daid1 said:

I listen all kind of music, my budget is about 70 euro/75 dollars or less. My previous headphone are: JVC HaS400, Superlux HD 381F, Lg Quadbeat2, Xiaomi Piston2, Xiaomi Piston3. Maybe the favourite are JVC and Superlux but now I want something better without spend a lot of money. I never paid attention to what I liked or I disliked, I like them all, only the Quadbeat seemed to me lacks of bass.

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Ok, the QB2 is pretty good (as is the Piston 2 if you're looking for that signature). If you find the QB2 to lack bass I dont think the Havis would suit you.

I also think that the QB2 is better than any KZ IEM ive heard. If you like to try different signatures the KZ line is excellent for like $10 a piece but in my opinion you can find others that outperform them already at $25-30 (again in my opinion of course).

What's worth what for you only you can answer but as I've already said: the ones you've picked are great in their price bracket but the more expensive will be better. Worth it or not? You decide

daid1 said:

  Hi, my Xiaomi piston 3 are already dead, I want to replace them whith something more durable and better. I found these ones:
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KZ S3
VSD3s
Auflamour R8
Havi B3 Pro I (but is hard to drive)
Ostry KC06
Rock Zircon
On Aliexpress there are also DQSM go pro k3003, a competitor of LZ A2 which is out of budget for me, and k200 (@camikeva had one)
...Do you have other suggestions?
 
My source is prevalent my Nexus 5 and I listen all kind of music

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hi there.
 
well first of all could you tell me a bit about how you found the piston 3's to be?  also if you could tell what direction acousticaly you would like to go in from the pistons?

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hi there.
 
well first of all could you tell me a bit about how you found the piston 3's to be?  also if you could tell what direction acousticaly you would like to go in from the pistons?

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unfortunately is a lot of time that I do not listen to the piston 3 so I can not say how I found them (the truth is that I've never done much attention, I have never been critical). I must say that I am a beginner so I can not describe them, I can only try to describe the piston 3 of my brother who has had only a few hours of burn-in. I find them very harsh in hight tone, and is annoying to hear them. Maybe before I listened them without thinking

you found them harsh, eek.  in that case id say your after soemthing extreemly mellow.
 
so id suggest the Wooduo 2, or maybe soemthing from Sony

You might consider the Zero Audio Carbo Basso - I purchased this at the same time as the Ziaomi Piston 3 and I thought the Carbo Basso was better at everything. It has a nice balance of all the frequencies but with a really nice deep bass. It also actually sounds better out of my laptop without an amp so that's a plus.

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