Introduction

What's a Mangird, I hear you ask? While I do not know what it specifically means, it is also another newly popped up Chinese HiFi brand that is taking advantage of all the new audio hardware and tuning developments in the Shenzhen region. What Kailh and Gateron are doing to the mechanical keyboards market is what we are experiencing now with audio. It is hard to keep up with these brands no doubt, but the words "Mangird Tea" have already made their way onto many an IEM ranking list, and even more users swear by them. Thanks to Mangird, via Linsoul, for sending a sample to TechPowerUp as we aim to find out why!


The photo above is my own, and not a stock image from Mangird for two reasons. First, there isn't an actual website for global users to read up on the brand—that's how new it is! Second, the owner of the company clearly had an identity crisis to where Mangird is no longer a thing just about a year into the lifetime of these IEMs. Mangird is now known as XENNS, which is equally dumb but no BLON at least, and the rebranding exercise happened just a couple of weeks ago with my sample having the updated packaging. That's why you see XENNS on the cable strap above, and despite the Mangird Tea name being popular, this product will eventually be renamed XENNS Tea. That has not happened yet, however. As always, we begin the review with a look at the product specifications below.

Specifications