Noble Audio launches the Vanguard, a $325 hybrid IEM
Launched alongside the Iris on 7 July at $325 / £299 / €349, Vanguard uses a 1DD + 2BA three-way hybrid with a 10 mm PEEK dynamic driver on the low end.
Noble Audio's Vanguard launched globally on 7 July 2026 at $325 / £299 / €349. It uses a three-way hybrid arrangement (one dynamic driver and two balanced armatures) with a 10 mm polyether ether ketone dynamic driver handling the low frequencies.
Hybrid IEMs live or die on crossover integration: the handover between a dynamic woofer and armature mids is where audible discontinuities appear, and it is exactly what a frequency-response measurement makes visible. At $325 the Vanguard lands in the most heavily populated and most heavily measured part of the IEM market, so it will not be judged in isolation for long.
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This is an announcement, not a verdict. Specifications come from the manufacturer and nothing here is measured until a unit reaches the rig. For tested iems, see IEMs reviews. Back to all new releases.