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Who am I, and why should you read my reviews?
I'm a recent college graduate based out of the USA. I write and film reviews for Headphones.com part-time, mainly specializing in IEMs, but I've been slowly branching out into headphone content too. I've been fortunate to get my ears on a lot of gear - something that isn't too common in the West. For this reason, even though I've only been in the hobby for a couple years, I feel I've had good exposure to what's available on the market from top-to-bottom and, perhaps more importantly, I have the ability to articulate what I'm hearing. I've garnered a reputation for putting out some of the most critical, subjective audio reviews on the internet, so I encourage you to read my thoughts if you're looking for a less conventional perspective. After all, there's no such thing as an "unbiased" review!
Rants & "Philosophy"
- My Thoughts on Audio Reviews
- Terminology and Preferences
- On Value, Finding Satisfaction, and When Too Much is Too Much
- A Pragmatic Take on Listener Bias and Subjectivity
- Squiggles and the "Precog" Target
- How I Define Imaging (Audio Discourse version)
- Some thoughts on lossless SQ
My Thoughts on Macro-Dynamics- The Motive Behind My Reviews
- My Stance on Ear Tips
- Brief Thoughts on Individual HRTF and IEM Preference
- My Test Tracks
- Why I prefer IEMs to headphones
- Harman How to Listen
- Scientific: Musings on BA Bass, Timbre, and Coherency
- Brief Thoughts on State of the Industry
- Become an Expert at Measuring IEMs (using Mac)
- What is true detail?
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Directory of Reviews
"Official" reviews of the IEMs that I've heard, published on Headphones.com and other sites.
- 64 Audio A3t: An Extensive Breakdown
- 64 Audio A4s: All about the Bass
- 64 Audio Flagship Shootout: Nio, U12t, Tia Trio, U18t, Tia Fourte
- 64 Audio Nio: Hybrid Dark Horse
- 64 Audio tia Fourte: The Dynamic Savant
- 64 Audio tia Trio: Flagship Enigma
- 64 Audio U6t: Predictably Satisfying
- 64 Audio U12t: The Consummate All-Rounder
- 64 Audio U18s: Yin to the Yang
- Acho Reviews Interview
- A Detour Back to the Music #1
- A Dive into the World of K-Pop's In-Ear Monitors
- 7Hz Timeless: All Aboard the Hype Train?
- Apple AirPods Pro
- Astell&Kern SE180 vs. SE200: Go Big or Go Home
- Audeze LCDi4: When Headphone Meets IEM
- Bose Quiet Comfort Earbuds: How Do They Actually Sound?
- Campfire Andromeda 2020: A Refreshing Update
- Campfire Ara: "Ara Ara" Indeed
- Campfire Dorado & Vega 2020
- Campfire Mammoth & Holocene: Chronological Clash
- Campfire Solaris 2020: Eclipsed
- Crinacle Collaboration IEMs: Flagship Tuning for Mere Mortals?
- Custom Art Fibae 7U: Warm Greetings from Poland
- DUNU DK-2001/3001
- DUNU Falcon Pro: Mushy But Musical
- DUNU Luna
- DUNU SA6: A New $550 Benchmark IEM?
- Dunu Vulkan: Precog's Take
- DUNU Zen
- iBasso DX300: It's a brick, but it sounds so good
- iBasso DX320: Is this the upgrade we wanted?
- Effect Audio x Elysian Acoustic Labs Gaea: From the Dust
- Elysian Acoustic Labs Annihilator: The Best IEM You’ve Never Heard
- Elysian Acoustic Labs Diva: Precog's Take
- Empire Ears Hero: Skewed Potential
- Empire Ears Legend EVO: More Mature, More Money
- Empire Ears Legend X SE Review: The Flex King
- Empire Ears Odin: Laying Claim to the Throne
- Empire Ears Valkyrie
- Empire Ears Valkyrie MK.II: Vibrant & Valiant
- Empire Ears Wraith: Flagship Fatality
- Etymotic ER2XR
- Etymotic ER3XR (brief comparison to ER2XR)
- Etymotic EVO: A Complete Evolution?
- FatFreq Maestro Mini: Humble Roots, No So Humble Sound
Fearless Audio S8 Pro- Fearless Audio S8Z & Tequila
- Flagship IEM Shootout: 64A U12t, qdc Anole VX, Sony IER-Z1R, Vision Ears VE8
- Focal Clear: As Good As Everyone Says?
