I have not used any of the Campfire stuff. I never quite bought into the hype, and Moondrop just seemed to be the better pick for how people were reviewing stuff. Usually when something is very good, is pretty universally praise. When it's just decent, the reviews/comments are mixed. The...

The CK100 is similar on treble, the CK100 Pro is brighter and more analytical. It's also not in your face than the CK10 and CK100 and doesn't do sense of space as well. As far as IEMs I own that I consider better than the CK10, it's the Blessing 2 (super tough to beat on a budget) and the...

I certainly haven't listened to everything or there. I know Audio Technica is a special brand, special in the sense that they kind of have their own magic sauce and seem to do things other brands can't quite achieve. Want to know the best bass IEM I've ever heard? A CK100 Pro. It's known to...

Some of the challenge in this is there does seem to be a price barrier to entry for anything truly great. Also, the relative scale of pricing on this site and for enthusiasts in general starts higher. For example $30 is barely in the budget realm and a price bracket many ignore. Budget starts...

The Custom 3 would be fun to have again. It's been a very long time since I heard them, but the headphonelist review is on point matching my own testing and review back when I tried them out. For a BA, they're quite thick bodied in note, but being a BA design, it didn't get muddy. It just...

My favorite IEM that is no longer available is Audio Technica's ATH-CK100. It is the second best IEM I've ever used. I still have mine, but it unfortunately need repair and lost the midrange driver on one side, crossover failure, or something.

UE is a favorite brand of mine. The TF10 is a benchmark for me. Nothing matches the top end sparkle or the bass presence and body (especially for a BA setup, but even compared to many dynamics). I actually bought a new pair recently, and I still greatly enjoy it. It's an earphone that you...

It was a damn impressive earphone. I'm still sad that future Hifiman earphones were never as good. The RE262 was the first earphone I used that sounded like a real high grade device, extremely good sound quality. Now there were several shortcomings that made it only mid grade holistically...

Yep, it could be. I'm just playing off an Asus ROG Phone II, and I haven't found the impedance of the output. All I know is I haven't gotten the same behavior with other IEMs I have, but that's not saying much. I know the SE846 is sensitive to this. I just can't confirm the setup of the...

Fundamentals. This is often what makes a keeper. When you try headphone after headphone, there are many headphones with a lot of exciting elements, outstanding traits, and may be the leaders and unbeat in certain areas, but if the fundamentals are flawed/lacking, one often prefers a less...

Likely the newest JVC "woodie," the HA-FW1800. I've been casually looking at it, bit it wasn't yet available when I last looked. The HA-FW01 has a price easier to swallow at about half the cost, and there's reviews floating around on that one. There wasn't much wrong with the old stuff. They...

I did personally prefer the Ortofons to the FAD A1.  I think the SB is good in a warm/smooth sort of way, more on par with the Ortofons but much different.  The A1 and SB are quite near each other in overall performance despite their vast price difference.  The SB is just a little bit better, a...

The DBA-02 is fast, aggressive, and reasonably well balanced.  Their downsides include some of the issues you see, mainly the lack of bass.  Well, it's not so much a lack of amount (although there is roll off) and more a matter of lack of thickness.  Decay is very short and the note weight...

Westone UM2.  It uses the ER4 driver for the highs and an added bass driver for the lows.   What did you dislike about the IE8?  It's actually a good earphone minus that broad bass hump.   I like the Triple.Fi 10 too.  Outside of fit, what did you like and not like about this earphone...

Indeed.  Neutral is simply a balance issue of frequency response, energy in presentation, etc.  It sounds even across the board.  Natural has more to do with adequate note weight, dynamics, texture, etc. as in the note presented sounds "normal" or at least your interpretation of normal.  It...

There are limits to what software adjustment can offer.  The speaker, a mechanical device, has certain limits of performance.  We can play with software to add reverb, phase shifting, and EQing changes, think BBE here, and we can generate a different sound that comes out of the speaker...

Often neutral is more a matter of midrange in many cases.  A lot of earphones are V shaped to generate bass and treble emphasis for wow factor and because many seem to expect it (youthful tuning).  A neutral earphone doesn't specifically throw away bass or treble but simply evens out the...

Having used two of the three, my interests are peaked for your findings and comparisons.  I always love reading different points of view on products that when taken in group allow more unbiased perceptions of these products.

It's hard to really get the entire spectrum well.  I guess it might depend on what type of sound signature you're shooting for.  Do you want a V shaped response again or something that's flat and even?  Do you have a budget at all?   The Ortofon options, the e-Q5 or e-Q7 are certainly good...

I always like to hear that.  This is how I feel when comparing something like the RE-Zero versus the RE252.  You just see that solid step up.  However, comparing something like the RE252 to the RE262, I see them as even leveled but quite different in offering.  With the ability to say something...

Excellent reviews and lots of discussion on the RE272.  I like it.  The bass discussion is interesting too.     Everyone tends to have certain preferences towards amount, weight, impact, etc, so it's quite tough for one product to satisfy all.  I've been in the car audio hobby for a long...

What does "unsticked" mean?

Well, I'm not sure if there will be much for quality issues.  They've been working on this for a while now.  However, I not happy about seeing zero strain reliefs.  Hopefully such a design choice won't warrant any issues from prolonged use.  Phonak isn't exactly new to the market and has at...

Interesting about the price.  While I don't consider cost to equal the number of drivers, I do scale value off the physical value and performance.  $500 is a realm you don't really want to be in unless you can seriously back it up with a godly device.  It's not the problem of just being good...

An interesting option at within the $120 mark is Dunu's Hephaes IEM.  It's actually a pretty good earphone overall for that price point, but it is geared with a little bit extra bass presence for those who seek that bass bump.  The build quality is rather good for this price point too as is the...