@Precogvision, Is there any chance of you posting your impressions of the iSine20/ LCD-i3. I wonder how they fare against others in terms of resolution and soundstage

That sounds pretty depressing! Hope that you will get over that phase Anyway, I'm eager to hear your impressions of the iSine 20/ LCD-i3. There aren't many reviews out there about these "IEMs" and most of them aren't that critical. It would be great if you could spare your timing for these niche...

Actually, there's only one iem that I can think of with 5/10 that is able to get to 7 with EQ bands and another one if you don't factor in the cost as getting a 7/10 from Precog is pretty difficult even for flagships (almost impossible for midrange).Just my 2c. 🤣

Mind you, resolution and dynamic, most of those high end stuffs are very resolving and have good dynamic. Those few EQ bands might help boost a 5/10 to 6 or at most 7, but they won't make it sound as good as that 2000$ iem.

Great! another Iem that I want to hear your review on. A win-win for me XD.

@Precogvision, do happen to get your hands on the Dita Dream? I heard that it's one of the stronger contenders in technical department (at least as a DD) though the tuning might put off a lot of people. I'm eager to hear your impression on this iem.

It is not top of the line any more, but still, bass texture and such resolution is always praise worthy, considering how mediocre most mid-fi iem are in that regard.

It was one of the most technical performance as a single DD and still is today, surpasing the Xelento and compete directly with the Luna and this IE900.

No, only EQ can handle that montrosity.

Well, I think you should also look at Sony MDR-EX1000, one of the more capable single DD out there, one can get it for 350$ at the moment. Don't expect good tuning tho, huge peak in the upper mid. Kind of like Luna.

Considering how mediocre Audeze's iems' dynamic are, I don't think you should hold high hope for that one.

That's great to hear. I tend to give credit too much for things that describe intangibles stuff, so that's on me.

@Precogvision, according to what you described, an iem with smaller soundstage will sound "clearer" than the one with bigger, more opened soundstage, assuming that they have the same detail score and tuning choice, is it so? Because that's the case of the iSine 20 and Moondrop S8.

It seems really hard for an iem to sound both detailed and dynamic, there're only 5 of them on the list and all are flagships, not to mention 3 of them are from 64 Audio!

You know something is wrong when a mid-fi iem trade blows with a lot of flagships in terms of technical performance (The iSine 20). I guess that's the power of one trick pony and now I know why some tracks lack impact to my ears.