Big Yikes but also always contact your retailer first regarding anything you purchased.

can you even hear a concert anymore? please let us know, for science!

A lot of times dysfunction in early childhood and youth will follow you throughout life. Being aggressive, overtly angry or engaging in constant fights is not normal behavior. And it’s the trauma and distraught left in the developing brain that’s hard to reprogram. I pity those that don’t have any capacity to be introspective. They will always have terrible interpersonal relations and find it hard to connect with people because of their personality. At least you are able to look within yourself and recognize the dysfunction. Keep at it, you’ll heal one day.

Through reviewers. How else would you without hearing them? lol. Find a few trustworthy reviewers with a liking for what you like and go off some recommendations. No one has all the time in the world to keep up with all the happenings in the audiophile world. The 10 iems you want with the signature you specifically want are probably side grades, just go with the one that’s well reviewed instead of wasting so much time.

LPT: don’t make recommendations unless people are asking, even then don’t