>>101560318
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804880763598.html
Openheart sells Sennheiser pin cables. This 16 core will be slightly more robust than the TRN one anon previously linked

>consistent baker
>mystical eq guide done
>foxpos mk3
>gatezo appearance (more tolerable chuzo)
we're so back...

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I only listen to one song, ClariS irony. And I've spent over $5000 in 10 years to hear it properly. At this point, my hearing is decaying faster than iem tech is improving. It's over.

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kek

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>Divinus Wide Bore
Not a fan. Slightly better instrument separation and clarity but you lose so much low-end energy (even for the wide bore standards). I still prefer the OG divinus

>>101561655
You need tubes.

Seems like the EQ guide has been received positively overall. I'm thinking of doing another small project, either an article dispelling common audio misconceptions (mainly aimed at very new beginners, somewhat complementary to the EQ guide), or an archive of measurements found on squig.link (for those that weren't present when I uploaded the last scarpe, here it is https://files.catbox.moe/g89gvf.7z)

The latter I will need people who can scrape data, mainly for self-hosted databases on github.io (eg JaysAudio, listener, HBB, etc).

opinions on the Ling Long?
my maestros died and I'm desperate to own a pair to take outside and have other priorities to buy another pair of maestros. they good?

>>101562155
if you want budget bass get cca trio or letshuoer soloist on sale and put 500 mesh filters on the nozzles. micropeen dingdong driver is pos and the shell will implode from swapping eartips

Daily reminder that techs are stored inside the styrofoam which contains your pos

>>101561430
RY4S 32Ω mmcx Plus (V-shape) - $10

>>101562155
endgame, no other pos competes. people are just butthurt ling long obsoleted every pos in existence

>>101562748
ching chong is better

This is a shit recording with hiss, clipping, and rolled off treble, but the timbre is rich.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vI6jpen90

>>101562951
This is real music
https://youtu.be/BsjDtzRP7fk

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Thank you for the suggestions anons. I am loving the explorer. Delci is good too but the sound doesnt hit the same. Will probably use it at work.

>>101563002
I have no idea how you find these tracks and it's better if it stays a mystery.

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I am graduating from dongles

>>101563047
>fiio

>>101562155
Unvented so random level of bass on every insertion, not as much bass as on the graph because bullet style, nozzle falls off during unboxing.

>>101562652
This is bullshit price because you still need to get mmcx cable. I don't know what that earbud is doing on the list.

I wonder how Alpha3 compare to Titan S2 for the same price. Alpha is very good for like 85% of frequency range, with great instrument separation. And other 15% is non-existent.

>>101563024
bass'd taste

>>101562935
Bruh

my new iems hurt my ears :(

>>101563625
Let me guess, massive shell with meme drivers.

>>101563625
use longer stem eartips

>>101563126
8+8=16usd

budget portable speaker?

>>101563760
With this logic Vido is $1-3 and Iris $5. Still leagues cheaper in comparison.

>>101561655
Good morning sir,
The song "Irony" by ClariS is composed by KZ, so regarding the only correct method, it is needful to listen to it on KZ.

>>101561430
>>Bullet IEMs:
>• Tanchjim Zero (bright neutral) - $15
>• Final E500 (dark) - $25
>• Tanchjim One DSP (neutral) - $30
Any other good bullet IEMs that I can use as burner pairs?

>>101561430
Is there any good bluetooth earbuds?
My phone peripheral is fucked and i could not bother fixing it
my budget is around
>90 $ DOLLARS $
I just want it to hear some music and podcast while in my wagie noisy job
bassy music oriented sound i guess
my $15 dollar chinese earbuds always get fucked in the left ear

need some advice bros
>$300 max
>to use for audiophile listening and music mixing/mastering
>i really like deep and defined basses as well as extremely precise treble
>was using Klipsch R6 II before and i liked them but they started dying

>>101562202
>cca trio on 500 mesh filters
this nigga knows what's up, add an 80 ohm impedance adapter and you'll have a basshead's wet dream.

>>101564136
>Is there any good bluetooth earbuds?
no.

>>101564551
decent then

>>101564973
Coomdrop Space Travel @40 bucks

>>101565028
It's not decent, it's extremely disappointing.

>>101565053
How so?

>>101565053
it's $25 not $40, and it sounds good so it's good enough
it's got shit ANC and apparently battery life sucks but I never had them die on me

>>101565053
they must explode immediately upon being taken out of the box if a ~20 usd tws can be extremely disappointing

>>101565084
The Moondrop Space Travel is not disappointing for the price, it's disappointing absolutely. I don't judge things on price. Things don't sound better to me because they're cheap. Moondrop used an extremely poor driver, comparable to Tangzu ChangLe. Just compare it to something competent like Galaxy Buds2 Pro or the AKG N400.

