The discovery thread!

[JAnonymous5150]

Bro, should have given her this CVJ Shine IEM thingy:



Diamonds (or pseudo diamonds) are a girl's best friend.

Why didn't I have this idea? Engagement IEMs instead of an engagement ring!


Oh yeah, because then she'd definitely say no!

I wonder how many of these have sold?

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Hot take as a "reviewer": grab a competent mid-fi IEM (which one? any of them: Vulcan, Talos, SA6, FH7s, FH9, JD7, Penon something (?), Yume 2), grab a high-impedance flathead earbuds, grab a competent DAP (M11+, M6 ultra, DX170), and get the heck out and start listening to music. You've already win the portable audio game

It’s a different spectrum with what you mentioned but See Audio’s Bravery is somrthig solidly build. Mainly for Asian-Pops genre though. Nice $100~500 range IEM

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Bro I would strongly suggest to save your money and not buy these "DIY" pirated ETYs, Final Audio, Sennheiser and Campfire stuff from Aliexpress/Taobao.

I bought a DIY Sennheiser IEM before from Aliexpress.

It looks like the exact IEM, but the sound is : BASS Mids Treble

I thought those pirated Beats IEMs from a night bazaar was crap, this pirated Sennheiser is like 100x worse LOLOL.



Bro, should have given her this CVJ Shine IEM thingy:



Diamonds (or pseudo diamonds) are a girl's best friend.

Yea I recall seeing that before. Obviously fake gems at a glance and Id be slapped if I gift this one dollar shop fake gem for kids type one. Wait you tried…nice guts
that sound sig reminds me of Openheart Resin

 

[W0lrince]

Bro I would strongly suggest to save your money and not buy these "DIY" pirated ETYs, Final Audio, Sennheiser and Campfire stuff from Aliexpress/Taobao.

I bought a DIY Sennheiser IEM before from Aliexpress.

It looks like the exact IEM, but the sound is : BASS Mids Treble

I thought those pirated Beats IEMs from a night bazaar was crap, this pirated Sennheiser is like 100x worse LOLOL.

I bought one of those years ago, but it have a nice mmcx copper cable so i guess it still worth it haha. Well this one have the same driver as er4s so i wonder if they sound the same, even the shape is litterally straight copy and paste

 

[o0genesis0o]

Bro I would strongly suggest to save your money and not buy these "DIY" pirated ETYs, Final Audio, Sennheiser and Campfire stuff from Aliexpress/Taobao.

I bought a DIY Sennheiser IEM before from Aliexpress.

It looks like the exact IEM, but the sound is : BASS Mids Treble

I thought those pirated Beats IEMs from a night bazaar was crap, this pirated Sennheiser is like 100x worse LOLOL.

Which DIY sennheiser was that? I bought a DIY IE900 once. It is giga bass, but clean. Like insanely sub-bassy, to the point that my head started hurting after watching an episode of Star Trek (the constant warp drive hum). Upper midrange and lower-treble is intense but smooth so the midrange resolution is surprisingly nice. I daily drove that for a long time due to the comfort. The store seems to build these themselves, based on how they talk about tuning with me. Unfortunately, they have changed the tuning again to be even harsher, so I can't recommend at all.

I plan to buy just the shells and make my own DIY. I think most of the magic of these pairs are in the knock-off shell design (the X3R chambers thingy)

Why didn't I have this idea? Engagement IEMs instead of an engagement ring!

I have been floating that idea with my SO. "You may exchange the ring ... You may exchange U12t"

 

[baskingshark]

I bought one of those years ago, but it have a nice mmcx copper cable so i guess it still worth it haha. Well this one have the same driver as er4s so i wonder if they sound the same, even the shape is litterally straight copy and paste

Well these DIY shops can use the purported same driver -hard to prove unless you have a spectrometer to analyze things - but even with the same shell shape, a lot of other factors influence the sound - eg damping, nozzle diameter/length, vent location, material of shells, location of driver etc.

Which DIY sennheiser was that? I bought a DIY IE900 once. It is giga bass, but clean. Like insanely sub-bassy, to the point that my head started hurting after watching an episode of Star Trek (the constant warp drive hum). Upper midrange and lower-treble is intense but smooth so the midrange resolution is surprisingly nice. I daily drove that for a long time due to the comfort. The store seems to build these themselves, based on how they talk about tuning with me. Unfortunately, they have changed the tuning again to be even harsher, so I can't recommend at all.

I plan to buy just the shells and make my own DIY. I think most of the magic of these pairs are in the knock-off shell design (the X3R chambers thingy)





I have been floating that idea with my SO. "You may exchange the ring ... You may exchange U12t"

I think it was a DIY IE80S. Amazingly it looked identical externally, with even the Senn logo, but the sound was like listening to a submarine underwater LOL. Back then I didn't have a measuring rig yet, but the sound was so bad that I gave it away after a day.

