I have bad experience with negative profile iems. I have rather small ears with a small opening to boot; after a few hours i get pain in my antitragus (the rear flesh just outside the canal) whenever I wear them for long periods. Does anyone know good iems (particularly balanced armatures or...

I'm considering a step up for my IEM collection, and I like the sound from dual balanced armatures because of their transparent sound and their punchy bass. I've sort of narrowed down my choices to the models stated in the title and have tried the dba-02's counterpart, the gr07, but didn't like...

I'm looking for trading options for cans with great soundstage, less heat inducing (from the cups and the clamp) and a relatively balanced sound. Would love transparency too because I'm an analytical listener. My music choice is quite wide, from J-techno, J-pop (both of which have mostly female...

I bumped into a 2nd hand store and found some ipod video 5th gens, and am contemplating if their sound is comparable or even better than my sansa clip zip. I'm planning to rockbox it if I do get it, so I want to know some solid opinions.

My understanding is that most IEMs already sound good unamped, but out of my curious mind I'd wish to know if there are cases of otherwise. I have a 2nd hand d10 on the way so I'd want to audition some good pairs one day...