Mangird Tea … overhyped 
I’ve been thinking about buying those but, I dunno… I actually tend to like underrated headphones.
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Seen some people linking DMS’s tier list and others, so just to add another one to the pile. Here’s Crins list for headphones.
All the reviews “oh my God the sub bass or oh my God the imaging”
Sub bass was lacking and the imaging is good but not worth $300 (I got mine for closer to $200 and still wasn’t impressed) there are other things that are better value
Needless to say I sold them when I got my hands on better things that were also cheaper 
Bumping this topic because I finally decided to do one for both iems and headphones, but only with stuff I’ve ended up liking so I don’t really know if it’s a tier list because of that (so I guess it’s just a ranked and sorted list of things I already like in different performance groups?). Nothing super detailed or broken down, just basically what I’ve liked a lot in the various ranges
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Headphones:
LCD-5 (EQ) = Susvara = D8KP > HD800S = LCD-XC 2021 w/ Dekoni Lambskin (EQ) > “Philphone 3” > TH900 mk2 > Sundara (2020) = Dan Clark/MrSpeakers Mad Dog > Arya V2 = Modhouse Argon Mk2 > LCD-5 (No EQ) > Audioquest Nighthawk Carbon > LCD-XC 2021 w/ Dekoni Lambskin (Stock w/ No EQ) > SHP9500 >> ATH-M50 >>> Campfire Cascade
IEMS:
QDC 8SL > XENNS UP = Moondrop Variations > 7Hz Timeless > LZ A7 (Gold Filter) > Fiio FHE > Tin P1 Max > 7Hz Salnotes Zero = TIN T2 = ER2SE (It’s the fit that’s mainly the issue for me) > Blon BL-MAX > Blon BL-03 >>> TRI i3 Pro (I hope it was a bad pair b/c it sounded horrible) >>>> Shure SE215 Pro
For those curious, yes I found the Sundara (2020) (with an ample amount of EQ) to be better than the Arya V2 for my preferences. Great headphones, but I don’t think the Eggmans are for me, unfortunately.
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I want to, but that would take quite awhile lol, might add onto it later lol
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M0N 15 years later: I finally got together my amp tier list
Ngl, would definitely be worth the wait 
I guess I’ll get started today and see how long it takes lol. It’s going to be substantially harder I feel like lol
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We shall receive thy ranking list!
Well that took less time than expected, realized I already had a general idea of where things sat for me, although I’m going to be moving things around for a bit likely, but it now should have amps lol
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Great addition to a already great post? Between the Headphone post and the quicksilver post you covered just about my whole setup. Missed my main Dac but got the BF2. Covered my Amps and a lot of my headphones. Awesome and informative writeup from a person with great knowledge and experience.!
Thanks M0N.
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Ah I really should do dacs, but I’ve written about enough dacs lately lol
I don’t know if I’d call it a writeup or anything like that given it’s basically just stuff I like on a page lol
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Yes! But why sell yourself short? Go for the whole signal chain tier list! 
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See but then you’ll make me want to just do entire chain pairs and whatnot, and that is way too much work, and I’d really want to get things back in house to do that properly, was just supposed to be casual and brief lol. I might just add a bit more info to that list instead before doing dacs
This is the problem with creating internet content: the audience always wants more 
. Appreciate what you’ve done. Awesome lists.
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Ah yes the “casual” list curated by M0N that ends up in a 5 page write up, gotta love it 
I didn’t see the Soloist or V280/281 in this list 
Thank you.
Now we know what The M0N likes, we know what’s—chef’s kiss—out there. We appreciate The M0N
Well starting with creating an amp and headphone pairing section that will eventually include dacs among other things as well, although this one is actually going to take quite awhile given the pace of things now lol
Thanks thanks, technically it’s 1 page lol
Soloist is mediocre and not stand out to me compared to other options in the list, and while I do really love the 281, I wanted to try and keep it new production stuff if possible, and given after trying the v550 that I did prefer the tuning of the 281, the technicalities are improved, it’s more refined, and it matches with more things, so I put the 550 in there instead since it’s mostly an upgrade and pairs well with the same stuff the 281 did for the most part
Don’t really know if took a list to find out what I like considering how much I’ve posted on here in the past, but I guess it is a nice summary lol
I’m kinda pretty much satisfied with where I am now, so I figured I might as well sum up almost a practical “best of” list, and I figure if I’m going to put out some list, I should at least give as much context as I can without it getting overdone (so after finishing the pairings section, and adding dacs, I think it will be done for the time being lol)
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