[Marcos Fontana]

I think it was recommended we burn the SR2 in for 100 - 200 hours. I think I did.

@mbwilson111 Do you enjoy SR2 more than the Sabia? I really need to burn the SR2(I lost the control of my todo list). I'm thinking in buying that amplifier with multiple ports so I can burn in multiple earbuds.

 

[Marcos Fontana]

Qian69 are my favorite of the three earbuds I have (Qian69, Monk Espresso, Nicehck EB2), but I wouldn't call them vocal-focused, they sound very V-shaped to me.

I agree with you. For me, balanced earbuds needs to have a good amount of bass but not too much (vido is awesome, but for short period of time or some genres with less bass). The earbuds for me need to sound like headphones and Qian69 do it a quite well for it price.

 

[LetheFB]

Both of them. There was no problem before i have changed the cable. By the way, I have changed it kindly

 

[alias71]

Does it happens to both stock and aftemarket cable or just the aftermarket cable? If it is the later then it is not a loose socket but more likely an incompatibility between the cable's mmcx plug and the socket, i.e. difference in tolerance.

In my case it happens with the stock cable and other cables To verify if it was a problem with the stock cable or the earbud, I switched the earbuds: right earbud on the left connector and left earbud on the right connector and found the same problem with right earbud.
Then I tried the Svara L stock cable: with it no sound at all on the ST-10 right earbud.

 

[doldoy]

For me it's really well balanced. I forgot to mention that you can get the Sabia too. But you need to hurry up. It's the last batch. I strongly recommend the Sabia:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elibuds-Sabia-Earphone-Earbud/223489018685?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908103841&meid=68aed48d998347139e181ef9d7483d5c&pid=100227&rk=1&rkt=7&sd=223489018685&itm=223489018685&_trksid=p2054502.c100227.m3827

You can't go wrong with it.

Thanks. How sabia (pearl version, since I don't like mic) is compared to qian69 and yincrow RW-9 ?

 

[jogawag]

@mbwilson111 Do you enjoy SR2 more than the Sabia? I really need to burn the SR2(I lost the control of my todo list). I'm thinking in buying that amplifier with multiple ports so I can burn in multiple earbuds.

You do not have to purchase Amp for multiple Burn-ins. You can search for "multi splitter" and find a tool like the one below.

 

[nickv]

I just grabbed a Sabia Pearl. I don't think the stock will last the day.

 

[Marcos Fontana]

Thanks. How sabia (pearl version, since I don't like mic) is compared to qian69 and yincrow RW-9 ?

For me, Sabia is an upgrade in SQ in almost every aspect. It was my daily earbud. I only took it off to listen to my ZoomFred. But, it's a personal opinion.

You do not have to purchase Amp for multiple Burn-ins. You can search for "multi splitter" and find a tool like the one below.

Wow, that's nice. But what it does with the Amp? Is there any risk?

 

[DBaldock9]

...

Wow, that's nice. But what it does with the Amp? Is there any risk?

There's always a risk to amplifiers which don't have automatic protection circuits, when you put multiple loads in parallel.

For less than $20, connecting one of these simple 4-Channel Headphone Amps to the output of your source, would protect the amp in your source -
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HA400-Ultr...ne-Stereo-Amp-Microamp-Amplifier/233175424870

 

[ClieOS]

In my case it happens with the stock cable and other cables To verify if it was a problem with the stock cable or the earbud, I switched the earbuds: right earbud on the left connector and left earbud on the right connector and found the same problem with right earbud.
Then I tried the Svara L stock cable: with it no sound at all on the ST-10 right earbud.

Just to cover all the bases - do make sure you have pushed the mmcx plug all the way it and hear the 'snapping' sound.

 

[jogawag]

...
Wow, that's nice. But what it does with the Amp? Is there any risk?

You can connect the "Multi splitter" to Amp's 3.5mm earphone jack and connect the remaining 5 jacks to sound the earphones.
I do not know in detail, but I think that there is no risk within the common sense volume range. And I usually use this to listen to music while connecting with the other 4 earbuds. However, until now I never broke my amp(Onkyo DP-X1).

 

[Marcos Fontana]

There's always a risk to amplifiers which don't have automatic protection circuits, when you put multiple loads in parallel.

For less than $20, connecting one of these simple 4-Channel Headphone Amps to the output of your source, would protect the amp in your source -
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HA400-Ultr...ne-Stereo-Amp-Microamp-Amplifier/233175424870

I was considering this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...lgo_pvid=29bcca01-dc2a-4c0c-89f0-cfd951d2cbea

The real problem with the splitter is that I have multiple impedance and with this kind of amplifier, you can control each one to not stress to much anything. But the amplifier that you mentioned is 1/4 of the price

 

[Otto Motor]

Interesting... Also the Smabat ST-10 I received 3 days ago has a loose MMCX connector on the right earbud with sound that cuts off at any movement of the cable.
Sound is OK though. Patricia Barber (my favorite female Jazz singer) has a nice and natural voice.

I wonder what size of needle nose pliers would be the right one? I am obviously not an expert in pliers...and it it difficult to size them from online images. In the meantime, I can probably work with this to fix the contact:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000NRU88E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And in order to chill down last night, I used the HungryPanda EMX v1 earbuds (a prototype not available in stores) that sports a Fengru LK1308 15.4 mm driver at 32 ohm. And I really enjoyed them. 10 out of 10 for the listening experience: Schubert/Impromptus, Chopin/Cello sonatas, and the Bevis Frond (a London guitar rock band)...sounded simply good.

Here a list of my orphaned commercial earbuds. Maybe some of you earbud experts could point me to the odd interesting model within my inventory.

Spoiler: Earbud Inventory

Earbud inventory
Joyroom JR-EL117 1200 mm Driver

JOYROOM JR-EL123

Langsdom F9

NiceHCK EB2

Sennheiser OMX-185

Sennheiser MX-560

Headroom MS16

VE Monk Plus

FAAEL 32 ohm earbud

Thanks.

 

[Otto Motor]

Hi mates

I have pulled the triger and bought a smabat st-10. I am impressed from the first listen, but when i have changed the stock cable(actually, whenever i change the cable) sound dissappears for a short time when i handle the earphone to sit it better to my ears. I think that the connector is loose on both sides. Do you have such an experience like me?

Seems to be a production problem. There certainly was one with the early Tinaudio T2s. My contact was loose without ever having removed the cable.

 

[raghav20]

Folks,

Hurry!!!!! Sabias, kubes and DUNUUUSSS are available at ebay!!!!!!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dunu-Earphone-E10-32-OHM-and-5X150-OHM-NOS-Nicely-Midrange-Earbud/223489023469?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=522244248350&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Earphone-Earbud-EARKUBE-The-Kube-V1-Original-Brand-New-Headset/223489003253?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=522244219821&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dunu-Earphone-E10-32-OHM-and-5X150-OHM-NOS-Nicely-Midrange-Earbud/223489023469?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=522244248352&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elibuds-Sabia-Earphone-Earbud/223489018685?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=522244243908&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elibuds-Sabia-Earphone-Earbud/223489018685?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=522244243904&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Go fast, almost out of stock!

Hi, i have been listening to IEMs for some time and have never tried earbuds. I ordered RY4SUE on @HungryPanda 's advise and waiting for delivery. I just want to know which of these is the best because i don't want to miss out on some amazing sounding earbuds as stock of these are limited