Fresh Reviews, ZiiGaat has been able to make the Arete as best sounding as possible.

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Customer Reviews

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Jon Piquette
Unbelievable sound brought down by poor build quality

Absolutely love the sound. I use them primarily for gaming. 2 weeks into daily usage and the metal nozzle filter fell off and got stuck in my ear. Original cable and tips are subpar. After swapping them out, can’t get enough of them. So much detail at all volumes. Games feel more “happy”

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Ruben Berg
Love these.

As a gamer, I love these, sound is amazing, both for games and music.

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Bryan Zamago
Amazing for gaming

I’m someone who is really sensitive to sharp sounds so it’s hard for me to really crank up the sound on my audio. The Arete have this really soft sound to gunshots and sharp sounds that allow me to hear footsteps better than any other piece of audio equipment I've used (I have hd560s, truthear hexa, and crinicale zero blue). I am able to crank up the sound really loud and get an incredible amount of detail. The 4ba 1dd also allow for an incredible amount of separation so if something is really loud, it won’t drown out the other important sounds. Although these iems are tuned for gaming, listening to music is a great and detailed experience (I listen to a lot of edm and rock). The bass is at a perfect level for me and female vocals shine.

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Kohgie
Absolutely awesome

I fucking love these super comfortable and sounds even better I paired them with the Eros S cable from effect audio and the Spinfit W1 eartips no pain at all I would recommend these to anyone if your wondering if these are an upgrade from the Orchestra Lites…. Kinda for me they were way to big and hurt my ears the arete is the way to go and I think sound better personally

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CASTLING
Freshhhh!

I've used them for over a month and as far as gaming goes these are top notch. I suggest getting other eartips and going with a balanced cable aside from that I highly recommend the Arete.

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Bel
Freshreviews doesn't disappoint

I think Freshreviews was spot on in how he described these. The design is also amazing, small and gorgeous. I love using these to play Overwatch 2 and listening to music. It's more a studio sounding monitor with a bit of fun. I hope he makes more in the future

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Dung Le
ZiiGaat X Fresh Reviews Arete's Review - Good for gaming, just as good for music

Pros: - Nice build quality with even better faceplate
- Balance midcentric tuning
- Distinct bass rumble
- Great vocal performance
- Relaxing treble
- Great imaging
Cons: - Lacks sparkles
- Not great resolution
- Not the best cable quality

Bass:
The Arete has quite a balanced amount of subbass and midbass, although subbass is still a bit more than midbass.
Why So Serious’s bass drops and Trentemoller’s Chameleon has good texture and reverberation and air movement. It’s tight, yet JUST sound diffusing enough. It has that classic lingering sense of dynamic driver while not being over done (which would then makes the bass hits too drawn out and too sluggish)
Midbass has good authority and texture as well. It’s not the meatiest midbass region ever, but it still packs a punch. Kick drums have good presence and definition to them, evident in AC/DC soundtracks. Not just kick drums but also contrabass, cello, taiko drums all sound nice.
Overall, my tiny nitpick about the bass is that i would’ve want a bit more midbass on some songs that have many bass instruments, so that they could have more heft and body to them. However, i understand the tuning of choice for the bass of the Arete, so that it’d not masked the details of the midrange and because the bass of the Arete already sound good with 80% of my library, i’m already quite satisfied with it. General pop, or electro pop sound quite fun with the Arete. The transients of the DD also isn’t the fastest, so don’t expect hardcore metal to sound good with the Arete.
Mids
With a bass shelf that got cut flat at 250hz, the lower midrange sound very clean and clear with just a hint of warmth to it. There’s no bleed or muddiness into the lower midrange.
Instruments have quite a natural timbre to my ears. Piano notes sound very pleasant on the ears with just enough amount of resonance. Violin and viola sounds smooooth and velvety, woodwinds instruments sound a bit mellow and rich while still keeping each of their natural tone. The note weights of these instruments are surprisingly good even if the graph shows there’s a flat upperbass and lower midrange. It’s not too light and not too heavy.
Both male and female vocals are on a balancing neutral spectrum. They’re definitely not thin sounding. I’d say female vocals are a bit better than male vocals with the Arete. With male vocals, baritones sound smooth yet not quite thick sounding. Tenor sounds exactly on point to my ears, I have no complaints about this.
For female vocals, mezzo and soprano have that classic lively and engaging sound to them, while also sounding silky. Contralto, although still sound expressive, lacks just a bit of depth or chesty characteristics. At higher volume, the Arete doesn’t exhibit any shoutyness.
With “Shivers” by Ed Sheeran, there’s very little amount of sibilant.
If i have to nitpick, the midrange does lack that very bit or sharpness and definition to it.
Treble
The treble to me sounds quite relaxing. It’s decently extended, just not the most airy or having a lot of sparkles and brilliance. The upper harmonics are there, supporting the rest of the frequency while not sounding too overbearing. The quality of the treble is actually quite good as it doesn’t sound harsh, splashy or spiky. There is also some slight sense of BA timbre, but after a while or when I'm not paying attention, I don't notice it as much.
With Caravan – John Wasson, cymbal crashes and hi hats just sound forward enough, still sound natural but more on a softer side. Besides the initial attack; the decaying, the tail notes extracted only slightly below the surface level. It’s not like a smooth glide where it extracts every minute detail. Because of that, I feel like the resolution is only at a decent level.
Read more at: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/ziigaat-x-fresh-reviews-arete.27294/reviews#review-34596

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