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The mesh mod is a mod where you replace the stock filters which have a lot of damping for another filter.

The mesh mod will increase the treble. While this newer foam mod will decrease it. So they do the opposite.

Guide on how to do the mesh mod: Blon in ear monitors impressions thread | Page 182 | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org

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Do you use the regular SednaEarfit or the softs by the way? Considering ordering a pair of mediums, since ML is just a bit big for me.

I dont use the Azla tips at all after I got the radius deep mount.

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If you want a better guide on how to do the foam mod, check out this video: Try this: RikudouGoku's Foam Mod for Taming Treble Peaks - YouTube

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Thanks! :pray::raised_hands:
I love you
I meant I love the mod :sweat_smile:

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Great job with the mod man! The Hanna is a clean looking set too so that helps their value prop by quite alot :slight_smile: I need to see about doing stuff like that again lol

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Yeah, I have already tried a few other iems with that mod and have found out that only 2 of them got positive changes. (BIG changes)

I will analyze them further and probably compare the mod vs eq among other things.

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Already posted this 3 posts above you lol.

So good, posted twice. Seriously, I am a big proponent of helping people on the budget side who may have purchased their first iem, waited 4 weeks for it to arrive, and it is too bright. Putting cotton in the tip was an old go-to idea but hard to be consistent. I have tweezers handy for placing micropore tape. I like it, but not as easy as foam. This is certainly easier to A/B than tape. I think @Rikudou_Goku is still working on measurements and different sets but wanted to get the basics out there for people to try.

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Yeah, still working on it. Although the graphs are up on the ones I have tried.

Guess it be an Easter egg hunt after which ones I have tried it on lol.

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Right out of the mailbox 2021 Final Type E tips.

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I got a set with E500

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Mine are on the way!

Type E party over here huh? :smiley:

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K´s Samsara K300. First of all, WTF is with that “packaging” that not even sub 10 usd bud arrive in…Very crappy presentation and no accessories either and only a package of foam (full and donut). Cable looks durable though…









K´s Bell-WE (Bass version), now this is a lot better presentation than the Samsara K300 but still no accessories other than double the amount of foam. The cable though…is very thin which is kinda worrying…

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@Rikudou_Goku do you plan to test any product of sennheiser? like the 100 pro, 300,etc… I just wonder how those new sennheiser compare to some Chi-Fi IEMS in their price range?

I did ask for unit on the IE300 actually but then I regretted it and told them I wasnt interested (after seeing some other reviews along with the graph). Not sure if they would have sent it to me if I didnt lose interest though…

Otherwise, no. I have no plans to get their stuff. I wasnt exactly impressed by the HD560S either and from what I know, their headphone lineup should be more popular than their iem lineup…

So sound like western can’t keep up with Chi-Fi now, am i right? cause if sennheiser cannot, i don’t know any other brand can beat those Chinese things =))

Probably…Periodic audio is the only western fi I got and that was pathetic…

Well, about that Samsara K300. I bought it because I had some hope that it was going to be the true X6 upgrade that I (and probably many other) wanted. But well, its actually still different from it. :sob:

I am giving up on finding a true upgrade to the X6…

But, that aside. The Samsara K300 has a VERY impressive sub-bass, heck it might be the best sub-bass I have heard in a bud, extends very low and the rumble is very similar to iems (closer to iem bass than the X6 does).Overall tonality is kinda similar to the X6, what makes it different however is that the Samsara has more recesssed vocals and is warmer, so its more of a V-shaped bud. Although, it might be closer to the RW-9 (havent compared them though) than the X6.

The Bell-WE (bass version), has less bass and more mids/treble than the Samsara so it is brighter.

At the moment, I prefer the Samsara K300 over the Bell-WE (bass).

Using full foams on both and using the Schiit Asgard 3.

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