Tangzu Wan'er Studio Edition

Excellent bright leaning dry but slightly warm, shimmery and emotional vocals. Impactful non-bloated bass, tonality expert with a hint artificial highs for rock and metal.

Build and Comfort

The cabe is bad to average, and the ear hooks are stiffened, but they can be custom-molded if you take the time and effort. The packaging is quite good for the price and it comes with 5 different types of eartips.

Tonality and Vocal Performance

It has a light note weight and leans ever slightly bright but never feels thin. Amazing vocals at the price. Vocals are slightly dry, but there's enough warmth that it never feels thin. It's still soft, smooth and shimmery. They are front and center, very intimate and emotional. It's the best vocals I've heard in an IEM.

It's not silky, but there's enough warmth that it feels full and very accurate. It handles pop, R&B, and even hip-hop amazingly.

Technical Performance

Instruments are separated very well. You can hear them coming out of different places in its audio space, and you can feel the instruments.

Imaging on it is very average. You can't track instruments very clearly, and they do jump in and out abruptly. It's not good for gaming, point blank.

The sound stage is also very good for the price, there's enough width and height it never feels the widest but it's never claustrophobic. Instruments are very well spaced and layered.

Bass Performance

Perfect bass quantity. It doesn't rumble or grumble (it does have a good amount of bass), but it's present and you can feel it, especially at higher volume. Even at lower volume, it still has impact.

It's not the fastest, but it is fast enough that it has enough punch while not being slow enough to sound bloated. It's my benchmark for how I like my bass, although sub-bass is clearly lacking for genres that need a strong sub-bass slam like hip-hop but I will always choose this over something that's more fatiguing.

Treble / High-end Performance

Treble is very well extended, it isn't sharp or harsh by any means. You won't get a very sharp attack on cymbals & hi-hats but there's enough energy for it to sound sound smooth and satisfying. The air is very well extended giving it a very airy presence. Like i said the treble can veer artificial for some on genres like metal and rock, but at this price there's little room for complaint, they still handle even those genres fairly well. And you're likely to not have that issue if you use wide bore eartips. In fact, to me it does much better than the brighter, and sharper 7hz G1. The highs on pop and R&B tracks sound very smooth. It has just the right amount of sparkle, shimmer, and air. I perceive it to be excellent for said genres. It also resolves details very well without ever being sharp for sibilant.

Eartips and Synergy

I used the eartips that came with these by default. When I used other eartips, both the ones that came with it and others that I have, it sounded way worse. The artificialness of the highs became concentrated.

The default wide-bore eartip balances it out, and with it, these become my favorite IEM so far and my golden tuning of choice. I've had countless eargasms with these. Huge shoutout to Dracomies for shilling these, he's the goat.

Long-Term Listening

I can listen to these 24/7, 365 days a year and still not be tired or fatigued, yet still enjoy them like the first day. (Although I need to get moisture out of them with silica gel every now and then.)

VS Sivga Que

Better bass to my preference. More shimmery and airy even at lower volume. More intimate and emotional mids even at lower volumes, same with the highs and bass.

The Que is way more technical and is better if you prefer a more lush vocal presentation. I prefer how the vocals on the Studio Edition are colored (more neutral with only slight warmth) than the more viscous-sounding Que.

VS DUNU Titan S

The Wan'er washes the Titan S in tonality for pop, R&B, and hip-hop, at least at lower volumes, but at higher volume it's a very close call. The Titan is a little thinner sounding.

The Wan'er has better vocals, more intimate and forward mids, and better shimmer and air. However, the Titan beats the Wan'er in technicalities, treble extension (though I think the Wan'er still has more air to it), and execution for rock, metal, and similar genres.

It also has a more tactile, cleaner bass, although the Wan'er has better impact.

VS Truthear x Crinacle Zero:RED

The Wan'er beats the Red in the same departments as the Titan, and vice versa. The Red has better bass and sub-bass too, both in tightness, impact, and quantity.

While the Titan is a little thin, the Red is more smoothed-over in its mids than the Wan'er. I clearly prefer the more natural mids of the Wan'er.

Final Thoughts

Discontinued, and it deserves a successor with better accessories and better drivers. It's exceptionally well tuned and is in a league of its own in its price range. From the research I've done, in order to one up these you would have to shill out 300-400$, for either the studio 4 or the orchestra lite which is crazy.

The Red Lion uses the same driver as these , and they are Tangzu's best-selling IEMs ever, which means these could've been just as successful as the Red Lion without all the bass bloat.

