Like a phoenix rising
from the ashes, /iemg/'s
heart is burning
with a raging fire

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New CVJ pos. Might be one of the few non ear rape tunings.

>>109044426
I would be embarrassed to be seen using something like this.

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stupid question but
What EQ app are you guys using on windows?

I was using Peace + Equalizer Apo but I noticed every time I turn on the Equalizer the sound gets very muffled and congested.
Happens even with no pre-amp and flat EQ sliders

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>speakers
full of engineering, signal processing, spatial audio works, physics and robust measurements methods that doesnt rely on average human model/rig exists, industrial designs with lust provoking elegance, scales from bedroom to concert hall
>iems
anime girls, sparkle vomit, no measurement method is guaranteed to be applicable to (you) unless you go personalized measurement route, current models/targets made to produce 'good enough product that might fit all', not a 'god product' but people sometimes conflate it to something absolute you need to chase, but hey, it fits on your palm

why
>>109044512
you need to handcraft your own EQ, not download and pray
there's no way around

>>109044516
Different products for different needs.
I don't want my neighbours to listen to what I'm listening to so I'm using iems.

>>109044516
I'm making my own EQ settings though and works perfectly fine on my phone with PowerAmp.
It's just my current EQ program on windows that's giving me problems

>>109044531
that's weird, how's your sample rate and and apo's analysis panel
does it match to your other devices' settings?

>>109044531
>>109044539(cont)
or it might be apo applying the effect twice depending on your audio routing
you can explicitly eliminate it by adding a 'selected devices' or worth checking a device selector

>>109044516
Open equalizer apo itself, not peace, there might be a demo preset enabled there.

>>109044554
>>109044512

>>109044436
Beta.

>shartur is still struggling with the fit of his garbage
You love to see it. And the best part is other people fell for and are also struggling lmao.

Can you anons recommend me a good IEM with an anime girl

Can you anons recommend me a good IEM with an anime boy

>>109044619
>>109044621
Custom g10.

>>109044614
Next video: I made custom eartips.
Next next video: custom eartips are garbage.
Screenshot this.

>there's an in ear monitor general
>there isn't a headphone general
what's up with that?

>>109044668
I remember that there used to be one but it died.

>>109044668
There's a /hpg/ right now but it's for speakers, they're a better topic.

>>109044415
Shitposting and "tech" aside, GAS3 has my favorite tuning signature of all the audio equipment I've tried to date. Shines especially in city pop and with 70s-80s mixing and mastering

>>109044668
headphone general mainly discussed stuff a decade plus old so it died
iems are constantly churning so people need to keep up with their fomo cycles

>>109044668
HD600 solved headphones decades ago buy them add bass shelf and you are golden

>>109045318
it is rare to see someone with a similar opinion to me
hi, i guess

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thinking of buying bnyu

>>109044668
dead technology

>>109044619
these two are mutually exclusive

>/g/ anitroons will buy something for the sole reason it has anime on it
>there are actual brands that cater to this niche
Grim.

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Are there any iems with cute anime boys on them?

>>109044619
Moondrop Psycho

>>109044512
i use peace with a gamechanger preset for my speakers from audioscienceresearch. gemini ended up tuning a Q factor for it pretty decently. get rid of equalizer apo, peace just works on my machine.
>>109044516
tfw posted a set of iems that didn't fit this description and got mocked for it itt

>1. TWS In-Ear Earphones with ANC
>2. Wireless over-ear headphones with ANC (closed-back)
>3. Wired headphones
>4. IEM
Anons, what do I choose
I need to listen to music primarily at home, very rarely outside. ANC, if present, is likely to be more useful at home than outside because noise outside doesn't bother me at all. I need to choose one option or a combination of options (up to 2, probably)

>>109045905
get a set of wired open-back and ANC wireless tws
i took the hd600&airpods pro pill
feelsgoodman

>>109045913
This sounds like the best combination, but it's not really quiet where I live so open-back headphones are probably gonna suck for my use case?

why does every nigga suddenly wants anc

>>109046002
closed back sounds meh for me but there are some choices
ath-m50x is a good candidate
locally considered as one of the to-go studio monitors

>>109046021
Because they are marketers pretending to be users.

tanchjim zero any good?

Can you be an audiophile without knowing what bass is?

>>109046376
Bass is when loud noises produced by drums.

>>109046376
no
flat and deep bass is as tasteful you can get as an audiophile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddCgniK88tM

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I lost my truthear zero reds I've had for five years on a flight between Narita and Brisbane. What's the current $50-70 king? Looking for soft v to flat.

