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Tanchsistas eating good with Kasier.

>>109986784
What's the difference between Tanchjim Bunny and JM-1? They look nearly identical.

/iemg/ Dogma Check
Tired of the hivemind? Here’s your prescribed sanity dose:

>Crinacle is not your priest.
Rankings are a guide, not divine scripture. Your ears > his spreadsheet.

>Harman and JM-1 ≠ perfect.
It’s a preference curve, not a law of physics. Some genres need deviation.

>Chi-Fi isn’t magic.
Great value, yes. Immune to QC issues and hype cycles? Nope.

>Graphs are not sound.
They don’t show staging, dynamics, or fit. Use your ears, not just squigs.

>BA ≠ metallic, DD ≠ perfect.
Implementation matters more than driver type. Always has.

>Meme sets aren’t the whole hobby.
If it’s not shilled 24/7, it might still be good. It's highly encouraged to form an original opinion.

>Disagreeing ≠ cope or deaf.
Let people like what they like without foaming at the mouth.

>Loud posts =/= smart takes.
Confidence without experience is just noise. Show graphs, impressions, or both.

>Cognitive dissonance.
When you're presented with a truth that threatens your entire perception of the world around you, your brain will simply refuse to process it.

This has been your scheduled break from pos groupthink.

>>109986864
Moveable points is crazy.

>>109986862
>14dB deaf-inducing treble peak
not even close to JM-1

>>109986870
you're crazy about me. too bad I don't swing that way

>>109986885
Define sandbox.

>Class 2: "More Bass is Better"
>This is the smallest class (15%) of listeners who prefer headphones with 3-6 dB more bass than the Target curve below 300Hz.
>Members in this group are predominantly male, and include 30% of the trained listeners.
foxzo, you're neither a male or a trained listener.

>>109986877
I just checked it out and yes, it does sound pretty different. And I think I like it better. It sounds more "clear" without being painful.

>>109986933
Bunny-G actually seems pretty interesting. I hope it actually has the techs for gaming

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>>109986877
>>109986933
for context

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class 3 enjoyer on hrt reporting in

two weeks until TOTL brands become redundant

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>one reviewer says ola 2 is too bright
>one reviewer says not bright enough
>one reviewer says ola 2 has bad techs
>one reviewer says it has excellent techs for the price
>one reviewer says ola 2 not a good enough upgrade to bnnuy
>one reviewer says it's an upgrade to bnnuy
>one reviewer says ola 2 is dogshit
>another one singing praises for it

>>109987551
Almost like reviews are worse than graphs or something.

>>109987551
Every Transjim IEM is bright. If anyone says it's not they're literally deaf. It is an upgrade over bnnuy but not by a significant margin. If you want definitive upgrade you need to wait and spend a bit more on that Kasier.

https://youtu.be/DUP79m8iNxw this should be tagged as satire.
I personally know 2 things from the list and I don't even consider them that good. And the rest is like the same thing over and over. I didn't know there are people other than stereotypical millenial hipsters from memes that unironically listen to this.

>>109987551
Welcome to personal audio. Enjoy the ride.

>>109987848
Bloom still gets my business.

New updates to Echo Mini custom firmware(not by me):
https://recho.atzkey.workers.dev/

0.9.1
Tags wherever the file keeps them. Besides the tags at the start of a file, 0.9.1 also reads the ones at the end: APEv2, an appended ID3v2, ID3v1, and WAV tags after the audio. When a file has more than one tag, the first one found wins, field by field.
Tags are read apart from playback, asynchronously on the system core.
New setting: Show tags. It’s on by default. Turn it off and the player reads no tags at all: the play screen shows the file name and folder, as before 0.9.0.
0.9.0
Tags: title, artist, album and track number. Read from ID3v2.2–2.4 (MP3, and WAV’s id3 chunk), FLAC’s Vorbis comments and WAV’s RIFF INFO. Covers, lyrics and padding are skipped, never loaded. A file without a title tag shows its name and path.
0.8.1
MP3. CBR, VBR and ABR; MPEG-1, 2 and 2.5, 8 to 48 kHz, every stereo mode. Gapless too, when the encoder left a LAME header (LAME does), the same way mpg123 or foobar2000 do it.
Enabled the microSD card. Browse and play straight from the card, FAT32 or exFAT. The card is mounted read-only. The second USB LUN is intentionally not implemented, so you can’t use the player as a card reader, and there are no plans to add it. Use a dedicated card reader to manage the library.
Big cover art doesn’t break playback anymore. In 0.7.0 a FLAC with a 531 KB cover never started (thanks to the redditor who sent theirs). Now files stuffed with megabytes of covers, lyrics and tags play, and stay gapless across them; the gapless test set has a stuffed set to prove it.

