Fantastic experience! Seller was patient and helpful, and took great care in packaging and protecting the goods. Couldn't ask for more. Many thanks :)

Thanks! Will do 😀

A little bump!

Hi! I'm hoping to buy some iems in a few weeks. They are mainly for music-production, on-the-go. I would rather tend towards a well-balanced sound, while maintaining a sense of fun/livelyness for when enjoying others' music. I did want to avoid iems, and explored ear-bud options. However, with...

Thanks! I have the 9th Gen i.e basic model.

For pure home enjoyment, I want them. For outside stuff, hmmm...not so much ;) Will get 'em one day, though

Many thanks! I really don't have an issue with EQ. i can load a plugin on the master bus to help with 'correction'. As long as I remember to bypass the EQ when bouncing audio, there'd be no issue. The problem, like you say, is that not all head/ear gear takes well to EQ'ing. And the CCA seem to...

Would like to thank everybody for their help. I'm sure it's been a little irritating. Will be stepping back from the internet for a little while. But I may go ahead with my idea of buying a few key recommendations, and hope to recoup some losses if it all goes 'South'. I'll come back and...

Indeed! And unfortunately, i'm coming to the conclusion that want I'm after would cost hundreds in the iem world, and is not available in the earbud world. I am curious still, though. At some point I'm going to have to order a handful to try. And AliEx is keen to give me a $4 voucher, one...

Thanks! Putting aside my wariness about driving higher stuff un-amped, I am curious about your "bass cannon" comment. It seem at odds with the idea that earbuds are not capable of much bass :)

Thanks! As I said to @RikudouGoku, the shape unfortunately is the source of some discomfort in my ears :(

Thanks! Quite surprised by your answer. I really thought that some of these flat-heads could definitely top the earpods, and that it was just that the majority of enthusiasts preferred a different tuning. And actually, after reading your comment, I did go back and spend more time with the...

Thanks! Actually, I used to listen to earpods for hours a day, but I had silicone sleeves covering them. Now, without the sleeves, I find the earpods to be very uncomfortable. That makes me wary about trying others of a similar shape.

Thanks! Very useful information, as I'd definitely rather front-load my extras ;)

Not sure the voltage of the iPad outpu Thanks! Not a bass-head, either. But I'm getting the impression that I want more than I'm likely to be able to get from earbuds.

Thanks! I'm really not "about bass" ;) I'm certainly no bass-head, What I want is for everything to be in it's right place. not interested in hyped frequencies, but just the same I don't want them subdued. My interest is towards balance, and for music-making more than listening. My only...

Thanks, again! I know this is such a newb question...and repetitive, but do the TG38's have better bass than the Ear-pods, circa 2016? It's just they're the only current reference I have for earbuds, and which spurred my current interest in upgrading. I do understand the point about...

What if i consider only once, but for most of the night and into the day? :wink: :wink: I'm definitely taking your recommendation into consideration. It certainly matches with a lot of opinions. But on the other hand, I've seen a few opinions like this...

The plot thickens... Id initially dismissed the Smabat M2Spro on account of the L jack. That's how it is shown on the page at AliEx: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005002672695039.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2esp&spm=a2g0o.detail.1000023.14.662b3db6AkM7QL But on Smabat's site, they're shown as...

Actually, looking at the M2Spro it's already outside my budget. Once shipping costs are factored in, plus the change of cable (Seems to come with L-shaped?) and different drive (To back off the bass), things look like they could become quite costly. Not dismissing them entirely. And if I were...

Thanks! Enjoying your music, and have followed. Will patiently await you Sonata :) Seems like you've gone to great lengths to improve your sound profiles, and it's encouraging to think that I might be able to rescue anything that isn't quite there, with just a few adjustments. and yeah...

Thanks! Like I said, in reply to your 'pm', this kind of click 'n' snap assembly is the kind of DIY I can probably get my mind and paws around. Reading this review, it seems that the out-of-the-box iteration is not going to suit: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/smabat-m2s-pro.25238/ But of...

Thanks! Been looking into these, and they seem like they might've shot to the top of the list. But it was in looking into these that I started to panic about lacking bass. This review had me both enthused and worried...

Many thanks! Those RW 2000's look stunning, but well outside my current budget. As for the Linkbuds? The biggest issue with BT for music-making is the latency it introduces. It's not an issue when just listening, but it will throw off any attempt to perform/record another track while listening...

Haha, yeah! That 'Producer' word has unfortunately taken on negative connotations. When I use i, I'm doing so in the sense that I produce music as well as partake of it. It needn't mean EDM or BEATZ producers (Not that I'm, disparaging any forms of creation). In the same sense, I would count you...