TRN VX PRO Plus Review – You Can’t Miss This One
Building upon the foundation of the TRN VX Pro, the TRN VX Pro+ delivers exceptional value for money, offering superior performance at an unbeatable price. TRN has enhanced product performance through technological advancements and data-driven insights, ensuring that every upgrade meets the highest quality standards.
The TRN VX Pro+ has 18 drivers on both sides, including a 10mm dual magnetic circuit dynamic driver with a beryllium diaphragm and eight independently customized Balanced Armature drivers.
Four independently customized 50060 Balanced Armature drivers for mid frequencies and four independently customized 30095 Balanced Armature drivers for high frequencies.
The TRN VX Pro Plus earphones have an ergonomic design that accommodates human ears’ diverse shapes and sizes, ensuring a comfortable and secure fit that enhances the overall listening experience.
Specs
- Frequency response: 7Hz-40000Hz
- Impedance: 32Ω
- Sensitivity: 106dB
- Weight(Headphone + cable): 13g + 26g
- Cable length: 1.2m±3cm
- Price: $45.99 ($37.69 in discount now)
I would like to thank Shenzhenaudio for providing me with the review sample of the TRN VX PRO Plus.
Sound
The VX Pro Plus sound signature is a mild V-shape. It’s a mix between fun and technical tuning. The fun comes from a moderately elevated bass response that lays a warm foundation for the more technical mids and treble.
These technical aspects result from the fast transients and cleanliness of the balanced armature drivers as well as VX Pro Plus’s resolving treble. It’s the marriage of all those aspects that result in a balanced and accomplished overall presentation.
Considering the large and mixed driver count, VX Pro Plus is a very efficient earphone and is easy to drive. You can run it straight from a phone but it scales fairly well so you’ll get better results from a better source.
Bass
Even with a plethora of balanced armature drivers in place, multi-BA IEMs struggle to capture the essence and depth of a dynamic driver. The VX Pro Plus embraces this idea and the inclusion of the dynamic driver delivers a full-bodied bass that moves air and hits with impact.
It’s not at basshead level – rather it’s just enough to be engaging and weighted without slowing down the overall sound. The transition from bass to midrange is smooth, with the lower midrange absorbing and then later shedding the extra weight seamlessly.
Mids
The midrange is slightly on the warmer side of the neutral, inheriting the body from the bass while still being transparent. The transient speed of the BA drivers allows midrange notes to be full-bodied without causing congestion.
Thus, the VX Pro Plus’s mids are smooth and relaxed yet highly resolving. There’s good spacing between instruments and vocals, creating an uncluttered but cozy soundstage. Vocal notes are closer to neutral, detailed, and articulate with just enough warmth to sound natural. There are hints of sibilance at times but only when it’s present in the recording.
Treble
The VX Pro Plus delivers sharp and bright high-frequency performance, is comfortable and not harsh, and makes the listening experience natural and fatigue-free. They sparkle and shimmer and sit fairly forward in the mix. There’s a sweetness to treble notes as well as natural size and decay. It isn’t laser-precise but notes are well-defined, upfront, and detailed.
It’s a combination of treble tuning and cohesiveness of the BA drivers that give the VX Pro Plus its resolution and detail. While a boosted treble is good for picking up details, an overly bright or poorly executed one can be destructive to the resolution and timbre. This one is pretty much spot on. It’s exciting and vibrant but smooth and non-fatiguing.
Technicalities
The soundstage is fairly wide and has ample depth in front of the listener. Instrument separation and resolution are good, resulting in an organized stage with a reasonably black background. Imaging and placement are solid for an IEM in this price range. The level of clarity and detail retrieval is also good.
Sum-Up
The TRN VX Pro Plus is a clean-sounding, nicely balanced, and resolving IEM with a spacious presentation. It also has good dynamics, tonality, and resolution. Its bass has good pace and kick, its mids are dynamic and resolving, and its treble is smooth but defined.
The previous model TRN VX Pro was $89 and has metal shells. It also had richer box content like a carrying box and a couple of more ear tips etc. The new model VX Pro Plus drops all those accessories and comes with a painted resin (or plastic, I can’t tell) shell but the price is reduced to $45.99 ($37.69 in discount now)
The new model also has a more mature tuning compared to the old one and sounds more balanced thanks to slightly increased low and upper mids and reduced treble area. The TRN VX Pro Plus is an offer that you don’t wanna miss.