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>>109987551
>different anatomy
>different insertion depth
>different preferences
>mental illness(hearing a difference in things that sound the same)

>>109990498
the last one is interesting

>can't hear a difference in techs
>calls it mental illness
sounds about right

>>109990498
if all those factors make that much a difference and are so important, then graph sniffing and making quick judgement calls based on a graph alone is pretty asinine, don't you agree?

>"muh treble peaks"
just change insertion depth
>"muh no bass"
just change insertion depth
>"muh thinpos"
just change insertion depth.
>"muh class 3 listeners"
just change genders.
>"muh occlusion effect"
just shove the IEM up your ass, no EQ needed after all.

My AI agents are figuring out techs; I'll post the paper once they are done. Navier–Stokes was just the beginning.

>>109990613
>>109990635
It's a well established fact if you see a difference you will hear a difference, even if there isn't actually any difference. That's the entire reason why blind tests were created. Only newfags don't know about this. Companies literally use different color schemes to create different "sound'.
>>109990665
Depends on your stage of development. For those who don't EQ external factors pretty much override objective sound quality. Those who fully mastered EQ don't even need a graph. Somewhere in between, when you've discovered how your preferences and how IEMs interact with your ear, you can make a judgement for yourself.

>>109990719
>just rape your ears with deep insertion
nah

>>109990749
You don't need to be a 'trained' listener to hear a difference in imaging between different sets.
You can have no experience with EQ and notice those things that are separate from tonality. This is the crux of most people's journey through IEMs until diminishing returns/unmet expectations/buyer's remorse hit. Then it becomes cope.

>>109990807
>You don't need to be a 'trained' listener to hear a difference in imaging between different sets.
That's the entire point. Untrained listener will listen to the same IEM twice and hear two different things. Hearing differences in everything is the very beginning of the journey.

>>109990635
>diminishing returns/unmet expectations/buyer's remorse
If you, dear anon, are affected by these things, it's better to recognize sooner than later how the resulting cope shapes and molds you before it ends up destroying you.
If I spent a few hundred dollars expecting a major upgrade and it never happened, I'd be an emotional wreck too.
Hell, I would call everyone that can notice differences deaf and dumb, if only to make myself feel better about my own mistakes. And I would call obvious things like imaging cues nonexistent because if I can't hear it, nobody can.

>>109990891
Where do I unsubscribe?

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>>109987551

>>109990749
my point was more that you seemed to overlook the possibility of different people processing the same signal differently even without biases or differences in preferences

>>109990944
>you seemed to overlook the possibility of different people processing the same signal differently even without biases or differences in preferences
I didn't.

>"muh brain can't interpret techs"
just ingest more electrolytes

>>109990807
Everybody starts off hearing imaging/soundstage/etc differences between different sets. And different amps. And different DACs. And different cables. And different music file sample rates. And bit perfect. Then you grow up.

>>109991191
>Everybody
That's too much an oversimplification to be considered any amount of insight.

>>109991371
>but what about mutants that don't have ears
Everybody normal, anon.

>muh assblasted
>just equalize the broken parts

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>>109991168
It's what plants crave.

Is final e500 discontinued? I can't find it on yodobashi and e-iyahon

wish i could just eq my dick and add a 5db boost

>>109990818
>listener will listen to the same IEM twice and hear two different things.

thing is, when your brain gets used to something it starts trying to point out the differences from the data that it already knows. so it kind of shapes your perception/hearing more and more into the optimal data until you cant track differences anymore. that's why short term blind listening tests are kinda flawed because the human brain hasnt absorbed enough information to be as objective and unbiased as perception allows. you're flooding it with information and "measuring" the immediate response to that instead of establishing a true baseline.
still funby seeing audiophiles and skeptics holding shitshows over it though.

>>109992271
You can find them everywhere on ebay and amazon has them in stock sometimes

Tomorrow is prime day and if smsl m20 goes on sale I will grab it for the aesthetic alone even though I don't need it at all

Are there any interesting IEMs I should try? I'm attending an event this weekend.

>>109992549
Just try everything bro. There's no rush.

>>109992549
listen to the most expensive ones and review the techs

>>109992349
>thing is, when your brain gets used to something it starts trying to point out the differences from the data that it already knows
proof?

