TRUTHEAR TRUTHEAR NOVA In-ear Monitor
The NOVA pairs textured sub-bass with clean vocal clarity, strong microdetail and precise imaging for a focused, fatigue-free listen. inToit Reviews highlights its controlled rumble and inventive accessory package, while its smooth, non-sibilant treble suits listeners who value composure over exaggerated sparkle. Deep-fitting shells and generous tips complete a capable hybrid at its price.
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Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
80/100
Fit Comfort Isolation
83/100
Build Accessories
82/100
Value for Money
86/100
Pros
Textured, rumbling sub-bass with controlled integration and minimal midrange bleed.
Strong microdetail, clear vocals and accurate imaging provide a focused, organized presentation.
Treble remains smooth and non-sibilant, avoiding harshness on challenging recordings.
Generous tip selection, innovative zip case and supple cable add practical value.
Cons
Scooped mid-bass and lower mids can make the sound lean, with limited kick-drum impact and vocal body.
Upper-mid energy may sound forward or shouty, while limited treble extension reduces air and realism.
Stage width is modest, despite capable imaging and instrument separation.
Large, deep-fitting shells and abrasive ear hooks may compromise long-session comfort for some listeners.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 80/100
Reviewers find the NOVA technically capable for its price, with good microdetail, controlled bass and precise imaging within a relatively compact stage. Its lean lower mids, forward upper-midrange and subdued upper-treble extension make the presentation smoother than harsh, but also less full-bodied, dynamic and involving for some listeners.
Bass
82/100
Bass is generally described as clean, textured and well controlled, with strong rumble potential and little bleed into the midrange. However, reviewers repeatedly note the sub-bass-focused balance and scooped mid-bass, which can leave kick drums short on impact and occasionally make low notes feel detached or droning.
Midrange
79/100
Vocal clarity is a clear strength, and the midrange is generally smooth rather than grainy. Still, the lower mids are lean and recessed, while the upper mids can be overly forward or shouty; female vocals and electric guitars may become edgy, and overall vocal body is limited.
Treble
78/100
The NOVA avoids obvious sibilance, sharpness and fatigue, with reviewers calling its treble polite and well controlled. The trade-off is notably limited upper-treble extension, which can reduce air, realism and the sense of openness.
Resolution Separation
85/100
Reviewers hear strong microdetail retrieval and good clarity for the asking price, with better instrument distinction than earlier TRUTHEAR models. Separation is capable rather than exceptional, as one reviewer found the delineation between sounds less clear than preferred.
Soundstage Imaging
81/100
Imaging earns positive comments, including better positional definition than the Hexa and solid placement within the available space. Stage width is limited, however, so the NOVA presents music more as a focused, organized space than a broad and expansive one.
Dynamics Coherence
76/100
The controlled bass integrates cleanly without obvious bleed, but several reviewers find the overall sound thin, dry or unengaging. Limited mid-bass punch and modest low-end authority reduce macro-dynamic weight, while the reviews provide little direct discussion of transient performance.
FIT COMFORT ISOLATION PERFORMANCE 83/100
The shell generally fits securely and is considered comfortable, though its deep insertion and substantial in-ear volume may not suit every ear. The supplied tips offer useful fitting options, but reviewers provide little direct assessment of passive noise isolation.
Seal Stability
89/100
Fit security is praised strongly by one reviewer, who reports that the earpieces stay firmly in place once inserted. Another reviewer notes that deep insertion is expected, but still describes the fit as comfortable, supporting a generally reliable seal.
Comfort
83/100
Reviewers broadly find the shell comfortable and free of sharp edges, with one preferring its shell shape to competing designs. The earpieces occupy considerable ear volume, and the cable's aggressive ear hooks caused prolonged-use discomfort for one reviewer.
Isolation
75/100
The reviews do not directly characterize the NOVA's passive isolation in everyday noisy settings. Its deep-fitting design may be relevant to isolation, but no consistent reviewer evidence establishes how much outside sound it blocks.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Accessories
82/100
The package includes a broad tip selection, foam and dual-flange options, plus a distinctive zip case with a carabiner or belt-clip arrangement that reviewers found useful and inventive. Shell construction is plastic and viewed by one reviewer as a step back from the Hexa, while the cable is somewhat microphonic and its rough ear-contact area may encourage replacement for long sessions.
Value for Money
86/100
At roughly $150-$170, reviewers describe the NOVA as performing reasonably well and note that its bass texture, rumble and technical improvement are competitive for the price. The value case is tempered by the substantial price increase over the Hexa and by tuning limitations that make it less universally appealing than its specifications may suggest.