>>109046376
I'd say it's a prerequisite. All audiophile headphones have no bass.

>>109047046
kiwi ears cadenza 2, opus op.22

>>109047771
Wrong. DCA always puts a bass shelf.

>>109047799
Not an audiophile headphone. Literally made just for asr.

>>109046279
zero ultima? yeah

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For this genres
Jazz fusion, instrumental post-rock and heavy rock

Is pic related(Kiwi Ears Cadenza II) a good choice or should i spend some more for better price/performance ratio?

>>109047955
tuning and your preferences are more relevant factors than how much you spend. cadenza2 is a good generalist pick so they'll work fine. people who like those genres tend to prefer warmer sets though, whereas cadenza2 has specific tuning that suppresses midbass ~200hz.

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A friend gave me two new iems to try, they're interesting enough so might as well make a post about em.

>NiSO Audio Venus 339 Pro
339 Pro's the one with the starry sky faceplate. Priced around $4k.

U-shape but with a pinna gain emphasis. Lean-sounding lower-mids, whiny/honky upper-mids. Decent subbass but midbass is lacking in quantity. Some hints of dynamics but just the bare minimum. Treble is slightly grainy and glassy, and subpar staging with an emphasis on the vocals. Midrange separation is poor despite the lean-mids - it still manages to sound muddy/veiled. Closest chifi equivalent would probably be the Dunu DK3001BD (albeit with more upper mids).

>NiSO Audio Bosnia (unreleased)
Bosnia's the one with the blonde lady on the faceplate and transparent shell. Unreleased flagship, priced around $6k.

Compared to the 339 Pro, the Bosnia is more V-shaped: mids are more filled-in, and pinna isn't as aggressive (but still boosted relative to other sets). Bosnia loses the subbass so it sounds less dynamic and softer-sounding despite the thicker mids. Treble is smoother and more extended, but there's still hints of glassiness. The "veiled" issue is also no longer present, mids resolution and separation on the Bosnia is significantly better. Using narrow-bore tips further remedied the tonality of the mids, now it has noteweight comparable to the Omnium Ti/Asteria. Compared to the Storm, Bosnia is fuller sounding, but Bosnia also has an earlier pinna rise so string/wind instruments sound more "honky".

I think Bosnia is the more interesting set - it basically fixes all the flaws of the 339 but still retains that tasteful vocal coloration. I don't mind the soft dynamics either because it helps to showcase the mids.

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>>109048175 (me)
>Dale resistors being used to tune the drivers

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>>109043715
sounds like buyer's remorse. what's wrong, you couldn't hear techs in your more expensive EPZ and had to cope by telling everyone else that they're "deaf"? what a fucking assclown.
>>109043777
don't engage w them. they're actually psychotic and prone to violence, statistically speaking.

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Penis DAC

>>109048675
at least tell us the brand

>>109047771
There's maybe two exceptions, HE-1 and abyss.
>>109047799
Nah those don't really enter audiophile discussions no matter how high of a price tag they put on them.

>>109045787
>get rid of equalizer apo, peace just works on my machine
Bro...

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>>109045905
Fox IEM outside, speakers inside.

>>109048963
/iemg/ accepts your concession.

>>109048721
it's nēreas

https://www.linsoul.com/products/fangsound-nereus-mini

idk why they say it's nereus... ??? anyone?

>>109049050
It's the name of a Greek god.

>>109049077
aha, I see. They misspelled it in the mold lmao

How many of you are already deaf, be honest.

>>109049480
wat

>>109045527
Anime is like 90% of sound quality, why do you think headphones lost.

>>109049480
I'd much rather be deaf than indoctrinated and mentally ill.

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>>109049480
hd800 anon if he's still here.

Quintet
They're nice
That's it.

>>109048175
Of course the IEM with a girl sounds better.

>>109045527
surreal that so many adults are fawning over it isnt it? usually when something is this mainstream i can relate to it and understand it to some degree but there is just no bridge to this stuff. i feel like im 70 or something sometimes

waifu-less deaf anons will never experience asano techs
SAD!

AES Papers for April and May 2026 are now live.

>>109049836
Too bad Harman is dead

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nicehck ebx25ti sound great for a flathead (if you eq them just like every other nicehck product) but they are so fucking heavy, they use the heaviest metal ever and cable to make it feel premium but if you walk around with them they don't sit in your ear properly. IDK what the chinese are smoking they should have just made it a nice plastic, I l only use it at my desk for movies and games

none of my other flatheads have this problem even ones with bigger drivers and fancy designs its a shame!

what a faggot thread

>>109050470
you fit right in, welcome.