>>109993492
nta but proof is in the pudding

>>109992349
please do not question the Final Authority

the blind test is all thats left between us and ambiguity, distinctions and nuances. you have no idea how much bandwidth the blind test frees up for me and i will NOT stand to see it discredited. without the blind test we may as well all believe in crystals and remote cable healing! it would be chaos! think before you post

>spent a few hundred dollars expecting a major upgrade
>it never happened
>"it was never going to happen anyway, everybody was lying"

>>109994060
You don't truly understand how much of audio is hallucinated until you learn that the perception of speakers playing outside of your head is entirely based on non-audio cues. There was a blind test to tell whether headphones are playing or speakers are playing(mock headphones without drivers to simulate the feel of headphones), all 10 people failed.
>>109994085
>spend $100k on cables
>hear an upgrade
>call everyone that doesn't hear the difference deaf

>>109994085
>be too poor to afford a $100 IEM
>keep reading rave reviews on headfi
>keep dreaming about all those techs

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>have an opinion and enjoy new pos
>some over internet faggots assblasted that I enjoy said pos, it cannot be allowed
>keep enjoying pos and sharing opinions while faggots are still left posless and foaming
I love this hobby.

>>109994620
why did you buy that pos...

>>109994620
do you get off by imagining some nonsense?

Growing up is realizing cheap shit was the best all along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2N6mhQkpB4

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>audioph*le albums
not even once

>>109995834
>all along
Not really, just in recent years.

Techs located.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETZnKOWH9M

>>109994581
my condolences

>>109960718
>>109961194
>>109961550
Unsure if you care or will even see this but I thought I'd give you an update, my (presumably) filipino bro, I finally got my DT 770 Pro X - I'm no longer partially deaf!

Comfort wise they feel a bit nicer, cups are thicker and more comfortable. They're noticeably snugger (clamp force is like 2-3x time higher according to reviews) but the first impression isn't that it's uncomfortable but maybe after a few hours that'll change. The bigger cable isn't hitting my shoulder or being annoying, at least 2 people have complained about this, so that's not an issue.

When it comes to the sound they definitely sound different. There's some more bass in them compared to the old ones. Some songs sound slightly better but some songs sound worse. I'm guessing that I'm just so used to the old sound profile though, with enough time I'll probably get used to the new one.

Was the €45 worth it for the updated model? Probably not but I like the improved comfort so maybe.

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Im looking fora neutral sound, in between the Pure and the hexa which one do you anons recommend?

>>109997846
just fucking EQ omg

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Hello, i wanted to ask how would i go plugging my FiiO fh5s into my two retro rigs?
My first rig is a Pentium 3-S and has 2 sound cards, an AWE64 and a audigy 2ZS
While the second an i7 3930k and a X FI titanium card
how would one go connecting these, i'm not going to use them at the same time, is a passive audio switch enough?

>>109997846
"scored" a hexa for like 30 bucks yesterday. impulse buy, i probably wont even really use it.
anyway, majority seems to say that pure is better, so obviously that means it's actually shit.

>>109998057
>yesterday
Have you had any time to listen to it yet? If so, what are your impressions?

>>109998057
How did you get them so cheap? I want cheap hexas too

>>109998407
Indo bro probably boughted it off the used market

>>109997846
None of those are neutral, but at least Hexa doesn't have bass boost

>neutral is when nobass
Nuke headphone users.

No such thing as neutral in the IEM space yet. Only variations of "neutral".

>>109998893
Also this, trve as fuck.

>>109998894
>variations of neutral
>but not neutral
the jokes write themselves here

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>>109999054
>the jokes write themselves here

>lose 1 tip
>gg

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

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The thing that never happens happened again.

>>109999177
Bloody bastard sharus im redeem these headphones for 17000 thousands rupees from him

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>>109999100
>unironically what he said

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>mogs literally every pos in the market, wired or otherwise
They sound fucking amazing, perfect even. I just wish Huawei made a wired or over-ear pos with this exact same sound signature

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>>109999214
Obliterated by fox tws.

>>109999214
>I just wish Huawei made a wired or over-ear pos with this exact same sound signature
Impossible. You can just mold the signature in a tws. In passive shit rawdogging it? Extremely hard.

>>109998052
Just take it out of one rig and plug it into other rig... You don't want to add anything between the sound card and a multidriver pos. The sound card is probably already bad enough as it is. The optimal solution would be a modern amp with two inputs connected to line outs of those rigs.