>>101565305
>driver memes

>>101565457
>listening to the sound memes

I sent a refund request like 5 minutes ago cuz my phone could not detect my iem and as soon as I sent it like it just magically started working again wtf? do the chinese have remote control of my iem?

FAT FREQ X HBB DEUCE IS SO GOOD OMG
25DB BASS HELL YEAH

Do open back IEMs exist?

>>101566457
>nggar

>>101566479
Yeah, Final E2000/E3000, Tanchjim Tanya, 64 Audio Duo, Sony Just ear off the top of my head

KZ models are fake open-back

>>101563047
Check if it works on your phone, had to return ka17 because of that.

Got my EDC Pro. Probably the best comfort of any KZ yet and they look nice.
They sound like KZ.

>>101568649
is the shell different? looked like generic KZ shell to me.

>>101563910
Couple weeks back i could buy 10 vido's for €16

Iris 2.0 was €5, but thats too expensive for me, i want to get them for €4 a piece.

Of course i'm collecting the iris, €5 is still a good deal, probably in few months i'll buy new ones

>>101561430
how do you connect them to mobile? i play codm a lot and want a setup for an ipad pro
with his headphones, you can hear them from so far away and they added atmos support

>>101568688
Yes sir you are connecting to mobile using usb-c adapter. We are recommending apple 3.5mm adapter for using with your ipad and mobile sir. You are getting it for rs 900.

>>101566457
>no fr
>no mention of driver type
>scarcity marketing with 150 units
I'm voting with my wallet here, they can fuck off with these jewish tricks.

>>101568830
whats rs? they have a digital adapter but i dont have a pc yet
i want some great in ear monitors with a good mic
idk if i need an external amp or whatever you need to get high quality audio
i play now with my iphone 12pm but i just use the speakers on it and its ass
i turned the sfx audio very low and made the ambient audio high so i can hear footsteps but i want the monitors for dolby atmos
its such a competitive edge to be able to hear exactly where they’re moving

>>101566479
Softears Twillight is said to leak sound

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This is currently in my ear which I bought for 29 bucks and which is good enough to prevent me from reaching for my SR-009 which sits at arms lengh but I'm to lazy to grab it.
Roast me

I hate mmcx so fucking much it's unreal. I want to personally smash whoever is responsible for it's head in with a sledgehammer.

>>101568975
sr-009s is the worst thing I've ever heard so I don't blame you.

>>101565625
yes also enjoy your lead poisoning

>>101568988
That's why I bought the SR-009 and skipped the 009S

>>101568975
>comfort wins over audio quality
many such cases

>>101564077
>Any other good bullet IEMs that I can use as burner pairs?
Tanchjim Tanya and Tangzu Chang Le

>>101564136
>Is there any good bluetooth earbuds?
Affordable Redmi or Soundpeats if not Space Travel

>>101564189
>$300 max
Over budget: Yanyin Canon II, Thieaudio Hype 4. Under budget: ZiiGaat Doscinco, Kiwi Ears Quintet, Geek Wold GK100. imo GK100 has the worst fit, Doscinco is probably ideal pick.

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What’s the opinion on wireless adapters like these?

>>101569202
pos

>>101569202
the ones i've tried are annoyingly noisy (background static hiss)

>>101569202
id pass
anything with a battery, its not built to last
also wireless drops a lot of quality

headphone frree for like 6 months
how the fk can anyone wear those at the computer and be comfortable

>>101569555
>555
What's a headphone? Do you mean headpos? Be specific.

>>101569555
We didn't know any better. Honestly, after some time every headphone, iem or earbud will start to hurt your ears, just in a different way.

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Well anon... I think this would look cute on you.

>>101569638
speakerchads we just can't stop winning

Are the Aria 2 considerably better than the Aria snow? I’ve had mine for some years and they’re all scuffed and shit and was planning to change them.

>>101569555
Over ear headphones? I agree i have no idea how people can wear those for more than 10 minutes.
But come of my comfortable IEM i can literally 24/7.
I constantly forget that i'm even wearing them.

>>101569657
Why does she look like a deadly ill patient?

>>101569604
what does pos stand for
>>101569638
desu flatpos is so comfy theres no way they could ever hurt my ears

>>101569657
That shit’s way too expensive for what it is.

>>101569699
this is what is considered attractive to asian chuds

>>101569667
nope

>>101569667
sidegrade

>>101562247
I noticed most hybrid IEMs have the DD and BAs in this orientation. I'm wondering if the positions of the driver holes matter for stuff like positional imaging and "soundstage". I can imagine high frequencies bouncing off the wrong parts of your ear if you put tweeters in the wrong spot. But I can also imagine manufacturers copying each other for no reason and this is what they landed on.

