How to request advice:
>Budget
>Intended use (media, source, environment)
>Frequency response preference and music examples
>Past gear and your thoughts on them

FAQ:
>Where do I buy IEMs?
Amazon, Aliexpress, Linsoul, Hifigo, Shenzhenaudio

>Shopping Guide (IEMs, PMPs, Cables, Ear Tips, etc.):
https://rentry.org/consoomer_guide

>EQ Guide (EQ 101, Targets, Myths & Misconceptions, Case Studies, etc.):
https://4ciemg.github.io/IEM-EQ-Guide/

>/iemg/'s Blog/Wiki (Archieve, Books & Papers, Music Editorial, etc.):
https://4ciemg.github.io/IEMGazette/

>Frequency Response Graph Tool
squig.link

>Budget Wire Over-Ear IEMs:
• Tripowin Ruta10 (Mild V) - $18
• Tanchjim Bunny (Mild U) - $20
• Truthear Gate (Mild V) - $22
• EPZ Q1 Pro / G10 (V-shape) - $35
• Kiwi Ears Cadenza (Mild V) - $35

>Bullet IEMs:
• Tanchjim ONE DSP (5 Presets/5-Band PEQ) - $28
• Etymotic ER2XR (Neutral) - $140

>Flathead Earbuds:
• Blue Vido (Warm) - $5
• Yincrow X6 (Warm) - $10

>USB-C DACs:
• JCally JM6 (Non Pro) - $8
• JCally JM20 Pro (8-Band PEQ) - $24
• Tanchjim Stargate II (8-Band PEQ) - $38
• Qudelix 5K (20-Band PEQ/GEQ) - $110

>PMPs:
• HiBy R1 - $85
• Hifi Walker H2 / Surfans F20 (Rockbox) - $120
• HiBy M300 - $200

>AVOID USING:
• Mainboard audio when using multi-driver pos

Previous Thread: >>105777949

>>105798293 (OP)
>• JCally JM6 (Non Pro) - $8
Boughted for 12 bucks.
How hard did I fuck up?

>>105798500
You'll die. Your friends will be dead. Your family will be dead. Your fucking pets will be skinned alive. Your mom will be fucking whored out. You'll suck at life. The whole world will hate you. You're going to hell. Live with it.

Fox iem is all you need

>>105798293 (OP)
>deep penetration
very on-brand for the etymotics

>>105798500
it'll make sound

>>105798500
>k song
>u key
w-what?

>>105798870
chinese and their advanced English level

Cheap desktop dac recommendations?
I currently have my old BTR5 taped to the side of my MIC arm

>>105798598
Endgame.

>>105798598
>>105798967
Reminder to avoid this pos. This is a paid EPZ shill

>Since we posting iems anyway
Bored with audio these days so I picked up a new hobby :)

>>105799142
>Since we are posting iems anyway
The russian foxtranny posts in evert single thread with due dilligence, this is part of his job after all

Asano, enough with the teasing.

>>105799385
>enough with the teasing
oh silly... didn't you know asano needs to tease at least 3 weeks straight before releasing a pos?

>>105799398
>3 weeks straight
It's been 2 decades anon, I've had enough of this whore seducing us and ghosting us like the tramp she is.

>>105799142
I've always been reading
I don't read genre fiction stuff tho

Same FR as fox iem but with a beryllium driver for 25$, stop shilling that outdated pos

>>105799571
Literally no reason to buy fox iem in the year 2025 but paid shilling

>driver memeing
>in 2025 q3

artti r2 masterrace

>>105799578
Better resin, better driver, better price

Fuck outta here with your outdated plastic toy paid shill!

>>105799130
fake news

>>105799615
+1 ruble

>>105799571
>Same FR
FR is its weakest part.
who gives a fuck about beryllium drivers??? q1 has a liquid crystal composite diaphragm which is unironically better

>>105799385
>goth Asano
Muh

>>105799130
dude, plenty of people own and enjoy this iem, it's even in the general; it's not like it's just one russian guy enjoys them and memes them

>>105799631
Shut the fuck up ivan its literally just molded plastic. Which btw TRI DRACO has LCP + TITANIUM drivers for the same cost

>>105799571
>>105799578
>>105799598
show distortion measurements and channel matching lol
who gives a fuck about chinese infographics? get real

>>105799640
>Beryllium is toxic as both a skin irritant and an inhaled substance and can result in dermatitis, acute pneumonitis, and chronic pulmonary disease
good luck with your ear cancer fag

>>105799644
Ivan ivanovitch in full cope mode, your iem proven via measurements to be garbage >>105799130

