[2021 Update] Venture Electronics (VE) Monk V2, Monk Plus & Monk Go: a $5 earbud that taking the world by storm!!!

[crabdog]

I recommend this playlist to test your Monks or any other pair http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZhik4dyFHrzs60Bc8YBTTq-pspweDY_

 Great stuff thanks for the link!

 

[ngoshawk]

Any reasonably priced amp/dacs that people can recommend for these headphones?  Ordering a pair tonight and can't wait!

I have and use both the Fiio a3, and e6. Love them both. Topping NX2 rates very well, and well respected here.

 

[bilboda]

  Any reasonably priced amp/dacs that people can recommend for these headphones?  Ordering a pair tonight and can't wait!

They sound marvelous out of my oneplus one phone streaming Radio Paradise .
My UD H01 on the desktop too. I will have an X1S here soon and a new psu for my audio-gd NFB 12 too but I think anything at all will do.

 

[golov17]

They sound marvelous out of my oneplus one phone streaming Radio Paradise .
My UD H01 on the desktop too. I will have an X1S here soon and a new psu for my audio-gd NFB 12 too but I think anything at all will do.

Very well with Meizu

 

[ponyhearts]

I received another two Monks today, but noticed one has two R earbuds. I used a youtube headphone test to determine which one was the left channel and which one was the right channel, so it was not a big problem. I just put a piece of sticky tape on the proper right side, but I suspect someone out there might get one with two L earbuds.

 

[golov17]

Exclusive instance you must give us the photos

 

[MorrisL]

So, are these warmer or are they bright? I keep hearing both. I personally hate any bright sound. If these are warm, I want to get a few.

 

[haiku]

  So, are these warmer or are they bright? I keep hearing both. I personally hate any bright sound. If these are warm, I want to get a few.

Why not order 1 pair first and try it out for yourself? I mean, the monks don´t cost a fortune.

 

[MorrisL]

 
Why not order 1 pair first and try it out for yourself? I mean, the monks don´t cost a fortune.

It's not the cost. I just don't want to go through the hassle of opening up an Aliexpress account for nothing... 

 

[ponyhearts]

 
 
 
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Exclusive instance you must give us the photos

 
 
 

 
^_^ It sounds the same as the normal ones.

 

[Danneq]

  Any reasonably priced amp/dacs that people can recommend for these headphones?  Ordering a pair tonight and can't wait!

I just bought a Cayin C5 and with bass boost turned on the Monks sound really amazing (without bass boost I find Monk to be a bit unbalanced with too much focus on upper frequencies...). Cayin C5 creates a really big soundstage, so if an earphone/headphone already has got a wide soundstage, it becomes really huge.

 

[ozkan]

It's not the cost. I just don't want to go through the hassle of opening up an Aliexpress account for nothing... 

Monk is not nothing but a true gem that goes well with every genre.

 

[MorrisL]

Monk is not nothing but a true gem that goes well with every genre.

If I only knew what its frequency curve looks like! I just don't like bright headphones, no matter how great they are otherwise.

 

[music4mhell]

 

Monk is not nothing but a true gem that goes well with every genre.

If I only knew what its frequency curve looks like! I just don't like bright headphones, no matter how great they are otherwise.

There is a freq curve for Monk in other thread.

 

[yukitq]

I received another two Monks today, but noticed one has two R earbuds. I used a youtube headphone test to determine which one was the left channel and which one was the right channel, so it was not a big problem. I just put a piece of sticky tape on the proper right side, but I suspect someone out there might get one with two L earbuds.

Hey I have a pair with two "R" labels as well haha. But mine is a mic version so it's easier to tell which side is which