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- Highly efficient and easy to drive, even from smartphones or low-powered sources
- Premium build quality with CNC-machined aluminum shell, copper nozzles, and ebony wood faceplates
- Extensive accessories package: high-quality braided cable, multiple eartip options, spare filters, and leather case
- Neutral to slightly warm tuning with pleasing subbass boost and extended treble
- Rich and transparent mids with excellent vocal clarity and instrument separation
- Controlled, crisp treble with minimal sibilance and fatigue
- Outstanding technicalities for the price: wide soundstage, airiness, imaging, and resolution
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- Slight midbass bleed into the mids, though not muddy
- MMCX connectors can wear out over time with heavy use (common to MMCX design)
- Tuning may not suit bassheads despite present subbass and midbass emphasis
- Treble peak around 5 kHz might be too forward for treble-sensitive listeners
Disclaimer: This IEM was given to me thanks to TINHIFI, all the thanks to them, they are not paying me for this review, and all the opinions and impressions about the set are on my own.
My bias/tuning preferences:
My target is something including the IEF 2025 preference target with a subbass and midbass boost, so is something like a neutral (JM-1 or new meta) tuning with a bass boost. I like some subbass and not so much midbass, but plenty to feel the bass thump and kick. Is nice to have some wide and depth to enjoy live recordings and a holographic capability in the soundstage and resolution to ubicate all the instruments and enjoy the microdetails included in music, so yeah, I dig a natural timbre with some coloring in the bass but enjoy technical capabilities overall.
My usual music genres to go is Rock (Indie, Alt, Hard, Classic, Progressive, and other sub-genres), Metal (Alt, Prog, Extreme, Death, Melodic, Core, Deathcore, etc.), Hip Hop, sometimes Pop, Salsa, Classic music, and dig some other genres as well.
I don’t believe in audiophile myths like burn-in, or differences in cables and so on, I’m using IEMs OOTB (Out of the box) and enjoying them as it is. I believe and can confirm eartips and sources can change the overall experience you can have with an IEM, so a nice synergy between your transducer, your tastes in music and your sources is a must to fully enjoy an IEM IMHO.



Introduction:
The TinHIFI T7 is the successor to the T5S as the new flagship IEM by a well-known brand, using an interesting technology, the T7 is driven by a top-notch 10 mm Gold-plated diaphragm, an aluminum CNC-machined shell with a copper nozzle, and a gorgeous quality ebony wood faceplate, bringing a well-rounded proposition into what a flagship IEM is for TinHIFI, delivering an impressive sound dynamics overall, with plenty of bass, transparency and more than average technicalities in a premium package. For an MSRP of 192 USD, the TinHIFI T7 is trading blows with its pairs and punching above its segment.
You can find it at https://www.tinhifi.com/, AliExpress, and other minor retailers online.
TDLR; One of the best IEMs in the 200 USD dollars or less market, a balanced, natural, fun and very technical experience bring by TINHIFI with their house sound appealing to us audiophiles who want the best tonality yet analytical enjoyment and beginners alike.

The TinHIFI T7 is the big ‘brother’ in TinHIFI successful sets, bringing a flagship technology and a premium package, showing TINHIFI’s house sound and with a fair price, keeping a neutral sound, a very natural and immersive, and all-rounder tuning with plenty of bass, musical, extremely fun and with plenty of technical qualities to the full enjoyment of music.
Technical Specifications:
- Driver Unit: 10 mm Ultra-Linear Gold-Plated Diaphragm
- Sensitivity: 112 ± 2 dB @1 kHz 0.126V
- Frequency Response: 10 Hz–20 kHz
- Maximum Distortion: ≤1% @1 kHz 0.126V
- Impedance: 22 Ω ± 15 %
- Color: Black
- Rated Power: 3 mW
With that low impedance and high sensitivity, you can guess how easy driven it’s the TinHIFI T7, so, it can be powered even with low powered sources, I can use it with my phone (Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro: ESS technologies DAC/AMP) and crank the volume up, I’m also using other sources with different chips (Conexant CS41143, CS13193, ESS Technologies, AKM, and others).