>>101569699
Cancer from bluetooth.

>>101569868
dd (bass) drivers can be farther with smaller diameter tubes, low pass filter
treble tweeters are typically closest to nozzle with wider diameter tube
beyond that decent companies do simulation models to shape FR and other metrics

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>>101561430
uoooh the techpos

>>101568859
There's no FR because it doesn't ship until August 30th so the marketing didn't even really start yet. People are just hyping it up based on CanJam demo and conjecture.
The FR is going to be
>>101555406
>no mention of driver type
it's 2DD
>scarcity marketing with 150 units
it was for a shitty preorder bonus cable, not the IEM itself, and it was increased to first 500 units anyway

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>>101570211
It doesn't make sense because that's about +12dB bass nothing like +25dB. And I've never heard of a very technical 2DD. The second DD only makes it worse. Techs are probably going to be Truthear Zero tier, but the "people" buying this probably don't know any better.

>>101570818
literally pre-obsoleted by cca trio+500mesh+80ohm

>>101570144
Based tubechud

>>101570818
like that post said the final tuning is going to have few dB more sub bass, I don't think it's supposed to reach 25dB like the website says but it's not going to be 12dB either
>he believes in driver tech memes
never mind you're a mouthbreather

>>101571589
Stick to your turdear gate third worlder.

>>101563027
I don't find real music, real music finds me
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/track/deafening-56-bpm

I can't go back to silicone tips but I hate spending money on foam ones. Helpp.

>>101572067
Get pos that doesn't need foam tips.

>>101572111
all pos need foams

>>101572111
Foam just sounds better and feels better.

>>101572130
>>101572131
Yeah lemme just wait 3 hours until the foam fully expands.

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Can't lie, unimpressed by Hype 4. It'll get returned.
>Build
All good. Shell is beautiful, I don't detect any hint of the "twang defect," mentioned on some Hype 2, Hype 4 units. Fits me great. Pin slots are on the looser end.
>Sound
Easily driven, doesn't ask for power. Sub bass provides solid rumble, crispy and prominent highs. My main issues are the drastic skewing of sub bass over mid bass and bothersome emphasis of upper frequencies. Vocals are too forward and cymbals / high frequency percussion hit too sharp for my liking across several tracks. Techs are frankly average. Resolution and micro detail are below my expectations for the price and configuration.
>Afterword
I have tons of pos but figured why not add modern Thieaudio house sound to the collection. Unfortunately Hype 4 doesn't have special appeal, has some stock tuning irks that go against my preferences, and doesn't stand head and shoulders above other sets I already own, thus is too redundant to keep. Not bad, but not for me and doesn't bring anything new to my collection.

>>101572176
Never buy thiefaudio, id even go with turdear before them and turdear makes some real fucking stinkers (nova).

>>101572176
What techs did you expect from such an ugly faceplate.

>>101572243
Meh, Monarch MKIII is good but not good enough for me to shell out the dosh. Turdear is below mid, never liked anything from them.

>>101572176
understandable from the perspective of already having a collection, theyre an all rounder imo, im a headphonefag and hype 4 is my only pos next to a collection of bluetooth iems and theyre the best pair i own
bottom line theyre great for n00bs but wont impress anyone whos already in deep

>>101572257
I honestly love how it looks, too bad the holographic faceplate didn't equate to holographic soundstage...

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>>101572283
Looks like pool tiles.

>>101570818
blackest most niggerish vertical scaling i've seen

>>101569706
flatpos are the comfiest too imho, but iems just sound too good to say farwell. i Even sometimes use headphones, but usually when i'm drunk and want to feel nostalgia. during the day, at home, speakers

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wtf

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>>101572529
Are they gonna coom on the players.

>>101572271
if you like the monarch mk3 but don't want to pay out the ass (because frankly I agree, they're no where near worth $999), look into the XENNS Mangird Top. I have them and did comparison with a guy's mk3 that he let me borrow and they were nearly identical in terms of sound and tuning. Only real difference was the Top had ever so slightly harder hitting mid-bass. They can be gotten for $440ish regularly on sale, too.

Congratulate Sharur on discovering harman with less ear gain after listening to his own speakers and IEMs side by side. Only took him 2 years.

