Earbuds Round-Up
Sep 26, 2020 at 12:08 PM Post #49,441 of 75,297
Sep 26, 2020 at 12:11 PM Post #49,442 of 75,297
Which is the best balanced sounding earbud around $30 mark?

By balanced means, I am looking bass, mids and treble at equal amount.
 
Sep 26, 2020 at 4:56 PM Post #49,444 of 75,297
If any of you are android users and love earbuds, you eventually need to get onboard with the wavelet app. I have half a mind to create compensation files for all the buds mentioned here.
I'm using the eq you posted for the rambo2, it's really nice. Close to what I had but cleaner, I'm going to keep using it. Thanks :thumbsup:
 
Sep 26, 2020 at 7:07 PM Post #49,445 of 75,297
Which is the best balanced sounding earbud around $30 mark?

By balanced means, I am looking bass, mids and treble at equal amount.

I would suggest the BK2. $21 - 22 USD during sales. It is not exactly neutral, maybe there's some slight upper mids boost, but it is quite well balanced for me personally.
 
Sep 26, 2020 at 9:13 PM Post #49,446 of 75,297
I would suggest the BK2. $21 - 22 USD during sales. It is not exactly neutral, maybe there's some slight upper mids boost, but it is quite well balanced for me personally.
What about Bell-LB 2020?
 
Sep 26, 2020 at 9:32 PM Post #49,447 of 75,297
Sep 26, 2020 at 9:40 PM Post #49,448 of 75,297
What about Bell-LB 2020?
Haven't tried that, you might need to ask the rest.

I've heard both. The 2020 LB is better imo. In both comfort and more importantly SQ.

I found the BK2 to be less resolving and a bit veiled compared to the LB. The LB has better fit and more bass. The BK2 is less forward than the LB, but the LB isn't so forward that it is harsh or stands out too much. BK2 is more flat neutral while LB is more of a mild bass harman neutral.
 
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Sep 27, 2020 at 7:23 AM Post #49,449 of 75,297
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Amazing sound!
Can someone tell me - are there in-ear headphones with a similar sound?
 
Sep 27, 2020 at 4:33 PM Post #49,451 of 75,297
Tempotec Sonata HD Pro + Yincrow RW-9 has stopped me from buying anything in months. Used with UAPP, I do most of my home listening with this setup.

It's nice when that happens!
 
Sep 28, 2020 at 2:43 AM Post #49,454 of 75,297
just got these. initial impressions... K's nameless has a warm sound with full sounding mids. A little warm for my taste (compared to the nicehck traceless), but paid around 4 SGD for it, so no complaints here. Like it more than the KBEAR stellar, which has a warm tuning too but with thinner sounding mids to me.

Jcally EP01 has more of a brighter tuning. Mids can sound a little thin and sounds like they are being pulled towards the higher frequencies. So male vocals sound brighter than they normally do, and even female vocals sounds a little off to me too. I paid closer to 4 SGD from a seller I'm more familiar with, but i've seen it go as cheaper as 2 SGD on shopee.sg. Maybe folks who likes brighter sound signature will like it since the handful of budget buds I've tried mostly seems to be warmer sounding, but I personally would still prefer the nicehck traceless. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Sep 28, 2020 at 2:49 AM Post #49,455 of 75,297
just got these. initial impressions... K's nameless has a warm sound with full sounding mids. A little warm for my taste (compared to the nicehck traceless), but paid around 4 SGD for it, so no complaints here. Like it more than the KBEAR stellar, which has a warm tuning too but with thinner sounding mids to me.

Jcally EP01 has more of a brighter tuning. Mids can sound a little thin and sounds like they are being pulled towards the higher frequencies. So male vocals sound brighter than they normally do, and even female vocals sounds a little off to me too. I paid closer to 4 SGD from a seller I'm more familiar with, but i've seen it go as cheaper as 2 SGD on shopee.sg. Maybe folks who likes brighter sound signature will like it since the handful of budget buds I've tried mostly seems to be warmer sounding, but I personally would still prefer the nicehck traceless. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Thanks for your impressions. Isn't the NiceHCK Traceless the same as the Vido? Perhaps the different Vidos have different tuning, but not sure if unit variation plays a part.
 

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