>>109999177
Imagine falling for an Indian scam.

>>109999266
>what is a DSP IEM

>>109999925
Lmao. Imagine thinking a brand like Huawei will ever do that gimmick.

>>109999938
Bose did it.

>>109999956
Bose is an audio company. Huawei does TWS on the side to sell as accessory.

>>109999966
Huawei is an everything company. If it becomes trendy they will do it. Apple will do it first probably.

>>110000049
Never gonna happen. Industry went wireless a decade ago.

>>109999221
Whatever this is, it is obviously from an obscure chinese brand with no redeeming qualities to it and obviously shit specs.
Clearly mogged by Huawei and Bose's cheapest offerings

>>109999749
Although what about the noise and hiss
Only reason i kinda wanted a passive switch is so i can click a button or simply switch inputs without having to deal unplugging

>>109986840
left bud is dead, confirmed on multiple devices and cables, guess I knocked it off the desk one too many times, should I buy another pair of Kefine Kleans or there better at the price point of $50? Mostly plugged into a pc to play vidya and watch movies. I'm also using some truthear gates with my mp3 player, I wish they were a bit bassier and had better sound isolation.

>>109999177
>one-trick pony content
kinda sad

any good DAP's under $100 that work with android auto? my car doesnt have an aux cable so im stuck using a motorola 5G from last year and it takes forever to load my playlist

>>110000797
OP.22

>>109998856
No bass, no buy

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hi, I have a pair of moondrop old fashioned. I hate the cable it comes with so I'm looking to replace it. I've been looking on Ali but all cables either have shaped earhooks or have no microphone. does anyone know any cable without earhooks and WITH microphone on Ali or any other website that ships globally? I love you.
you can have a malfoid in return

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Zeos is the best tuner.
I kneel.

>>110001897
or even some wireless solutions could be nice

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>qudelix web UI is gay now

>>109987551
All IEMs with a single dynamic driver sound very similar, if not identical. Actors promoting these plastic trinkets have to come up with something to say about them. After all, they can't admit that they sound exactly the same as a thousand other 1dd pairs made by chinks.

>>110001994
>Low-quality bait
Where do you get this shit?

>>110002008
>No, no, trust me bro, same dynamic driver from the same manufacturer that is making 1000s of them for iems and tws, with the same attached tube and filter, sounds completely different depending on the color of the plastic housing build around it and ai generated anime girl printed on the box.

why is moondrop pudding so good, bros?

>>110001897
i remember yinyoo having a cable with no hook. maybe search aliexpress for it

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what's wrong with it? and yes, yinyoo makes cables without memory wire/hooks. or you could always just cut the sheath off

>>110002183
>what's wrong with it
too many wires, get tws

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anyway, dug out the live3 when finding those cables and it's still pretty good. holds up even.

>>110002210
eh, i had a soundcore liberty 2 for wirelessmaxxing and i never really use it because i dont listen on my phone. barely use the q3 either.

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>>110002105
okey thank u I think I'll go look at that!
>>110002183
ooh thank you!
>what's wrong with it?
nothing in particular, but the color is pretty awful and it doesn't have a microphone which is something I wanted for them because I could wear them outside and still hear people.
also thanks I didn't know I could cut the sheath off that's interesting.

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i was gonna get apple earphones but i got these instead since they are the same price
i am not trying to get something comparable to my hd600s just something that has good sound thats i can easily replace if they break
thoughts welcome

should've waited for zero 3

>>110002037
The exact same IEM sounds different depending on the insertion depth. Sorry you're deaf.

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>>110000052
It's not like Huawei never made over-ear headphones in the same category to Bose or Sony who all have USB-C audio capability.
NearLink could also be the perfect excuse to revive the FreeBuds Studio

>>110002715
>same category as Bose or Sony*
ftfy, ESL anon.

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should I purchase forest iem.

>>110002763
You can't escape the "just EQ to it" meta.

>>110002773
Can't EQ the faceplate.

>>110002763
I would consider it as my first kilobuck because of local brand but I got another pos just recently. What really irks me is no review so far does comparison to direct competitors.

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>>110000069
Obsoleted by fox IEM.

>>110004053
Meme is getting really old 2bh.

>not even a kilobuck, costs more than that
>hella wonky tuning
>it's called something something Lesbian
lmao can't make this shit up.

>bought a 4U and a Zero Red two years ago
>the 4U shows a lot of signs of wear everywhere
>the Zero Red still looks brand new
Do not fall for the metal shell meme.
Assanus a slut!
[spoiler]I like the 4U more, tough[/spoiler]

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>>110004441
AAIIIIIEEE
I haven't posted on /g/ in a while, ok?