>>105799658
>whataboutism but wont respond to LCP being just generic plastic
Typical rusbum

>>105799659
well I'm not talking about q1 now am I? prove it's not as ass

>>105799659
>2025
>still caring about iem measurements
i shiggy diggy

>another wasted thread

>>105799686
Wyvern Pro - 19$ LCP diaphragm

Fox iem total and utter garbage = proven

>>105799690
still better than the chuzo era

True neutral is a DF target without any adjustments

>>105799385
the definition of a poser pos.
actual audiophiles buy based on sound, not looks or swag.
just remember kids: origin has been obsoleted by wan'er 2 >>105734543

>>105799822
>actual audiophiles buy based on sound, not looks or swag.
Retarded losers that like to indulge in overconsumption buy based on sound.
Real connoisseurs ONLY buy based on looks and swag.

>KZ X HBB PR2
>KBEAR ST19
>FiiO KA13
did i created the audio equivalent of gpu/cpu bottleneck? i mean stuff at 24 bits sound good even at max, but i def to get sum paras for it eventually, hopefully after i recover from this shitty ass surgery.

>>105799874
ass surgery?

headpos law still going strong
also been a while since we last had a bitfag

>>105799886
yeah, rectal prolapse, my belly was opened, no insurance so had to spent like a week on a public hospital with prison-tier conditions.

>>105799874
no you have what is known as pos. hopefully one day science can fix your brain and ears too

>>105799710
you can find q1 measurements with perfect channel matching too are you retarded?
also wyvern is known for unit variation fuckery

>>105799935
wyvern has poor fit, but it never shows channel imbalance in the bass so egregious as q1 pro, its outdated pos

bros...
https://youtu.be/SSuqYB3NbR8

>>105799845
True.

>>105799935
bro don't reply to bait. somehow averi actually mindbroke some retard and he is spamming nonstop

>>105799950
>>105798598
built for bbc

>>105799951
He might be mindbroken but is he wrong? Something to think about.

>I just shill it cause of the faceplates
>I just shill it for the LCP driver
>I just shill it for the FR
>I just shill it for the price

>its one schizo hating
>its ukrainians hating
>its hpg hating
>its heckin newfags hating

This is what a paid shill looks like. Obfuscation and whataboutism until he has reached his objective. He doesnt have your best interest in mind, nor any of the EQzo fags.

>>105799949
it looks so ugly tho, fml

>>105799962
yes whatever this retard posts are lies for no reason. >>105799947
wyvern has tons of samples with channel imbalance anyone can find on squig.link.
why you are lying about it? dunno, schizo retard

ok now i feel like this is actually a schizo containment thread
i was always able to identify who was who but now it's so mixed up it's becoming hard to tell

>>105799968
I'm the only EQzo who cares about the common man, let it be known.

>>105799990
thoughts on this? >>105799845

what are some pos with the best fit? I'm tired of bulky uncomfortable units

>>105799999

>>105800003
bunny, q1 pro, t1s, shure knockoffs, q5 pro, alba, gate

>>105799978
We have an anon that measured it ITT and also Q1 Pro graphs floating around are trash.

You lost foxtranny, theres a lot cheaper LCP iems that obselete foxpiss, step aside and let actual enthusiasts lead the hobby

Remember. Listen to your songs, not to your gear. Stop visiting audio equipment forums and sites (including this general). Stop consuming audio equipment and go support the music of artists you like.

>>105800003
>We have an anon that measured it ITT
Yes >>105778444

>>105800032
Buy more gear, buy all kinds of gear, gimmicky, serious, just dont become a walking meme that EQ's one iem and seethes at others

edc pro is the basedest

>>105800041
>>105800030

https://4ciemg.github.io/IEMGazette/monthly-issues/february-2025/#epz-q1-pro--q5-pro-review seems to show good channel matching

>>105800032
Do NOT listen to songs.

>>105800051
yes ivan, we know, you want me to buy the fox iem

Has nobody thought of an FR shaped onahole? That would promote sales more than a mousepad.

>>105800062
god I can't stand this indian or looking at any shitskins for that matter

>foxzo singlehandedly "reviving" the thread through mad schizos

Fear not the man that shilled 1000 IEMs 1 time, fear the man that shilled 1 IEM 1000 times.

>>105799950
where's the russian letters on the keyboard?

Good budget iem channel matching:

>>105778414
>>105778660

Bad channel matching:

>>105767305
>>105767008

>>105800110
stop shilling!

>>105798951
Someone answer him. I'm interested in this too.

>>105798951
>>105800153
Just use a dongle.

