A good few months ago, I was a proud owner of Oriveti’s first real dip into the high-end market, the Grand Oriveti Supremacy, which launched around the beginning of 2025 at an asking price of $1,999.
Almost two years later, Oriveti decided that all the work invested into the Supremacy was worth a follow-up and here we are just after the official release of another beautiful set from Grand Oriveti, this time in the form of the Eminency.
Eminency maintains the beautiful shell design of the Supremacy and, if that is even possible, takes the shell design a step further.
So, what is the Grand Oriveti Eminency?
A beautifully crafted, tri-brid IEM, now at a considerably lower asking price compared to the Supremacy , at $1,299. Price is one of the biggest surprises Eminency came with , a very pleasant one for sure. One can rarely see any company decreasing prices for newer products , especially if those products come with new technology and work being invested in making them better along the line.
Driver configuration: 4 Planar + 8 BA + 1 DD (tri-brid · 13 Drivers per side), featuring:
- 10mm complex dynamic driver — composed, full-bodied low end
- 8 custom balanced armature drivers — rich midrange and refined high frequencies
- 4 planar drivers — precise, low-distortion mid-treble resolution
- Stabilized wood shell — every unit a unique acoustic fingerprint
- Grand Affinity Cable: OCC copper + silver-plated OCC with 4.4mm balanced plug
- Two genuine leather carrying cases — compact and 4-partition travel
Further technical specifications:
- Impedance: 11 Ω
- Sensitivity: 109 ±3 dB/mW @ 1kHz
- Frequency response range: 5 – 50000Hz
- THD: 0.08%
- Cable: Grand Affinity — OCC + Silver-plated
- Connector: 0.78mm 2pin Connector
- Cases included: 2 × Genuine Leather
- Price: US$1,299
I bought the Eminency completely blind, without knowing anything about it´s tuning philosophy, driver config or even packaging. The only thing I knew was, I liked Supremacy, and was hoping Eminency will maintain the legacy and eventually even further elevate what Supremacy came with.
To my surprise, and I certainly cannot fault Oriveti for this, they didn’t really change anything when it comes to the packaging: same cable, same high-end leather carry-case and larger leather box which could fit the IEM as well as a DAP. The changes seems to come where it matters most: the IEMs themselves, with improved internals and an even more beautiful shell design, upgraded wood material with a more interesting color pattern and a tuning that appears to target a somewhat different audience.
The Supremacy was a 1DD + 4BA + 4EST configuration, whereas Eminency moves to a 1DD + 8BA + 4 micro-planar setup.
So, how does Eminency actually sound and who is it for?
In short, I would describe it as a vocal-forward, slightly bass-shy set, with excellent highs and a capable technical performance
What Oriveti is advertising , are 3 main aspects on which Eminency´s tuning is built on: authority, texture and depth
Quoting from Oriveti homepage, “The Eminency does not announce itself. It draws you in — and the further you go, the more you find. Thirteen drivers, one intention: to reveal the music as it was made.”
I somewhat agree with this and in my opinion Eminency has a clean and rather vocal-forward presentation, with a particular focus on the upper mids favoring female vocals. This gives Eminency a very transparent and expressive character, especially for well-recorded female vocals. What I hear is actually not too far from what Oriveti themselves claim.
Bass is probably where I find it falling a little short in my book. The sub-bass is somewhat rolled-off, while the bass itself is more about being clean, fast and controlled than particularly engaging or physical. It is certainly not a slow or bloated presentation, but if you are looking for that deep, visceral bass impact, Eminency probably isn’t the set I would reach for.
This character also carries somewhat into the lower vocal region. Male vocals in particular can come across a little leaner and less weighted than I would personally prefer, lacking some of that chesty fullness and density that can make vocals more engaging.
This cleaner bass response gives Eminency a very controlled and composed presentation. Nothing feels bloated or sluggish, and the overall sound is precise and clean. It is more of a refined and technically capable presentation than one that tries to impress with sheer bass impact or warmth, which I prefer overall.
The highs are another real highlight for me. They are fast, clean and highly resolving, without sounding splashy. It is probably the best implementation of micro-planar highs I have had the opportunity to hear so far. Eminency brings plenty of details and energy to the presentation, while maintaining a very clean character. Eminency has a rather distinctive tuning. It combines a full and vocal-forward presentation with a relatively restrained bass response and exceptionally well-executed highs. It is not necessarily a set I would pick for its bass performance, but there is plenty to appreciate in the way it handles vocals, treble and overall technical performance.
Before closing, and to give you some perspective, I would like to quickly compare Eminency with Virtus Audio APEX
Other than the very similar asking price , these 2 sets cannot be more different from each other than they are.
You can find plenty of details about Eminency above, but what about Virtus Audio APEX ?!
Apex is a 2DD set with a smaller shell and a more understated design. The 2DD driver config might give the impression that there is not much going on with APEX from a technical point of view, but you would be surprised.
- Co-axial driver configuration
- Tubeless “Venturi” canal
- Acoustic tangent waveguard
- Helmholtz resonator
If this made you curious, read my friends full review of APEX here: https://mikaik-audio.com/virtus-audio-apex-review/
How do the 2 compare when it comes to sound:
- Eminency: cleaner, more vocal-focused, leaner bass with a seemingly faster decay, excellent micro-planar treble, particularly strong with female vocals.
- Apex: considerably fuller and more physical, deeper and more textured bass, richer lower mids, stronger male vocals, more note weight and a more organic presentation.
- Eminency’s strength: precision, cleanliness, vocal focus and overall technicalities.
- Apex’s strength: texture, note weight, bass quality, lower-mid richness and musicality.
If I had to put it into one sentence: Eminency is more about cleanliness and precision, while Apex is more about weight, texture and musical engagement.