>>110004350
>he can't read and spell in Polish
kisnę
on more serious note, it' kinda sad that we have 2 boutique brands here and both start with a pricesaround average monthly salary aka expensive as fuck.

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>>110002356
Excellent set, end game even

>>109986840
I might be traveling for work and I'll need a pair of iems.

>Budget
$200-300(?)
>Intended use
Music
>FR preference
I listen to Japanese music, smooth jazz, oldies rock, etc.
>Past gear
I have the fiio m27 dap

>>110004579
By Japanese music I'm assuming you mean blues and jazz like Casiopea and not weeb music given your other preferences. You want iems with smooth, warm, full sound in the mids, so avoid any V shaped ones with mid scoop.

I recommend the E500 unironically, but their build quality is very cheap. Or look into more neutral ones like Hexa, Pure, maybe Explorer.

>>110004628
Yes actually weeb music (ie, jpop, jrock, etc)

>>110004635
Nvm don't get the E500 then.

>>110004579
you have very weird taste in music

>>110004579
Ironic weeb retard taste

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>>110002789
akshually

>>110004877
hes so punchable

>>110004986
i love how now there's an actual answer to x is in the faceplate

There's a lot of shilling for the Sony XM6 earbuds online. Are they really worth the hype? I kinda wanted to upgrade my Linkbuds S since its battery sucks now.

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>>110004986
it's getting more and more common

>>110006326
>Are they really worth the hype
no

>>110005578
Companies are finally solving the real problem.

>>110006461
is the crossover in the faceplates or is it just cosmetic?

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>cvj had swappable faceplate techs since ever

>>110007952
NE4 changes how the BAs behave because the crossover is stored in the faceplate (literally techs/eq/dsp in the faceplate, blue plate kills the low end BA altogether for example) and it was released in 2021, so beat CVJ by at least 4 years.i mean altering resonance with faceplates like the lumira is kinda interesting too though, if it actually has noticeable differences.
cvj could've done more than just waifus, but eh. r&d is expensive and AI lolis is free.

>>110004986
>decorative capacitors
KZ should've filed patent.

>"even crossovers are fake"
the audio nihilism is real

headpos show reviews are dropping in quality, a lot of ranting and audiofool territory lately, getting mogged by random youtubers

>>110004570
i am still new to IEMs but could you say they are like the IEM equivalent of a koss headphone?
they certainly sound like it to me, very clear sound.
nice bass aswell that doesnt muddy anything.
very happy with my buy, they were so cheap.
im replacing the wire cus i want a better mic, going to use moondrop mc2

alright bros I fell for the meme and got the buds4 pro since they're on sale and I've got a galaxy
the insertion depth of the OEM tips sucks ass and I can't get a good seal, has anyone had good luck with custom ones or any mods?

for reference I've been using divinus velvet or spinfit w1s in the larger size with my regular iems

I consooomed the truthear gates on the strength of /iemg/ hypeposting. breddy good! thanks lads.

I agree with other assessments; nice cable, ideal low-end, mids slightly unusual but inoffensive to my ear, highs are adequate while avoiding unpleasant, imaging is alright, there's not much in the way of soundstage but we knew that going in.

where do I go from here?

>>110009732
Nowhere. Don't become a consoomer goycattle.

>>110009732
EA500LM obviously

>>110009732
EQ

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>>109996536
But what actually determines how strong the length modes are? Last I checked they originate from outside the IEM.

>>109996536
>EQs out 8k peak
>surprised other insertion depth shows a dip
is he retarded or what?
It's not that relevant because if IEM fits you well insertion depth doesn't change significantly enough to fuck up your EQ
also fact that it measures well on 711 doesn't necessary mean that it will work for actual length modes inside your ears

>>110010520
>fact that it measures well on 711
>actual length modes
>insertion depth doesn't change significantly enough to fuck up your EQ

>>110010835
?

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>>109986840
bluetooth delay sucks and i don't have a headphone jack. need something with usb-c
>Budget
$70 usd max
>Intended use
music and a rhythm game i've been enjoying. will mostly use on my phone while i'm out at college or lifting
>Frequency response preference and music examples
not sure
jpop and rock
>Past gear and your thoughts on them
none
thank you

>>110010910
Bunny DSP

Budget: £120 - Possibly £150 for better build quality
Intended use: Music/ASMR
Frequency response: I don't know what my true preferences are just yet, but I think I'd like something "warm"
I haven't had past IEMs, so I don't want to spend too much in case I hate these types of headphones

I have the thruear red or something, they are too bulky and made from plastic, so I might go back to my KZ ZS Pro 6 or something like that, I don't remember the name. What is something under 100€ that it's similar to the kz in size and better quality? I also had the Aria Snow or whatever.