>>105800153
check out sharurs channel, he has a good guide on desktop dacs

>>105798951
there's this guy on youtube, name's zeos pantera, he has plenty of dacs and different iems
gives pretty good advice too!

Why are you like this...

>>105798951
>>105800153
you are going to have to provide more context, because my first instinct is to rec the Holo Cyan 2 but I know /iemg/ is not gonna like that answer

>>105800216
Fox DAC is way better.

>>105798951
aiyima DAC-A1, dirt cheap. or just use a dongle

>>105800226
built exclusively for bbc

>>105800173
i wasnt joking about this, he has some 150 buck topping that measures very well

>>105800110
Here's one more for you. I fully and completely endorse my graphs being used for any and all forms of shilling and shitposting.

>>105800249
Guys, I honestly think its time to rethink the HoF now

>>105800249
>g20
>g10
wtf

>>105800265
I typo'd G20 is correct
Big fan of the box desu

>>105800278
>big fan of ai slop
didn't know the g20 was wireless

>>105800291
It's not

>>105800291
her hair doubles as cables

guys this can just be a fun chill thread where we laugh about eardildos haha fox iem haha oh hey deaf mark said that about pure woah i'm deaf here's my impressions of x.
you act like pos effed your mother in front of you and stole your lunch money. calm your tits

>>105800381
>foxpiss spends years shitting on every pos in secret and deleting posts making fun of him
>we're supposed to chill now that he's finding out
no, total fox death

>>105800190
Unironically best advice, actually, I forgot I posted this and went and watched some videos
Apparently I was subbed to him like 4-5 years ago lmao

>>105800418
based, he is a proven attention seeker, this extends to other people attempting to create new recs

>>105799640
LCP is kevlar

>>105799949
waiting for an actually competent reviewer like JayyAudio to do a review and then I'll decide if I'll buy it or not

>>105800048
It's stinky.
>>105800062
He's stinky.

>>105800528
>review

>>105800278
>actually correct amount of fingers
looks like EPZ finally did their homework

>>105800558
>spend all day fixing your ai fingers
>no time left to channel match your iems

>>105800297
it properly have cables properly drawn
they fixed her AI 3 finger hand too

for me it's Dave The Honest Audiophile

>>105800581
she's very pretty though, EPZ should stick with this design and hire pro illustrators to draw her as well as Moondrop does with Yuki

>>105800589
>for me it's Dave the Fat Lard Audiotard

>>105800589
hes kinda based for saying origin is a soundstage monster but has shit fit, perfectly balanced opinion

>>105800589
for me it's Tone Deaf Monk!!

>>105800062
how old is this faggot?

I didn't think you can get a negative amount of bass, but here we are. You can sleep in these, that's true, but I fail to see how listening to anything in these, even a basic video essay or podcast could be enjoyable in the slightest.

>>105800803
imagine what a pos designs those tiny drivers are...

>>105800811
Probably still better than the fox iem, if I had to guess.

>>105800803
EQ

>>105800826
Nothing is better than fox iem tho.

>>105800828
You can gently EQ my ass and balls with your tongue.

>>105800841
I can confidently say that getting stabbed in the kidney with a rusty Robertson screwdriver is still better than fox IEMs.

>>105800863
Post graph of getting stabbed in the kidney.

>>105798293 (OP)
Please be the new bakerzo.

Hyped for PMG Apx V3 and Canpur Mona Lisa

>>105801110
BA pos, avoid.

500 filters just make everything better

>>105800032
Only listen to real music.

Ordered some triple flange condoms. Hopefully, they make my turdear pos better.

>>105801216
try rawdog for once

>>105799142
Stop after Isstvan, it becomes a slog.

The weak should fear the strong.

>>105800278
ask for a refund, that's not acceptable !

What were the old fox IEMs before EPZ?

>>105801699
Fengru gong

Thoughts on Simgot Supermix 4?

>>105801732
shite

>>105801732
Hybrid pos, avoid.

tots?

>>105801900

>>105801900
his bias is clear, so you know how to interpret his opinions (if a moondorp is rated lower than 4, you know it really fking sucks). the newfag's logic doesn't even hold true, because he should have given meta 5/5, but didn't

>>105798500
I bought essentially the same. Seems to be a generic pattern for cheapest dac. Shir wire broke within a week where it started giving an intermitfend fault on one side. Sucks. The actual DAC was just fine.

ugh i hate that even normies and plebbitsphere are "hyping," top pro.
mangird used to be a cool cult brand reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>105801900
I could literally say that the Tanchjim Ola is better than the Monarch IV in terms of technicalities and be completely right.
The whole hobby is incredibly subjective.