It's a huge misstep on Tangzu's part how they decided to package the Studio Edition but I feel like it wasn't as successful because people in this price range want maximum impact that can immediately be perceived and it requires acquired taste to appreciate this style of tuning.

If you have suggestions for me as a direct upgrade to these, please let me know. Budget is $150. I'm broke.

P.S

These are obviously discontinued but a store in Vietnam still has it in stock (yea i looked everywhere) , if anyone is willing to drop ship it off them, please let me know. It's also available on alibaba but the seller that has it says that mcq is 20 pieces and no less.

Links:

https://taingheviet.com/tangzu-waner-sg-studio-edition-pr11749.html

https://www.alibaba.com/x/18BGyA?ck=pdpo

Edit:
Just found out that its still available on taobao, just search "tangzu" and it should be there.

Sivga Que

Sound Summary

Warm, spacious, mid-bass focused tuning with viscous vocals and surprisingly strong technical performance at higher volumes.

Build & Fit

• Excellent build quality with a silky smooth finish.
• Short nozzle may be problematic for larger ears; right side can loosen easily and eartips tend to slip off.

Sound

The Que has a clear tuning philosophy and executes it extremely well.

• Stage is spacious with solid instrument separation. Instruments sit in their own pockets cleanly, giving the presentation a satisfying sense of space, though not truly holographic.
• Mid-bass is the center of the presentation. Everything layers around it, including the vocals. The bass is warm, rumbly, and smooth rather than highly tactile or sub-bass heavy.
• Vocals are lush, silky, and soothing, especially for acoustic music. They sit slightly behind the bass instead of being front-and-center.

Presence / Intensity Balance

• Bass: 3.5/5
• Vocals: 3/5
• Treble: 2.5/5

(Referring to transparency, intensity, and how forward each element sounds in the mix.)

Treble is smoothed over, so guitar and drum transients are not especially sharp or exciting at lower volumes. At higher volume, the treble opens up, detail retrieval improves noticeably, and the entire IEM sounds far more resolving, but at the cost of sibilance on tracks that are a little shouty.

Volume Scaling

The Que scales very well with volume.

At lower volumes, vocals and details can sound slightly fuzzy or “lubed up,” which pushes you to raise the volume. Once powered up, the sound becomes significantly more resolving, the vocals actually come front and center, it sounds more textured instead of falling apart. Microdetails become easier to hear and the presentation gains energy and shimmer.

Best For

• Acoustic music
• Warm, spacious tunings
• Lush vocals
• Higher-volume listening

It performs well across most genres, but especially shines with acoustic tracks. Rock and metal also sound noticeably better at higher volumes, where the treble gains more energy and the presentation becomes more resolving.

Gaming

Decent staging and separation, but overall average for gaming. Works better with EQ:

• Reduce mid-bass
• Increase upper mids / treble

Comparisons (with other iems i have)

vs Dunu Titan S

The Que executes better on its tuning philosophy.

The Titan S sounds thinner in note weight and male vocals can come across slightly lean. However, the Titan has better treble extension and performs better for treble-focused genres.

Despite preferring more neutral tuning, I still enjoy the Que more overall because its presentation feels more intentional and cohesive.

vs Tangzu Wan'er Studio Edition

I still prefer the Wan’er Studio Edition overall.

The Wan’er has tighter bass, clearer instruments even at lower volume, and emotionally engaging front-and-center vocals. Its slightly dry but lightly warm presentation hits a sweet spot for me.

The Que performs better with rock and metal, where the Wan’er can sound somewhat artificial. The Que’s driver also tracks busy passages more naturally, while the Wan’er becomes fuzzier during complex transitions.

vs Truthear Zero Red

I prefer the Zero Red over the que, i prefer how the bass on the red is done, I like the vocal texture of the reds ever so slightly over the ques somewhat liquidy vocals, although some perceive the reds to have an overly smoothed out vocals I don't really hear it. Reds has a smaller sound stage but a better instrument separation along with a better treble extension to my ears. Que beats it when it comes to acoustic music.

In a Few Words

• Viscous vocals
• Mid-bass heavy
• Scales extremely well with volume

What I Didn’t Like

I personally prefer a more neutral, slightly warm tuning, so the strong mid-bass emphasis is not ideal for my taste, though the tuning itself is unique and very well executed. I wish the vocals were a touch more forward without the need to crank up the volume, that would've made these so much better for me.