TL/DR: My only IEM for the following genres in order of most listened to to least= 80s-2010s Metal, 90s Rock, Classic Rock, 70s-Current Pop, 80s-Current Latin, 60s-90s R&B, 70s-current Country, Classical, Jazz, Opera

This hits all of the above with a bullet, smooth set, does not give me any treble fatigue when using on a clinical topping set up or my Mytek Liberty 2 and definitely not the Fiio K13 r2r.

Mids are very clean, musical, and revealing in a good way without being shouty to my ears.

Bass is tight and excellent but definitely not going to magically be dynamic driver or planar bass. This can be the most divisive aspect to the set, but as a metalhead, I love the fast and clean attack with the following bands: Megadeth, Sepultura, Metallica, Mastadon, Tool, Dream Theater, Death, Etc.

This was also a very comfortable set and my ears can be picky with chunky sets, think the truther nozzle, older moon drop sets, etc. This is larger and I wish felt more premium but is beautiful and the cable is also lovely no need to upgrade but please note it is 4.4mm only.

Last thing: these do scale with gear but my Ibassso DX170 does sound just fine for travel, even the Fiio K13 was amazing, but even with a noise floor on the Mytek Liberty 2 that is where they sound best but its not night and day by any means. A decent dongle would be fine until you decide you want to upgrade if needed and if not you can be all in under 1k and be a happy camper!

After many conversations with Matt, I pulled the trigger on the Supernova iem. Excellent sub base. The clarity of the music is outstanding. They are comfortable too. Overall, an excellent pair of iems and well worth the price.

I don't listen to much rock or hip hop so note that I am no bass head. For me listening to a combo of jazz, folk/folk rock, and classical, the Supernova is a perfect match. The midrange is perfect to my ears. There is less top end sparkle and bass slam than a V shaped curve IEM of course but these are right up my alley and very comfortable with solid isolation. I would definitely swap out a wide bore tip though - makes a big difference to overall performance, I think. The stock cable is a very high quality Verus cable but I swapped to a more flexible, aftermarket cable (Effect Cadmus) which also helped (maybe?) add a little more sparkle on top. Highly recommended across the board

First off, the product was shipped in a neat package with a hand written thank you note and a bar of Starbursts inside! It also included a little card showing who had packed the box. These nice little human touches really show what kind of company Bloom Audio is. For most of us, these types of purchases are little luxuries that we allow ourselves to have, so when a company goes above and beyond to make the experience extra personal, it really makes the whole experience so much more better! Thank you Bloom Audio! I will be shopping here again in the future.

Second, the Supernova’s are amazing. I’m still in the process of evaluating them, but so far they are everything that is advertised.

Quick tip for anyone who might be interested in how they might sound and that don’t have access to a store that allows you to try different headphones out:
Go to the squiglink website and use the measurements from one of the 5128 databases and AutoEQ your existing IEMs to your desired purchase IEMs. That’ll give you a general idea for what the tuning is like.

I was surprised by how close the Auto EQ got my Blessing 3’s to the Supernova’s tuning wise.

I may update this review once I have a firmer grasp on the Supernovas.

Exceptionally balanced and smooth. Great for all genres and comfortable/easy to listen to during long listening sessions.