>>110007618
no crossover afaik
>>110009732
Subtonic Storm waitlist

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>>110012158

>>110008748
It's def got more low end bass energy and probably better treble extension, if you want something more like the goated porta pros you want an iem with sub bass roll off, but what's the fun in owning the same sound signature twice

>>110009732
>where do I go from here?

tip rolling
>final audio e tips
>spinfit w1s
>tangzu sancais
>moondrop spring tips
etc

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>>110012673
Go with Pentaconn.

>>110012723
no all in one pack with multiple sizes, fucking spinfit tactics

>>110008477
>headpos show be like
>look how nice it is on our head but no one knows how it'll behave on your head :shrug:
>random youtuber
>bro it sounds amazing for me, you'll love it too
yeah, im sticking with random youtubers from now on

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they need to return to techs

>>110011831
crinear nightfall

>>110002748
fug

>>110013049
Shit

>>110012804
Yeah, choose carefully. but if you hit your size and don't have iems with very long nozzles i think its a good buy despite the price. Maybe my favorite tip and goes well with all my iems. solid and balanced sound (I have alu but want to try titanium)

I want a flat/neutral IEM for FL studio mixing

Short nozzle please

Is the kiwiears orchestra lite still the best?

>>110009000
Can't help you with custom tips, but as a galaxy owner I can assure you that your phone works with any tws, you don't need to get buds. My buds 2 pro is collecting dust while I'm listening to airpods and space travels on my s23 ultra.

>>110011493
Truthear Pure, warm, good imaging

>>110009000
I've tried several tips for freebuds pro 4, which have a similar shape, and never found a proper seal. Oval tips are just actual ass. TWS with round tips like roseselsa ceramics seal well.

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What are a good pair of IEMs to complemet the truthear hexa?, that are around the same price range, at most $50 more

>>110014844
>compliment
Do you want an actual upgrade that sounds like $50 more or just a difference in tonality?
EQ would do you better and you could spend that $50 on something else that's actually worth it.

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>>110014844

Thoughts on the Truthear Pure?

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>get zero ultima to have something cable down
>it's unusable cable down

>>110015002
BA pos, avoid.

>>110015003
bro, just loop the cable over your ears. same shit i do with my ocharaku.

>>110015096
It's fine with cable over ears but I specifically wanted something cable down.

elise launched their us operations today https://eliseaudio.us/
more competition for headpos show..

>>110015047
cope and seethe harder

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yuki bros??

>>110014885
Ok, what IEMs are the next propper upgrade from the hexa?

>>110015197
Don't say I didn't warn you.

>>110015304
depends on what you want more of and whether you think spending another hundred or couple hundred dollars for probably an incremental "upgrade" that you may or may not even notice, is worth it.
>>110015452
how many BA pos do you own?

>>110015471
>how many BA pos do you own?
6

Anybody got a aux cable recommendation or are they all the same and it doesnt really matter?

>>110015613
doesn't matter

>>110014844
>>110015304
I've recently been dipping back in to IEMs
I have truthear gates and moondrop arias and if you like the truthears I think you would probably enjoy arias as well. they aren't quite as warm/dark, not quite as on-target, but the arias offer more in the way of soundstage and texture as well as more of a premium presentation overall. they aren't necessarily "better" than the truthears in any sense but I do think they are complimentary.

>>110012904
For most people it's more important to be told something is good rather than something actually being good.

>>110016423
>most people
cope harder.

>>110016454
Thinking goyim are not animals is the real cope.

>>110016454
he's not wrong tho. it's the one thing that unifies headfi and asr.

>>110016915
thanks for sharing

>>110017003
your welcum

>ordered my Bunny DSP
what am i in for?

>>110017975
good tonality, inferior techs

>>110017975
best budget all arounder iem, but people will call you a tranny cause of the brand

what happened with 10 days till totl death poster?
because i think w8 is over and i don't know if he posted something or went quiet

I'm going to need Truthear to discount the Pure for 11.11 on Ali express since I missed the deal on prime day.