What’s in the package:
- The IEMs themselves, with a beautiful black matte CNC-machined aluminum shell, not so large, with a copper nozzles (interesting choice of metal, because you usually expect a brass or aluminum nozzles), and the remarkable faceplates, made of ebony wood, showing how the T7 is THE flagship, the nozzles have a diameter of 5.5 mm, entering the mid-size, enough for fitting even in small ears, it has a MMCX female connection.
- The manual and warranty, and a card pointing to TinHIFI’s official web page and social media accounts.
- A huge and well-built leather case, with plenty of space to store your IEMs and accessories.
- An impressive quality cable, 4 cores braided, made of OFC, silver-plated, with a MMCX connection, not thin at all, with 2 terminals included (3.5 mm single ended and 4.4 mm balanced), matching perfectly with the earphones, so I think you don’t need to change it.
- 8 pairs of eartips distributed as follows:
- 2 pairs of foam eartips
- 3 pairs of SML silicone narrow bore eartips
- 3 pairs of SML silicone wide bore eartips
- 2 pairs of filters
- A nice leather strap to put in the case






Let's talk about how the T7 sounds:
The TinHIFI T7 with its 10 mm Gold-plated dynamic driver offers a very clean and natural sound with a nice subbass boost and midbass presence with a nice extension into the lower and high frequencies, with a well-received focus on the mid-frequencies and vocals, plenty of air and a wide soundstage, offering a neutral, balanced all-rounder who offers a very natural presentation of sound with technicalities more than average to its price and punching above its segment, the immersion into music and overall sounds are it's up to its level, the resolution and imaging are magnificent, and you can distinguish all the instruments and other tracks in the music, this IEM got its value in gold! IMHO. For this test, I'm using some Penon Liqueur Orange eartips for a better fit and sound delivery overall.


BASS:
In this range of frequencies, the TinHIFI T7 is not basshead level, but the subbass thump and midbass bump is very noticeable and enjoyable as well, it bleeds slightly into the lower mids without mudding the vocals at all, it sounds very natural, sounding very transparent, fast, resolving and with a very well done dynamics and a natural decay. In songs like “LOOK OUT FOR ME” by Turnstile you can feel the subbass drops and drum kicks in an impressive display of quality sound presentation, in “Tiempo Pa’ Matar” by Willie Colón, the TinHIFI T7 shows the impressive bass guitar of Salvador Cuevas, delivering the bass with an exceptional superiority.
MIDS:
As I mentioned before, in the TinHIFI T7 the midbass bleeds a bit into the mids but the male vocals and bass kick are not muddy, neither veiled, with a tiny dip until a forwarded but not sibilant at the pinna gain who takes a nice approach of cleanliness and plenty of presence and resolution, it has a 5 kHz peak to exalt those plates and cymbals, female vocals are forwarded as well, delivered with not so much sibilant or fatiguing in long sessions, and finalizing this range of frequencies with a nice 6 kHz dip to crank the volume up if you feel the need to.
In songs like “Venus” by Theatre of Tragedy, you can hear the beautiful vocals of Liv Cristine, and the slow tempo of the song overall with its well-done drum work. In “Labyrinth of Stone” by Fallujah, the incredible musicianship of the band, with their clean and harsh vocals in the song sounds perfectly on the TinHIFi T7, definitely a true flagship.
TREBLE:
In this aspect the TinHIFI T7 excels with a clean, resolving, well-putted, resolving, with not so much sibilance treble. It is very crisp and sharp without harshness, it handles the sibilance so well, so, it’s not fatiguing at mid-high volumes, at least for me (And I have a mild treble tolerance).
TECHNICALITIES:
In this aspect, the TinHIFi T7 is more than impressive, its upper treble extends so pleasantly, presenting an airy and spacy sound, the soundstage is wide and have plenty of space sensation and depth. In songs like “Forever Aligned” by Killswitch Engage, the T7 delivers a full busy and complicated track with zero congestion and full details as well. The TinHIFI T7 have a very resolving presentation of sound with a separation of sound more than average for its price.
With live tracks like “Deliverance” in the Garden of The Titans (Live at Red Rock Amphitheater) album by Opeth there’s no congestion at all, and it sounds very clean and transparent, you can feel inside the scenario like the public at the concert.

CONCLUSIONS:
The TinHIFI T7 it’s a magnificent offering and a strong option in the 200 USD or less segment, its immersive naturality, balance, and bass and treble extension put it as an overall excellent all-rounder with a fun, engaging and musical character, with a quality display of technicalities and a premium packaging making it worthy of its price.
The TinHIFI T7 is ideal for mature and newbie audiophiles and other listeners who appreciate a joyful and charming audio experience with an analytical approach without neglecting musicality. It scales very well with power, but a powerful source is not needed, just a decent source with a decent chip inside as well, and it is a more than compelling choice for consumers who crave for a ‘funalytical’ sound. TINHIFI offers with this T7 a flagship technology and a flagship sound to anyone who want to experience a very high-quality entry into the Hi-Fi world.
Can I recommend it? Of course YES! This is the perfect competitor to other offerings in the market like the Hidizs MK12 Turris in my opinion, so, for 200 USD or less is one of the best options in the current market to consider.
Again, thanks to TINHIFI for giving me this IEM to try it, I'm loving it, it is now part of my collection, and I am not giving it away soon! . Thank you so much for reading, and happy listening!

