YU9 Audio QUE

As an engineer and recently very much of an IEM fanboy - these are special! Especially at the price. Sweet top-end and more low end than their graph would lead you to believe. The bass is fast and uncluttered, the mids clean and true to type and the highs are “just enough”. I’m treble sensitive and need to EQ many things - for comfort - but not the Shoo-eh - . I’ve got two nit-picks however. The stock cable needs re-homing and for my personal use the shells are a bit of a fit challenge, but I can’t take any stars away given the price vs tuning delivery. They IS very guuud.

Yu9 Audio Que offers a neutral, reference-like tuning with impressive technical control for the price. The bass is dry and quick, the midrange neutral with natural timbre, and the treble clear without sharpness. PRaT sits just right – neither rushed nor sluggish.

The stage is wide and well-organized, the separation distinct but never clinical. Details across the spectrum reveal themselves when needed, without stealing focus from the whole.

It all resolves into a sense of symbience – a natural interplay between tone, space, and time where the sound doesn’t need to explain itself. I can only agree with most others: the Que is the new neutral in its class.

Of all my IEM sets these are almost, not quite, the best. Only my Monarch MkIIs, at nearly three times the price, outperform them. They have bass impact, superb mids and a treble that goes on and on with no discernible peaks. The balance is awesome.

Thanks to Elise Audio, I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a unit of the fantastic Yu9 Que.
This IEM is incredible, and possibly has the most beautiful and natural tuning of any I've tried so far. It's fully balanced, but with an extra bit of mid-bass that makes it warm, pleasant, and offers an extra punch for lively musical genres (and I love rock and metal).
If you have the opportunity to get your hands on one, don't hesitate.

I was eagerly awaiting restock of the Que and was able to arrange a collection from the store just in time for my holiday. The team at Elise are an awesome bunch, I’d highly recommend joining their Discord server to chat with others and also get notified as new stock drops. As for the IEMs, they are really great and are priced fairly. If I ever have any other audio gear needs, Elise will be the place I go to moving forward :)