Why is /hpg/ just dead now?
Where does one find reliable headphone information now that its gone?

>>105801900
>he cares about reviewer opinions
>>105802100
Headphone users died from old age.

>>105802100
look at FR graphs
look at weight and headband design
watch some dumb youtube shills blab about it

>>105800803
I have those too, but white. Aside from no bass, there's audible channel crossbleeding in mine.

>>105800803
If you want something to sleep in, get whatever final E series has your preferred amount of midbass. my e3000s are genuinely the comfiest pair I own, and the warmth helps with low-volume listening. They also sound like, the opposite of in your face. Not quite open, but respectful and natural. A touch bloomy especially with deep male voices if I'm being picky but I do like them.

Are the space travel still the go-to cheap tws? I'm seeing positive things about the new cheaper 'nothing' tws. Anyone heard those? I lost the right side of my buds pro and I liked them but buying the missing earphone would cost more than a pair of space travel and I'm curious about them.

>>105802762
wait for the space travel 2
the most important feature imo in this price range is the ability to easily use peq
battery life, connectivity, durability, etc will all be middling and are not all that different from one another

Why is /hifi/ just dead now?
Where does one find reliable speaker information now that its gone?

rec me some TWS iems
after spending hundreds of dollars I'm over wired
just the bean shaped ones, not the apple style ones with a long stem
I'll take mud over bass deficient ones, I'm fine with having to EQ

>>105803041
/hifi/ users' grandchildren died from old age. You can find good data on ASR, erin's audio corner, avs forum.

>>105803041
for simple desktop: iloud micro or whatever edifier (tend to lean bright) meets your budget

>>105799874
Transducers are always orders of magnitudes worse than electronics, so you're always "bottlenecked" compared to any dac and it's nothing to worry about.
This is also why a stereo dac that costs more than $20 is a waste of money unless it also includes an amp that you actually need.

>>105803041
speakers are solved
whatever you can afford + minidps umik-1 + subwoofer/s once you have the money for them + REW

Pure is available for purchase in the brown chinaman's store.

>>105803049
some version of galaxy buds, or soundpeats.
usually there is basic app eq

>>105803049
moondrop robin
good tuning + gacha techs

>Need new 4.4mm MMCX cable for my IEMs
>All the cool new releases and sales restrict or heavily penalize US customers in some way
>Basically nothing good on Amazon either
Fuck, I'm gonna have to cut into my cable and resolder it myself at this rate.

>>105803554
you can't find kbear or twipowin cables on amazon?

>4.4mm

>>105803602
microdick

>>105803569
A few cheap models, but that's pretty much it. I don't want Tripowin. With what's available of either brand, they're mostly the lower-end models and at much higher prices from what I've seen, but maybe some are okay. I have one I really like from Nicehck, but it had a manu defect that disrupts the right channel. I'm probably going to just do some cable surgery today; I'm sick of my current Tripowin cable.

>mogs your eartips

>>105804454
fox tips are better

>>105804454
lol even the same packaging as the moondrop spring tips
shameless

>>105804484
Stop sucking fox knots you FREAK

I got free AirPods 4 for a promo but I have an Android phone and I know not all features will work. Are they worth keeping or should I sell them?

>>105804843
try them out and then decide
i will say, the anc on it feels like black magic. don't know how apple managed to make a competent anc earbud but they did it

>get tanchjim bunny usb c DSP
>mic cracks sound when you touch it

why is tanch wiring so shit?
if you can't make mikes, just give me a no mic USB-C DSP you fucking retards. you make the no-mic version for the 3.5mm jack anyway so what's the problem?

is that too much to ask?

Anyone here ever use a connector adapter before? I mean the kinds that convert mmcx to accept 2-pin cables and vicr-versa. I wonder how they may affect sound/performance. I have a nice 2-pin cable I want to use with my MMCX IEMs. I never want to buy MMCX cables again...the adapters any good? I see several on Amazon.

>>105805232
>I wonder how they may affect sound/performance
they won't
what is up with audiophiles being so paranoid

>>105805232
No, most iem cable connectors are already too long, adding an adaptor will ruin the comfort.

>>105802408
I do have E3000 and EVA2020 (wired one), and they aren't that great. I prefer flathead buds, can more or less comfortably lay on my side with them.

is it my phone or do usbc-to-3.5 adapters always break? if i nudge mine a little bit it disconnects. this has now happened on my 3rd adapter and im starting to wonder if it's the usbc port on my phone. but it cant be, these adapters work flawlessly out of the box for like 2-3 months then start having issues, doesn't matter the brand

>>105806278
Type c is just shit. When it starts disconnecting I slightly flatten it with pliers and it works for a while again.

what is a good non-penetrating wired earbud?

