ROSESELSA Aurora Ultra: THE Budget Technical Set?

Pros

• Generous accessories 
• Comes with premium ear tips and carrying case
• Great fit for smaller ears 
• Fast and well controlled bass
• Clean lower midrange
• Sparkly and airy treble
• Great treble extension
• Good overall technicalities
  
  

Cons

• Stock cable tangles easily 
• Bass lacks physicality or weight
• Lower midrange can be sterile
• Shouty upper midrange
• Unrefined, splashy treble

Disclaimer

• Huge thanks to HiFiGo for providing the opportunity for me to review the ROSESELSA Aurora Ultra by providing a sample. I really do appreciate it. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own, and are not influenced in any way. 

• Please take this review with only a grain of salt, as everyone's hearing, fit, and gears may differ, so our experience may be different.

Price(MSRP)

• $43.99

Ear tips

• SONY EP-EX11 

Drivability

• Easy to drive.

• Any decent, modern dongle DAC/Amp should be more than sufficient, like the included dongle DAC/Amp. 

Packaging

• ROSESELSA Aurora Ultra
  
  

• Ear tips

• 3 pairs of generic silicone ear tips

• 4 pairs of SC Liquid Silicone ear tips
  
  
• Great ear tips if you prefer sticky ear tips.
  
  
• But like usual liquid silicone ear tips, these are more suitable for warmer/darker sounding IEMs, as they clean up the midrange and boosts the treble response by a bit, so not the best pairing with Aurora Ultra
  
  

• Carrying Case

• Surprisingly, a very high quality carrying case that is light and sturdy, also feels quite premium. 
  
  

• 5N OCC Cable

• Barely usable for me, gets tangly pretty easily over time.

(Picture from official HiFiGo site)

Build Quality

• Average but feels sturdy enough, plastic body with a metal faceplate. 

Fit

• Fit is generally fine for me as I have larger ears, but I let a few of my friends who have smaller ears try them, and they mentioned that these fits super well for them. 

Tonality

• Bright leaning V shaped

Bass

• Quite balanced between sub-bass and mid-bass.
  
  
• Bass somewhat lacks impact and presence, with a lighter rumble and slam to it.
  
  
• However, it has fast decay and good control, but texture and physicality are underwhelming.

Midrange

• Lower Midrange: 

• Very clean but slightly recessed.
  
  
• Lacks warmth and body, resulting in a thinner rendering of deeper vocals. 

• Upper Midrange: 

• Very forward and energetic.
  
  
• However, it can sound shouty, with female vocals coming across as shrill and unpleasant at times.

Treble

• Bright to my ears, quite sparkly, energetic and airy
  
  
• Not very smooth, with some noticeable peaks and harshness across the frequencies. 
  
  
• Can be is slightly annoying and sibilant especially if you're sensitive to treble. 
  
  
• Very well extended, perhaps a bit too much, is on the metallic side of things to me. 

Technicalities/Others

• Great detail retrieval especially for the price, also probably due to the elevated treble response.
  
  
• Wide and spacious soundstage but lacking depth. 
  
  
• Imaging is more on the 2D side than 3D but accuracy is quite decent.
  
  
• Good separation, handles complex tracks without any issues. 
  
  
• Timbre is slightly unnatural, there is a noticeable metallic sheen to the sound. 

Conclusion

• Overall, I think the Aurora Ultra is a little more on the niche side of things, especially sound quality wise.
  
• More for people who are looking for small budget pair of IEMs that is clean, sparkly, technical with a lot of vocal energy and forwardness. 
  
  
• Not for people who are into thicker, warmer and more relaxing sound. 
  
  
• However, the premium accessories like the case, dongle DAC and liquid silicone ear tips does make the package a very worthwhile purchase.
  
  
  

Non Affiliated Link

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• HiFiGo Web: 
• https://hifigo.com/products/roseselsa-aurora-ultra

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