>>101572624
Yeah I'm already Mangirdpilled, luv me Tea2. I've always had Top in my mind, but the main thing is I want to order personalized faceplate design if I redeem them. 'ate the stock colorway. I want some dope abolone shell if I do go for it, which probably negates any discounted price. Would be ideal to demo it then and be sure I like it, haven't had the chance yet

>>101564077
Final Audio E3000. Thank me later

Also, why the fuck aren’t the E3000 on the recommended list? I have the E500 and Tanchjim Zero, the E3000 shits on them. It’s so much better (can’t say about the one dsp since I don’t have that)

>>101573085
absolutely hilarious how every graph of the e3000 is significantly different from one another

>>101573114
That I don’t get. I doubt the idiots doing the graphs are inserting them weird, but I can’t think of another explanation. They sound great though. And are insanely comfortable

>>101573210
either final's fault, which is plausible considering their qc, or a case of improper measuring, though this one still doesn't explain the discrepancies.
they look decent, warmish and relaxed sound

>YouTube update broke NewPipe again
Alright that's it, fuck streaming. I'm going back to my personal music players.

Where do I pirate lossless music with album covers and shit? It's been so long since I used anything but YouTube.

>>101573523
https://rentry.org/firehawk52
Have fun

>>101573523
Update the app, works again.
>Where do I pirate lossless music with album covers and shit?
RED, OPS.

>>101569555
years of wearing headphones have molded my head to have a perfect 'valley' where the headband snuggles into
IEMs are less comfortable for me because i dont like putting shit in my holes

>>101573751
You know the head dent is a sign of brain damage right?

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>>101573884
me knowing nothing hehehehe

>>101573561
What is this?
is this some super secret private tracker or some shit?

Question, are all IEMs compatible with all cables?

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>>101573114
Final Audio products are handmade by traditional Japanese craftsmen. There will be natural variations, please understand.

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>>101574072
No. 2-pin has its variations (recessed, qdc, 0.75/78), MMCX has its variations (ety, Sennheiser recessed), pentaconn, estron T2

Tanchjim Luna might actually have an international release...
Sistas, we're so back (never left)

>>101563631
they are simgot ea500lm. haven't been able to figure out why i can't get comfortable with them yet. might end up returning them.

>>101573523
murglar, faggot

>>101574713
uh oh, i ordered these and should be coming on sunday. i have small ears. hope i dont have the same problem as you

I tried using a budget iem and clogged it up with earwax.
I'll just stick with regular headphones I think.

>>101574730
it seems to be rare. can't find many articles or posts about discomfort using them.

>>101574762
Clean your ears you stupid monkey nigger.

>>101574775
I have a lot of earwax and it is usually pretty deep in the canal.
Earwax is good for you anyway faggot.

>>101574639
how is it different from the other hundreds of dongle dacs already on the market?

>>101574713
generic heavy metal shell.
pseudocustom resin > anodized aluminum >>> condom plastic > cast alloy metal (ea500)

>>101574799
It looks cool and has extra waifu techs

>>101574795
Bro do you not take showers or something?

>>101574713
Just try the three tip sizes, probably user error. Smaller is better if you're uncomfortable. But if they feel like they're falling out of your ears, then try a longer tip: Azla Sednaearfit is 2mm longer.

>>101574938
yeah i've been cycling through them. i'm currently leaning towards the shape/weight being a bad fit for me. it hurts the bottom part of my ear which makes me think it's literally pushing down on it.

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why did they have to give it a shitty mediakek chip bros... moondrop almost got me to buy a pajeetdroid...

>>101575459
mediakek is just as good as poodragon

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bros.. they really named it pecker... and the peak is huge my gosh

>>101575532
My uncle is literally working for Qualcomm. All their chips are being designed in Bangalore, India. The MediaTek may even be coming from real human beings in Taiwan.

What are the iems

>>101575459
just works
the goal is to play music rather than Genshin Impact

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>>101575548
>pecker
>duece
they really cant stop themselves from being silly

>>101575554
holy shit maybe endia is really on its way to become the next supapowa...

>>101575579
see also the Tin Hifi Dudu

do you people listen to mp3 format or flac? or any other audio format? i have so many flac files that it becomes too big to store on my phoneeven with the 1tb sd card.

>>101575752
yea right this one too
I think its some kind of joke competition in the industry to see who can come up with goofy names for their next releases

>>101575817
Main setup entirely in FLAC.
Any SD or portable storage/medium (eg phone) gets the entire library in 128kbps OPUS with embedded art.
Both libraries are also synced to my media server.

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>>101575817
I only and only listen to uncompressed lpcm sine waves

>>101575838
Honestly wish I have a home server with all my random files in there. At the moment everything (as in ~15TB of random shit) are in external HDDs, SSDs and USB sticks.

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Getting this sent as we speak, anyone that's in hifi test these out? How good are the compared to other things in a "similar" price range. I tried the 60's and just chose to go all in on something for once in my life audio wise. Really excited for the experience people talk about. I no longer want good for the price, I want good.

>>101576005
>headpos
>grados
can't believe you people actually exist wtf

>>101576030
headpos? mind being a pal and explain?