>>105798293 (OP)
is ethonomic still good?
my 80iq brain love bass

>>105806804
yes, it's awesome

>>105806804
>my 80iq brain love bass
EQ

>>105806786
Like Nicehck Traceless or YDX? Flathead earbuds?
I think Moondrop made some outrageously expensive ones, Panave, but I don't know anyone who would drop a cool 400 bucks on some buds.

>>105806883
I feel like my LCP driver might rupture

Does anyone here own the Fiio JM21? I'm thinking about getting this for 200 eurobux. I want a dedicated music player.

>>105806786
RY4S MMCX

>>105802762
Get Space Travel 2 since it's the same set but better
They are good mainly for the moondrop tuning and a decent ANC that doesn't interfere with the music

>>105804454
In my experience nothing beats Spring Tips

>>105807131
Same.
Spinfits and sancais come close for some POS

Can you recommend something that won’t fall out of my ears on my 3 or 4 hr nature walks?

>>105807184
bigger eartips

im looking for iems for outdoor use. whats the most noise isolating 2 pin iem right now?

>>105807517
Are you genuinely trying to touch grass?

>>105807801
Only foxzo can touch grass. >>105798967

Remember. Listen to your songs, not to your gear. Stop visiting audio equipment foruns and sites (including this general). Stop consuming audio equipment, go support the music artists you like and listen to more music.

>>105807517
kiwi ears orchestra lite probably. its unvented

>>105808000
see
>>105800032

>>105808000
This is an iem general, consuming and testing new iems is the point, go to /mu/ or kill yourself, comrade

>>105808000
>including this general
Siatas...

>>105808000
cringe waste of trips

>>105799142
I need to see how it fits in your ear. I swear I haven't seen a single person be able to wear that shit without it sticking out making you look goofy.

>>105808322
wdym goofy, this is fine

Imagine being an earlet.

>>105807825
pic taken 10 seconds before being struck by ukrainian drone, rip

>>105808322
ill humor ur dubs

>>105808797
>chink in the photo

There hasn't been a good IEM in 5 years.

/hpg/ is dead so posting this here
Has anyone heard ANYTHING about these km5 Hp1 headphones?
Same people that made the CP1 CD player. They look slick but $189 is steep for what look like glorified wireless Porta Pros, and having to charge and power on each side independently seems real annoying.
I just haven’t found ANY reviews of these fucking things, just press releases from April.
Thoughts?

>>105808848
Unless you really need wireless you are better off just getting Porta Pro or Snowsky Wind for way less.

>>105808848
>having to charge and power on each side independently seems real annoying
You would have to pay me for me to deal with that.

>>105806972
literally worse than earpods

>>105808797
Still juts out but not as bad as other pics i've seen for it.

>>105806972
Not even people who like flatheads like the Pavane. It's absolutely trash, especially for the outrageous asking price.

>>105808848
>wireless
I'm not homosexual.
>on-ear
I'm not a masochist.

unironically foxiem is endgame
and not I haven't been paid and no I don't know the guy that memes them

>>105809344
what other iems do you have to compare?

>>105809121
precog is a earlet

I've tried plenty of dd models

>>105808922
>>105808848
And even if you need to go wireless, you should go porta pro.

porta pro is a meme
sounds like shit, built like shit, and distorts like crazy if you dare try to raise the volume.

>>105809542
it also fucks with your hair if you have hair

>>105809560
oh yeah, fucking big time. that strap is literal hell and will rip the hair right off your scalp.

>comfy thread

>>105806254
if they're not comfy, use a smaller tip. E tips have like 5 sizes. Can't vouch for the EVAs.
>flathead
I have never in my life been able to comfortably wear those or keep them in my ear a position where they sound worth it. Glad they work for you though.

>>105807116
>>105802783
Kinda wanted something for work asap, when's this coming out?

Why are eartips so expensive? They cost pennies to make but they sell you a pair for 10 dollars. I hope current manufacturers get outchinked.

>>105810281
EVAs have more or less the same shell as e1000, so they work about the same.
>flatheads
I never could get them to fit well either, but this time I added one on a whim to pad out my Bundle Deals on Ali for $2 and somehow they did fit. I guess my ears grew a bit, since as far as I remember that's the only organ that grows for your entire life.
Or I just stretched them out with various ear dildos enough so they now can accept flatheads.

>>105810375
I fell for the spinfit meme and not only do they not isolate for shit, the seam around them makes my ears itch. Unusable.

