Earbuds Round-Up
Jan 17, 2019 at 6:34 PM Post #39,151 of 75,069
Strange, they go to the items for me. I'm using my laptop.

Using my iPad but will check PC in a minute. Will check my Android tablet too. I have not used my laptop in ages. It's so heavy..old 17 inch.

Edit: with Windows 10 PC it just goes to the home page.
 
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Jan 17, 2019 at 6:36 PM Post #39,153 of 75,069
The VE Zen 2.0 Zoe and VE Zen LL that I ordered at the end of last year, before the Zoe was discontinued, have arrived in the mail today.
Using the foams in the Ex-Pack Lite, I installed a donut foam over a thin full foam - and connected the Pure Blue cable to the Zoe, and plugged them into the Balanced output on my iBasso PB2 amp (2x OPA1622).
The source is my PC, playing some Candido Camero High Res tracks using JRiver MC24, with a TOSLINK connection to my FiiO Taishan D03K (Cirrus 4344) DAC.

My first impressions are that the Zoe have almost too much Bass - and they've also got a really nice, wide Sound Stage.
 
Jan 17, 2019 at 6:44 PM Post #39,155 of 75,069
Using my iPad but will check PC in a minute. Will check my Android tablet too. I have not used my laptop in ages. It's so heavy..old 17 inch.

Edit: with Windows 10 PC it just goes to the home page.
Weird, it works on my Win 7 laptop running Firefox.

Edit: Works with Chrome as well.
 
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Jan 17, 2019 at 6:44 PM Post #39,156 of 75,069
Just read a post from ClieOS that the TO600 is both beryllium and Biocelluose, two of the luxury driver matierals. If either is true it might be worth the buy just have it in my collection as ive never heard either in a driver. But I'm really doubting the beryllium part, isnt that stuff hella expensive??!!

Prices for drivers utilising these materials have dropped recently. The Advanced Evo X uses a beryllium driver despite being 60usd, and I believe the yincrow x6 uses a bio cellulose driver in the budget range

Of course it could just be marketing material, it's possible that the diaphragm itself might not be true beryllium/biocellulose
 
Jan 17, 2019 at 6:53 PM Post #39,157 of 75,069
Is Snow Lotus plus much more brighter than regular Snow Lotus? I just received my regular Snow Lotus yesterday and to me it seems to be quite well balanced and it's bright enough but I wouldn't want it to be any brighter.

For example, RY4S is too bright for me, unbearable to listen to.

You'd like the Snow Lotus 2.0 (and maybe the Kube 2).
 
Jan 17, 2019 at 6:58 PM Post #39,158 of 75,069
Weird, it works on my Win 7 laptop running Firefox.

Edit: Works with Chrome as well.

Nope still won't work on the PC but on both the iPad and the Android tablet I can bring up the menu to open a new tab and that does work...thanks to Sean for the tip. If I ask for a new tab on the PC (after right clicking on the link) it still goes to the ali home page. So html links are best.
 
Jan 17, 2019 at 7:06 PM Post #39,160 of 75,069
One of those is mx500 shell and one is pk/docomo shell. So you will certainly do well to get both and see which fits best. Of course mx500 shells open up much more variety of choice but some with smaller ears much prefer the pk size shell.

As for foams, stock foams we consider 'full foams' or 'donut foams' which are medium density medium thickness and they are the standard choice. The difference is one has a cut out middle and lets through more high frequency. Both have roughly similar bass quantity.

Then there's thick foams like hiegi full/donuts or VE donuts. They work better for slightly bigger ears or to make a better seal. Whether these will add more or less bass really depends on your ear anatomy, results vary from person to person. One constant though is that the add slightly more space between the driver and ear. So this in theory can help add more soundstage at the cost of some low midrange fullness.

Finally there are thin foams like the VE ex pack thins and the aliexpress black thins. These are the most open sounding letting more highs and only barely adding some bass quantity. I find these work best on warm bassy earbuds, they keep the 'no foam' clarity whilst adding a slight seal and comfort, keeping the earbud anchored better in your ear.

Here's the links to foams. I suggest you buy them all.

Thin foams
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cg6plESy

Heigi donuts
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cSFhvxDW

Heigi fulls
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bVPYwhZe

Various colour regular donuts and full foams
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cOfllfwY

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cXn81rGy

The whole lot will set you back like $10-15. It's worth it. Imagine headphone earpads were that cheap to roll :D

For me, the links are blocked by my uMatrix security add-on (for Firefox & Chrome).
But if I switch it off for the tab that the links open, it takes me to the correct pages on AliExpress.
 
Jan 17, 2019 at 7:08 PM Post #39,161 of 75,069
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Jan 17, 2019 at 7:15 PM Post #39,162 of 75,069
One of those is mx500 shell and one is pk/docomo shell. So you will certainly do well to get both and see which fits best. Of course mx500 shells open up much more variety of choice but some with smaller ears much prefer the pk size shell.

As for foams, stock foams we consider 'full foams' or 'donut foams' which are medium density medium thickness and they are the standard choice. The difference is one has a cut out middle and lets through more high frequency. Both have roughly similar bass quantity.

Then there's thick foams like hiegi full/donuts or VE donuts. They work better for slightly bigger ears or to make a better seal. Whether these will add more or less bass really depends on your ear anatomy, results vary from person to person. One constant though is that the add slightly more space between the driver and ear. So this in theory can help add more soundstage at the cost of some low midrange fullness.

Finally there are thin foams like the VE ex pack thins and the aliexpress black thins. These are the most open sounding letting more highs and only barely adding some bass quantity. I find these work best on warm bassy earbuds, they keep the 'no foam' clarity whilst adding a slight seal and comfort, keeping the earbud anchored better in your ear.

Here's the links to foams. I suggest you buy them all.

Thin foams
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cg6plESy

Heigi donuts
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cSFhvxDW

Heigi fulls
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bVPYwhZe

Various colour regular donuts and full foams
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cOfllfwY

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cXn81rGy

The whole lot will set you back like $10-15. It's worth it. Imagine headphone earpads were that cheap to roll :D
They all came up for me on desktop Chrome, and they translated to non s.click addresses:

Thin foams
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cg6plESy
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...p-Ear-Pads-Cover-Replacement/32790634729.html

Heigi donuts
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cSFhvxDW
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hie...or-Earphones-Earbuds-6-pairs/32642830876.html

Heigi fulls
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bVPYwhZe
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hie...ones-Earbuds-6-pairs-Eartips/32753761717.html

Various colour regular donuts and full foams
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cOfllfwY
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/20p...phone-Earpads-Covers-MP3-MP4/32671911259.html

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cXn81rGy
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10p...nge-Covers-Tips-For-Earphone/32683389893.html
 
Jan 17, 2019 at 7:19 PM Post #39,163 of 75,069
Thank you!!! Saved me like 10 minutes of getting regular links ^^

From now on your only purpose in life is to translate mobile to regular links for us 24/7 :D

We don't pay much but you'll be showered in headfi likes and we'll send you free earbuds on christmas and birthdays.
 
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Jan 17, 2019 at 7:20 PM Post #39,164 of 75,069
Thanks @rkw, you saved me a job.
 
Jan 17, 2019 at 7:55 PM Post #39,165 of 75,069
aww, but is it any good? though I can't seem to find them on the official taobao store

Haven't really spent much time on it except for the initial listening - so far I'll say it is probably at least as good.

It is not sold by their official Taobao store, but by their other Taobao store (which is operated under their brick and mortar store that also carry other brands): https://gothamearphone.taobao.com
 

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