That thing is too chonky to be a "phone like DAP." I think that's what he was referring to? A skinny phone like DAP, but without the phone components. That Hiby is chonky and a battery waiting to blow up.

but is it as skinny as that phone? The positive I see with it is that it's super slim. so that makes it more pocket potable. As Mr Moondrop said..."phone sucks, but DAP rocks."

This is my issue as well, and the W1 only works for my ears with long nozzles. Short nozzles, even with the largest tips, doesn't seal.

Nah. the Coreir tips don't help because even the large tips run smaller, so the seal isn't any better than any other tip.

It means making you mad.

I haven't really paid attention? Let me try it on those short nozzle IEMs?

I love the brass coreir. Nice fit. Comfy. Not bass increasers though. They generally sharpen mids and treble, and keep the bass at a neutral level.

Well said. There is no true universal. I've said this dozens of times here.

Seems fair.

Short nozzles. They affect me. The OD200. Quartet. Cadenza. I'm sure there's others? S&S tips can help, but they add a lot of bass and dampen sparkles.

It's because the EA2000 is OLD hat in this fast moving and never pausing to smell the flowers world of IEMs. The EA2000 came out, and reviews were positive to lukewarm, so the world moved on, despite these probably being a worthwhile purchase? You have to catch them immediately, or you get left...

I'm really enjoying the EA500LM with gold filters and Sony A306. They are also super comfy. Not as detailed in the mids or stage deep and tall and pinpoint imaging as the Trio, but with more resolving bass and more resolution up top, and stage is no slouch.

The Zero fits me great. Zero 2 fits my son great too. The Kiwi's are always a tricky fit, due to their short nozzles.

I've been diggin' the DSD from the DX170. My biggest take away is the stage is wider and deeper and the bass tends to be tighter.

May I ask? How come there's no CanJam Seattle or Portland? The closest one to me is SoCal.