Thanks for pointing out this driver. It just came, and I put it in the obligatory supplied black mx500 shell, because I hadn't actually used one of them yet :p Took a bit of tweaking to find a tuning I liked, but it is sounding really nice! I feel like I have never heard the pluck and twang of...

Bought! That looks like just what I need for trips, thanks :beerchug:

Here are the paper filters https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004485357287.html And here are the grills https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002178602880.html I picked the smallest size of each. Enjoy!

You mentioned that it was comfortable, but does the IEM-like shell kinda wedge into your concha to stabilize the fit the way IEMs do? Or is it just decorative?

Here is my personal fix for LREY W03 pro tuning. The black paper just covers the whole metal tube, and the metal grate covers the paper. They both are sticky around the edge, so currently they are only held on by that stickiness, but I expect that I'll need to glue the metal grate on. I...

I ...actually like the utilitarian/paperclip look a lot.

No way! that's so exciting!

Yinman 150 showed up in my recommendations today. Wasn't there some discussion about if they exist or not? https://a.aliexpress.com/_okAvIMA

Many small purchases are much easier to obfuscate :ksc75smile: But yeah, mother's day is coming up. May this year's offering once again turn away the savage wrath.

I have drivers in my drawer that I haven't tried yet, but you're making me want to get one more ... :hatched_chick:

Oh I didn't mean that you were reading the numbers wrong, I just meant that that particular attempt at EQ didn't necessarily result in good sound, so don't look too deeply into it. I only wanted to post the EQ numbers to show the area that I thought was resulting in a 'hollow' sound.

Don't read too much into the EQ numbers. I kinda suck at it still. But at least around 1k I feel like it needed a significant boost to sound 'normal' to my ears. The foam suggestion sound great. I will try it. I do have some little pieces I got for another purpose. 'Earbuds DIY metal...

By the way, and this is a warning for everybody, be careful of your surroundings if you try to search for "IEM DIY metal mesh" on Aliexpress. LOL :see_no_evil::see_no_evil::see_no_evil:

You too! Awesome comparison with Aurora, SBS, W03 pro. As for 'hollowness', I can show you the EQ I was experimenting with to get rid of it. This was helping, although it didn't make it sound all that great. I tend to get frustrated with EQ, because I switch my buds between sources, so I...

There was someone in this thread who knew me so well :beyersmile:

My LREY W03 Pro's arrived yesterday! They are a beautiful piece of art, and I love seeing them in my ears. My first impressions for sound were not entirely positive though. They immediately sounded hollow to my ears, and I'm very familiar with this sound from tuning my own buds. Several...

Beautiful. Both of the 130ohm bery's I have are in wooden shells, with different tuning, and I think it really suits the driver.

Unless your paycheck comes in yen... :sob: Yup! I couldn't resist @Ace Bee 's recommendation. I also couldn't believe the shipping price though. Lrey gave me the option of a slightly cheaper Standard Post service instead of FedEx, but it is still the most expensive I've seen. Maybe a...

LREY W03 Pro is in the mail! Really looking forward to listening to this stylish bud.

Thanks for getting that verified! They have May-June as the last update on the crowdfunding site, I guess that is a definite June now. I don't mind waiting for it. That's expected after all, and I want to support this Bluetooth flathead initiative. It was just, without a confirmation mail or...

I like to try listening to people's favorite drivers, so I ordered from huayunxin.net. They are offering an 80ohm, and 180ohm version there. At first it looked a lot cheaper than Aliexpress, but the shipping cost is baked into the Aliexpress price, so it ended up being about the same. By the...

Thanks for this :) They responded to my emails finally. I think part of the problem was that I had mistakenly put M2 Pro instead of S2 Pro in the subject line, so maybe when they got it, they just thought, "Whaaaa?" and put it away. Still, purchase confirmation and some kind of response to...

Speaking of Smabat crowdfunding, I did buy an S2 Pro back in Feb https://www.smabat.cn/smabat/products/54845442.html### I never got a confirmation of purchase. The only record I have is on my credit card statement. I have tried emailing them several times with the email they provide on that...

I also warmed up to my Yinmans over time. The sound was so different from anything else I owned, that it was an initial surprise more than anything. And there was the hesitation for me that "these are so far from neutral. Is it really okay to like them?" Well that thought seems pretty silly...

I'll just throw my cable source in there as well. I've got a couple of custom cables from Hakugei that I use for my Qudelix 5k. I like to hang the Qudelix on my collar, so I asked for a 65cm cable. This one is the Big Rice Litz with custom accessories. The feel and drape of it are just really...