Bad Guy Good Audio Rankings and stuff (under construction) (Part 1)

Oh, my girl passed a few years ago. I start my Christmas lights at the moment she passed every year. Nov 23rd 3:45PM :two_hearts:

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Tanchjim PRISM $600 :man_facepalming:
02 exists @ 1/3 price

DUNU Falcon :man_facepalming:
When every hand picked reviewer is having to explain/address midbassā€¦youā€™re dead

Moondrop KATO
By all indications a sidegrade to KXXs (Iā€™ll chime in when I get over blockade)

TinHiFi EVO :man_facepalming:
Why? How?..actually, justā€¦why?

EVO
LX w/BC
charge extra $1000 for that driver ($3,200)ā€¦for a huge ā€œVā€ :man_facepalming:

Throwing shit on the wall is not an exclusive KZ or Chifi techniqueā€¦all companies are contorting themselves to simultaneously pat themselves on the back and give BJā€™s to their hand picked minions.

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For me, the Evo will be the ultimate and last test.
Considering how they are praised by a large number of people who tested them, if I find myself very far off, then trust will be gone.
Cause as much as it is a subjective hobby, when we talk about a good set, there is a consensus. Even if your Tier list will vary.

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I hope you like them. They are not cheap. :notes: :sweat_smile:

Does anybody have quality jack adapters that they rec? My newly acquired timeless has a very stubborn mmcx connection that does not want to disconnect even with a removal tool. Iā€™m more concerned over the iem housing breaking than the actual mmcx so Iā€™m stuck using the stock cable for now. I got the 2.5mm as thatā€™s what my k3 has. Iā€™d like a 2.5 to 3.5 and a 4.4 to 2.5.

On a side note; with how detailed the timeless can be, can they expose poor recording quality in tracks? On some songs I feel like Iā€™m hearing artifacts that I couldnā€™t normally hear.

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Some folks use this :+1:

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I confirm they are nice, it can take time for them to ship.

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Big fan of these; usually toss one in the case of whatever 2.5mm Iā€™m using just in case I want to use a non-balanced source. Cheap, compact, solid.

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I just ordered two geekria for a similar issue on the timeless. Mmcx issues with dunu cables and sound cutting out on one side. :frowning: ruling out the cables first.

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My DUNU SA6 came with a bad cable :no_mouth:

Gonna try the stock cable but I ordered a 4.4 timeless and had plans to have the ifi go blu here. Canceled that and have no 4.4mm amp. So converter to 2.5 it is.

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iā€™m current on the 2.5mm Bal to 4.4 Bal converter. Works as intended

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@hawaiibadboy can you tell me which cable are you using with Mangird Tea? in this video Top 5 Earphones under $300 šŸŽ¼(DD-Hybrid-Planar-BA) - YouTube

Is that cable by ISN Audio? C16 or H16, can you confirm?

That is ISN C16 :+1:
Very much an Anaconda :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :notes:

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Thanx for confirming!!!
That cable is so thick ,itā€™s also well made and looks rly nice too. Iā€™m about to get one.

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VERY Thiccā€¦I love it . For the money I think it is an awesome cable

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@hawaiibadboy I tried Empire Ears Legend X SE and was extremely disappointedā€¦ To date, the YTAO flagship is the most enjoyable iem Iā€™ve heardā€¦ for $200 and it blows EE for less than 1/10th of the price.

I highly recommend trying them. I actually ended up buying two of them 16335941222865938654018222655769|375x500

Not to mention the horrible driver flex of EEā€¦
Sorry for being negative but their iems is way overated.

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Can you tell me the name? Is it the 2dd+6ba?

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I got curious and looked it up, I canā€™t find a name either lol, just says ā€œflagshipā€ on aliexpress.

Itā€™s Ytao crystal

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