i'm listing my tested in-ear earphones and provide some informations. there's no lies there (but mistakes always can happen) and i'm not someone who worry about the feelings of some companies or guys. all fo the items mentioned here are bought by myself (i'll note if a company send me a unit and i'll immediately mark it as a top performer (kidding
my ratings are dynamic (new players can affect the whole picture). my thoughts are also dynamic, so they can vary in time. plus that, i possess a dynamic body which is actually very athletic. which also means that i'm very hot but this is not directly relevant to our subject... in conclusion, i do not even hesitate to change the ratings when necessary. you'll most likely see small differences but if you caught a sudden big change about a particular item, search the reason in my product reviews. my ratings are so unstable they can even move out from the borders of my table! if you caught a moving rating, shoot at first sight and report to me, thank you very much!
by the way, models listed in this table are arranged from better to worse (to my own "overall" calculation) but without any final rating. i don't use overall ratings because it'll be painful to recalculate them in every single change. especially if you consider that all of those efforts are just for a little reference after all. they don't need to be conclusive and for that, giving them overdetailed ratings like "7.8" or "4.3" just seem unrealistic to me. if you want to hear a little more details, you can read my reviews but listening an earphone yourself is surely a better way.
i only consider the sound on my table. isolation, fit, price or other things are your concern. i only mean business and i'm trying hard to be accurate about my comparisons. it's very hard to notice small differences in earphones, especially if they sound very close to each other and i'm trying to archive that difficult purpose. if you don't know what to do about this, you can always respect (or troll
i'm redesigning my tables, work in progress...
new simplified version:
Bass | Treble | Vocals | Separations | Sound Size | |
Audio-Technica CKS77 (aliexpress) | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Audio-Technica CKS90LTD (aliexpress) | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Audio-Technica CKS99 (aliexpress) | 1.5 - 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Koss Plug | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
Vsonic VSD3 | 2.5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
Moxpad X6 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Moxpad X3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1-3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 2-3.5 | 2.5-3.5 |
Audio-Technica CKS990iS | 1.5 - 2.5 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Audio-Technica CKS77X (aliexpress) | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Audio-Technica CKS990 (aliexpress) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Audio-Technica CKR10 (aliexpress) | 2 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
Vsonic VSD3S | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
Audio-Technica CKR9LTD (aliexpress) | 1.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 | 4.5 |
Pioneer CL751 / CX8 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
new detailed version:
Bass | Treble (14 khz) | Acoustics |