Shozy Rouge Review

Sound

Shozy Rouge sounds very impressive for its asking price but of course, that is no surprise. We’re talking about Shozy here. As I mentioned on the first page, Shozy tries to offer the best performance for the price and they’ve been doing so since a few years ago.

The Rouge sounds very clean, crisp, and it mostly stays neutral, except a slight boost in the lower treble region and a slight warmth in the mid-range. It has a very resolving nature with good transparency. The mid-range has good warmth and body. The Rouge also has a great balance and cohesiveness across the spectrum. Overall I found the Rouge quite successful and let me tell you why.

Bass

Remember the Shozy Form 1.1? That one has a very apparent mid-bass boost as I mentioned in its own review. The Rouge is a different story. This custom-tuned dynamic driver is a bit shy when compared to that. It has a very controlled response with good quickness and attack. So we’re facing with an IEM that has a good PRaT and greatly balanced bass performance.

Now, this changes everything. This allows the other frequencies to shine and do their work in the music without any overshadowing from the bass area. I’m very pleased to hear this kind of a well balanced and quality bass from Shozy Rouge.

The bass doesn’t have the best deepness of course and it’s more on the mid-bass side, but that’s fair for the price bracket. I don’t think I could expect more out of it. In fact, this is one of the best bass performances I’ve heard around this price.

Mid

The mid-range is very nice and the tonality here is quite satisfying. Especially the vocals sound ear-pleasing with great tones. It doesn’t get much better than this to be honest with you. Mids have good resolution and transparency, instruments have good definition and body when needed. Therefore I found the Rouge to be quite successful in the mid area.

The timbre is particularly impressive with the Rouge, and I hope that we can see more budget IEMs that can give this kind of tonality. Mids sound lively, energetic, and dynamic. Form 1.1 was also quite good in these aspects, but I would’ve liked the mid-bass area to be a bit thinner to create more air for mids to shine. That is exactly what Shozy has done with the Rouge. This time there’s no mid-bass problem and you have a very clean sounding IEM. The Knowles driver does what it does and the mids sound great this way.

Just as the bass, the mids are well controlled and well-positioned. The tonality is very realistic when you use good sources, and I think it sounds above its price from that particular standpoint.

Treble

Treble is surprisingly sharp and on the spot. In the past, a good treble reproduction was a hard thing to achieve even for pricier equipment. Nowadays I’m amazed by the success of these types of brands regarding a crisp and clean, articulated treble performance. The Shozy Rouge sounds delightful in high frequencies and it does that effortlessly without any fatiguing presentation.

I couldn’t find a particular weakness with the Rouge when it comes to its highs at this price level. The treble is airy, articulated, and transparent. So the definition of the treble is good as well as its resolution.

I can also mention the overall extension of highs, which is very impressive and I didn’t honestly expect it to be this spectacular. Therefore, I can easily say that the Rouge has a good treble response from top to bottom, and it is more than enough for the average music consumer. In fact, it does compete with some IEMs above its price range in my opinion. Treble overall is effortless, airy, controlled but definitive same time.

The review concludes on PAGE 3 with technical performance and comparisons.