Here’s the post that made me research everything I could about IEMs for the next several days.

I ended up getting Truthear Hexa - they are said to perform exceptionally well for their price, even accounting for their date of release (IEMs are improving sound quality to price ratio every year). The only two things that I was somewhat wary of are that their nozzle that goes into the ear is bigger than usual and that people were describing them as “boring” and “somewhat lacking bass” (which is not actually a problem when equalizers exist and the user does not use iphones).

After getting the ears somewhat acclimated to wearing IEMs I tried different random tracks. Turns out that the tuning was perfect for me - similar to what I set on over-ear headphones, even (which are bluetooth headsets with ANC, and so have pretty usual tuning). Of course I could hear small details that went unnoticed before, Hexas are great at that.

Then I put on a track that extensively utilised sub-bass. Hexas do NOT lack sub-bass. They also render it good. I both hear and feel the music as it reverberates through my head. I feel the texture. To lesser degree it extends to regular bass, too, and it does not dominate the rest of the frequencies, nor does it lack.

I legit have changed what music I listen to because of this.

The only complaint is about stock eartips. Silicone ones hurt the ears, so I used foam, then got Dunu S&S. Now I almost don’t feel that the IEMs are inserted, and they don’t break the seal when moving the muscles, it’s pure bliss.

9 points

I got a pair of Salnotes Zero Dynamics because of that post.

They’re solid, especially for the price, but not amazing. They lack bass completely, so I’ve mostly been using them for podcasts instead of my wireless ones so I don’t have to charge the batteries. The song ! (The Song Formerly Known As) by Regurgitator is my preferred test for new headphones and it sounded pretty bad. Still, great for the price.

I do have odd ears though, so getting a good fit was hard.

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Looks like for the Zero 2 they addressed the lack of bass, looking at squig.link comparison.

The music also bops, it’s nice

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That’s good.

The Gurg have a lot of great songs. Definitely check out their other stuff if you liked !

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Yeah I never worry about people claiming weak bass because I prefer a flat response anyway. As long as the bass is clean and warm so I can hear upright players. I always avoid anything that has a harsh high end because my ears are easily aggravated by that.

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I got the Crinacle ZERO IEMs and I’m pretty sure the anime girl on the boxart is going to land me on some sort of list.

They sound good though!

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BWH 86x60x88

looks at the box art seems to be breadth, width and height measurements

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The thin box with the warranty card and instructions, at least on Hexa, also contains a cardboard strip that can be bent into a triangle with a tab peeking out, and the box has a slit for this tab, so that you can put the anime woman upright, your box might have this too

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If you want to experience this all over again, get a good 150-250 dollar over the ear open back headphones that you can properly drive

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They excel at live albums. An outdoor concert in your head!

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Open back headphones don’t quite match the use case (even at home I need some isolation), sorry!

I don’t really plan to upgrade, well, maybe Dusk (which will give me small improvements at 4 times the price), but for now the intent is to have one pair of headphones for everything, for the next couple of years at minimum.

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