thanks! glad to know this due to having discomfort from using larger flatheads (mx500 style shells) in one ear

can anyone comment on the shell size of the u-2 compared to an mx500 shell? comparing driver sizes, the u-2 should have a slightly smaller diameter?

these are quite the experience with soundtracks and classical, and especially Gregorian chant!

...drive all my gear with room for more gain. the Odo leans bright-ish with a great soundstage and sound quality is impressive for a sub-$10 dongle. I'll have to give it a few days to gauge battery drain but really enjoying it so far *battery drain is as expected playing from usb vs aux port, good.

check out the AndyAudioVault review from a few weeks ago. he does a thorough comparison with other usb dongles and goes over the technical specs too

I haven't received mine yet (soon) but seems like Venture Electronics ODO is a great choice for a budget dac.

...it holds up pretty well on zip ties. KSC75 was a bummer due to one driver being dead, initially thought it was just the damaged stock cable but its a goner. *KTX (w/ Yaxi + PE headband) PEQ: Low shelf: 175Hz 0.69dB peak1: 5100Hz -1.00dB peak2: 6100Hz -1.20dB peak3: 11000Hz -1.20dB gain: -1.00dB

Gotta Catch ’Em All! haha

it's an official Blackberry headset case from pre-BB10 days. it's too slim for the average IEM but if you can find one, go for it! "OEM Blackberry Premium Zippered Leather Carry Case"

excellent!

to my ears, the LingLong (with FiiO HS18 tips) is the younger brother of the Rhapsody; a great EDC

huge thanks for the HieiGi recommendation! they are well manufactured and sound great! mini reviews: Yincrow x6 (gold & red): great value and introduction to mx500 shells for me. my knock on these is the timbre can be off on some energetic genres but excellent for most since stock tuning is...

thx for the info! what about NICE HCK foams? similar to Faaeal?

thx for the recommendations. seems the rw-9 are more v-shaped by comparison. i found a squiglink comparing both buds too and looks like the results are similar to yours; except the labels are swapped. I'm replacing my earpods which are only listenable with silicone sport covers and eq-ing up the...

just got a yincrow x6 (iron man colors) and initial impressions are: it's been years since trying out new earbuds and wow, these just drop in ear, and they sound great! Now this is the first time using donut foams and I have a few questions about them: the holes of the included foams were...

that one looked interesting but seems to be sold out at the moment how crucial is the app for functionality? necessary or just nice to have? *i'm eyeing the ua1 plus

Can anyone recommend a dac, in price bracket and form factor, of similar SQ (or better, if marginal) to the sonata hd II? also, recommend one that works well with car audio via aux jack. I've used the apple (US version) and google (current version) dacs where I currently use the google one with...

been using the space travel (white) daily since last August, and its still going stong. guess i drew up the qc lottery on this one. *also, my BTRs from 4 years ago still hold a good charge too.

regarding the space travel, is there an internal difference between the white and the newer black model? by contrast, iirc, there were changes between the black and white models of the nekocake?

do you know where they ship from when buying direct? via aliX, it takes about a month to get to the US.

from my understanding, it should affect any multidriver iem, dynamic drivers not so much *I suppose it could also be used to trigger high impedance mode on certain phones and daps

Adding an impedance adapter should raise the treble region.

I agree. The widest I have are sancai wide bore and tennmak turbo whirlwind; tennmak's sound great.

...version #'s of ~54ohms but my current setup is great (think I found my endgame sound signature), so a buy only if there's a good deal for it. **30ohm is also good but compared to the 25ohm, it has more bass. As a consequence, I tried out different adapters for the ASF too. I didn't find to...

good to know! for the low gain, seems like an easy fix with wavelet and/or equalizer apo.