Posted by Pros: Extremely comfortable for long sessions
Nice change in design language
Great sound for it’s price
Good bass response and the DMT 5 kicks ass in the vocal department as usual
No sibilance or harshness on the treble
PEQ/DSP with infinite tuning options, if that’s your thing
Cons: The DSP on this doesn’t work as well for me despite PEQ
Plasticky feeling when compared to the more expensive alternatives
From the unending fountain of innovation of the House of Tanchjim comes the Bunny G. I thank Isabel and Tanchjim for sending this little fellow along for a review. My views are my own and I have free will and all that.
Unlike the other waifu themed boxes the Bunny G (for gaming) comes in a black box that looks like it means business. The accents are a muted neon green (if that makes sense) and the shells themselves are shaped like the first Bunny but there’s again a departure from the design language that we’ve grown to expect from Tanchjim – the shells are dark/smoked black acrylic and have that green lettering that says Tanchjim on one and Bunny on the other shell. The IEM comes with a dsp cable that terminates with a usb c at one end the 2 pin terminations on the other. The cable feels robust and is less prone to tangling and also comes with a mic to yell at team mates or take calls on the fly when knee deep in PUBG missions.
The shells are about the same size as the OG Bunny, which means they are insanely comfortable if you have small ears and I was able to run these with little or no discomfort for over 2 hours on a trot on a flight.
In addition,there are 6 pairs of tips – that seem narrow and wide bore (3 each), and a cloth case. All good and nothing to complain for the sub $30 price tag.
Let’s jump right in.
So in full disclosure I felt the dsp cable sounded terrible the first few times. It felt insipid and shouty and almost no amount of EQing on the android seemed to get it any better.
So a swap was done and this review is of the Bunny G running off of a TRN 16 core cable with modular 3.5 and 4.4 endings for the following sources – VE Prime, VE Devastator pro, Hidizs AP80 Pro Max, Moto Edge 60 Fusion, iPhone 17 Pro. (The last 2 with the stock DSP cable). Tested with my usual complement of tips – Sancai, Candy and Velvet Standard.
Bass
The Bunny G on a regular cable is punching so hard above its weight it’s jaw dropping. And even on less warm sources like the Prime and the AP80, it belts out a lovely low end. It’s not bloated nor does it seem aggressively tuned to be a ‘V’ shaped. On What About Me by Snarky Puppy, the kicks, electric and synth bass are heard clearly and with the typical DD warmth. The stock dsp on the default eq setting sounds much worse and almost got me to give up on this set. But a cable swap solves this and the added headache of PEQ. I’m convinced PEQ is my mortal enemy from another lifetime.
On Angel by Massive Attack and Islands by The XX, the sub bass rumble has body but has a tendency very very occasionally to bleed into the mids.
Midrange
Tanchjim’s greatest work has to be the DMT5. Vocals are represented beautifully be it this set or even their flagships. Again the stock/default DSP tuning makes vocals shouty which I’ve not heard as yet with a Tanchjim. Even the OLA 2 with the BA did not behave as badly as this cable. Again on an aftermarket 2 pin cable on the VE prime and the AP80ProMax, male and female vocals come across with weight in the lower registers and air and clarity in the higher ones. There’s the slightest hint of sibilance on Hotel California and maybe a little more on Human Nature and that is likely from the way the songs are mastered and that slight ‘s’ is meant to be there. On Aja by Steely Dan, there is a lovely layering that can be heard between the voice, piano, synth, guitars – all occupying the mids but not sounding cluttered and squished together.
Treble
The treble is controlled with moderate airiness and shimmer but only rare harshness on a few tracks. Cymbals have a natural decay and they complement the chorus of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. This needs a little careful listening but that’s what we’re here for.
Staging, Imaging and Technicalities
The Bunny G is first and foremost a gaming IEM and like the OLA 2, Tanchjim has managed to give the sound on this IEM a wide holographic feel with imaging and layering done extremely well.
The Bunny G however, does not scale well. With the issues with the DSP cable creeping in as the volume increases. Which makes me believe it may be the power implementation on the DSP chip rather than the quality of the cable itself.
This could be fixed with a firmware tweak, methinks.
For me this is an everyday carry IEM though, I would recommend a regular cable and a dongle if using an iPhone rather than playing around for hours with the PEQ on android to find your right equilibrium.
Or just a regular cable and dap for convenient use. That’s if music is a priority.
If all you want to do is shoot, or hack and slash to some EDM, then this is a winner.