Trade them for a pair of EVOs (half-joking)

At this point one might save up all the $20 they would have spent on these IEMs and get a $100 IEM :)

The Etymotic EVO has been a rather interesting beast to live with. I’ve never spent this much money on a single piece of gear and to sort of pick up on an earlier discussion, spending that money has opened my eyes (or rather, ears) to a whole new level of detail, resolution and accuracy that...

New toys :)

Black coffee and Etys to start the day :)

Honestly, if all I wanted was an engaging and pleasant experience? Koss Porta Pro and stop there :)

Since the collab with KZ went so well, obviously Knockoff KZ is a match made in heaven! :)

Most importantly they oriented the Planar text correctly on both sides on this one :)

Wold. Geek Wold. My hot take is that most IEMs in the sub-100 range essentially offer different flavours of the same thing. They have to be built to a price, so there are going to be limitations inherent in the drivers that are available at that price, and one has to hope that the particular...

Treated my Porta Pros to a spiffy new pair of Yaxis :)

This particular one is apparently for Mac and iOS devices only, but I’m sure similar gadgets exist for Android as well :)

I was inspired by the Sony remote for Walkman players and wanted something similar for my listening setup. Tactile playback controls are nice to have.

Ikko has a new dongle out: Zerda ITM02

Indeed. Too many waifu boxes, not enough sets that will remain as a daily driver (or even be remembered) a year from now

Thank you for your honesty and brevity :)

The headphone space just seems to progress reeeeaaaalllllyyyyyyy slowly compared to IEMs. A 25 year old model like the HD600 is still being held as a benchmark product today, and my Koss Porta Pro with Yaxi pads is my headphone endgame ;)

I carried out more EVO experimentation over the past couple of days by swapping the stock green nozzle filters for the brown ones. This apparently raises the upper mids and treble a tad: The changes are subtle and difficult to A-B test without having two pairs of EVOs on hand, but I think I’m...

Akros is definitely one of the good guys. Wish he would get a better mic tho 😂

After swapping back and forth between the Westone red star tips, grey star tips and Ety XL dual flanges for the better part of the late afternoon/evening, I’m convinced that for the sort of fit that the EVOs require, the dual flange is the way to go. Reds are on the left; greys are on the...

”What’s the point of a DAP if a smartphone + mobile DAC/amp is pretty much comparable in sound quality?” ”Oh? Does your smartphone have transport buttons to pause your music or skip to the next track with one click?” ”Actually, yes*.” iPhone 12 + Earstudio HUD100mk2 + Etymotic EVO + Satechi...

Took receipt of resources for tweaking my endgame today: Westone fit kit + Ety tuning filters :)

Being in the field of data and statistics I’m more apt to trust a consensus of reviewers (which will develop for this IEM in time as it has for the S12 and anything else) rather than one dude on YouTube. But that’s just me :)

Wait, that last one allows you to convert your earbuds into an IEM?

Looks like they’ve adapted inTime’s DD+piezo driver tech in this model. Seems legit, made in Japan, maybe worth looking into :) From my experience with the Sora and now the Sora 2, the stuff about the VST and what it does isn’t just marketing nonsense either. I would class the Sora 2 as being a...