Nice! I had totally forgotten about the HE150 and HE 150PRO! I personally had trouble liking the 2017 HE 150PRO (150Ω @ 103dB/M; aka Hi-Fi End) due to this harsh upper midrange that you speak of, as well as a hard to bright lower treble region... I simply was just too sensitive to it but it was a nice signature and sounding earbud nonetheless. I still found the HE 150PRO and it's older brother the 2016 HE 150 (150Ω; aka Hi-Fi End) to be both still rather mid-centric in regards to their primary sound signature though... though I must admit that the HE 150PRO sure does have a very dominating and rather strong secondary signature that reaches out hard to somewhere in between a "U" and "V" shape like you said as the upper mids are indeed prominently forward (more U-Shape like) while the mid & upper bass bled rather hard into the lower midrange recessing it dramatically (so more V-Shape like).
Here is a chart for the FiiO EM5... for some reason I have yet to make a chart for the Yincrow RW-2000 or 3000 I will need to do that one day soon and post it.
Here is one more chart that may help you in your quest (hunt):
All I hope is that if they are using the SG's driver, they better include some foams that don't make it sound peaky and completely ruin its dynamics.
I've bought the purple and green onenew budget earbuds from nicehck in the form of lucky bag again. haven't seen any photos other than these teasers though.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004083704394.html
What a nice looking bud! It's the 14.8mm shell, right? I can't find anything like that on AE. Could you post a link for that shell and the "drivers cover"?PK 150 is a great sound, and a good tonality, with modest detail but good laterality and depth, not particularly outstanding but IMO they do nothing wrong. I'm not much good of a sound describer, sorry.
I still use them today and a few weeks ago I used the driver to do this UPGRADE
I AM a team player after all...
Let us know your thoughts when you get them. I am interested to hear how your opinion varies or agrees with mine?!
These fit exactly the same as the RW-2000 if you have ever had those in your ear. If not, they are heavier than all the plastic ones, because the shell is metallic, but they aren't super heavy (I believe it is something like aircraft aluminum). I think the comfort issues with the Chaconne derive from not only being made of steel, but the stems that are so long make them top heavy. Their natural position is: trying to fall out of your ear at all times...
Overall, I can listen to the RW-3000 all day; I have done just that the last 2 days at work. The Chaconne, I can listen to them for a few hours, and then have to rest a bit (but they aren't really uncomfortable for me even then).
new budget earbuds from nicehck in the form of lucky bag again. haven't seen any photos other than these teasers though.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004083704394.html
Interesting. Unknown what it truly is until after the Lucky Bag Sale is over as it is at an intro reduced price with mystery specs... but I think many of us do suspect that it may simply be a clear shelled version of the 2020 - NiceHCK Traceless (32Ω; Vido Variant) which also uses a 15.4mm driver. Time will tell. Not long.
Hard skip for me if it's the same Vido driver.
SHOZY Gold is a complete upgrade of the BK, it also has the sound of the speakers.
Awesome thanks for the head's up! Curious, as I completely had missed their earlier launch end of last year (2021). These new 2022 models look quite interesting and I too also wonder how good (or bad) the tuning is. What an incredible spread of different impedances offered... ten (10) different drivers available for each of the six (6) models! Sixty (60) different combinations! Duly added to the ƎAЯ8UDS TIME⅃IИƎ!
They're also doing OEM driver manufacture work for some big earbud brands like VE, FAAEAL and Ksearphone (early versions of their earbuds).
Thank you for that interesting aside. I know QIGOM but had no idea it was affiliated with ELFINEAR. Great info!
