[Danneq]

So without going through the 1700pages. What are the best earbuds in overall sound quality and above all soundstaging? Regardless of the price, well maybe under 1000USD

Cypherus CAX Red Dragon he’ll most likely tell you. Think it goes for $600 and is comparable to full size headphones.

Yeah, it would be Cypherus CAX Red Dragon. It's custom made. I got my pair second hand for a little over $600. The original price was over $700. Soundwise they are neutral-ish with a deep and wide soundstage with crazy instrument separation and layering. Everything is so well definied with an almost physical 3D presence. The shells are standard Sennheiser MX500 ones. The cable is very stiff. Up to the Y splitter the cable is like a tiny fire hose and from the y-splitter up the (stiff) cardas cable is used.

Spending so much on a pair of earbuds was an exception for me. I usually stick to earbuds up to $200 and love those, but Red Dragon easily outdoes any of my other TOTL earbuds...

There aren't many earbuds over $500. Venture Electronics might release VE Nirvana some time in the future and I read that it was going to be priced $1000.

 

[cocolinho]

I guess the cost is mainly due to the cable.
No way driver and shell can justified more than 1/10 of the price at most

 

[Unex]

Monk Lite 40ohm. Thanks to mate from russian earbuds community:
http://player.ru/showthread.php?t=142371&p=2367693&viewfull=1#post2367693

 

[Unex]

Monk Lite 120ohm:
Thanks again to russian earbuds community:
http://player.ru/showthread.php?t=142371&p=2367777&viewfull=1#post2367777

 

[DBaldock9]

Are those the "old" or "new" graphenes?

Good to know about the PT15's. I posted earlier that I didn't find the PT15's highs to be fatiguing. Well, that lasted until my ears got fatigued from the highs lol. They do sound good though and I enjoy them for a change now and then, but my ears prefer more bass and less energetic highs.

The Graphene earbuds were ordered at the beginning of December - does that make them the new or old model?

 

[waynes world]

The Graphene earbuds were ordered at the beginning of December - does that make them the new or old model?

Could be either: New, Old

 

[mochill]

New 16mm earbud on penon audio called HiFi boy dream for $125

 

[seanc6441]

New 16mm earbud on penon audio called HiFi boy dream for $125

What a name haha...

Must be impressive ))

 

[golov17]

https://penonaudio.com/hifi-boy-dream.html

 

[DBaldock9]

Could be either: New, Old

I ordered the Old (Black w/Copper Wire) ones.
Didn't even know there was a New model. Wonder if the difference in drivers is what reduced the price by 33%?

 

[NLNH]

Why did shozy use poseidon when the new K’s earbud is also poseidon lol.

Kinda funny markering.

Either way it looks cool and if the driver is not tuned differently it would be a cool way to test the cables of both bk’s (copper vs silver) against each other.

As for the BS1 I agree the tuning is striving for ‘neutral’ the more the driver is being burned in the more mature the sound becomes at first.

Being neutral the source will be the determining factor here for a warmer or neutral-cooler sound.

The English name is not official
and in fact it refers to the blue cable, there are other items bearing this name before too.... just a random note lol

 

[chaiyuta]

@NLNH : Does it say "Shozy BK Big Black 「大黒」 Limited edition" instead? I arbitrarily translated the title name based on '海神' = 'Poseidon' keyword.

 

[mochill]

If it is a limited stardust then I need it

 

[golov17]

 

[waynes world]

Thanks Oleg! If 2018 is as good to earbuds as 2017 was, then it should be a happy year indeed!