JAY's audio memes (and reviews/ranking too I guess)

$200 shootout touney style :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Nice one. Looking forward to trying the Astralis :fire:

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Beginner’s guide for 2026 pt1 :eyes:

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Hi Jay! Nice video. It seems to me that the most interesting portion of your video for beginner noobs is everything after 6:56.

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Graphs & Driver Crossovers explained (Beginner’s guide for 2026 pt2 :eyes:)

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Some new iems:

Crinear Reference:

Kiwiears Halcyon:

EPZ 550:

Tangzu Waner 2 Bass:

Harmonic Empire Xiao Qiao:

Harmonic Empire Zhang Liao:

ooopus op.22:

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Reminds me a bit of the OG Oracle

Harmonic Empire Zhang Liao looks interesting

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Spot on, Oracle OG with better sub-bass under $200 :eyes:

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Beaker Screaming Loud GIF | GIFDB.com

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Oh dang it has the mems too. If I get to hear them it’ll be my first experience of that tranducer. 10mm dd in there as well. Wild to get a good tuning of all that, and wild for it to be sub $200 at that.

takes hat off to kiwi ears :clinking_glasses:

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I tried it at Axpona last weekend; nothing earth-shatteting but a solid, fun listen. Never heard Binary’s EP321 bit others at the show said it was comparable, if not a bit smoother.

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My EP321 at least is brighter with more sharpness, still good, but Halcyon is smoother, basically the Reference with more sub-bass

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Ranking some old IEMs and seeing how they stack up in 2026 :thinking:

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Very cool concept, I’ll try to watch later!

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Hey Jay @VIVIDICI_111 would you mind sharing a few words on EP321 vs Top Pro?

Got EP321 in for demo and absolutely adore them, did not expect to like em that much

Seeing that Top Pro is tuned very smiliar got me curious

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Top Pro is more vocal forward and has deeper sub-bass, EP321 is clean balanced. To me Top Pro’s slight sparkle in the highs makes them more enjoyable and different, value wise I’d go EP321 tho for pure detail since they’re farily similar

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Thanks a lot bro!

Not sure if it’s the tuning or mems technology but there is quite a bit of special sauce to EP321 but i will try to demo Top Pro aswell.

Would Not mind a bit more subbass but on the other hand also did not miss it yet as i tend to listen to less bass heavy music with this kind of presentation where even slower stuff becomes more lively.

It’s all about that engagement for me :high_voltage::white_heart:

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Reference review :eyes:

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Kiwiears Halcyon Review :musical_notes:

MEMS looks promising

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TOP 5 recs for 2026 so far :eyes:

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