Just the reply I wanted. IT00 it is then - I am doing the trick with the adapter but the IT00 sounds more like my thing with the oomph. Thanks so much to yourself and everyone else for the helpful replies.

So seems like the consensus is the IT00, thanks all. Only one more question, which I know is creeping away from the scope of the thread: if I did manage to stretch funds to 200AU, would something like the Tri I3 be better or is the IT00 what I'm looking for? Keeping in mind it'll usually be...

I posted this in its own thread and it was suggested that I ask here as well, hoping for some pointers. So I don't have any nice wired iems, and was hoping to get a recommendation on some chi-fi wired iems based on what I like/dislike about my current and past headphones. Going chi-fi because...

I posted this in its own thread and it was suggested that I ask here as well, hoping for some pointers. So I don't have any nice wired iems, and was hoping to get a recommendation on some chi-fi wired iems based on what I like/dislike about my current and past headphones. Going chi-fi because...

Wow! Thanks for the well thought out and very helpful response, I'll look into those sets and ask around in those threads.

So I don't have any nice wired iems, and was hoping to get a recommendation on some chi-fi wired iems based on what I like/dislike about my current and past headphones. Going chi-fi because I'm happy to use AliExpress and everything else is super marked up in Aus. I'd like to stay under $100 AUD...

Wow, that makes quite a difference - I get the feeling that someone designed it and then realised the small speaker or whatever in front of the thing juts out in a painful way, and at that point there was too much invested to do anything but slap a piece of felt over it and call it a day. My...