>>105810375
First of all, stock tips are literally free. Secondly, making the mold for a new tip design costs money and since eartips are a niche product (newfags wont even care) within a niche hobby, they naturally have to charge more to recoup the initial capital costs.

>>105807110
>RY4S
do NOT get this pos, easily the worst earbud I own and I'm an earbud guy. Get the blue vido instead.
>>105809367
>the shitty $0.1 shrinkwrap on the cable
dios mio

OBJECTIVE Force Data ! (deep insert uwu)

You can use exported equalizer presets from squig.link to be your global eq in Linux if you use Pipewire. First, place the txt files from squig.link into a directory of your choice. Then, for each eq preset, create a file $HOME/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/<preset_name>.conf with the following content:

context.modules = [
{
name = libpipewire-module-filter-chain
args = {
node.description = "<preset_name>"
media.name = "<preset_name>"
filter.graph = {
nodes = [
{
type = builtin
name = eq
label = param_eq
config = {
filename = "/path/to/<preset_name>.txt"
}
}
]
}
audio.channels = 2
audio.position = [ FL FR ]
capture.props = {
node.name = "effect_input.<preset_name>"
media.class = Audio/Sink
}
playback.props = {
node.name = "effect_output.<preset_name>"
node.passive = true
}
}
}
]


Restart Pipewire, and now you have a new output device for each eq preset. I have written some shell scripts that automate this task.

I'm gonna upgrade from my S12 pro's to the Xenns top pro methinks

>>105810343
already out, I recently ordered 2 pairs

>>105810923
or just use easy effects like a normal person?

>>105811025
My solution is not dependent on any extra programs, and can even be used on a system without a graphical user interface. You can select the eq presets with wpctl on the command line. The biggest disadvantage compared to easyeffects is, that you need to restart pipewire whenever the presets change.

>>105810923
>>105811025
Or switch presets automatically depending on the output device like windows/android gods.

>>105811078
How does it know which pos it attached to the dongle?

>>105811132
Use 2 dongles for 2 pos.

>>105811141
lmao

(TW: This post is about headpos)
>Messing around with M20xbt
>Pull out some paper tape I had laying around to apply over the speakers to see how they sound
>Give it a listen
>Somehow this DOESN'T gut the vocals and, better yet, fixes the spikey high treble
>Do the same for the bass ports
>Now it's gone from U-shaped into Slightly Warm/Dark
If I had to compare it to an iem it would definitely be close to my E500s, but with less of the midrange fat. Just very easy on the ears. I'm happy with it.

My phone is dying. What phone is /iemg/ approved?

well, as much as I hate to admit it, after going through 6 or 7 sub-$100 chifi iems, finding each to be lacking in one way or another, I bit the bullet and ordered some $320 softears volume s, just to compare with the other side of the spectrum and fully assuming I'd return them. it turns out they really are just better though and I think they're what I was wanting all along

>>105811278
It's totally placebo. My xistas assured me my 20 dollars iem is just as good as something 1000 times more expensive. They cannot be wrong.

>>105811278
this kills the fox

>>105811392
>this kills the fox
>look inside
>fox target

>>105811245
whatever the latest samsung, snoy, or xiaomi with 3.5mm

>>105810872
looks decent, controlled treble. hope asano makes some profit off baiting headfi with cable meme!

>>105810414
I had the VE Monk+ cause that's how you get the abigail and it even came with the fun coloured foam coverings. Could not get them to stay in, in a position I was satisfied with. Gave up, and don't know where they are. It's a miracle I ever had the patience to get into IEMs.
>>105811278
What did you try and what do you like about the volume s?

Don't you have a CIEM? Cringe.

Fox target = trash.

>>105811416
i think you cant just patent an eq you made foxbum

>>105811416
he's clearly implying that even eq'd those 20$ sets dont have the same technicalities

>>105811643
Buying 6-7 budget pos clearly implies you can't EQ.

>>105811537
>What did you try and what do you like about the volume s?
hexa, zero:2, nova, aful explorer, cadenza, delci and zero reds. none were "bad" but it seemed like none of them fully combined bass, clarity, neutrality and physical comfort (the delci just plain didn't fit my ears) like the volume s seem to so far. my favorite of the bunch was the hexa by virtue of their clarity but they also had zero bass and just felt kinda sterile and boring. I played a couple tracks through the softears and was immediately like "yes, this is what I was wanting", like hexas but with some thickness and smoothness to give them some much needed sovl

>>105807104
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oM9Jp9XoO4
>tldw battery life is less than hiby m300
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fiio-x-jade-audio-jm21.974694/page-106
>tldr there may be a variety of possible bugs. see if any newer posts point out issues relevant to how you want to use the player. acknowledge that most players have bugs, but it's about how many / how relevant it is during regular use

>>105811682
>just needed some bass
many such cases. enjoy your iem bro

>>105811682
>like hexas but with some thickness
Truthear Pure

>>105811654
maybe, i did eq them all and they still just didn't quite hit

>>105811732
yeah, those look to have potential but the reviews (for whatever they're worth) so far seem a bit mixed

>>105811305
there's no correlation between price and sound quality
literally nobody found it
it is not a thing

>>105811018
Are there impressions out at all? do I just trust?
>>105811682
damn, I was eyeing the hexas too. I'll wait for more impressions of the Pure.

