[eldss]

Aside from actually having heard all the stuff listed, these rankings are almost pointless, so I really see this thread more as people ranking stuff for fun. Everyone's taste is so subjective. For instance, the LX wouldn't even be on my top 5.

 

[notorious4163]

that was my point, very fishy, i honestly can't find the logical reason for that, to lie

l0l

 

[notorious4163]

He hasn’t even heard the majority of those IEMs.[/QUOT

Just like how you can't afford a pair of Fourtes, L:et me put mine on and send you a picture? not some google image search. you are also using the legend x? why are you judging?

 

[FastAndClean]

But goddamn my father's shangri la headphones, a quality your ears will never get to experience. ever. nor your children nor your grandchildren

Why is so expensive?

 

[aaf evo]

I sold my Tia Fourte’s months ago. Now you PM me attacking me lol.

You also asked me just over a week ago for a comparison between LX and U18t because you haven’t demo’d either. Anyways. Not trying to derail a great thread.

 

[PointyFox]

Title of thread: "Rank the IEMs You've Heard" .

 

[Carlsan]

Can we get back to the lists and the purpose of this thread, we all know it's completely subjective,
Rank the IEM's you've heard

 

[Tex Irie]

Can we get back to the lists and the purpose of this thread, we all know it's completely subjective,
Rank the IEM's you've heard

1. Campfire Audio Andromeda (Source and Fit dependent)
2.Westone W60/ Shure SE846
3. Shure SE215

Fairly new to listening to IEM's in the last 3 years. I thought I would come to this thread and learn a bit more about why some IEM's are recommended over others.

 

[Focux]

Update with W900

1. U18

2. AAW W900, balance, bit bright, vast soundstage, comes with Vitesse Cryo cable. Very nice

2. Prophile 8
3. JH Layla
4. Andromeda
5. Fitear 334
6. Empire Ears Bravado
7. Noble Sage
8. iSine 20

Where I am, the Bravado is abt 15-20% more than the IT04; do u reckon the driver arrangement of 1DD + 1BA is on par or supplants that of the IT04?

 

[warrior1975]

Tralucent P5
Tralucent Ref 1 Too
Sony EX800st

Justy top 3. Ref 1 and P5 are interchangeable at this point. I've only had the P5 for a few days though, I am loving it though.

From June of last year...

Some slight changes...

1. Tralucent Ref 1 and Ref 1 Too
2. Tralucent Plus 5
3. Campfire Vegas
3. Sony EX800st
5. EE Zeus (not my preferred sound signature but still sounds lovely)

Have to fit EE Legend X's in there somewhere...still too soon to say where though as I've only had them for 5 days. Really hasn't changed much my list. I don't want to expand it though, 5-6 iems is enough.

Worthy considerations:

Sony ex1000, asg 2.5, asg 2.0, and just because they are incredible bang for the buck and I never have to worry about them Sony xb90ex.

 

[Carlsan]

1. 64 Audio Tia Forte (Tour)
2. 64 Audio U18t (Tour)
3. 64 Audio Trio (Tour)
4. Campfire Audio Atlas
5. 64 Audio U12t (Tour)
6. Noble Audio Katana
7. Noble Audio Kaiser Encore
8. Campfire Audio Andromeda
9. 1964 Ears – A6 Adel Customs
10. Beyerdynamic Xelento
11. Custom Art Harmony 8.2 Customs
12. Campfire Audio Polaris
13. 1964 Ears U12 Adel (64 Audio)
14. Noble K10u
15. Ultimate Ears 18 Pro
16. Rhapsodio Solar
17. Noble K10 Customs
18. AAW W500 Customs (Waiting on the AAW W900 Universal ordered)
19. iBasso IT04
20. Custom Art Ei.xx Customs (Massdrop)
21. Massdrop Plus

(List can change any day, but fairly confident about the top 10 choices, things can change once I get in the W900's - heard them on a tour and was very impressed, ordered a B-stock when it was placed on sale)

 

[hiflofi]

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[warrior1975]

Considering you like the katana and Andros, you'd probably really enjoy the Zeus as well. I forgot about katana and Andros in my ranking. They are both very good iems as well, just again, not my preference for sound signature, therefore easily forgotten about.

@Carlsan big fan of 64 Ears? Lol. I've never heard any of their iems. Ironically, when I first ventured into the high end portable audio world, they were on my shortlist of iems. I tried to get a demo unit, and unfortunately things didn't work out, and left a bad taste in my mouth. I should really get over it now, it's been about 5 years.

 

[Carlsan]

Considering you like the katana and Andros, you'd probably really enjoy the Zeus as well. I forgot about katana and Andros in my ranking. They are both very good iems as well, just again, not my preference for sound signature, therefore easily forgotten about.

@Carlsan big fan of 64 Ears? Lol. I've never heard any of their iems. Ironically, when I first ventured into the high end portable audio world, they were on my shortlist of iems. I tried to get a demo unit, and unfortunately things didn't work out, and left a bad taste in my mouth. I should really get over it now, it's been about 5 years.

Zeus is in my short list.
I had the pleasure of being on both 64 Ears tours that they had here at Head-fi, or else I wouldn't have heard their recent selections. I bought the U12 Adel and the A12 Adel when they were being crowd sourced as 1964 ears, so I got really great prices on both. Unfortunately I got burned with some other crowd sourcing (not 64 Audio) so I stay away from that now.
With a tour one can get new toy syndrome and then send off the "toys" before the syndrome wears off. For now, they are very much at the top of the list.
I find that I can get into the mood for different earphone signatures at different times. I can enjoy a fairly neutral and technical earphone like the Katana for months, then get lost in the sheer grandness of the not neurtal at all Atlas. I would actually call the Atlas the anti-neutral, and proud of it.
Cheers.

 

[galangerz]

1. Airpods
2. Legend X
3. K10UA
4. E5000
5. Supra II
6. SE846