>>101576050
headpos are bad. if you want to talk about headpos, wait until a retard makes /hpg/

>>101576050
dentpos.

>>101576050
this is the wrong general for talking about headphones

>>101573085
Why is the Final E500 even being recommended?

>>101576173
bulletpos are obsolete, dont mind that finalshill

>>101576098
there is no way there are retards who believe the head dent from headphones is a real thing.

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>>101576212
it is often said that one can delude himself into believing reality adhares to his own beliefs because he refuses to trust anybody but his own ego

>>101576212
it does but your skull eventually pops back into place like aluminum

>>101576268
i heard it doesn't pop back but instead the rest of the skull shrinks to fit the dent

>>101576299
if thats true then where does the extra bone and skin go? because its sure not going to my penis! ha ha

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>>101576098
>>101576261

>>101576268
the skull is kinda malleable but to reverse thr dent you need to push it back from under the skull... which is not something that is doable without medical aid

>>101576350
It's just tissue and fat that gets displaced by the headphones. Very shortly after taking off the headphones, my guess is less than an hour it's going to go back to normal. You can massage the area as well to speed it along.

>>101576360
tissues do heal, provided that denties switch to iems

how come apple can sell a 3.5mm dongle that is cheap and small and is apparently the best dongle you can get compared to everything else that is more expensive and bigger/heavier? i thought apple was for retards?

>>101576385
Because Apple outsources everything to China and chi-fi is king

>>101576385
humonguous company, solid engineering without the anti-consumer and anti-repair options, and past experience, which results in a device that is widely available and performs well on most metrics.

>>101576399
does the 4.4mm jack on the dawn pro cost $45 to manufacture?

>>101561430
>>Budget
200 too 400
>>Intended use (media, source, environment)
>music content etc
>>Frequency response preference (basshead, female vocal, treble sensitive, etc.)
basshead
>>Past gear and your thoughts on them
ath-m50x and sony wh-5, no in ear experience
>random
is ips-68 possible

>>101568688
Real question is why the fuck you are playing such a horrible game on a even worse platform

>>101576385
Mixed signal digital/analog electronics are hard to design. DAC chips require the user to write a firmware that interacts with the host device including some kind of power saving, and controls the dongle hardware like buttons and leds. It's just not that simple, and for now the chifi dongles have their limitations. The Apple dac/amp chips are custom designed for Apple by Cirrus Logic to be just perfect for the application. When Apple took away the 3.5mm jack, they needed to replace it with something better to keep their customers happy. So we have the Apple 3.5mm adapters. We're lucky they have no compatibility issues with Windows.

>>101576444
fatfreq maestro mini

>>101576444
doubt anything besides Shokz are IP68 rated. galaxy buds pro 3 are IP57 and akg n400nc are IPX7. almost nothing wired is going to be above IPX4 rated. realistically you need to discard that criteria if you want more options to choose from.

>>101576417
>>101576467
so you'd say the reason it's so cheap is to mitigate backlash/generate goodwill from no longer offering 3.5mm jacks on their devices? considering apple's history of jacking up the price because of it's pedigree i thought this might be the case

>>101576505
That was the theory ever since Apple made the changes many years ago, when people discovered that the new dongle was as good or better than the output from the iphones and laptops.

>>101576479
>>101576503
what is the best value for a in-ear that come with custom molds

>>101576522
Fair enough, i've never bought an apple product so I had no idea

>>101576531
a Hisenior custom. you need to get 3-D scans in person somewhere and send the file to them.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTQfPRCFBk
here is a vid going over some considerations for custom iem. not to be a dick, but it doesn't seem like you know what you're getting into at all, so picking a random custom is not advisable, but you can do whatever you want.

>>101576534
It helps that the iphone is descended from and meant to replace the ipod, a high end music player. It had better dacs and amplification than most competing phones.

>>101576578
the iphone was the original miad01?

>>101576641
yeah

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wtf this qkz pos looks... pretty nice

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I will grab my shill cap here - P20 are criminally underrated. The only real issue is they benefit from better amplification so ymmv depending on amp you have. I no longer have other planars to compare them to but I don't feel like getting anything more expensive. There is nothing not to like for current asking price. Also easy to mod. Once again big thanks to anon who recommended them instead of getting Hidizs.

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>>101577072
nice bro hit play and enjoy music. design is cool too

>>101576005
Grado is not even good for the price.

>>101576385
It's cheap because the materials are cheap, it disintegrates instantly. The chip itself costs pennies, even in chink dongles.

