I bought the middle one again recently ( https://a.aliexpress.com/_vdycKu ; 053. on hakuzen's list), this time MMCX, for my new Etys. Measures only 0.6Ohm. Which is twice better than the Etys original cable. But six times worse than that same cable I bought two years ago. The new one is also...

Bought an ER4XR for 135EUR, finally graduating from <50EUR Chi-fi and cheap consumer Western products. My usual daily drivers were Moondrop SSR and KZ ZS4. Must say Etys beat them in separation, coherence, minute details and, most noticeably, bass. Quality pure BA bass sounds clearly superior to...

You can try buying filters in USA and using a forwarder like Shipito or Ship7 to get them to Europe; for small packages it'll likely be 20-30$ shipping. Not exactly cheap, but usually cheaper than the shipping provided by the seller (if they ship outside NA at all). It can be made more...

I, too, enjoy MH755 a lot. After checking out a SE215 (admittedly, a counterfeit one for a fifth the price) I found that the isolation with large triple flanges is a notch worse than that of KZ ZS4, so I just bought another ZS4 to transplant MH755 drivers to. Hopefully, all goes well and I'll...

What's your opinion on ZS4's isolation vs. Shure's?

I have asked this question at least twice in these forums (not in a relevant topic, though :P) and no one has answered me yet, so I'd like someone with an ample amount of gear to humour me. The thing is that I'm hearing clear differences between cables in terms of stereo crosstalk, which...

I wouldn't say they're that different. Also, I really should stop remembering graphs. A skill of very limited applicability.

My multimeter only measures with a precision of 0.1Ohm, so this is as good as it gets. A rough reference, I guess. € 2,13 https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bETxrqOk Both A and B connectors, both sides L&R measure 0.7Ohms. The angled one I have with a mic, it has a different 3.5mm connector with...

Everything on that site is ≤50$, though.

I thought K2 is where you go to die if Everest is already all backed up and corpsy. Stupid non-funnies aside, I doubt there's any research that directly covers bone density and hearing and K2. But what do I care, I like various milk stuffs so I'm covered either way.

Okay, I thought your first post was weird about swapping IEMs based on music genre, but decided to not say anything, however, your admission of using equalisers a lot makes it too disjointed. Etys are technically better than most things, however, it might be that the signature is unpleasant for...

I support the Rtings.com position, which is that all in-ear types have virtually indistinguishably poor soundstages due to lack of interaction with the outer ear. I take every IEM soundstage description as bull dung. I also subscribe to their approach on measuring imaging, but I'd add the...

Yes, I do like them. Being the proponent of equalisation I am, this is the IEM I equalise the least. Maybe even no equalisation, still not 100% sure what's best.

I guess it's time to post my first photos, ugly as they are. At least fulfilling the mandates of functionalism, hopefully. Edit: original according to @Slater et al. who posted below. Might be the best price out there, came to Europe in a week, pretty fast for stuff from the Chicom-land.

Okay, with the talk of counterfeits again, I want to check anew - are the hidden numbers on the tag supposed to be very hard to notice? They're less shiny than those on MH750's tag. Also, the tag freely moves on the wire and the black stuff around the wire on the tag rubs off after a while of...

Good points. I see you're really going for the market's throat here, underscoring your intent with that ominous avatar of yours. The jigsaw pieces are falling into place. I'd guess we could leave @crinacle be, since he published the rating in the end. But that omission was a hole in his...

Now I want to know the dirty secrets of his argumentation for keeping this ranking under wraps for so long. I bet it's juicily scandalous!

I don't understand your notation. -xdB of what? What's the resulting volume? Or are those numbers just some player specific markers without any measurements underpinning them?

Your image is too bad for attracting charity. By that I mean that you have an IEM that's too expensive in your avatar. I'm so poor I don't even have an avatar :( :D You should choose an avatar with an earphone that's rated F on crinacle's list, maybe that'll help :D

Depends on how far one's hearing extends. If it's till about 15kHz, then it should be very much fine. Cable around the neck, huh... A couple times to boot. Reminds me of assassinations, garrottes and all. Very suggestive. Even metallic IEMs force an association to a chance of electrocuting my...

Nine Tail is absolutely not closer to Harman. Harman target requires 10dB boost at sub-bass and a 10db 3,5kHz peak, both relative to 1kHz. Nine Tail has no bass boost and only 5dB 3,5kHz boost. Plus the drop after 5kHz is too steep in both graphs. Edit: okay, I looked at Nine Tail's graphs...

Could you refer the graph to me?

Is Chicom-Fi a word crime, too?

Unless the musicians and producers are mostly using gear with the peak, and master their recordings to sound good in that environment. Then you get sound that is not what's intended, if you don't use similarly tuned gear. But I don't know if I care about all that anymore. I've resigned to having...

I'm starting to feel uncomfortable. The "no-3,5kHz-peak" people are staging a takeover of the zeitgeist. Btw, is the IE 40 PRO high treble graininess a signature or distortion thing? Does using triple flanges remedy it in any way? Looks interesting, I'm always for some Western reliability and...