If you don’t like the way they sound return them.

Get an HD600 for half the price and live happily ever after.

Yes, they’re fine for long duration wear, probably the most comfortable IEMs I’ve used in that regard, but because they seal your ear canal completely you’re probably going to need to pop the seal every now and then just as a pressure relief.

Also wear them with the cables wrapped up behind your ear in the same style that concha-shaped IEMs do, inserting them so the cable is pointing forward-ish rather than down to make the wrap around behind your ear easier, as this will eliminate cable microphonics and secure their fit in the event that the cable is snagged or tugged on.

Yes you would be insane to buy that trash company’s amp.

They’re not worth 2x of chi fi brands, but the reason they are is because they pay real wages.

And build quality, QC, after sale warranty support, and repair programs outside of warranty.

Are 64Audio IEMs worth the premium over Chifi brands based purely on sound? Fuck no lol

But they may be worth the premium when you take the totality of the product and ownership experience into account.

If I purchase one of these, will I ever be truly satisfied with just the one pair?

No, you’ll get the itch to try other shit for the novelty at some point, especially as you haven’t learned your own preferences.

Of those three alone I’d never touch the Hifimans, none of their planars have a correct sounding tonality while their build quality and QC are legendarily terrible, blind buying a $1000+ Hifiman as your first headphone would be downright stupid. Clear MG is tuned a bit dark and while Focal QC isn’t Hifiman-level bad it’s also not great, so I don’t think that spending $1500 on those blind as a first headphone is a good idea either.

Find an audio store near enough to you to be reasonably accessible and go demo some headphones, spend some time with each one to get a feel for them, and demo cheaper models in the $200-500 or so price range as beyond that you’re paying a lot of money for little or no actual improvement. Most kilobuck headphones have something wrong with them that requires fixing via EQ because at that price point they’re selling to ‘audiophiles’ who are constantly buying new shit for the unique flavours, not people seeking out a quality neutral sound.

tl;dr just buy a 6XX or 560S if you can’t go demo and don’t buy Hifiman unless you’re comfortable with treating them as disposable

KZ/CCA do silent revisions that fuck with products after the initial production run all the time.

Don’t buy from those brands, don’t trust anyone who tells you to, they’re a dumpster fire and in the low budget space you can get something from Truthear, 7hz, Moondrop, and other brands that won’t sound like shit.

The Clear OG is one of the cleanest sounding headphones ever made.

The Radiance has a wonky tubby bass shelf and typical closed back tuning issues.

lmao at whoever told you to avoid the Clear OG

Nice Sundaras bro

You had spatial audio turned on most likely, turn that shit off.

APP2 are significantly better than the Cadenza and better than Aria, unless you just have a strong preference for bass boosted warm tuning the Aria are not an upgrade.

Absolutely terrible in all aspects.

If you want to use wireless headphones for gaming at your PC you’ll want to get something intended for the purpose that uses a low latency wireless protocol and has a special dongle for it. Even ignoring the latency issues the WH-1000XM4 sound like shit, their mics are shit compared to a headset, and their build quality is poor.

Look at something like the HyperX Cloud Alpha if it’s got to be wireless.

Buying shit feels good, buying expensive shit feels great.

Even a tiny volume mismatch will make the device outputting the higher volume sound better to anyone.

You’re spreading bullshit, please stop.