I'm trying to find an IEM that's in a narrow range of specific requirements

Shaped like the Kiwiears IEMS with the protrusion on the notch for your ear
Tuned similar to the Truthear Pure but with slightly less bass and a moderate boost to mid high instead
Ventilation holes
High end, looking for as good as it gets

The closest I could find is the Kiwiears Orchestra Lite but it doesn't have ventilation holes

>>109050607
just drill one yourself

>>109050607
>High end
>as good as it gets
lmao

>>109050607
Quintet?

>>109050867
This is very ideal, meets all my requirements just wish the faceplate looked nicer, and not sure how I feel about the bone conduction driver

>>109049480
Thanks to the hair in my ears I can listen to sounds even at low volumes so I'm not going deaf any time soon.

>>109051123
There is no BCD...

>>109048058
I see, i did tried my friends fiio fh3 last night, instrument separation was great but it's 3d sound space (?) felt bit small.

But most importantly even tough you can hear bass guitars clearly you couldn't feel them(would Kiwi Ears Cadenza II suffer from the same thing?).Is it a trade off between good guitars(mids) vs good bass?

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>>109049780
When will we experience asanohole.

my glorious king edc

>>109045905
If you only need one thing and latency doesn't matter just get one of the go to TWS from scarbir (I personally own and rec Oneplus Buds 4). Despite whatever anons say you will be perfectly fine with modern TWS unless you want to enter slippery slope with dongles, pos and all the shit.

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>>109052755

>>109040049
I can't wait for order cancellation email because of price mistake. They already fixed it to $200. Knowing them it can go either way.

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Imagine getting mogged by a $6 TWS with the default Piano EQ preset

has anyone come up with a pos that has a screen as a faceplate so you can upload your own images to it? screens that small shouldnt cost that much and bluetooth modules are microscopic at this point.
are headphone jacks just too low power to provide ample power to keep a screen on? can they augment that with a battery?

>>109054058
What's next, buttplugs with screens?

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>>109044415
if I buy the earphones in OP's pic and wear them when I go to go to China
will my social credit score increase to the point where I am immediately set up with a qt3.14 azn waifu?

>>109054187
As long as you're tall and white, the earphones part is optional.

hiby r4 + truthear pure as my first setup
yes or no

>>109054493
fox iem is all you need

Sup gang, new here. What do you think about the E1da 9039s, gemini recommended it to me when asking about the "best budget dac with the most neutral sound" and it says it had the most pure noise readings for the price. Looking on YouTube about it I found basically nothing, if this is the best budget neutral sound why is not more popular? Some has it, what can you tell me about it?

>>109054187
just give american military and tech secrets to the ccp, you dont even need to be tall, fit and white

>>109054699
DACs aren't the most interesting things to make videos about. Anyway, it is good. There are also BASN PA60 and NICEHCK Octave which use the same chip but are cheaper. That E1DA one def has more notoriety doe

>>109055327 (me)
I got way too deep in to this rabbithole.
Found another. F.Audio DS03. Seems kinda goated for the price?

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>buy airpods pro
>try this app so I can use the special features on android
>it doesn't work
don't know what I expected really

>>109054493
fiio jm21 or shanling m1 plus > hiby r4.
pure is warm boring flat. not terrible to start with as a baseline but imo paying less for a good 1DD or more for crinear daybreak are wiser choices

>>109055496
>airpods
>android
holy mother of all retardation...

>>109055496
librepods? it works, your android that must be old

>>109054699
The hardware does what's advertised but absolutely nothing else. There was no pop suppression on release so you'd hear it on play/pause, later firmware added it. But if you reboot your PC it will be stuck playing static until you unplug and replug it. Still extremely sensitive to LTE activity, like all his previous dongles. And with some drivers installed you'll get double logarithmic volume scale with absolute nothing happening at 0-50 but goes extremely loud from 50 to 60. Deleting the driver fixes it. No IEM needs this much power btw.

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>>109054644
It's more than what most people need.

>>109057370
stop replying to yourself

>>109057375
Why.

>>109050302
I use them as my dailys. Only problem I have had with them is on bench press. Then I have to loop them over the top of my ear to give them se extra support. If they're too heavy for you I would recommend trying it. I'm also very rough with my equipment so I appreciate a metal ear bud. But my fucking god the price. I wont know if it was worth the amount I payed until a couple of years down the line to see if they last.