>>105811654
this is not the EQ general, this is the iem general, q1 pro is already obsoleted and we are behind schedule of new releases

>>105811983
>this is not the EQ general
if you use iems, then you have to eq, so I disagree with that statement

>>105811983
this is not the FOTM general, this is the iem general

>>105811983
>behind schedule of new releases
Volume S has been in shopping guide for a while

>>105811983
>behind schedule on new releases
literally every new release either gets discussed if worthwhile, or ignored if redundant
who gives a fuck about release #52 adhering to harmanIE2019, or mega boosted treble release #48

>>105806972
pavane is gutter trash. anyone who bought it is a fucking dolt.
>>105810945
get the top pro. now. just get it already.
>>105812020
>if you use iems, then you have to eq
shut the fuck up

rate my EQ
pls no bully

>>105812114
69/10

Is there a contemporary tws guide? I remember some dude had a site of all the cheap chinese ones I'd never have heard of.

>>105811245
I personally use the Redmagic 10
All modern snapdragon phones use the same dac chip anyway, even the Xperia

>>105812133
scarbir.com

which iems have animal ear girls on them

>>105810375
penon eartips are all you need and they're dirty cheap
>>105812120
does that mean I win?
It brings vocals more forward on my S08. Not good for bassy music but good for everything else
>>105811682
Get the S08 with Penon Liqueur orange tips
The tips make bass all rumbly similar to a DD (but not as much) without sacrificing clarity

will these be good or cringe

>>105812263
>tuned to IEF 2025
>target with the lowest rating in blind tests
tell yourself

>>105812397
rated by whom?

Been using KZ edx about a year ago, but the connector on the left unit broke (i use them daily for 8+ hours at job) so which one is a direct upgrade, preferably in aluminium so it can last a lot.

>>105812497
by retards who rated the rice target in the top 4 targets
fyi rice = df

what's the deal with that sharur guy on youtube? seems to have a hate boner for crinacle and other big iem reviewers but i can't tell if he's just memeing and being ironic. he apparently thinks their targets are terrible and that peqdb is the be-all, end-all tuning and eq target? is he right?

Today I will remind them

>>105812497
by a lot of trained listeners and untrained listeners
>>105812530
that was the personal results posted in here by trannies, ur fucking stupid nigger

>>105812546
used to be a retard, still is but at least he knows more than the average retard
his target is decent, the methodology used to arrive to it is fine but there are a lot of variables he hasn't accounted for while other preference studies do with much more rigor
he's aiming for large sample sizes, others are aiming for controlled and "pristine" data
>>105812583
you amnesic cunt, it was there when rice was still being tested
even shartur pointed it out and said it was a bit strange which it is
>by a lot of trained listeners and untrained listeners
and yet messed up by noise due to improper calibration of the DUT

>>105812526
the connector part of nearly all iems is still integrated within a plastic housing. shell material doesn't really correlate to better long term durability.

>>105810375
I would say up-charged because of le tariffs but that's been a thing since even before that. Best bet is to build sweatshops in countries with even lower standards of living like Bangladesh or the Philippines and just make them there instead.

I'd like to start my own digital music collection but I sure as hell ain't paying for every song.
What's the 2025 equivalent of limewire but without the viruses?

>>105812921
Deepseek is still the affordable option

>>105812949
The chinese AI thing? How would that help?

>>105812954
he meant soulseek lol
if you want a digital music collection, there are a few things we need to know
>how large is your expected library
>how do you want to organize it
>what do you plan on using it for
the methods for getting the music are very simple; it's everything after that that is important, and will influence what you will do to get said music

>>105812969
>how large is your expected library
Maybe like 1000 songs?
>how do you want to organize it
Mostly by genre and some custom playlists
>what do you plan on using it for
I got an old iPod and want to fill it up again with the music I listen to nowadays instead of relying on streaming from Spotify

>>105812983
>Mostly by genre and some custom playlists
so will you be downloading whole albums, or just selected songs that you enjoy? this will determine the file organization that you choose.
most people here i'm assuming are grouping their music files under artist > album, and in music player creating their own playlists from said files
tagging by genre is also the preferred method, i know of no one that organizes their files in genre folders
>I got an old iPod and want to fill it up again with the music I listen to nowadays instead of relying on streaming from Spotify
most people first create a desktop library, then transfer songs to their mobile devices. do you plan on doing so (creating a desktop library and listening from there)?

