Non-Audiophile Ranks World’s BEST Earphones: STORM, LCD-X, EMPIRE EARS, LOKI
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From my experience all the bone conduction drivers I’ve tried don’t do much
The only one that works is the Empire Ear EVO
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I love these vids! I wish I had sent you the Ascension to include. Are you still going to be getting one for review?
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Nah, send them over next tour? Hahaha
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LRA? It’s clearly called the WEAPON X
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LRA = Linear Resonant Actuator. It is not a full range driver and usually handles 200-400hz area.
Stuff like this.
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I’ll definitely get them to you on the next box out
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New stuff, Oriolus Isabellae, Dunu Falcon Ultra:
SLIIVO SL41 (1+4), holy that channel matching is insane for a $180 IEM, same with $150 CKLVX
Kinera Skuld:
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oh yes, and how it works 
EVO flashed me a lot a first listen and rattled my skull that much that my brain OBVIOUSLY took damage because I bought it a short while after 
Weeks later the first love was gone and my preference changed a bit and Evo became a bit too dark but nothing dramatic that EQ could not fix.
Now with EQ I´m in the second honeymoon phase and could not be happier 
Imho the boneconduction creates some sort of atmosphere in the bass region in which all the other frequencies are enveloped in…hard to describe but there´s definitely some magic happening.
Did not watch the video yet so no idea how you described it, will watch it later 
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Yo this graph looks tasty, huh? That’s the one that’s the same as the PULA 02, right? Surprisingly, the Skuld looks dope af too. From memory, it just looks like a bass boosted OG DM which I am all for. Nicely done, Jay, thanks for the graphs!
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Oh ya EVO’s bass rattles great, surprised to hear that it was too dark for you, but ya definitely a fun set.
@domq422 Any time brotha, the Skuld’s are beautiful. Kinera never misses with the plating
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This was the feeling I got when trying it - that’s why I ranked it so highly.
Hard to describe but I can’t see a situation where putting these on wouldn’t put a smile on my face.
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Not overall too dark but too dark in the wrong areas for me (depending on genre and listening volume)
It’s got enough uppermids that it does not appear dark but treble is lacking.
The Autoeq settings from 250 kHz upwards pretty much nail it for me
The Bass shelf remains untouched most of the time
PEQ settings are even better and I use them where I can but GEQ is fine too
Plus the Audio plug-ins of hiby R6III makes it such a great listen, i highly recommend that DAP or other hiby DAPs with these game changing features!
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Yeah, them girls need to be showed off in one of your youtube shorts, brother
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What are your thoughts on the Isabelle? The Isa has been in my sights for quite some time. I might spring on it the next time it goes on sale.
Talking about sales…Does anybody have any guesses/inside info on upcoming sales? At this point, I have enough stuff that if there is no SALE then there is no buy for me. Add in the strong $ vs. the yuan and stuff should be discounted about 10%.
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Last year we had sales March 18-28th or so. I expect some soon. Tangzu was advertising some not long ago. Spring sale is a pretty good sale tbh.
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A very important discussion around the current state of the hobby, would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this (please finish the entire video first, thank you!):
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I’ll just leave this here:
“Look for people who will tell you the truth, even if it hurts you” - NAPOLEON HILL
“It is not the truth that is born in the dispute, but the migraine”
“Wasting time and emotions on an inadequate person only makes sense if you are a doctor (or psychologist) and he is a patient who pays you.”
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