Financial security.

IEM - Fatfreq Scarlet (WHEN THEY FINALLY SHIP THE FUCKING thing so Hype 2 for now)

Dac/amp: BTR7

Sources: Acrylic plate update for my turntable.

If you want bass buy headphones known for their bass instead of being known for their treble.

Honestly my personal theory is that people don’t realise how much bass can be boosted before it actually affects the rest of the signature negatively.

Or they only listened to massively boosted mid bass humps and not the sloping bass tuning.

Oh hey, this post reminded me to get some Ori pads from ZMF november so thanks for that.

I always find it funny that it is well accepted in speakers and car audio that dynamic subs need proper power matching but it’s always rejected as a concept in headphones lol

> Checks price

… why?

Unironically?

Get into vinyl.

Plug the usb-c/optical/coaxial cable from the music source you’re using into the modius. USB-C most likely if you’re using your phone.

Plug an rca cable into the modius’s rca output and plug the other end into the valhalla’s rca input.

Plug the headphone jacks into the valhalla’s front headphone output.

Done.

Shanling UP4 honestly. I think bluetooth dac/amps are a gamechanger in not having your phone tethered to a cable.

Not even EQ andies like Resolve or DMS would tell you that EQ = every headphone lol.

It’s not like I got them all at once haha. If anything I’ve had my Q5K for over 2 years now. The UP4 I got because I didn’t have my q5K at the time and needed something cheap and quick for a trip but ended up really liking it. The UTWS3 was something recent I got to test to see how I would like these TWS where you can put your own IEMs with (I have a galaxy buds 2 pro for more “modern” TWS needs) and the BTR7 I got in anticipation to an IEM which needs a bit more power.

Then they just turn into regular dongles. ;)

Honestly if you want a hobby where you can play around with sources for a difference in sound get into vinyl ;)

See a doctor.

Also if it’s permanent you simply just have to live with it. Sucks but that’s how it is. Luckily mine is only triggered by certain sounds.

Pfft, if you think 10mm try out the aurisonic asg2.5.

14mm and it has some of the craziest bass I’ve ever heard. I miss that iem.

https://hbb.squig.link/?share=IEF_Comp_Target,Bad_Guy_2022_Target,ASG_25

As someone who demo’d the Volur and U4S…

No.

I thought the IE300 sounded terrible and I own it lol.

Bought things but not IEMs. Fiio BTR7, Fiio UTWS3 and Trettitre T-CP8

Not that I think the buds 2 is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard, but this is why I dislike objectivists lol. Like goddamn not everyone likes IEF neutral, which I genuinely don’t think is neutral, and I wouldn’t call the default trash. Like I would absolutely not lower the bass of the buds 2. If anything I think the bass response is barely in passing grade as is. And when you cut out the bass to that extent I’m not surprised that you find the 3K peak shouty.

Genuinely every IEM with that 3K dip I’ve heard have always sounded more boring imo.