Tldr: skill issue

>>109057392
you know why

its over for chimera iem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gmzsjH3S2M

>IEM
Everything sounds like shit and they don't stay in your ear holes if you get all sweaty and run and crap and everything in them sounds like shit and they have tiny batteries and they sound like shit. Plus, they make you look like a fucking idiot.

>>109058661
>Everything sounds like shit
have you ever paid a visit to your local audiologist??

>>109058661
Good IEMs stay in your ears. But many IEMs are not good yeah. The sound though is entirely a skill issue.

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tsmr x
003 is my personal favourite setting, adds enough bass body and keeps everything else more airy and 'neutral', somewhat bright but not sibilant. 000 is too sterile, 100, 103 & 123 have too much bass, 023 is kinda muddy and all over the place, forehead scrunching for my personal taste.
spatiality and separation is actually good. tsmr x bro said separation was mid so i went ahead and tried shoegaze and i could keep up and determine each layer. soundstage is like within arms' reach, sure, but imaging isnt half bad. iems dont have soundstage anyway.
comfort is surprisingly good, even with the stubby nozzle; tri clarion medium tips, always worked well for thicker, stubby nozzles for me. comfort is really good, though im not using the cables it came with. the earpieces are pretty light.
i mean, it's actually really good, no regrets about it. but in this day and age, there are better pos for cheaper (dont ask me what), if you just want a good pos, there's tons to choose from. but for a collector, it's sort of unique enough that it deserves being part of a collection.

btw, if anyone has a fearless y2k they wanna part with for a fraction of the price (like 1/10th) give me a call.

>>109057918
A company that never made a good IEM did it again.

>>109057491
wrapping it around my ear helped but I feel kind of silly, if I used a bent connector cable intended for iems it would probably feel better around my ear. the price is absurd for what you get but I try not to think about the price of things anymore..

Reccs for TWS eartips? Something either short or with a short/recessed stem so they fit in the case.
I had a look at spinfit and complys but they are even more ridiculously priced for the TWS models.

>>109059909
If you want proper TSMR X experience (100 or 010):
https://youtu.be/aAf-YGeIULw

>>109060639
SednaEarfit

Direct upgrade to Celest Relentless (similar V-sig with better tech)?

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are r2r and tube daps a meme? looking at the fiio m33 r2r, Cayin N3 Ultra and ibasso dx180

>>109060639 here might go with either misodiko foam or one of those "Feaulle" TPE tips.
Only ones reasonably priced.

>>109061087
Not a meme if you're deaf.

>>109061783
R2R is for the already deaf since it's a glorified low-pass filter, but ok

>>109061899
Read again.

>>109061933
You don't get it. It was further clarification.

>>109061087
Fiio is dogshit. Cheap r2r is dogshit. Cheap tubes are the worst shit you can get. Tubes are good only at the summit-fi levels.

>>109058661
>Everything sounds like shit
incorrect. try them with a DAC if your source is unreliable.
>they make you look like a fucking idiot
who the fuck wears their IEMs in public?

>>109062481
>who the fuck wears their IEMs in public?
Everybody. How ugly is your IEM lmao.

>>109060727
maybe you'll like: mangird tea pro, hisenior cano cristales, dunu dk3001bd

>>109061087
i'd choose the dx180 regardless of, and even when considering the meme tech. it's the better device among the 3

>>109061429
the feaulle eartips are not short, unless it's some specific tws version

>>109062784
Yeah they have several variants for TWS
Reading a bit more though I wonder if they're the tacky/sticky kind of TPE like Xelastecs or just a bit grippier than usual.

>>109062799
feaulle i have are thinner walls than xelastic. both sticky but different

where are the nonshit IEMs?

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>>109063521

>>109063579
no i mean NONshit

I need to find some iems which will work well in a racing helmet, which has no cutout for conventional intercom headphones. 3.5mm jack only, and they should offer clear audio in windy conditions, audio quality would be good but it's not a must, what matters is clarity. Low budget.
Anyone got suggestions?

>>109064366
>iems which will work well in a racing helmet
>which has no cutout
there's nothing, anon

>>109064484
Fuck my chud life then

>>109064493
iems come in a wide variety of shapes. start with seeking a racing helmet that accommodates these things to begin with, then go from there. so far flatheads might sound like you're best bet, but being that severely limited in options means you have to narrow down even further a more specific helmet (brand and model) rather than general racing helmets.

>>109064600
flatheads might seem like your best bet*

>>109063593
They're right there dude.

I knew EQfag was shartur

>>109064958
Everybody EQs.

What are some chud iems

>>109065331
What are some, to you?

Shanling ME600 for $150??

>>109065996
ROSESELSA x AAV CJ20 looks chuddy