Also did you guys know the Final Audio E tips by themselves differ from the ones that come with their iems. I have definitive proof

>TheHeadphoneShow is brainrot
Hate this guy all you want, but even a broken clock is right twice a day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUdb7my139Y

Best soundstage under $100?
I'm looking at the Artti T10 and Simgot EG280

is this general only for in ear or can I ask about regular headphones? I just want something under $200, open ear and extremely comfortable

>>110019167
sony inzone H6 air

>>110019174
I thought headsets weren't supposed to be good?

>>110018411
He always changes his opinion to the opposite so he can be wrong twice.

>>110018171
nothing happened to him it just became unnecessary with daily updates. the timeline remains unchanged.

should see some perturbations by friday the 23rd. exciting times we're in

>>110018411
Having a single target is retarded. Not even harman was that retarded. The problem with headphone show is that measurements are not enough to explain why you need multiple targets and you can't derive a target that you'll definitely like from measurements alone. But sharur is by far the most retarded of them all. It took him how many years to notice that different IEMs EQd to the same target sound different? Literally the most basic knowledge.

>>110019471
>The problem with headphone show is that measurements are not enough to explain why you need multiple targets and you can't derive a target that you'll definitely like from measurements alone
how is this headphones show problem? they understand that perfectly well

>>110019501
They don't. Most of the stuff that fits into "preference bounds" sounds like shit. Even if you measure your own DF HRTF. There's simply no way to turn that into a target you'll like without actually listening to it yourself.

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Fake ZMF Atrium from aliexpress, sound pretty good, easy to listen. Punchy bass but planar driver EQed to perfection offers pretty simillar punch and dynamics but with much more sub bass extension. Vocals are pretty comfy, close to me, female vocals sound bit like asmr vocies. There is enough details and treble but Moondrop planar i have is just much better without being too fatiguing. It’s a bit more relaxed here, yet I haven’t come across a track that sounded bad because of it, nor did anything stand out too harshly or reveal technical flaws in the mix.
Build quality have few problems but nothing that screwdriver and bit of lube couldn't fix. From what ive seen after quick teardown baffle and cups design is coppied very close to legit one. Seller said that it uses legit Atrium drivers from same source ZMF has them. Apart from that seller send me bright blue mesh instead of dark green but whatever, maybe will change that for something less flashy but for now im really happy.
I forgot how pleasing DDs can be.

any good gaming/music iems? preferably anything under $150

>>110019179
Headphones aren't supposed to be good in general. But there's stuff that's above average. This is above average in comfort. If you have big ears you'll need hifimans.

>>110019735
sell me on iems then

what makes iems so much better and can they really be comfortable? I've never liked earbuds and I especially don't like the kind that use silicone or whatever to completely enclose your ear so you can't really hear your surroundings very well

>>110019773
With anatomically shaped IEMs you have at least 3 points to distribute the pressure over instead of just the tip like in regular buds. The top of the ear with the cable, the bottom of the ear with the shell, the tip and sometimes a wing. That makes it less irritating to the ear canal. The downside is you have to find something that actually fits your anatomy. That will take several tries. But that will still be cheaper than with headphones.

>>110019518
with their measured DF HRTF they use individual preference bounds made via listening
like wtf are you on about actually?

>>110019941
Individual DF + individual preference bounds = shit. Only exactly 1 line inside those bounds will be good.

>>110019167
>>110019167
>something under $200, open ear and extremely comfortable

AKG, hifiman, or audiotechnica
in that order
some open back cans need a decent amp so be aware of that

Is truthear pure more agressive than aful explorer?

Is meze alba good or a meme for pop/rock?

>>110020074
more aggressively dogshit yeah

>>110020082
name not a dogshit pair of iems

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>>109986840
Help me pick a colorway. I'm leaning towards the gold, but the dark blue looks good, too.

>>110020168
What IEMs you got.

>>110020201
I don't have any at the moment. I'm concurrently looking for a pair of IEMs to go with it. I'm looking for something under $200 that pairs well with jpop, jrock, smooth jazz, oldies hits, and just upbeat/energetic music in general. I do have the koss a/550 headphones which is a lighter color scheme. Any recommendations? Meze alba maybe?

>>110020168
I have golden one Looks pretty nice, not like gold at all. More like sand color or something like that.

>>110020235
Alba is good

>>110020253
I saw some pictures of it in different lighting. It's neat that it can appear silver under certain lighting conditions and angles.

>>110020168
gold. blue is boring/indecisive, if you're going that way it should be black or grey

>>110020253
>>110020315
based employed anons with classy taste

>>110020014
>Only exactly 1 line inside those bounds will be good
says who?