>>105812216
Thank you, that was it.

>>105813020
Yeah desktop library and then transferring to the iPod is the plan since I already have a lot of music on my computer from years ago.
Probably mostly just selected songs that I enjoy but of course if the album has enough good songs I listen to on it I usually try to go for that.

>>105811245
GDP pocket with a 4G LTE port and your choice of Wingblows or Troonix. Then you'll also always have a x86 laptop too albeit with a low power processor but whatever.

>>105813047
then it really depends on how you plan on organizing. i'll let you figure that out, but as long as you keep organization consistent it shouldn't matter much
as anon said, soulseek is probably yout best bet. use the nicotine+ client (more modern and more features), and download songs you like
in your case, i doubt that file formats will matter much (flac, mp3, etc). flac is useful because it is a lossless format: great for archiving as it can then be converted to any other format. mp3 is lossy, so conversion from it is not ideal, but it is an order of magnitude smaller in size than flac
private trackers are a second option, but i don't think they're worth the effort for you right now
you can also peruse through this site for a ton of good resources. https://fmhy.net/audiopiracyguide

>>105813085
Cheers, thanks for the advice.

>>105812583
rated by indians, they were rated by stinking street shitting cow shit eating dalit indians

All the mobile audio players I can find are shit, bad ui's and shoddy functionality. Are mp3 players any better?

>>105813665
No theyre worse

>>105813665
>All the mobile audio players I can find are shit
trvthnvke.jpg
>Are mp3 players any better?
holy shit my sides

>>105813665
>All the mobile audio players I can find are shit
>Are mp3 players any better?
...
What exactly do you think is the difference between an mp3 player and a mobile audio player?

anons, the secret of techs lies in...
square wave response.

>>105814832
It's just FR.
>>105811983
Every single audio device on the planet needs EQ. If you like something without EQ you're deaf.
>but it follows my personal target
Still needs EQ because of insertion depth.

>>105814941
incorrect foxpiss pos does not need eq because it sounds like shit either way

>>105811983
>q1 pro is already obsoleted
show me IEM with same small super comfortable resin shell and better FR
you literally can't mr. "q1 pro is obsoleted"

>>105815158
Incorrect, fox IEM is endgame even without EQ.

Why are you faggots pretending that q1 pro default tuning is awful? Sure it has less bass than I'd prefer and a bit shouty but like... overall it's completely fine.

>>105813756
>>105813946
I don't care about audio quality because i mostly use it for books. The issue i have is that vlc is shit (bad ui and lots of playback issues) and mobile doesn't have any better alternatives. I was kinda hoping that purpose built devices would of put a bit more attention into these things and also the headphone jack would be nice.

>>105815222
>g-guys please its good dont do this
Fox shilling had its time but its over

>>105815323
where's the argument??

>>105815185
but even foxbum says it sounds like shit without eq

>>105815395
>even foxbum
Even the guy that's been equing since before squig had an eq tab? Not everyone is on his level.

Fuck is TimeEar gonna do

>>105815460
Shut the fuck up already dumbass samefag, before you had foxpiss you shilled variations and it was equally obnoxious

>>105815482
Interesting driver for 30$ too

EPZ fixed the 3 fingered AI art on the G20 store page, almost as if foxpiss delivered the message for that extra ruble

>>105815485
BA pos, avoid.

>>105815575
>he stealthily changes stance as his moondrop shits the bed

>>105815613
BA was never good.

>>105815482
Diver IEM? That's new.

>>105815745
Oppoty Dreams LetMusicBurn

>>105815816
Does it come with impregnated cable and female poison earplugs?

I cleaned my Tin Audio T3s for the first time in ages with a pin, but pressed too hard and now one side is quieter than the other
It's over for my chinkfossil IEM...

What's a wired one that's as close to the Sony WF-1000MX5 profile-wise? Not looking to blow the budget

>>105816565
>What's a wired one that's as close to the Sony WF-1000MX5 profile-wise?
I dont even know...

bought 3 new sets of iris 2's. think i have like 8 now. 3 more end of this year.

>>105816846
Blindzo...

>>105816926
My bad. Ig you can just check this squig until you match the ''pleasant target'', whatever that means

>>105816978
>>105816978