It took 15 years but here's a trio of mods freshly done. All three have MMCX socket replacements. Porta Pro on KSC75 earhooks and headband driver joint replacement. KTX Pro on PE headband keeping the stock silicone band; might find a better way to secure it but for now it holds up pretty well on...

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.

I like the smooth treble of the AS16 Pro (18ohm) for music that can play a little hot to sibilant and was curious about affect of the impedance adapters and whether or not the high impedance version is worth the double-dip. From researching, I was under the impression that with an impedance...

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

I just put order in for these as they will be my first TWS, and my main use case will be listening to podcasts, audiobooks, etc. How do these compare to other TWS in the price range? Also, how much of a distraction is the hiss? *and is tip rolling recommended?

this looks promising. I have a few questions about the jw1: what are the compatible codecs? is it tuneable from the FiiO app? and are these recommended for glasses wearers?

taco bell treble

ya, don't plan on investing more on IEMs at this price point; just wanted to squeeze some performance out of the AK6 Max. at least i can wing it off of the product listing.