Hall of Fame IEM’s

IEMs / Other In-Ear Monitors (IEM)
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I think FF Maestro Mini should for sure be on the list. It changed what a basshead IEM was capable of.

Others I would add/callout:

  • Moondrop Kato: it showed what a good single DD is capable of without breaking the bank
  • Mangird Tea: Unique tuning for its time, and still relevant today
  • EJ07: Similar reasons to the Tea
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Does “Hall of Fame” include early stuff that made quite the splash, but were a bit overrated even compared to other options in their price-bracket (and perhaps underperforming)?

  • Tin T2
  • SoundMAGIC PL50
  • Klipsch S4
  • Shure SE215
  • Etymotic ER2SE
  • Sony MH755
  • Zero Audio Carbo Tenore

Some Sennheiser, Sony, AKG, or Westone ones belong in here, but idk.

There’s one that escapes me that had almost a Spirit Torino-like rear design, but was really popular since you could get it cheap in those days. Early~2010s/

  • Monoprice 8320

Wow that thing was fugly. It made the rounds on all the tech news sites though, iirc.

Other than that, most of the iconic ones I think have already been mentioned.

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Man I remember just getting into audio at that time and falling for that hype train.

I feel like a lot of people were hyping up everything that was cheap and didn’t sound like ass back then.

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