 

[o0genesis0o]

I think it was a DIY IE80S. Amazingly it looked identical externally, with even the Senn logo, but the sound was like listening to a submarine underwater LOL. Back then I didn't have a measuring rig yet, but the sound was so bad that I gave it away after a day.

I'll never touch DIY IE80S. Even the real product is not compelling I like the real IE900 though. Very nice technical performance.

 

[AmericanSpirit]

when listening AKG N5005 with bass acoustic filter, the tonal balance reminds me of something that I couldn’t immediately think of…then finally found it.

It is amazing that KZ could pull out N5005 tuning from their DQ6S.
If you love DQ6S’s approach, N5005 will be straightforward technical upgrade. However you will lose the “roughness” which you sometime need it for certain rock tracks.

They both are gain spot avoider type.

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Which DIY sennheiser was that? I bought a DIY IE900 once. It is giga bass, but clean. Like insanely sub-bassy, to the point that my head started hurting after watching an episode of Star Trek (the constant warp drive hum). Upper midrange and lower-treble is intense but smooth so the midrange resolution is surprisingly nice. I daily drove that for a long time due to the comfort. The store seems to build these themselves, based on how they talk about tuning with me. Unfortunately, they have changed the tuning again to be even harsher, so I can't recommend at all.

I plan to buy just the shells and make my own DIY. I think most of the magic of these pairs are in the knock-off shell design (the X3R chambers thingy)





I have been floating that idea with my SO. "You may exchange the ring ... You may exchange U12t"

Hey, that FR looks very familiar to GS audio ST10!
Imagine ST10 is overdosed version of that fake IE900, equipped with Vision Ears’s flagship model’s same BA inside it. Crazy tuning but it’s something. Something for audiophiles got bored of sophisticated tuning.

At a glance, My impression on ST10 was “**** I’ve wasted $500”
But as I listened it for hours, strangely enough (well it’s actually scientifically proven already ) your ear will start to adopt to that balance. From that point the subbass and bass will punch like heavy boxers.

 

[JAnonymous5150]

*Paging @o0genesis0o ! Paging o0genesis0o!*

So it looks like on Sunday afternoon/evening I'm gonna have a couple friends over for a BBQ and gear swapping sesh and I'll have a few hours of comparison time with the Andros, A12t, Monarch Mk2, and Mest Mk2. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

And ofc, you're more than welcome to attend if you can fly from Down Under to SoCal in time. I'll even pick you up at the airport of your choice and you can stay in my guest room. If not, posts and PMs will have to do...

 

[zachmal]

Hey, that FR looks very familiar to GS audio ST10!
Imagine ST10 is overdosed version of that fake IE900, equipped with Vision Ears’s flagship model’s same BA inside it. Crazy tuning but it’s something. Something for audiophiles got bored of sophisticated tuning.

At a glance, My impression on ST10 was “**** I’ve wasted $500”
But as I listened it for hours, strangely enough (well it’s actually scientifically proven already ) your ear will start to adopt to that balance. From that point the subbass and bass will punch like heavy boxers.

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awesome - can't even watch the item by selecting other countries,

not sure what is going on with germany - is it the black hole of europe lately or something ?

 

[gadgetgod]

Yea I recall seeing that before. Obviously fake gems at a glance and Id be slapped if I gift this one dollar shop fake gem for kids type one. Wait you tried…nice guts
that sound sig reminds me of Openheart Resin

I recently got to try IE900 fake(from some kind of source), man it was bad. So peaky, so sharp, so sibilant. I was like how dare you do this xD

 

[Redcarmoose]

If I ever did a collaboration, this KiiBOOM would be what I would come-up with. For the money to sound value, this IS it. A hybrid of course, with a DD and 2 BAs! This is exactly what I'm looking for in comparison to sound, fit, value and build quality! Done.................

EVOKE $169.00-$199.00 depending on faceplate style.

https://www.kiiboom.com/products/kiiboom-evoke?variant=43512552653044

KiiBOOM Evoke​

The Evoke is a hybrid in-ear monitor designed using the combinations of a single dynamic driver for bass, a full range balanced armature driver for mids, and a micro tweeter balanced armature for the upper trebles.​

 

[gadgetgod]

If I ever did a collaboration, this KiiBOOM would be what I would come-up with. For the money to sound value, this IS it. A hybrid of course, with a DD and 2 BAs! This is exactly what I'm looking for in comparison to sound, fit, value and build quality! Done.................

EVOKE

https://www.kiiboom.com/products/kiiboom-evoke?variant=43512552653044

Looks great.
Btw on a different note, what is the take here regarding upgrade cables? I got a new custom hand-made cable from someone in India. Got it for Euclid. Built like a weapon lol, cost is like 150$.

 

[Jmop]

Super solid measurements of the Evoke at primeaudio.