>>101564027
holy fuck it's true

>>101569699
probably menhera, mental illness is trendy nowadays in east asia, at least in japan which is the main market for waifus, that's why I presume she's a mental asylum patient

>>101577818
its trendy here too but they just call themselves liberals

>>101577831
thats a different kind of breed
we are talking about sexually attractive ones

>>101576360
that's until it starts to deform your skull

>>101576346
"Mother of god, my watch strap left mark on my forearm skin for having arms crossed for too long. I should get medical help immediately and all straps thicker than 2mm should be banned!"

>>101576578
ironic, considering that it was iphone that started the trend of butchering phones by removing headphone jacks along with amplifier and DAC on the output, nowadays their connectors are just serial digital busses with no native audio capabilities at all, the dongles are just glorified sound cards
but yeah, the first iphone not only had a good DAC, if I'm not wrong it was wolfson, but also made headphone jacks in phones widespread

>>101577929
Wrist fedoras should be banned in general.

>>101577966
based

>>101577966
say that in front of staff lieutenant John "operator navy SEALS 8th division special forces infantry paramilitary ops airstrike bogie on my six four niner niner alpha tango in the airspace bravo lima winchester fox 4 eyes on fire for effect" johnson and see how many teeth come out of your mouth

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Oh boy, and here we go...

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>>101578147
I'll asking him who's fucking his wife while he fights for Israel.

>>101578474
*ask

>>101577566
the good integrated dac/amps do not cost pennies. they cost $10 in the usa, probably $5 in china, and at best $3 with the discount apple can get.

https://www.mouser.com/c/?q=cs43131

>>101577072
>P20 are criminally underrated.
P20 had a terrible start because its younger brother P10 got a very cold reception, and for whatever reason they decided to market it as a 14mm huge DD pos. Too bad stuffing the same OEM planar driver with slightly different filters is not enough to keep up with this masquerade for longer than a few days.

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>>101580103
I was one of the people who laughed at this whole marketing fiasco on release. Now I laugh on people missing out and getting Hidizs when you can get cheap filters, peel off original ones and get the same effect for 50% of price.

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everyone should burn in IEMs with pink noise at least 48 hours for optimal sound

Is this the 2024 replacement for the CRA?
https://youtu.be/R18-AB9pPzw?si=vqhlF84ps6taF79K

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the simgot dew4x literally clicks and pops in the middle of tracks, and between tracks. no it's not in the files themselves. damned chinks aren't into digital electronics.

>>101580184
Does that splitter thing actually work?

>>101580194
Looking to be best budget pos release this year. Finally one that isn't neutral with bass.

>>101580194
>KZ
>nggar

>>101580486
Devious duo. Didn't he get screwed twice by collabing with them.

>have amazon prime
>ordered from amazon a week ago
>says order jas 1-day shippinh
>been 9 days now
>tracked my order and is still hasn't been shipped
holy fuck. these companies need to do a better job at shipping their items.
i know its not amazon's fault since it says it's sold and shipped by [company name]
starting to think linsoul is a scam site.

>>101580762
eh don't buy "shipped by" listings, the protection is less. preorders and backorders are fine as long as it's shipped by amazon.

>>101580438
yes.

>>101577072
Oreo looking pos.

>>101580184
Where do I buy that splitter pos?

>>101581743
Amazon or anywhere that sells Fosi. It's a Fosi Audio PH05. It's not for listening, you're listening to cheap hissy opamps with that.

>buy moondrop chu 2 and truthear gate
>/Iemg/ stops shilling them 1 week later
what's the current shilling trend now? wyvern celeste?

>>101581743
https://fosiaudio.com/products/fosi-audio-ph05-5-channel-headphone-splitter-amplifier

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

>>101578373
>>101581901
asano dong, endgame

>>101581869
>stops shilling them 1 week later
literally never happened, unless you fell for chuzo's samefagging

>>101582061
pretty sure this place was a truthear general one month ago

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>>101581901
Still a dual CS43131, seems to be a Space in an impressive case. Too bad they didn't upgrade to CS43198 with discreet opamps to handle low impedances better. I would buy it ... also the pretty side is on the bottom, that's just stupid, you'll have to keep it upside down if it's on a desk.

>>101580184
>his burn in amp didnt cost 5 figures
ngmi

>>101582120
nah. everyone here has always hated turdear except for their gate

>>101582120
It was earbud general. And I feel sad it's not one anymore now that I'm back from holiday.

>>101582181
Stop projecting, I like Hexa and Gate. I am also going to buy some double-flange tips for them to see if that oldfag is right.

>>101568684
Where did you buy the earbuds at this low price? There are no more sellers on aliexpress who deliver them to my shitty country.

>>101583084
Learn how to use coupons

>>101583069
I like Gate. I hate Hexa and Nova.

