Elysian Acoustic Labs Pilgrim Review

Release Date
Jun 1, 2024
Price
399$
A White Beauty
Preview
Elysian Pilgirm is a very good iem for 400 dollars. It has a good tone and overall good technique, except for a slight fault in the treble.
Bass
8.4
Mid
8.7
Treble
7
Techs
9
Design/Build
8.5
Value For Price
8
Synergy
7.5
Pros
Bass
Mid
Techs
Cons
Treble
8.2
Total Score

Elysian Acoustic Labs Pilgrim

Specs

  • Driver Configuration: 4 drivers hybrid setup with 1 customized 9.2mm LSR dynamic driver for lows, 1 Sonion 2300 balanced armature for mids, and dual Sonion E50 balanced armature for highs.
  • System: 3-way crossover
  • Frequency Response: 10 Hz – 20 kHz
  • Sensitivity: 101 dB @ 1 kHz @ 100mV
  • Impedance: 9 Ohms @ 1 kHz

Build

Elysian Acoustic Labs Pilgirm welcomes us with a great boxing. For a $400 iem, the box contents are quite generous. Apart from the product itself, the case, cleaning brush, a cloth and spinfit tips come out of the box.

When we look at the product itself, although the shells and cable look great, the shells are scratchable and the cable doesn’t add much to the sound. Still, the cable is stylish and has pentaconn connectors. Yes, I know, this stops you from buying aftermarket cables. But I have to say that I find this style of connector very solid. The case is ordinary but the matte white color is nice.

Normally it’s great when an iem comes with spinfit tips, but for this iem spinfit is not a good choice. I got better results with the Final Audio tips.

Sound

Tune and Techs

The tone is almost U-shaped with little spices. We can talk about a safe tone. When you put it like that, it sounds like they’ve “cut corners”. Actually no, this tone is much more consistent than many chifi iems. Only the lower treble is a bit bright. So there is a close-sounding presentation and this is unfortunately a negative point. On the other hand, this iem is great for midfi because it offers good resolution and detail.

There is good microdetail reproduction in all points of the sound. But it’s hard to talk about a very good separation, some instruments can be too close at times. The soundstage is consistent in terms of positioning but doesn’t show much depth. Because it plays close, the stage feels wide, but it’s actually average. Pilgrim’s high resolution saves the day and is enough to make it a good iem. Imaging and layering are average.

Bass

Compared to the overall sound, the lower frequencies show great depth and the bass is fast. It’s admirable that they can be punchy enough without penetrating the mids at all. The drums sound correct from every angle. Not bad for hiphop and edm but not for the basshead. The only disadvantage is that it doesn’t have much extension. We can say there is a well-tuned bass. For low frequencies, the overall technique is average and positioning is above average.

Mid

The mids are the peak of resolution and detail reproduction. Here you will hear good guitar timbres and subtle vocal nuances. As a tested observation, in general everything is better with 3 or less instruments in the 1khz-4khz range. As the number of instruments increases, the sound becomes chaotic. Pilgrim, which does a great job in simple and calm songs, starts to have difficulty in complex songs with many instruments. Still, for the price, I’d say it’s very good in this area.

Treble

I don’t want to say the treble is bad because the resolution is high and the amount of extension is decent. But at this point there is an “unbalanced inner treble” that affects the whole sound. This means that the lower treble is too high and dominates the air frequencies, but the air frequencies are also too high. It’s as if there’s a V-shape inside the treble. So the treble is a bit uncomfortable. The cymbals and the thin strings of the guitar are too close together. This is not a problem on tracks with few instruments, like the mids. But if you are listening to a percussion group of 6-7 people, the trebles will assault your ears.

Conclusion

Elysian Pilgirm is a very good iem for 400 dollars. It has a good tone and overall good technique, except for a slight fault in the treble. The price is where the criticisms are unimportant. Because if you look at it from another perspective, the Pilgirm gives you great resolution and a lot of detail.