I am lookign for a pair of bassy iem’s great for rap and edm, which can be used for gaming as well.
I have a pair of isines i eq with a qudelix, which works great for rock and gaming, so i am trying to get something for the two other genres i listen to the most and with a lot of passive noise cancelling.
So far i end up with the sennheiser ie200 as the best option that won’t brake the bank, so which other suggestions would you guys have? Anything great i have missed or which is up and coming from the chi-fi scene maybe?
This^ - If that’s too much then the IKKO OH10, or Tang Zu Wu Ze Tian original ($150)
IE200 is not a bassy set by any means. It’s wet noodle bass without the tape mod. Not a good fit for hip hop and EDM - the smaller driver can’t push enough air and lacks energy.
The driver of the IE600 is as big as the IE200 and pushes so much air that it blew my mind with powerful sub-bass and very good mid-bass. I think both technology and FR matter. Maybe the driver is different too. But they are the same size!
If one doesn’t get it, it means they aren’t getting the right form factor or aren’t amplifying the IEM enough.
Everything else is blah blah blah…
Not a fair comparison. I’m just saying the size is the same. Otherwise, it is clear that IE200 is like all other IE models (they are bad), except for 600 and 900.
The guy wants a bass cannon. The IE200 even after tape mod is not a bass cannon in no way whatsoever It goes from bass less than the 7hertz Zero to Waner/Cadenza bass after the tape-mod. I personally don’t know any bassheads that would consider the IE200 or the Waner/Cadenza a “basshead” set. Look man, I’m not trying to be an ass and purposely go out of my way just to hate on this set, but some things you’ve said about the IE200 can be misleading Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean
I have never heard the IE200 but based on my experience with the IE600, which I don’t consider a bass canon, I don’t see how the IE200 can be considered one based on that graph.
Debating which of those two I am I thought my Variations had great rumble in the subbas, but midbass made the rest sound so clinical and boring… Debating whether it’s better to get one IEM with big bass + details and imaging or a maestro mini + another with better details to replace my Variations.
Mest is slightly sharper with a little more treble detail than the Variations, but the vocals/midrange is a no-go for me personally (too recessed). Bass wise it’s very textured and detailed, but it’s not going to have the same sub-woofer like effect of the Variations because the mid-bass is filled in. And in-terms of clarity, separation, and imaging you’re not going to get much better than the Variations (HUGE diminishing returns), so I’d just recommend grabbing the Maestro Mini.
It goes from bass less than the 7hertz Zero to Waner/Cadenza bass after the tape-mod. I personally don’t know any bassheads that would consider the IE200 or the Waner/Cadenza a “basshead” set. Look man, I’m not trying to be an ass and purposely go out of my way just to hate on this set, but some things you’ve said about the IE200 can be misleading 
Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean 
I thought my Variations had great rumble in the subbas, but midbass made the rest sound so clinical and boring… Debating whether it’s better to get one IEM with big bass + details and imaging or a maestro mini + another with better details to replace my Variations.