- Focal Utopia: Precogvision's Take
- Kilobuck Shootout: What's the Best IEM $1000 Can Buy?
- LETSHUOER EJ07M: The Underdog
- LETSHOUER S12: The $150 Technical Champion
- Massdrop Noble X: A Tribute
- Moondrop Blessing 2: Mid-Fi Paradigm Shifter
- Moondrop Chu: Hype Train Go Chu-Chu?
- Moondrop x Crinacle Dusk: A Worthy Sucessor
- Moondrop Kato: Is This Moondrop's Best Single-DD IEM?
- Moondrop KXXS
- Moondrop S8: Kilobuck Solution
- Moondrop SSR
- Noble Audio Kaiser Encore
- Noble Audio Sultan: Sultan of What?
- Oriolus Traillii Review: The Caged Bird
- Periodic Audio Ti and Be: Mediocrity x Garbage
- Prisma Audio Azul: When Less is More
- qdc Anole VX: All In A Name
- Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro: Audiophile Approved?
- SeeAudio Yume: Yume Want To Hear This
- Sennheiser IE600: Is this Sennheiser's Best IEM?
- Sennheiser IE900: A major step forward, but is it enough?
- Sennheiser HD6XX: The Critical Take
- Sennheiser HD800S: The Critical Take
- Singapore Trip
- SoftEars RSV: Hard to Love, Harder to Hate
Sony IER-Z1R: Flagship Purgatory- Sony IER-Z1R: The Hybrid Behemoth
- Sony IER-M9: The Kilobuck Benchmark
- Sony MH755/750: Budget IEM Endgame
- Symphonium Audio Helios: The Brightest Kilobuck Star
- Symphonium Audio Triton: Lush and (Luke)Warm
- Taeyeon's "Time Lapse"
- Tanchjim Darling: Dichotomy
- Tanchjim Tanya & Hana 2021: The Comeback
- Thieaudio Legacy 2: Precog's Take
- Thieaudio Legacy 3
- Thieaudio Legacy 4: Bright Ideas
- Thieaudio Legacy 9
- Thieaudio Monarch: Cut and Dry
- ThieAudio Monarch MKII: Second Time's the Charm
- Truthear x Crinacle Zero: Harman tuning for $50?
- Unique Melody MEST: Wonky Good Fun
- Unique Melody MEST MK2: Still great, but...
- Unique Melody MEXT: NEXT Please?
- Vision Ears Elysium
- Vision Ears Erlkonig: Nothing But Vanilla
- Vision Ears VE7
- Vision Ears VE8
- XENNS Mangird Tea 2: The Moondrop B2 Alternative?
Preliminary impressions of the IEMs that I've heard, usually with anywhere from 15 minutes to a couple hours of listening.
- 64 Audio Fourte Blanc
- 64 Audio Nio Revisted
- 64 Audio tia Fourte
- 64 Audio tia Trio
- 64 Audio U6t
- 64 Audio U12t Gets Roasted
- 7Hz Timeless
- 7Hz x Crinacle Salnotes Dioko
- 7th Acoustics Supernova
- Aful Performer 5
- AK SE180
- AK SE200
- Apple AirPods Gen 3
- Apple Lightning/USB-C to 3.5mm Dongle
- Astell&Kern ZERO1
- Audeze LCDi4
- Audeze MM500
- Audio Hekili
- Audio Lokahi
- Audiosense AQ7
- Audiosense DT200
- BGVP DM8
- BGVP NS9
- Blon A8 Prometheus
- Blon BL-03
- Campfire x AK Pathfinder
- Campfire Andromeda & Solaris 2020
- Campfire Andromeda 2019
- Campfire Andromeda 2020: Revisited
- Campfire Ara
- Campfire Dorado & Vega 2020
- Campfire Holocene
- Campfire Mammoth
- Campfire Solaris OG
- CanJam Singapore 2022 Headphone Impressions
- CanJam Singapore 2022 IEM Impressions
- CanJam SoCal 2021 Headphone Impressions
- CanJam SoCal 2021 IEM Impressions
- CanJam SoCal 2022 Impressions
- Cayin Fantasy
- Cayin RU6
- CCA CRA
