[gazzington]

What’s the best iem for under £400 for a fan of metal, classical, jazz and hip hop? Needs to be comfy as will be using it in work all day.

 

[NickleCo]

I see that you dropped the zeus from the s bracket and id like to know why. You see during the recent audio meet, there were alot of totl iems and got to try them (ve8, qdc lx, flamenco, erlkonig, etc.) but nothing really stood out that much when i pinned them down with my zeus xiv, they were okay at best tbh... Nothing really sprung at me that made me say wow! Quite disappointing really... I was hoping so much but in the end it was just another day for me

 

[crinacle]

Hi all,

I am currently updating the list so there will be edits made to the first post over the next few days. However, there is a lot to do so I'm breaking it up into chunks, though once I'm done I'll make a consolidated changelog of all the changes and additions. I'll catch up with your questions later and if you require any further clarification or questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Early reminder of my disclaimers, this is the opinion of one person on the internet. Please do not get too offended if your favourite IEM isn't graded as highly as you'd like. (vice versa applies)

 

[cfc7]

Hi all,

I am currently updating the list so there will be edits made to the first post over the next few days. However, there is a lot to do so I'm breaking it up into chunks, though once I'm done I'll make a consolidated changelog of all the changes and additions. I'll catch up with your questions later and if you require any further clarification or questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Early reminder of my disclaimers, this is the opinion of one person on the internet. Please do not get too offended if your favourite IEM isn't graded as highly as you'd like. (vice versa applies)

Will you include also the IE800s in these updates?

 

[toughnut]

Crin’s verdict is out! Table updated with latest IEM.

 

[duaned]

Nice work Crinacle!

 

[shotgunshane]

FYI- CA Atlas is on there twice. A- and B category.

 

[crinacle]

Crin’s verdict is out! Table updated with latest IEM.

Nice work Crinacle!

FYI- CA Atlas is on there twice. A- and B category.

Updating in chunks. Will post a changelog once I'm done.

 

[329161]

Any chance of the Fiio FA7 being on the list soon? I was REALLY impressed. Performed way above it's price as usual for a Fiio product.

 

[duaned]

Any chance of the Fiio FA7 being on the list soon? I was REALLY impressed. Performed way above it's price as usual for a Fiio product.

100%. I think these will be the IEM of the year under $1000 AUD

 

[gazzington]

I was thinking of getting the fa7 to be my daily work set. Are they comfortable?

 

[rockaphile21]

any official opinion on the Soranik SP3 now, Crin?

 

[PMAismycity]

I was thinking of getting the fa7 to be my daily work set. Are they comfortable?

I've read some impressions of this set and the fit seems to be one of its strongest points

 

[TYATYA]

I hope to see HEM series of Nuforce as HEM8 and 10 to come in the list.
But Hem4 and 6 is listed and remarks is very precision.

 

[crinacle]

The first update of 2019 is finally done. Changelog below.

Additional disclaimers to be added:

• Ranks will be determined based on the best unit tried. Because of this, I am not accounting for unit variation. I cannot guarantee that what I'm hearing is what you will be hearing.
  • This will revert to the most recent unit tried if there is a significant time gap between the last and most recent times I tried a particular model.
• Unreleased products will not be included in the ranking list until they are officially out of preorder stages or have production units sent to distributors. I will still be talking about them in my subreddit if I ever get the opportunity to try such units.