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Specifications
- Sensitivity
- 123dB/Vrms @1KHz
- THD
- THD≤1% @1KHz (94dB)
- Frequency response
- 8-40kHz (IEC61094, Free Field)
- Effective frequency response
- 20-20kHz (IEC60318-4,-3dB)
- Diaphragm of Dynamic driver
- PU suspension+LCP dome composite diaphragm
Manufacturer's Description — TRUTHEAR
NOVA has slightly less bass gain than HARMAN IE 2019 curve and is close to the high-frequency amplitude response of HARMAN OE 2013 with high HRTF characteristics, which results in a warm, soft, clear and natural sound thanks to the brand-new overall system design of lowering the Q value.
NOVA high-performance 1DD+4BA In-ear headphone with 3-way crossover composite structure
Adopting the polyurethane suspension composite liquid crystal dome diaphragm and dual-cavity internal magnetic circuit dynamic driver of N52 magnet
Utilizing the DLP-3D printed cavity commonly used in high-end multi-driver and custom earphone
Come with the braided cable with multi-core single-crystal copper
Present the excellent objective index
Efficient Driver-Configuration
NOVA is a 1DD+4BA in-ear headphone with 3-way crossover composite structure. Compared with HEXA, the original design intention is to further improve the high-frequency performance while maintaining a reasonable and efficient configuration, and also strive to bring users a mature earphone with a hybrid 3-way crossover structure at a reasonable price.
NOVA uses a 10mm diameter specialized dynamic driver to take charge of the bass. Thanks to the mature production and processing technology, this 10MM internal magnetic circuit structure dynamic driver has extremely low distortion, offering NOVA a better bass performance.
NOVA has a composite full-frequency dual balanced armature driver with a larger size, which is responsible for mids and part of trebles, which can be accurately matched with the frequency band of the specialized dynamic driver, and the high-frequency band can also highly conform to the design goal.
NOVA combines with a custom composite double balanced armature driver, which is similar to SWFK series, and is responsible for the trebles, which further improves the bandwidth while matching the sensitivity of the mid-high frequency composite balanced armature, lowering the Q value of the bad high-frequency resonance peak as much as possible, resulting in a better high-frequency performance.
Accurate Hybrid Frequency Division
The acoustic waveguide structure with filtering function realized by the high-precision DLP-3D printed technology and the RC frequency division achieved by accurate calculated, which makes the five drivers perform well under different corresponding acoustic waveguides, therefore, the objective index of NOVA closer to the design goal based on the HEXA.
Excellent Measurements
NOVA has slightly less bass gain than HARMAN IE 2019 curve and is close to the high-frequency amplitude response of HARMAN OE 2013 with high HRTF characteristics, which results in a warm, soft, clear and natural sound thanks to the brand-new overall system design of lowering the Q value.
NOVA has the same phase in the full frequency band, and there is no common connection issue that occurs in the ordinary multi-driver earphone, so as to realize a natural sound with the phase distortion eliminated.
New Generation DLP 3D Printed Technology
The DLP 3D printed cavity from HeyGears is equipped with its own medical-grade high-transparency resin. It can realize complex delicate acoustic waveguide structures while ensuring printing accuracy and efficiency, At the same time, it brings the lightweight cavity to fit well while making sure the skin-friendly and reliable cavity materials.
A Brand New Concise Reliable ID Design
NOVA delivers a further optimized ergonomic shape design, and a high-precision 3D printed texture panel with a sandwich-like structure (front cavity, smooth curved cover, and a few drops of glue fill the seams) to ensure a beautiful faceplate and promise a durable and reliable structure.
Equipped with Multiple Sets of Ear-tips
Apart from the classic thin-diameter ear-tips, NOVA also comes with short double-flange ear-tips, long double-flange ear-tips and foam ear-tips with multiple limiters. The bad resonance peak of high frequency will move backward further with double-flange ear-tips, thus offering crystal clear and beautiful trebles and further canceling the influence brought by the bad resonance peak, resulting in a unique listening sense of the single balanced armature driver classic ER4 to NOVA’s high frequency. The foam ear-tips with multiple limiters can meet the different needs of players for insertion depth, and help to further improve the usability on the basis of comfortable wearing and excellent sealing.
High-quality Cable + Rich Expansibility
NOVA has a versatile 0.78 2Pin interface, with the ear hook to correct the length and angle, and the newly designed single crystal copper wire (4 strands with 112 cores, 448 cores in total) with wire skin material, which has excellent sound quality and convenient use, and can also expand infinite possibilities by changing wires.
Meanwhile, there are infinite possibilities thanks to the interchangeable cable design.
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- Headphone Zone — online and in-store — Laxmi Industrial Estate, Maharashtra, India (website)
- Headphones.com — online and in-store — Portland, Oregon, United States (website)
- Shenzhenaudio — online and in-store — Long Gang Qu, Guang Dong Sheng, China (website)
- Star Picker — in-store — Sea Park, Selangor, Malaysia (website)