Head Gear Reviews by Dingding123

<Repost. This review was first posted on the ES2a discussion thread.> I was an early adopter of ES Lab’s ES1a, which I bought back in mid-October 2020. Fast forward four and a half years, the ES1a is still serving me well—but when ES Lab announced the ES2a, I reached out to Benson Wong over email, and after a few short exchanges, he described the ES2a as a clear step up from the ES1a. That was all the convincing I needed. I ended up purchasing the ES2a at the early-bird price, opting for the brown variant with the default PC-triple-C cables. In...

Back story: Following the demise of my Heaven V Ageing, I walked into my local audio shop, planning to grab a pair of VE Monk or Espresso. The staff was doing a promotional photoshoot of the E3000 by pairing it together with AK240ss. That moment I thought, "Aren't those little IEM pretty? They must cost around S$300 (200 USD). With that undetachable cable, they should be some midrange IEM." I didn't know what IEM it was. And I didn't care, cuz all I wanted was a cheap pair of earbuds! So I didn't bother inquiring about it. I already had my EE Zeus...