The Fiio FD1 are more energetic and direct-sounding, and have the most perfect fit I've found yet, however they are noticeably less detailed and a little noisier than Moondrop Aria. But I had to find out that the Fiio shop excludes IEMs from returns, so my journey ended there. Next I think I...

Maybe I should have paid this more attention, but there is an awful troll review of them on Youtube, which made me ignore them.

I have the older "normal" (Non-Snow) Aria. I suppose I just have to keep ordering and see out what I like or can expect. Since I was dithering between a Tin T3 Pro and a KZ ZS10 Pro or ZSX, and some redditors said the KZ ZS10 Pro is preferable, but the Fiio FD1 is still better, I ordered the...

Again, I get a good fit as possible and it doesn't matter to vary it, and most importantly, these are probably the thinnest IEMs I've tried yet. They just are. And I mean in general, it doesn't really change the overall quality to force the most full-sounding music or whatever. Suddenly...

I wonder why nobody notices or cares how small and weak the Moondrop Aria sound. Above there was still mention of thin note weight. Isn't there a neutral option which sounds more direct and full? I might also prefer an option which one puts directly in the ear as opposed to first over the ear...

I've tried larger tips, but the smaller ones overall fit better. There is a slight audio difference between them, but nothing too great. Rtings also seem to have a category for that (difference in sound from seal), where the Aria are excellent. The main issue for me is that they sound small and...

I know it's not a perfect seal, but it's hard to achieve, nearly impossible to maintain. And honestly, it makes little difference. I don't perceive it as warm in any noteworthy way, because it's overall a thin sound. It's a matter of pure analysis to call it warm. It's still more neutral than...

I have the Moondrop Aria for now. They don't seal well and are a bit of a fuss to put on. The sound is fairly thin, but relatively detailed, textured and fast. They were tinny and lisping at first, but that seems to have receded with usage. Some highs or high mids like keyboard keys can sound...

I didn't put attention on the T3 Plus, since they seemed a standard amazon choice and I equated them with the T3 on RTings.com, which is apparently incorrect (simply that equation, not the site). However it seems to come up in comparison to the Dunu and some also say it's more neutral than the...

I find wired more convenient or simpler for my purposes. Anyway. Does the Aria's slight bass boost ever bleed into voices? I currently have the Sony MDR-XB55AP, and it does that quite a bit, aside from having noticeably recessed and slightly grainy mids.

Yes, reading of the lack of bass of the Moondrop Aria Snow has been bothering me, however it depends on how conscious it will be. Unfortunately the DUNU Titan S costs a bit more for me, I'm wondering if I go that high. Speaking of higher, how much better is the Moondrop Starfield compared to the...

Hello, I'm interested in these 3 IEMs, Moondrop Aria Snow, Final E3000 and FiiO JH3 or FD1, as they come with various recomendations and are in the same price range where I am. Or they are actually 4 with the Fiios and I don't know which Fiio would be better either. I like neutral or...

I once bought a used Sennheiser HD600, the whole box of which had a very strong cigarette smoke smell after opening, even the pads on the headphone itself smelled clearly of smoke at first, but this went away after a while. I always wondered since the beginning if this could have affected the...

I think all headphones below a certain price point, including the Sennheiser HD600 (although it stretches its valid pricepoint far too much), the Beyerdynamic DT880, the cheaper Sennheisers, AKG K701 and 712 are fairly bad, each in their own ways and in general, after hearing the Hifiman...

I know AKG has some new low-price models. I actually tried one, the half open K245, hoping for something good. However I think their K550-series (and maybe the K612) might be the last one that's genuinely good, aside from expensive ones. The K245 sounded cheap to me, not very refined and...

I don't know the closed DT770, but I know the DT880 quite well, and those low-mid-tier Beyerdynamics seem all very closely related or even basically the same. In any case, I would say, they will probably overall convince you the most of your first selection, but the AKG will please and suprise...

I have now the 600 Ohm version, and even after some burn-in I must admit getting a 600 Ohm headphone might not be the best idea. I can use it perfectly normally at higher volume setting, and it would doubtlessly get good ratings (as it does, of course), but it seems to lose some dynamics or...

For headphones to dismantle them, or just to be able to listen to them cheaply: consider ebay, or amazon used articles, in some cases. Broken equipment is sold on ebay regularly. Of course you'd have to take their damage into account, and if they still work, that they might sound different from...

Thanks for the suggestion, but could you (someone) explain what would be the problems or disadvantages of getting the 600 Ohm version? Because I think otherwise I would get it. Most say it slightly improves on the other versions of the Beyerdynamic DT880. And there just don't seem to be many...

Hello, I'm using the ODAC+O2, in an early iteration. I also perceive the DT880 (32 Ohm and 250 Ohm) to be a bit noisy, in addition to being bright. This however might not be due to "noise" as to a wild and sharp curve in treble. The Rtings site incidentally ranks the DT990 above the DT880...

I consider the Beyerdynamic DT 880 one of the best options under 300€/$, however its roughness is a serious problem that makes tracks which accidentally use the areas where the peaks are in a melodic or other way nearly unlistenable, or at least much worse than with a more neutral presentation...

Hello, I've long been looking for a new open or half-open headphone. The AKG 702, Beyerdynamic 880 don't do it for me (though the latter comes close to being good enough). Sennheiser is what I've had more or less all my life and it generally doesn't do it for me either. Philips is kind of...

Well, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. The K712 sounds "prettified", artificial and smoothed over. It sounds similar to the K702, but has a weird bulge towards the ear, but without higher detail, which makes the smoothed over sound more noticeable. It can still sound good, especially in...

Wow, thanks for the very detailed write-up. I'll have to consider this more. Do you think any of them is preferable or more "pleasant" in its colour, as more or less warm, cold or neutral? Any harshness, softness?

The T50RP lack musicality in my opinion, and sound really dry and kind of dark. Soundstage is also nothing to write home about. (However imaging is very good.) On innerfidelity I think the Audio Technica ATH M50X is recommended as a better-sounding headphone, also with planar-magnetic drivers...