Mmcx buds are already rare enough as it is. So you don’t have much choice besides that…
The Yincrow RW-2000 and the Smabat M2S Pro are the best mmcx buds i known from a branded buds perspective.
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Can vouch for the M2S Pro being rock solid and easy to drive. It even has interchangeable drivers!
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Penon makes MMcx buds. Check out their website
So, I heard you guys like holographic staging right? Well, so do I and I went and took out the Shuoer EJ07M which is well known for its holographicness and compared it to another iem that AFAIK isn’t as well knowns as its brothers, the Sony XBA-Z5.
Who won? If you guessed the EJ07M, you were wrong…big time actually. The stage on the Z5 when I went from it to the EJ07M, made the EJ07M sound small. The Z5 is beating the EJ07M in stage depth (not a lot in this aspect but still a win) but mostly in the stage width and air, it’s a lot bigger overall than the EJ07M.
However, where the EJ07M wins regarding the stage, is in the quality, the imaging. And that difference is essentially as big as the stage difference. This is in big part due to the bass shelf difference between them, where the Z5 is more bloated compared to the cleaner bass shelf on the EJ07M. So I went and tried this PEQ on the Z5 to even out the playing field:
Peak: 150hz, Q: 0.4, gain: -5.4db
With this, simulating the bass shelf of the EJ07M on the Z5, the imaging gap got closer by a lot. But the EJ07M still has the edge in imaging. This did make the stage on the Z5 even wider though, but it lost a lot of the depth and the holographicness it had in stock.
So in conclusion, if you want an iem with holographic stage and depth. The XBA-Z5 is the best I heard and beats the EJ07M in that regard pretty badly.
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True, but they aint a company I will support either with how they treated me.
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Off topic on bud’s fit - I think I finally got it.
I am trying 2$ silicone ear hooks from shoppee for LBBS and they hold them in my ears like crazy.
They seem to poke me a little physically making them a bit less comfortable than just foam (especially while laying on side of my head), but I can basically bang my head around with no pseudo seal being lost. That would make earbuds much usable on the go!
Buds world opens again!
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Congratz!
Sorry for your wallet. 
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My wallet’s lose would be yours win, I think I only miss your DIY earbud (I am waiting for this “chaconne” killer) in my collection to be done. Right?
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I already have the recipe done, I just need to order the drivers from taobao where I found a seller selling them in batches cheaper.
I have my next batch (Berserker, Saber and Lancer) and maybe some other models coming this week though.
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could you send a link for this?
Probably this:
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ty!
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I saw those ones which made me think of that as an option
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I did the same. So good
They also sell the silicone rings without hooks.
And tuning foams for iems.
and mesh + tweezers
Might as well pick up more if you are ordering anyway.
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I got these in size small:
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noticed the ones without hooks in the side bar and added already, already have tuning foam, probably should get more metal filters just because of wet earwax
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any other random accessory recs?
Shopee is kind of local so I am not sure that would work for your country + the ones that Riku sent are probably exactly the same https://shopee.pl/product/545120974/10765494191?smtt=0.575514211-1651349278.9
One note, the ones without hooks does not work at all for me (they are in fact much worse than just foams). The trick of those hooked ones is that they press against the cartilage of my ear on reaction pushing the bud back. It is therefore positively mechanically locked by shape, not by friction
Sony foams:
Earbud foams:
Cable clip:
(fake probably) Leather case:
MMCX removal tool (Great for MMCX lifespan):
impedance adapter:
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