[Kelzo]

Anyone here has any recommendation for an earbud with a wide soundstage. One of the few earbuds that I've tried with a good one is the TY-150 but it costed me 20 USD. I prefer something below 10USD.

Thanks!

 

[knudsen]

Anyone here has any recommendation for an earbud with a wide soundstage. One of the few earbuds that I've tried with a good one is the TY-150 but it costed me 20 USD. I prefer something below 10USD.

Thanks!

emx500 at 10$

 

[ricesteam]

Has anyone tried the new EMX500 by NiceHCK and Small Five? I wonder if they sound the same as Woo/Fengru EMX500.

NiceHCK: https://goo.gl/GyYMUe
SmallFive: https://goo.gl/Cm7CkK

 

[snip3r77]

Can anyone pls recommend something that is tried and tested with the following sound sig

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Balanced sound towards the fun side
Large soundstage with minimal sibilance

Thanks

 

[doggiemom]

This is very interesting, and just goes to show how powerful the placebo effect is. Let me explain:

For one, by using blutack you would be completely blocking those vent holes, which I would expect (and have measured) to create an increase at around the 2kHz frequency.

However, the most interesting thing about your example is where you have placed that blutack. That actually isn't a vent, and so it shouldn't make any difference at all. The MX500 shell only has 7 venting holes, the one where the cable goes in, and the other 6 are on the left and right-hand sides of the shell. In stock form the latter 6 are blocked (or rather restricted) by a horseshoe tuning foam.

Oh snap! The funny thing is that initially I put Blu-tack on the left and right vents of each shell, leaving the top open, and didn't like it much....... sounded too muffled. So ended up putting it on the top. I do think the thicker foams made a small difference and cut a bit of the sharpness. That being said, I still don't like these, so they are going in the earbud museum.

 

[ctaxxxx]

Finished my Blur 魔音(2.5mm version) impressions. I have to say, these really grew on me. If Wong managed to nail the sound I get with the Edimun thick foams, these would have knocked down the CampFred 2 from #2.

Blur 魔音 (2.5mm version)

AMP1: TOTL earbud with an analytical, mid-focused signature. Mids can sometimes overpower the rest the frequencies depending on the source. Despite the clinical nature of the mids, vocals still manage to be perfectly smooth. Bass is light in quantity, but extends very deep. It’s subtle, but with a little boost (via thicker foams or EQ), it easily rivals CAX bass. Treble is neutral, yet very clear and detailed. Everything sounds clean and accurate altogether.

AMP2: Bass has more presence, vocals don’t sound as dry, and the smoother highs manage not to lose any detail.

Build: Professional build quality that doesn’t feel DIY. Flexible cable and interesting copper coil splitter. Shipped with an envelope pouch.

Personal thoughts: I really like these with Edimun donut foams (slight bass bump and pushing forward mids back). Seems best suited to classical and rock/metal due to clinical mids and tight, deep bass. May be too bass light for some, but I highly suggest giving these a thorough listen.

Also updated my Top 5 to include the Vido. No longer keeping buds that don't make this list, so I'm currently selling the Shozy BK, Moondrop Liebesleid, and other budget buds.

 

[Makahl]

An earbud has no name:

13.5mm drivers? Wow, it's smaller than the RX-1! Even If they don't sound good the Moondroop design is always lovely.

 

[RyanM]

Finished my Blur 魔音(2.5mm version) impressions. I have to say, these really grew on me. If Wong managed to nail the sound I get with the Edimun thick foams, these would have knocked down the CampFred 2 from #2.




Also updated my Top 5 to include the Vido. No longer keeping buds that don't make this list, so I'm currently selling the Shozy BK, Moondrop Liebesleid, and other budget buds.

Nice impressions. I absolutely adore my Blur, but I have a regular 3.5mm connector on mine. I did find that the driver needed about 30 hours or burn-in for the mid bass to start to really appear. Moreover, I've learned to enjoy them best with a regular foam and donut over-top of it. The term clinical is probably pretty accurate in your description, however, and kind of bizarrely, there's something very musical about this incredibly clear sound, although it does lean towards analytical. Somehow, it manages a bit of warmth as well. It is a chameleon, and tends to sound best to me out of a tube amp now although at first, I preferred it from solid state moreso. Significant brain burn-in was required for me to adapt to the new presentation of songs I thought I was very familiar with. Turns out, there was much I was missing!

 

[endia]

Also updated my Top 5 to include the Vido.

may i suggest cotton mod for vido to you?
i did apply (it was @ozkan who posted this mod first, i guess) and surprised a lot,
it become a very balanced and much more detailed bud.. i prefer it over diy pk2 but ymmv as always..

 

[Blueshound24]

http://s.aliexpress.com/FBNfAbUF

Sorry for the reply to an old post, but does anyone know if the Vido comes with an angled plug or are they all straight?
TIA

 

[redkingjoe]

may i suggest cotton mod for vido to you?
i did apply (it was @ozkan who posted this mod first, i guess) and surprised a lot,
it become a very balanced and much more detailed bud.. i prefer it over diy pk2 but ymmv as always..

If you are adventurous enough, try
1 silk
2 glass fiber
3 wool

I tried those on my speakers...all these improved over cotton...silk is best

 

[redkingjoe]

Nameless is a super hero in chinese manga.. I watch that manga 20+ years ago...nameless beats most super hero around.

Hope the nameless earbud will beat others as well.

And I'm expecting the next model from them is Brainless.

An earbud has no name:

13.5mm drivers? Wow, it's smaller than the RX-1! Even If they don't sound good the Moondroop design is always lovely.

 

[wskl]

Sorry for the reply to an old post, but does anyone know if the Vido comes with an angled plug or are they all straight?
TIA

They come with straight plug, also in case you don't know, the non-mic version has a J-cable.

 

[Blueshound24]

They come with straight plug, also in case you don't know, the non-mic version has a J-cable.

Thanks.
Darn, I hate the straight plug, it sticks out too far out of my phone and I'm always afraid it's gonna get bent or break when it's in my pocket. Also, not a fan of the J-cable.

 

[MLTKSHHBT]

Finished my Blur 魔音(2.5mm version) impressions. I have to say, these really grew on me. If Wong managed to nail the sound I get with the Edimun thick foams, these would have knocked down the CampFred 2 from #2.




Also updated my Top 5 to include the Vido. No longer keeping buds that don't make this list, so I'm currently selling the Shozy BK, Moondrop Liebesleid, and other budget buds.

Can you tell us a little more about the Shozy BK, and the comparison with the blur?
I just received my blur silver yesterday, it is my first earbuds after years in iems.
Initial impression is quite positive, but I need to adjust to the different feeling offered by the earbuds compared with the iem.
A few tracks of listening with my modded dx90 on balanced through pb3 makes me think of my Super 6 Audio 6ba iem.
Need more time to have better impression of it.