Can't believe this thread is less than one page long!
I originally won a pair of these in the Head-Fi Giveaway and a few years ago, when they arrived, I must admit I didn't have an awful lot of experience listening to IEMs.
I had a quick listen and messaged Radsone to say that I wasn't impressed...too much upper treble and quite 'thin' sounding, not my cup of tea, so rather than leave a negative review, I would just keep quiet but thank you anyway.
Since then I've move through a few IEMs, nothing expensive you understand, I'm a great believer in the Law of Diminishing Returns and add to that I was made redundant and then Covid came along so money hasn't been available.
Anyway, since that point, my IEMs have been Audeze iSine 20, subsequently sold and then I bought the LCD-i3. Still love them but usage is a little limited.
For closed, I started with Westone and then IMR, moving to the amazing Tin HiFi P1s. I bought those on a whim after reading reviews and was very impressed, especially once I started driving them with the Radsone ES100 and then more recently with the E1DA Powerdac. Sadly, the right driver failed but during all of this time, I got more and more used to using some EQ to tune to my tase (slightly V-Shaped).
When the P1s died, I thought to myself 'I know, I'll dig out those HE100s and give them another listen' I knew by then that I needed to tip-roll and use some EQ do discover what a lot of IEMs can really do. Sadly, I just couldn't find them anywhere so figured I must have sold them or given them away or something.
I ordered some KZ-DQ6, again on a whim after reading reviews and as they were only £12 it was a no-risk purchase. They're pretty good. Comfortable, very good tonally and for £12 filled a gap for a while. My wife bought me the Fiio FD5s for my birthday and that was it... happy again.
What still niggled me was...what had I done with the HE100s? I had another dig around in the attic and FOUND THEM!
Tried them with no EQ and stock, medium silicon tips and had the same impression as before. thin sounding with a peak around 3KHz, but this time I put in some foam tips and dropped the 2-4KHz region by 3dB. Added about 3dB at 32KHz just for fun and BOOM!
I can't take these things out of my ears. Imaging is absolutely first class and sub bass is plentiful. There's a trailer on BBC for a programme and I don't know why they thought they should add a ton of sub bass but it's absolutely unlistenable.
Check it out.
Tonally the HE100s are spot on and they're pretty fast too. Comfort is excellent.
Only niggle would be the cable but the included shirt clip helps out there.
I looked them up on Amazon UK and they're only £34 which is an absolute bargain. I don't want to let on to my wife of course, but my FD5s aren't getting much of a look in at the moment.
Sorry I doubted you
@radsone, these things are really very good indeed. Thanks again for the giveaway! Make a pair with a detachable cable and I'd be on them in a heartbeat.