Earbuds Round-Up
May 4, 2022 at 5:52 PM Post #61,141 of 75,270
No, not now. What I do own now is listed under CURRENT GEAR in my signature. I had nearly 300 earbuds to my name until SEP/OCT 2020 when I began to gift, trade, and sell them off along with much of the rest of my audiophile equipment collection in an effort to minimalize. Funny to think that exactly one and half years ago I was sitting on nearly three hundred (300) earbuds; sixty (60) plus IEMS; twenty (20) plus headphones; ten (10) pair of speakers; thirty-six (36) amps and dacs; twenty plus (20+) separate two-channel components; and hundreds and I mean literally hundreds of cables, adapters, & interconnects.

Wow. You had a very large herd. You did an amazing job of minimalizing. I now have absolutely no excuse for not being able to do my own minimizing!
 
May 5, 2022 at 1:12 AM Post #61,142 of 75,270
Wow. You had a very large herd. You did an amazing job of minimalizing. I now have absolutely no excuse for not being able to do my own minimizing!
It hands down has been the best thing I ever did in the hobby... and that is over many decades! I am/was a minimalist in all other areas of my life but the audiophile bug was very hard to shake so I acquired, acquired, and acquired in a maddening pursuit which would nearly always bring me full circle back to where I started from!
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May 5, 2022 at 11:14 AM Post #61,143 of 75,270
Well now I had to go upstairs to find those. Disapointed to find he has a cable on them that goes over ear. Not sure if I can find a spare mmcx cable without the shaping for over ear. Found a couple of nice 2 pin ones because of all the iems . Very few buds use 2 pin. My Rose Masya does.

Most of his buds are in this huge case
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I put his builds and mods in a dresser drawer. The clothes are mostly gone now.
20220501_171704.jpgThat is the most impressive collection I’ve ever seen. All cased and labeled to boot! I’m working on my own collection at this point and finding inspiration from builds that were inspired by his builds or techniques that he pioneered. I appreciate you sharing these and I’m just in awe at the moment. Very much appreciated! Thank you. He’s a legend and his buds are his legacy to us all.
 
May 5, 2022 at 12:47 PM Post #61,144 of 75,270
Thank you for the kind words. The list has become a group effort most indeed.

No, not now. What I do own now is listed under CURRENT GEAR in my signature. I had nearly 300 earbuds to my name until SEP/OCT 2020 when I began to gift, trade, and sell them off along with much of the rest of my audiophile equipment collection in an effort to minimalize. Funny to think that exactly one and half years ago I was sitting on nearly three hundred (300) earbuds; sixty (60) plus IEMS; twenty (20) plus headphones; ten (10) pair of speakers; thirty-six (36) amps and dacs; twenty plus (20+) separate two-channel components; and hundreds and I mean literally hundreds of cables, adapters, & interconnects.

However, back to the topic at hand, I previously did own and/or listen to most of the Golden Age earbuds especially everything made by Sony and Aiwa as I had a relationship (connection) with Sony back then. I have been involved in this hobby for many, many decades and have fortunately owned, auditioned, and/or listened to a lot of amazing gear... transducers especially.
That´s an amazing journey Woody! I would love to read about your top three in every category, I´m sure I´m not alone in thinking we can all learn from your experience.
 
May 5, 2022 at 12:51 PM Post #61,145 of 75,270
I asked Justin Miner how to get my hands on the Earbuds Anonymous quite some time ago, when I joined his Facebook group. But I haven't bought them until now. As a reviewer, I even feel a bit ashamed that I've delayed buying them for so long to review them. But, as they say in my country: ""Nunca es tarde, si la dicha es buena".
Now, I am glad to have them at home.
At first I thought that this model would have the classic MX500 capsule shape. But no, it is much better and also the grille is metallic and the cable is improved. I have a lot of earbuds and I think the shape is classic, but unusual. However, I think it is one of the most suitable designs, because of its ergonomics. They are really light and very comfortable. And I love their tuning. Really, they are earbuds for beginners in this world, because they have a good balance in the three bands: the bass is present and they have a good speed. The mids don't suffer from any muddiness and feel present. Even the highs have a good touch, and all this just out of the box! They are sure to improve after a good burning.

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May 6, 2022 at 2:38 AM Post #61,146 of 75,270
4 other people beat me to this one. Wondering if you're all in this thread?

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May 6, 2022 at 5:02 AM Post #61,147 of 75,270
4 other people beat me to this one. Wondering if you're all in this thread?

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It looks really nice!

Were you first on the list for the tofino? Mine is serial 0005. Am burning it in now but just love the sound! Jim is a magician!
 
May 6, 2022 at 7:11 AM Post #61,150 of 75,270
May 6, 2022 at 8:16 AM Post #61,151 of 75,270
https://www.facebook.com/tangzuaudio/posts/307098528268699

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New earbud from TangZu Audio, the Baijuyi- this company was previously known as TForce Audio, but had to rename themselves due to some copyright lawsuit. TForce had a cult classic IEM, the TForce Yuan Li, and are releasing a new IEM called the Shimin soon.
 
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