Been having a quiet year-end break and enjoying my existing gear. I still rate the KZ ZAX and Moondrop SSP very highly despite the "new toy smell" having long since worn off on both of them.
While the temptation to upgrade beyond the $100 mark will always be there, these help stave off that itch during a time when fiscal prudence is probably for the best. I do have the TD06 en route - another new toy! - which has caught my interest.
Been having a quiet year-end break and enjoying my existing gear. I still rate the KZ ZAX and Moondrop SSP very highly despite the "new toy smell" having long since worn off on both of them.
While the temptation to upgrade beyond the $100 mark will always be there, these help stave off that itch during a time when fiscal prudence is probably for the best. I do have the TD06 en route - another new toy! - which has caught my interest.
I am with you on going over the $100 mark...pretty happy with ZS10 Pro and TFZ Live 3...I would be lying if I did not say that the
Thieaudio Legacy 3 has my attention though.....anybody know how much of an upgrade these would be ?
I am with you on going over the $100 mark...pretty happy with ZS10 Pro and TFZ Live 3...I would be lying if I did not say that the
Thieaudio Legacy 3 has my attention though.....anybody know how much of an upgrade these would be ?
I'm also curious about this, I've tried cheaper iems till now (kz zsn, revonext qt2, operafactory om1, tfz t2 etc.) And I recently bought a second hand set of thieaudio legacy 3's for a bit more than the tfz t2, those should be coming today or in the next few days in the post, I might give my personal thoughts on what I hear (I also changed from using an audioquest dragonfly black dac to a shanling up2 which is more resolving and less warm but more powerful so I'll try it out on my pc motherboard dac/amp to make a fair comparison)
I'm also curious about this, I've tried cheaper iems till now (kz zsn, revonext qt2, operafactory om1, tfz t2 etc.) And I recently bought a second hand set of thieaudio legacy 3's for a bit more than the tfz t2, those should be coming today or in the next few days in the post, I might give my personal thoughts on what I hear (I also changed from using an audioquest dragonfly black dac to a shanling up2 which is more resolving and less warm but more powerful so I'll try it out on my pc motherboard dac/amp)
So i've heard some talk about the openheart resin earphones lately. Now these look very similar to the paiaudio dr2. I've found a number of iems that look alike, all with different branding or no branding at all. Here are some examples: Pai Audio DR2 Openheart Resin Earphone Tiandirenhe TD02 FDBRO TD1 PIZEN D90 No name A2
Are these the same but rebranded or do they have different drivers? The shells seem to be the exact same other than differing colors.
So i've heard some talk about the openheart resin earphones lately. Now these look very similar to the paiaudio dr2. I've found a number of iems that look alike, all with different branding or no branding at all. Here are some examples: Pai Audio DR2 Openheart Resin Earphone Tiandirenhe TD02 FDBRO TD1 PIZEN D90 No name A2
Are these the same but rebranded or do they have different drivers? The shells seem to be the exact same other than differing colors.
I am with you on going over the $100 mark...pretty happy with ZS10 Pro and TFZ Live 3...I would be lying if I did not say that the
Thieaudio Legacy 3 has my attention though.....anybody know how much of an upgrade these would be ?
I am using JVC Spiral Dots (size ML) and presently using the balanced cable from my Shuoer Tape. As far as music goes, the Open Heart seems to work very well with all genres, Electronic, Classical, Rock and Ambient all sound great!
Yeah, size ML are the best. I have already ordered an Open Heart, and will try it with any M or ML Spiral Dots I have left over. I think I saw something about using a FAAEL cable in another thread.
Rosa's bass is good, impactful but not painful and quite well texture, I like it but unfortunately I can't say I like the tuning of the upper part of the spectrum, it works OK on some but overall it's quite bad I think. If you're looking for an upgrade with similar bass forget TFZ IMHO and while the i99 is overall a much better earphone its bass is not necessarily better, it's certainly different, significantly warmer and somewhat bleeding on itself, not in a bad way however, but making it more mellow.
Perhaps you should get interested in the Hiby Seeds II instead of the above ones.
Rosa's bass is good, impactful but not painful and quite well texture, I like it but unfortunately I can't say I like the tuning of the upper part of the spectrum, it works OK on some but overall it's quite bad I think. If you're looking for an upgrade with similar bass forget TFZ IMHO and while the i99 is overall a much better earphone its bass is not necessarily better, it's certainly different, significantly warmer and somewhat bleeding on itself, not in a bad way however, but making it more mellow.
Perhaps you should get interested in the Hiby Seeds II instead of the above ones.
Yes, I think the bass is excellent on the Seeds II. It's a rather strongly v-shaped IEM with more or less the same amplitude as the i99 but the bass is leaner, it's not as warm and thick and the upper frequencies peaks are a bit different. It can get a bit hot/fatiguing depending on genres, tracks and volume. Some graphs for comparison:
Edit: The FX7 sounds gnarly with metal and I don't listen to that type of music, but it makes me want to. The vocals are distant (V-Shaped) and this isn't a good daily driver.
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