Very excited to see who I'll be matched with this year!

Message sent! Had a great experience last year. CONUS only.

Your location (City & Country). Oakland, CA, USA Do you prefer neutral tuning or extra-bass IEMs? Extra bass, if not bass emphasized. Source gear you intend to use for the review. DAPS: Shanling M6 Pro (2020), iBasso Dx240, Cayin RU6. IEMs: CIEM: Kinera Baldr 2, Uni: UM MEST MK1 Link to your...

You can only take advantage of one offer. I got confirmation with Jedrek last week.

Thank you! Your infographic many pages ago helped get me interested in the Aurum. How much different would the KR5 sound? I have little experience (in the last few years) with anything that doesn't have an EST in it. The ESTs in the OG MEST are what drew me to it, as I'd been coming from a...

I need some buying advice. I'm currently looking into getting my 2nd CIEM, as I currently have a Kinera Baldr 2. I am mainly listening to rock, metal, electronic, stuff that has a lot of bass, but detail too. Examples include The Birthday Massacre, Chimaira, Dir en Grey, Stabbing Westward...

I need to some buying advice. I'm currently looking into getting my 2nd CIEM, as I currently have a Kinera Baldr 2. I am mainly listening to rock, metal, electronic, stuff that has a lot of bass, but detail too. Examples include The Birthday Massacre, Chimaira, Dir en Grey, Stabbing Westward...

For treble-biased (in a good way) IEMs like the Baldr 2 (which I got a few weeks back as a CIEM), what would be a good replacement cable? I couldn't find more information on Kinera's site the exact makeup of the included cable and don't want to get one that would be identical. The lows are...

My gifts were sent out this week.

I'm excited about the gift exchange, as I do understand the "new" aspect. The "used" aspect could be sketchy, but would also allow for some out-of-print or hard-to-find items to be shared with others. Just curious, as I know what I'd not be telling the person who has me my musical interests...

Please add me to the list.

Fingers crossed I am chosen.

Outside audiologist costs, how much is the conversion costing vs selling and rebuying as customs?

What cable did you use on the OG? I am thinking about supplementing w a silver cable.

Your review is keeping me from upgrading to the MKII for right now. Thank you for the great comparison between each version.

How does the OG sound w silver cables? Thinking of looking into one via Headphone lounge. Ted is already working on a silver cable for my ibasso SR2.

Does anyone have a link to DUNUs qdc cables? I wouls love to pick one up for my MEST. I love the HULK on w my ZBA5s. Would one of the mmcx to qdc converters work ok w the HULK?

Thank you for your experience, coming from an owner of the OG with stock 4.4 cable. With the OG MEST, I was in the same spot with the cable, but what you did is great. Once you go 3.5mm, you cannot get a balanced connection. What I did was get a 4.4 to 3.5 adapter from Audio46...

Also, a follow up question, has anyone used the Linsoul Earphone Cable Converter/Connector (QDC-MMCX) to use the MEST with their existing cables? I wanted to see if this would mean I could use the MEST cable with the Z5s (as I would hope) or if it would allow me to use my DUNU cable with the...

For those who are using 2-pin cables (not QDC) on the OG Mest, how sturdy is the connection? I know some third party manufacturers don't build their cables with QDC in mind, only 2-pin or MMCX, so I wanted to see about fit and polarity. For the Z5s, I have been using the Dunu Hulk and love the...

Does anyone use double/triple flanged tips with their IEMs, including the UM Mest? I was introduced to them over a decade ago with the Sennheiser IE8, but haven't seen them featured in any "in the box" kits. Are they not very common or popular outside of the Etymotic crowd? Asking, as I am...