Mid Tier
$5 shitbuds
$10 shitbuds
$20 shitbuds

High Tier
$3 shitbuds
$4 shitbuds

Top Tier
$1 shitbuds
$2 shitbuds

God Tier
$0 shitbuds

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>>110301800
I-I n-need...this... O___O

Looking for an upgrade from the 7Hz x Crinacle Zero:2, EQ'd to the IEF 2025 target and thought it sounded nice. What should I buy for $150 max? What's the difference in sound between 1DD and the combinations that the alternatives have?

hello /csg/

>>110301947
OwO what's this

>>110302022
Hi.

>>110302089
oink

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I’m thinking of buying pic related. Do any of you anons have it?

>>110302044
a DAP that I MUST own O.o

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Fact: $5 shitbuds $15 trn black pearl $20 shitphone dsd256 sancai noble st12 4.4mm

>>110302089
>$1249 oinkmaxxing
Should just plugged a ru7 to neutron player for $150

>iemg broken by chinkplanar he6 and facebook marketplace speaker amp

>>110302126
The youngest 4.4mm user.

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$20 shitphone https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOH1etp
$15 shitdongle https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrbQ1mr
$3 shitbuds https://a.aliexpress.com/_mO4w61t
$5 4.4mm https://a.aliexpress.com/_m02WuNt

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Endgame is $40. Remember, the meta is to run your R2R in 1bit mode and have SoX output DSD256.

sox -t waveaudio "Stereo Mix" -t waveaudio 1 rate -v 11289600 sdm -f clans-6 -t 4 -n 4 \
equalizer 21 1.5q 1 \
equalizer 84 -0.4q 1.1 \
equalizer 200 -2.2q 0.8 \
equalizer 1000 1.4q 0.6 \
equalizer 3700 -1.6q 3.8 \
equalizer 5600 2.6q 1.8 \
gain -2.5818

I love my posdelix 5k!

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>>110302111
>fiio

I bought a samshit 512gb microSD for my music. It became awfully slow after 3 or so years of use despite it never reaching 50% of its capacity. The previous one adata microSD simply died after a year of uae. Are all microSDs this garbage? The 16gb Kingston one I bought 10 years ago worked for way longer than those. Should I put my music in a real SSD in a portable enclosure instead?

Is Zero 3 the new endgame?

>>110302386
Yes buy an SSD and host it locally

>>110302386
technologies get old too, 3 years is like 60 in tech years please understand and buy new ones early and often

>>110302386
I put my important DSD and vinyls on catbox

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>>110302464

>>110302469
but he's been doing this for years

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$5 Shitbud Alert

>>110301103
Daybreak, Performers, and Hexa graphs with a lot of upper treble energy, likely the cause of your sibilance. You can determine what region is likely the cause through EQ. But I wouldn't recommend either Daybreak or Performer without EQ if you already find the Hexas sibilant. Maybe look at iems like Explorer or Pure.

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>>110302511

just autoeq edc pro to daybreak

>>110301954
Don't upgrade for sound quality, only upgrade for faceplate techs, comfort, build quality.

/thread

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I pledge to continue posting picrel to /iemg/

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This is like the Nintendo seal approval except for translucent Chinese plastic.

>>110302639
the hi-fi isn't truly professional until it's $300 and gets beat in measurements by $3 aliexpress e-waste

>>110302660
I am become vomit

>>110302660
Thank god for Dr. Sean Olive or we'll still be living in the dark ages

just autoeq anko $2 shitbuds to storm

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Thank you Xi Jinping for solving audio.

>>110302732
random aliexpress e-waste listings mog this garbage

>>110302768
desu I feel like forgetting everything and retvrning to shitty gayming headset

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>>110302768

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>>110302792
>wordfiltered

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>>110302660
Over 20 dollars? Woah, xista! do you think we're made of money?

Has anyone tried the meme subwoofer + iem combo?

/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. You're welcome

>>110302850
sorry senpai

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>buy KZ
>starts 1tap everyone
it is that simple

>>110302971
^Knows how to EQ and mix audio

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>>110302044

>>110302971
Doesn't know about timezones btw.

>>110302935
Yeah but it is a meme. For me the best thing about speakers is the experience of phantom center. When the speakers disappear and music appears out of nowhere - that's magic.

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$1 ED9 Pro 1DD
$2 Dawn 1DD
$3 Castor 2DD
$3 EDC Pro 1DD
$3 AK6 Pro 1DD
$4 Rue 1DD
$4 Luki 1DD+1subwoofer
$5 Libra X 1DD
$5 Konoka 1DD+1BA+1subwoofer
$5 Kunten Pro 1DD
$7 Krila 1DD+1BA
$8 Venus 1DD
$10 QKZ x HBB 1DD
$10 Zero3 1DD
$10 Chu3 1DD
$11 PRX 1planar
$12 Waner 1DD
$12 Rosefinch 1DD
$12 GATe 1DD
$13 Chu II 1DD
$14 Bunny 1DD
$14 PR2 1planar
$15 Luna 1planar
$15 GK Streak 1DD+1microplanar
$15 V90Pro 2DD+4BA
$18 Decet 5DD
$20 LF3 Pro 1DD+1EST+1BA
$20 ST7 2DD+5BA
$20 VX Pro+ 1DD+8BA

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>>110302151

What do you do about the ground loops, especially for USB stuff? It's more a desktop problem but still. My guitar processor starts to cough noises when I connect it by USB.

>>110302660
>Never buy Skullcandy
What ever happened to them? They were super popular at one point in time.

>>110303403
They didn't follow scientific FR curves, thus only serving to appease the most troglodyte consumers that don't know that what they think they like actually is garbage.

>>110303359
USB isolators, USB power strips, better DACs that don't get loops. Not using USB in the worst case.

>>110303853
wats the cheapest best mp3 player that supports flac that has a good screen

>>110302389
It's close. Sounds much more expensive than it actually is. The comfort is top-tier.

>>110303992
>Sounds much more expensive than it actually is.
How does "sounding expensive" work? We stopped paying for tuning in this hobby when OG Chu arrived, which leaves tuning already solved years now.
>comfort
Do you own them yourself? Otherwise having an opinion about comfort without knowing what it actually feels like is asinine.

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>>110302693
Got this nigga today, the firmware is utter shit, have they never used ipods?
Thank god i could just throw Q2POD on it.

>>110304089
Mind taking a nice photo of your favorite pos connected to it?

>>110304196
i'm not taking shit, i use bd dt30ie

>>110304232
aw why not?

>>110304303
what would be the point

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Thoughts on Juzear Nebula? Will I be disappointed by lack of sub-bass? It shows that it has less sub-bass the the Zero 2, which I find just barely adequate and that's considering that it's $20. If I paid a hundred for that sub-bass I'd be full of regret. Nozzles also look a little large...

>>110303853
It's basically is DAC. I want to use connection to the computer to change the settings via normal interface, I'll look into isolators, thanks.

what is the nigger bass iem

Am I getting old if I can't detect and comprehend the nuances of my audio files anymore?

>>110304739
KBEAR Rosefinch

>>110302793
Holy shit that's my setup for like 10 years or so. Superlux HD681 and the zalman

>>110304739
duality with impedance adapter and desktop power

>>110304313
To show us? I can say I just received Subtonic Storm today, but I'd be a dick by not showing anyone.

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>>110303333
>>110302971
>>110302660
>>110301946
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