Says me, the miracle

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>>110020091
Fox IEM, endgame.

>>110020479
>My $45 epz g10 that I've posted a thousand times in the last 3 years is muh endgame
Are you fucking autistic? I mean holy persistence nigga

>>110020553
I posted other IEMs, they're just not endgame.

>>110019560
beautiful

>>110020168
blue for me

>>110019560
The headband looks terrible.

>>110021850
Yeah, just like those Audio Technicas. So ugly

>>110021977
Audeze is WAY uglier

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>>110021999
>>110021977
>>110021850
op here. quality on this one looks and feels fine, It has weird gaps where u can see metal spring but ive seen it on photos of real zmfs too. And I dont understand going with strap and normal paded headband. Straps like on chinkfiman or my Moondrop cosmo are much more comfortable, here it just rest on paded headband. I think its bit clampy on my head but maybe im spoiled by moondrop with close to 0 clamp force
I have knockoff audeze lcd headband laying somewhere so i can swap it. This one looks super crafty, handmade and artsy. I think it blends well with rest of the design on real zmfs but its bit clunky. Despite that it works on my head but as I said, other headbands are just better.

Here is baffle. Pad swap system is joke desu. Pain to get that shit back on and i think its not even as bad as other zmfs like Bokeh.

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and closer look at grill. They fucked up order, should be dark green fabric so i might look up for bit of fabric in that color and swap it at some point. Other than that there is few machining errors on wooden earcups around went holes. I think i can just sand it down.

Lots of weird knockoffs on aliexpress. There is Caldera and Caldera Closed knockoff. I was also thinking about golden driver planars but prices went up and good for me because i was tired of that sound

Dynamic driver = soul
Planar driver = soulless

>>110022277
>Planar driver = soulless

Why?

>>110022377
NTA, but skill issue. He just doesn't know how to EQ

bought my first pair of bluetooth earbuds
sony WF-1000XM6
not going to be selling my gear or anything but, i am genuinely impressed. surprisingly nice sound right out of the box.
though i noticed if you try apply your own EQ via the sony app they sound like dogshit no matter what EQ you do. Seems they have a default EQ applied and some kind of software magic (DSEE extreme?) which gets disabled if you set a custom EQ.

my laptop bluetooth card does seem to be struggling a bit with LDAC at 96khz/24 bit though

>>110023025
EQtards cannot fathom this and will call you "not a man of basedence" or something

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>Budget
$400 for the player and $50 for earbuds

>Intended use (media, source, environment)
music player that has a shit ton of music on it. so I will need at least 1 TB of music storage. I have flacs. speakers in it (even if theyre shit) so that it isnt a brick without external hardware. bluetooth and aux cable are a must because my truck only has aux and I have a bluetooth speaker for drinking parties

>Frequency response preference and music examples
>frequency response
I am a retard and dont know what this is
>music examples
pink floyd, the doors, buddy holly, any rock from 2005 and earlier. motown. maybe some jazz

>Past gear and your thoughts on them
earbuds regularly fall out of my ears and I fucking hate them but I can definitely hear the difference in audio quality they have. I had those shitty, tinny round earphones with the black felt on them, I remember them very fondly, the felt was very comfy in my ears. but the audio quality sucked.

I offer you a cute anime pic for your opinion

>>110023141
Noeqtard confused a TWS for a passive IEM.

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>>110023184
>It's different okay you can EQ anything to anything but you can't do that with TWS! You just can't okay!?

>>110023456
That's how it works, yeah.

>>110023507
So even if a particular TWS comes with PEQ, you're not really EQing it?

>>110023536
You aren't even listening to music, you're goybeaming cancer into your brain.

The serious answer is that you cannot know what a TWS does. Airpods change their FR depending on the volume and who's wearing them.

>>110023536
No. (And I won't tell you why ;))))))))))))

>>110023549
I'm not that anon. And if that's how butthurt you respond to a simple question,

LOL ASSBLASTED
>>110023692
You don't even know the answer

>>110023720
>I'm not that anon.
How would you feel if you didn't have breakfast this morning?

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>>110023171
Fiio M17 and EDC Pro

>>110023761
I accept your concession?

>>110023815
LLMzo...

>>110023821
?

my azla xelastecs 2 are already yellow. small price to pay for their techs

3.5mm vs 4.4mm termination type techs is where it's at lil bro

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>>110024060

Techs are in the hiss.