He's one of the guys that got me into earbuds. I'll miss him a lot.15th April is the 2nd anniversary of the passing our respected friend and earbuds enthusiast Hungry Panda, who sadly passed on from covid that was contracted while working in the line of duty (at a hospital).
He was a very friendly and nice guy on this forum, extremely approachable and humble, and it is a big loss to the audio world to lose him. Here's to a minute's memory of our friend, who will not be forgotten!
Hey I would recommend any of the Huawei FreeBuds models like the FreeBuds 3 or 4 ANC (not the In-ear versions), you can maybe find the FreeBuds 3 sold around 80$ on Amazon or other websites, then there is the JBL Tune 225TWS that are a good choice as well, but only if you find them for sale at around 50-80$ at their full price of 100$ it's not so good value for money. JBL Tune 205BT are good bluetooth (not TWS) non In-ear earbuds for around 10-40$. The Apple Airpods 2nd and 3rd Gen are not good value for money since they are quite expensive at 150-200$ but they do their job as comfortable TWS earbuds (sound quality per $ sucks though), there is also the Sony LinkBuds 180$, but just like the AirPods they are overpriced and expensive while having below average sound quality.
Hi there! I found some drivers sold on AliExpress at XinYue Audio Store, but I haven't used them so can't comment on the sound quality. There is three different models I found called: 150ohm "Bass" drivers, 150ohm "Vocal, for classical music" drivers and 300ohm "Warm Vocals" drivers. You could try any of those, the seller also sells lots of different DIY earbud materials like different shells etc.Hi to all the people!
Can you recommend me high impedance drivers please?
If you can attach the link of the driver that would be nice. I will appreciate any recomendation a lot guys, seriously a lot
I would have to agree with most of what you said, except that the Linkbuds sound is below average. In fact, I find them to sound much better than average for a TWS (especially one that only has SBC and AAC) to my surprise. I would put them up there with some of the best true earbuds out there (being also a true earbud, not going into the ear at all). That being said, they are definitely very expensive. I don't know if I would deem them way overpriced, given the new design, tech, size, etc... AFAIK these are the first, and only classic style earbuds combined with TWS.
As for myself, I really liked the design of the Bose sport semi-in-ear design they used to use, and only wished they were tuned better. They were so comfortable, yet open(ish), but sounded pretty bad (to me).Hey samandhi I guess I was being too harsh on the LinkBuds, what I meant is that they are not good sounding for their cost of 180$ and they have bad sound quality per dollar value in my opinion, generally though compared to other TWS yeah the sound quality is not that bad. I tried them before and really wanted to like them since the cool open like design, but I found that the fit didn't work for me and there was some discomfort after using them a couple of hours, also the bass frequencies were lacking (I know it's common in earbuds world to lack bass and have sound quality affected by bad fit) so the sound quality wasn't worth it for me at 180$ and maybe they sound better to others with no fit issues, so I got a refund on them perhaps in the future they make a LinkBuds v2.0 with better SQ and comfort.I would have to agree with most of what you said, except that the Linkbuds sound is below average. In fact, I find them to sound much better than average for a TWS (especially one that only has SBC and AAC) to my surprise. I would put them up there with some of the best true earbuds out there (being also a true earbud, not going into the ear at all). That being said, they are definitely very expensive. I don't know if I would deem them way overpriced, given the new design, tech, size, etc... AFAIK these are the first, and only classic style earbuds combined with TWS.
All of the others aren't true earbuds because they still go partially into your ears. Though I am nitpicking I suppose, because they are still pretty much open like earbuds, so I guess we could call that one a wash...
No, no. If it is your opinion that they don't sound very good, then you are right (for your ears), and I would never try and argue that point...
That being said, they DO fit me nicely, and therefore I get the intended sound profile. They do lack some sub-bass, but they actually have more overall bass than most classic earbuds do. I was more suprised though at the treble tuning. Being only AAC or SBC, it shocked me that there was some good clarity in the treble. 
What cable is that? I've had to cut off the heat shrink to allow straight down wear.
Cable that comes with Smabat M3 Pro.
I have been trying to buy Smabat replacement cables and can't seem to find them. I wrote to Smabat, and their reply was indirect at best. They replied with a link to their website and to look for all that I might need there. I assume that means they can't be bought without purchasing earbuds, since I found nothing there regarding replacement cables.
Sadly you seem to be correct. I think their cables would be popular if they were well priced.