>>101583084
theyre all like 2 dollars for me

Final A3000 + EQ is endgame in sound and aesthetics omg i love japs

>>101583539
I can kinda understand liking gate over Hexa because the bass + subdued upper mids and that slight 8khz spike aren’t for everyone but…
What does gate have over Nova?

>>101578373
it looks very nice

>>101584006
Comfort

I got shilled biggly into buying Hexa yet even my Moondrop Sparks TWS sound better. When I EQ Hexa to Harman or Sparks, it does not sound nearly as good. Hexa sounds how I'd expect Sparks' frequency response to sound except it's literally the opposite??

What's currently meta and doesn't sound boring like Hexa?

>>101584790
I like the Kefine Delci that people recommended here.

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>>101584790
>>101584856
Delci for warm and relaxed, not as airly, EA500LM for bright and resolving. Both benefit from EQing the bass down.

If the Hexa was too dull for you, you probably want the Simgot.

>>101563024
think i might pick up the explorer. how are they?

>>101584790
KZ Castor black or EDC Pro
the kings of budget-fi

>>101585129
Not him, but the Explorers are excellent if you want a relaxed, non technical sound. They're also suited for very high volumes.

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>>101585142
imagine overpaying for delci lmaoo

>>101585260
I got mine on sale for $40USD. I'm pretty happy with it.

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>>101585142
Orca is like best of both world. It's pretty crap without a dac tho.

>>101584790
This is the power of fake crossover. The meta is to get a comfortable 1DD and EQ.

>>101581869
Wanker se. Redeem quick!

>>101584790
Yet another satisfied truthear costumer.

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I am falling into a habit of buying IEMs just because of how they look.
Help.

>>101561430
>Budget
$150
>Intended use (media, source, environment)
Consooming videos/music/games
>Frequency response preference (basshead, female vocal, treble sensitive, etc.)
Loud sub bass neutral everything else
>Past gear and your thoughts on them
Sony MDR-7506, AKG K371-BT I like the AKG

>>101586531
I like the bass on the Kefine Delci, Kiwi Ears Cadenza and Tanchjim Kara. First two are within your budget and the Kara is slightly above it.

Is the EDC Pro the budget king of 2024?

>>101582120
i got the truthear hexa because it was recommended in this thread. it ended up shitting out on me but that's a different story.

>>101586582
No.

>>101586228
looks feminine and witchy. go for it if you plan to take hrt soon :)

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>>101586582
no, you're witnessing a moondrop move from kz but 20 times faster, stop being retarded

>>101586618
What is the budget king of 2024 so far?

>>101586228
Endgame means you only pay attention to looks and comfort.

>>101586684
Literally anything that isn't kz.

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>>101569657
do any of these run ldac? that's the only one decent enough to run flacs
there's that somewhat new Aptx Lossless qualcomm released some time ago that runs 1200 kbps but only like 6 phones at the moment got that one and 5/6 are chinese
the other one is the rog phone ultra which is a mid phone

otherwise, if these things dont run some really good codec there really is no point to having them paired with some high end IEM

Thieaudio Hype 2 worth it for 240 euro/260 usd?

>>101586836
Nope, it should have LHDC though. My recent experience with Nothing ear 3 is that it's the codec of the future, however my previous experience with Moondrop's Sparks has me wary of their implementation of high-res wireless audio.

>>101586971
lhdc is good enough, better than aptx hd

issue is not every phone runs these codecs
i got these sennheiser momentum 4 (runs aptx hd and adaptive) and i fucking seethe every time with my samsung phone because samsung are faggots that dont include any aptx upgrade despite hd being open source.

they went so far as to disable LC3 which is supposed to be included in every Android phone according to the licensing, so you cant even install it yourself. all iwth the purpose of shilling their own garbage codecs

if you do get a china phone consider vivo x100 pro since it went global and it runs aptx lossless
now there arent that many bluetooth things that support aptx lossless but eventually they might and that day will be wonderful for those that wear those neckbands with 0.78mm iem connectors

>>101586717
Such as? I want to buy the budget king of 2024

>>101586531
you'll prob like aful explorer, performer5, celest relentless, juzear 61t butterfly, or kiwi ears quintet. some are above budget but go lower during sales seasons. delci or kara that other anon mention are solid too

>>101586920
meh no. weakest of the hype lineup and driver config is not proportionate to price

>>101586228
z300 are good IEMs other than being too heavy, but I'd say the looks aren't really their strong part, particularly the gold version. They get scuffed easily too.
I thought I could remove the white design and polish the metal shell but the gold part is just plating, it's gray underneath(at least it seems so on the scratches and I do like it so I'm not risking ruining them completely).

is the supermix 4 supposed to be this light? this shit feels weightless

>>101587078
stop using faggot word like "budget king" you fucking moron. complete figment of imagination to think such a thing exists. decent shit exists, look at graphs / shell design, pick one.