Model	Old rank	New rank
1Custom SA02		C
64 Audio A10	A	Removal
64 Audio A12	A	Removal
64 Audio A12t	S-	S
64 Audio A18t	S	S-
AAW M40	E	D-
AAW Nebula One	F	Removal
AAW Q	F	Removal
AAW W300	D+	D
AAW W500	A	A-
Acoustune HS1650		A-
Acoustune HS1670		B
Advanced Elise		C-
Advanced GT3 Superbass		C-
Alpha&Delta D6	C+	C
Ambient Acoustics AM7		D+
Ambient Acoustics AM16		D
Ambient Acoustics AM24		D
Astrotec Delphinus 5		D
Audeze iSine 20 (Cipher)	A+	A
Audiofly AF160	E	D
BGVP DMG	B-	C+
BGVP DM6		B-
Campfire Comet	C+	C
Campfire Atlas	B	A-
Campfire Vega	A	B
Campfire Solaris		A+
Cozoy Trio		D+
Custom Art Music One	C	Removal
Custom Art Music Two	C+	Removal
Custom Art FIBAE Black		B
Custom Art Harmony 8.2	B	A-
Creative Aurvana Trio		C
Dita Fidelity	A	B+
Dita Fealty	B+	B
Delta Air complimentary earphones		F
Earsonics S-EM6	F	Removal
Elysian Eros		C
Elysian Artemis		B-
Elysian Minerva		C-
Elysian Terminator		A
Empire Ears Vantage	A	A-
Empire Ears Nemesis	A	B+
Empire Ears Zeus XRA	S	A+
Fender Thirteen 6		E
Fidue A71		D
FiiO FH5		B
Final Audio E1000		C+
Final Audio E2000		C+
Final Audio E3000		C+
Final Audio E4000		B-
Final Audio E5000		B-
Fischer Omega Spark		E
FitEar Air 2/Titan		C
FitEar EST		B
FitEar MH334SR		A+
Geek Wold GK3		D-
Hidition NT8		A
Hidition Waltz		A-
Hidition Viento-Reference	S-	Removal
Hyla CE-5	S-	A+
Hyla TE-5B		A+
Hyla TE-5T		A-
Ice Lab Zen 12	A	Removal
iBasso IT01S		C+
ikko OH1		B-
IMR R1		C+
Intime Sora		C
JH JH13v2	A	B
Jomo 6R	A	Removal
Jomo Flamenco 2018		S-
Jomo Trinity Brass		A+
Jomo Trinity SS		S-
Kinera SEED		D+
Kinera Idun		C
Kinera Odin		C+
Kumitate KL-Lakh	A	Removal
Lear NS-U1 V2		D
NuForce HEM1		C
NuForce Primo 8		D
Noble K10 Encore	A+	A
NocturnaL Gorham		B
NocturnaL Avalon		B-
NocturnaL Eden		B-
Oriolus Finschi		C+
Oriolus Forsteni	B	B-
qdc 4SS		A
qdc 5SH		A
qdc 8SL/Anole VX		S
Rhapsodio Earth	B	Removal
Rhapsodio Solar	A	B+
Rhapsodio Galaxy	A	B+
Rhapsodio Zombie	B	B-
Rhines Stage 7	A	Removal
Rose BR5 Mk2	B-	C+
Shozy x AAW Pola		E
Shozy & Neo BG		B
Shozy & Neo CP		C+
Sendiy M1221		E
Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear		C-
Sensaphonics 2X-S	F	E
SIA complimentary earphones		F
Sony IER-M7		A-
Sony IER-M9		A+
Sony XBA-A3		B
Sony XBA-N3AP		B+
Sony XBA-Z5		B
Soranik SK3	A-	Removal
Sound Linear Fitz 10 Flat		D
Spiral Ears SE5U		A+
Super Audio "Supermeme" 2BA+2DD	C	C-
Symphonium Audio Aurora	C+	C
TFZ Secret Garden		C+
Ultimate Ears UE4 Pro	C+	Removal
Ultimate Ears UE6 Pro	B+	B-
Unique Melody 3DD-Ti		E
VE Monk IE Smalls		E
VE Monk IE Biggie		F
Vision Ears Erlkonig		S-
Warbler Prelude	B-	B
Westone 4R		C-

Models that I haven't heard in a while have been removed to prevent inaccuracy.

RE: Zeus changes, I've tried a new unit and it just sounds tonally wrong to me. Yes, it's detailed and resolving, however that doesn't really matter if it doesn't sound correct to begin with. Hopefully, I'll be getting a Massdrop Zeus to confirm my last impressions.