Sony MA900 - till these day nothing top that

lol Trifecta lmao

lol Trifecta lmao

VN used market is exceptionally strong, used SA6 here cost like 250$, used B3 200$, used Mest mk2 550$ and so on, all in good condition so good for our community here but Very hard for new brand to compete because of insane p/p value

Personally i think its a big improvement especially on the mid, rather heavily lean on Female vocal like b2 the b3 can now also do male vocal which is open the possibilities to many song and genre.

To me only u4s and u18t are good in SQ (u18t price is overpriced tho) The rest doesnt seems to be worth it ( i havent tried blanc, trio, u6t, volur so that can be excluded)

Currently use:

Sony Ier Z1R

JVC FW10000

AuR Audio Aure

Owned/Tried:

Acoustune 1695ti; 1790ti; 64 audio A8, Nio, Forte, U12t, U18t, U4s; Campfire Andromeda, Ara; Solaris; Noble Audio Encore/Brass, Katana, Savanna; Sony Ex1k, A3, M7, M9; Moondrop S8, B2, B3, Variation; FiR Audio Kr5, Xe6; Audio Technica Im02, Im04, Iex1; UM Mest Mk2; AuR Audio Aurora; Neon Pro; Alita; Dunu SA6, SA6 Mk2; Zen Pro; Luna; Vision Ear Phonix; Inear Promission X; Empire Ears Odin, Legend X, Bravado ; QDC Dmagic 3D; V6s; Beyer Xelento; Earsonic Grace; Sennheiser ie200,600,900.

and some of the cheap iem i dont remember

did not own the S8 but i did try it, imo it still good nowadays unless you really want DD bass

if you like sony soundsig i rec you try the xba A3, m7,m9 may be boring after awhile for you but thats me, best is that you can demo yourself, those are all good iem.

endgame.final.allend.finish.finish2.everythingover.finalstop.exe

getting hype from an iem, especially cheap chi fi, blindly rec it without listening or it isnt released yet.

i mean i did see video of chinese factory soaking cable in oil, dont know what kind of oil is and not sure if it have any effect.

Me? sticking to old copper cable or silver plated copper, anything within reach i guess.

i disliked the most of the ie series with the exception of ie200 and ie600 the rest i cant take it so i think its normal for you. Furthermore you should check the genuine of your iem, might be fake, lot of fake ie900 case these day

Tough choice - Z1R it is then

another case of Open-back Variation, Sorry that you have to go through this

Imo, Chifi is good at 300-400$ but after that i would stop paying.

the first step to end game and probably also half of the final step is being able to exactly answer this question:

What do you want?

All pair with Wm1z or wm1zm2, depend on battery and my mood

AuR Audio Aure: Gatekeeper, if the tested Iem does not sound better than this then i wont buy, also it serve me while i doing work, work wonder on male vocal like Andrea Bocelli.

JVC - FW10000: Vocal, jazz, chinese music,… , my go to iem when i want big soundstage and good female vocal

IER - Z1R: The iem when i want to go nut, work well with Epic music, Rock and instrumental music

Currently eyeing on the final A8000 to complete my collection of 2018 - 2019 japan best iems and then im off.

i used to be like OP but they got to make ad somehow. Now i just know they not my cup of tea and move on, much easier that way

wait out for the Loki for 1-2 years and get an used one. Personally i think the Loki got a ridiculous price because of the cable.

What a noob , i bring the Z1R (iem ver) and then duct tape them to my ear while doing exercise. Result? Few of you can comprehend.