KZ Marge ($14, 1 x 10mm SuperLinear DD, 1 x 8mm DD) https://www.kztws.com/products/kz-merga --- Huh, not as cheap as i expect. Surprisingly, it seems they didn't cut down the DD. it seems Marge uses ZSN2's 10mm DD, Trio's 8mm DD, and still uses proper crossover. i suppose the cut down in...

KZ Marge ($14, 1 x 10mm SuperLinear DD, 1 x 8mm DD) https://www.kztws.com/products/kz-merga --- Huh, not as cheap as i expect. Surprisingly, it seems they didn't cut down the DD. it seems Marge uses ZSN2's 10mm DD, Trio's 8mm DD, and still uses proper crossover. i suppose the cut down in...

not sure, the statement to be super cost effective might means KZ opting for cheaper DD. despite KZ bravado, the previous supercheap, EDX-lite wasn't that well recieved. hopefully this one will be better.

lotsa people praised that one super-linear DD it now have rather fetching shell, possibly waifu box, and had they tuned really well... --- long ago people bitch about KZ/CCA have rather confusing naming scheme with CXS, CKX, CRA and CCA decided to actually named their iem, with constellation...

In the upcoming iems from KZ/CCA house KZ have KZ Vader which is a reshelled and retuned CCA Trio, a 3 x 8mm DD at $33 KZ also going to release an Angel Ear collab (i think AS16 Pro X is a trial one), KZ Libra which will have KZ latest gen DD (the super linear one) priced at $15 ish (a...

Waifu box? pffft, thats outdated. Here's WAIFU FACEPLATE in COLORS ...Night Elf? i think heard of that name in iem world before.

If it for purple, i would recommend Blon Jojo interesting thought process, but does it gonna work like putting a filter on top of another filter? "oh this filter good for treble and this other one is good for low, lets stack them." and only ended having super dense filter that might not...

I think i saw ads for dual membrane DD from a DD makers. but on that one, one layer is on the top of the dd and the other is on the bottom. giving like a dual sided drum design. The graph in KS10 shows this might be stacked on top each other. directly dual layering it...

Supposedly, KBEAR KS10 (1DD+4BA, $48) https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806768290024.html the listing interestingly written as KBEAR ZS10. --- there this feel of, "its so last season material" with this iem, especially facing KZ ZS10 Pro2 and TRN ST7 who are cheaper than this iem...

If i recalled it right, AmericanSpirit collab to make Butastur But that collab cause him to be listed as iem-makers, so everypost he made will be delayed as it need to be reviewed by mods first. I think he now move to hifiguides or something

Hifri is madman that dissect/teardown iems and closer to be driver-reviewer than iem reviewer https://www.youtube.com/@hi-friaudioman/videos https://www.facebook.com/Seventhdaysavior later he start doing a small scale production of his own iems, HiFri Aphex and two other model. but he is...

I can only parrot other people word but Hifri stated that Bellsing could compete with Knowles and Sonion in mids but Treble and ultra high? Bellsing still noticably behind in quality. at one point, Campfire uses Bellsings for their expensive iems, so one might wonder what their profit margin...

Hifri noted that he could make a good iem with fancy driver like Knowles and Sonion for less than $120~$150 and still make decent profit. Chifi have production scale with them that could lower that production cost and get bigger margin.

Airpod pro is Apple over engineering met abit unfortunate apple design language. but it is good item Crin have long ass video on it.

CCA used to have 7 driver in relatively small shell with CKX (1DD + 7BA) You could see how small it is compared to ZSX or ZAX but its no longer doable at least for now as their current design language with soundtubing and bigger crossover (+switches) will take more space.

If you live in Indonesia or SEA region there is AVARA but its a bit pricy as it is custom iem https://www.avara-custom.com/

there is EPZ Q1 Pro as well in sub $50 if you want resolution there is Kefine Delci, Aful MagicOne, and Simgot EA500LM in $50~100 range few pages back i ask this question on whats recommended in $80~120 and got several recs, but i forgot to summarize the recommendations.

It seems consensus wise Hydro loses a bit in mid and treble technicality in comparison to other $80~$250. but the tuning are spot on and really enjoyable despite the slight lack of tech. Hifri noted that budget BAs (bellsings) could hang in Mids but still loses in high and ultra high to more...

Really high praise. Seems CCA nails the tuning and the upgrade plan for that tuning.

Yeah, it cut the treble by 1db when its ON

Oooh nice. I have spent a bit much on budget iems recently. constantly mildly upgrade things. Thats why i want to spent a bit on 80-120, to shut the thirst for awhile

I'm still browsing, but so far i want a bit vocal forward with decent thickness for rock song. Good impactful bass but controlled and didn't bleed or smear other segment. Treble with decent resolution but primarly not sibilant. I had to mod Aria by opening the metal vent to get more satisfying...

i was planning to buy something in that 80~120 price range. as i currently avoid 1DD ( i want something different) and avoiding something potentially sibilant, hydro was on my sight. EA500LM seems to be interesting but yeah 1DD...

looking forward to your impression for Hydro, Meanwhile PaulWasabi review of KZ ZS10Pro2

I bought it for $32 and very much worth the price for it. at sub $20? thats a steal. ...a sub $20 CCA Trio... Chifi performance bar is increasing like crazy.