>>101587135
yeah, what kind of question is that, it is what it is. resin and aluminum. they didn't give it a steel faceplate to needlessly increase the weight. i suggest adding a filter, f=4000 Hz, gain=+2dB, Q=1.

>>101587139
Budget
King
I want it

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Guess this is my shortlist now, thoughts? Wondering as well if itd be an upgrade to my Aria SE's

>>101587139
Except for kz graphs, they're unrelated to what you'll actually recieve.

>>101587221
chalk the timeless. chalk orchestra lite if you're not accustomed to sealed unit (no ventilation, suction pressure build-up). the rest are fine just depemds what you want. ea1000 has mid fit ergonomics being heavy metal shell.

blue vidos finally arrived
what now?

>>101587221
SuperMix4 is the only good IEM on that list.
Rest is either worse or worse value.
Particularly Timeless in the year of our lord twenty and twenty four is extra retarded.

i really like the simgot ew200 and it's prob the best thing under $100 that i've heard. Unfortunately my experience in the $60-150 range is limited since past ew200 and zero reds, I jump up to Yume II in terms of what I own and have heard (Yume II is fuckin great btw, doesn't get enough shilling).

>>101587383
coome2 doesnt get shilled since production of them is mostly over afaik, was prone to driver failure. take care of them bro

>>101587184
my only other iem is ikko oh10 and this is weightless compared to that. im still checking out the sound tho, but thx

>>101587139
I only buy budget kings. I don't need $200 iems

>>101587406
the oh10 is the heaviest iem i own. it makes every other iem seem like a feather.

>>101587221
the timeless is a bit outdated and overpriced these days. s12/s12pro, or nicehck f1pro are good options for less

>>101587255
>>101587358
>>101587467
Went with the Supermix 4, wish I did read a little bit earlier about the S12 Pro though because that one looks interesting as well, but ah well

>>101587412
budget kings more like budget slop

i am the budget king

>>101587897
bud-get this dick in yo mouth

So what is the 2024 budget king so far?

what should i be looking at if im just moving away from headphones and am willing to spend a bit of money

$200 isn't even mid-fi you poorfags

>>101587923
Look at the list. Pick something bassy neutral if you don't know what you like yet. If you don't like bass then just pick a neutral sounding IEM.

>>101587942
I was thinking about maybe getting Thieaudio Hype 4

>>101587923
sennheiser IE600 + azla max tips
ignore chi-fi, they get outdated too fast while senny after 5 years people will still be talking about it

>>101587927
Best iem under $20?

>>101587998
Don't. It's such a waste of money.
Or do it, then buy a $30 IEM and compare them. Then post here how you regret buying Hype 4.

>>101587923
get two pos, and look at the eq guide

>>101588009
the taco bell shit I took last week

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Should I get this?

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>>101588238
no.

>>101588238
>>101588261
oh crap apparently it gets good with an impedance adapter though

>>101588238
audiosense IEMs are nonvented
pressure build-up goes brrr and tinnitus eeeeeeee

>>101588261
what the fuck is this

>>101586684
>>101587209
It's still Simgot EA500LM. People are starting to forget about it, but it's a nice driver and if you EQ it as you like, it leaves little to be desired. It's just not as resolving as resolution monsters like the Supermix or S12. The S12 trades resolution for planar timbre, a problem that the Supermix 4 mostly avoids.

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owarudesu

>>101587536
S12 Pro is terrible unless you're buying it with the intention of EQ.

>>101588441
>$90
>budget

>>101588685
$100 and under is budget, yes.

hype 4 with eq is so good bros...

>>101588685
>>101588690
It also goes on sale frequently. I bought it for $60USD just last week.

>>101588690
$200 and under is budget
thirdies will seethe at this

>>101588804
wrong when $20 is already peak performance

>>101588873
thirdies just can't help themselves

>>101588707
Sorry but $50 and under is budget

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Probably my most used set in 2024, I love it so much.

>>101589026
>8k peak
ohnononon

>>101589040
Canal resonance, not relevant. The EQ for this particular graph doesn't have anything above 3kHz.

>>101589061
Scratch that, it has a filter at around 5.4kHz for a driver resonance, but that's it. Every other filter above 3kHz I haven't included for this pic.

talented and cute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRBqsJNxMfk

>>101587436
honestly i thought taht would be the norm

new bread >>101589663

>>101587390
yeah i fucked up my first pair because i left them out like a dumbass while i was running a humidifier. Replaced them and now barely use them as my daily drivers are either my xenns top or mega5est. But i still bust them out from time to time to use since i really enjoy them