- CCA CRA+
- Custom Art FIBAE 7U
- Final x Dita Shichiku.Kangen
- Drop x JVC HA FDX1
- Drop x JVC FWX1
- DUNU EST112
- DUNU Falcon Pro
- DUNU SA3 & SA6
- DUNU Zen
- DUNU Zen Pro
- DUNU Titan S
- EarFun Oluv Edition
- Effect Audio Axiom
- Effect Audio x Elysian Gaea
- Elysian Acoustic Labs Annihilator
- Elysian Acoustic Labs Diva
- Empire Ears ESR MK.II
- Empire Ears Hero
- Empire Ears Legend EVO
- Empire Ears Odin
- Empire Ears Valkyrie and Wraith
- Empire Ears Valkyrie MK.II
- Etymotic EVO
- Fearless Audio Barcelona, Provence, & Shangri-La
- Fearless Audio S8 Pro
- Fearless Audio Tequila & S8Z
- Final Audio A8000
- Final Audio E500
- Fiio FH3
- Fiio FH7S
- Fiio FD3
- Fiio FD5
- Focal Celestee
- Focal Utopia
- Geekwold GK10 (defective unit)
- Grell TWS1X
- GS Audio GD3C
- GS Audio SE11
- HarmonicDyne Poseidon
- Hiby Crystal6
- Hidition Viento
- Hidition Violet
- Hidition Waltz
- HZSound Heart Mirror
- iBasso DX300
- iBasso DX320
- iFi IEMatch+
- Ikko Gems OH1S
- Ikko OH10
- JH Audio Layla Aion
- Jomo Audio Trinity Brass
- Kiwi Ears Orchestra
- KZ DQ6
- KZ EDX Pro
- KZ EDX Ultra
- KZ ZEX
- KZ ZEX Pro
- KZ T10
- LetShuoer EJ07M
- LetShuoer EJ07M Kinda Lava
- LetShuoer S12
- Mangird Tea
- MiM Dark Magician
- MMR Thummim & Homunculus
- Moondrop Aria
- Moondrop Aria Snow
- Moondrop B2: Dusk
- Moondrop Chu
- Moondrop Illumination
- Moondrop Kato
- Moondrop Quarks
- Moondrop S8
- Moondrop Sparks
- Moondrop SSP
- Moondrop Stellaris
- Moondrop Variations
- Moondrop Void
- Nicehck Topguy
- Noble Audio Kaiser Encore
- Noble Audio Sultan
- OpenAudio Mercury
- Oriolus Isabellae
- Oriolus Traillii JP
- Prisma Audio Azul
- qdc Anole V14
- Questyle M15
- Raptgo Hook X
- SeeAudio Bravery
- SeeAudio x Crinacle Yume Midnight
- Sendy Aiva
- Sennheiser HD800S
- Sennheiser IE300
- Sennheiser IE600
- Sennheiser IE800S
- Sennheiser IE900
- Sennheiser IE900 Further Thoughts
- Sennheiser Store Round-Up July 2020
- Shanling ME700 Lite
- Shuoer Tape Pro
- Shure KSE1500
- Softears RS10
- Softears RSV
- Softears Volume
- Sony IER-M9
- Sony MDR-EX1000 (no filter)
- Sony MDR-EX800ST
- Sony WF-1000XM4
- Sony XBA-N3
- Symphonium Helios
- Symphonium Meteor
- Tanchjim Darling
- Tanchjim Echo
- Tanchjim Hana 2021
- Tanchjim Ola
- Tanchjim Oxygen
- Tanchjim Prism
- Tanchjim Tanya
- Tansio Mirai Spark
- Thieaudio Clairvoyance
- ThieAudio Elixir
- Thieaudio Legacy 2
- Thieaudio Legacy 3
- Thieaudio Legacy 4
- Thieaudio Monarch
- Thieaudio Monarch MKII
- ThieAudio Oracle MKII
- Thieaudio V16 Divinity
- Thieaudio Voyager 3
- Thieaudio Voyager 14
- Tin Audio P1 Max
- Tin Audio T2 Evo
- Tin Audio T5
- Tripowin x HBB Mele
- Tripowin x HBB Olina
- Truthear x Crinacle Zero
- Truthear Hexa
- Truthear Hola
- Unique Melody 3DT
- Unique Melody MEST
- Unique Melody MEXT
- Vision Ears Elysium/VE8
- Vision Ears Erlkonig
- Vision Ears EVE20
- Vision Ears VE7
- Westone Mach 30
- Westone Mach 40
- XENNS Mangird Tea 2
- YanYin Aladdin
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