RikudouGoku's Database (IEMs/Earbuds/Headphones Ranking list)

Do they have mods over there in Mordor-fi? it just seems posts get deleted from time to time with no explanation :man_shrugging:t2:

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Such a great question. I’m wondering this as well because you’re totally right, it seems like some posts and even some threads (get locked) are deleted without a sliver of explanation. It doesn’t make sense. And when they get deleted, it’s not like there’s an empty post there either, saying it’s deleted, it’s just… gone. If you’re not there to see it when it’s there, you’ll never see it.

So strange.

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Yeah, man. It’s completely locked, I have no idea what happened.

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I only go other there for the threads about brands I’m currently interested in so I rarely see this stuff but damn it gets worse all the time

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Yeah that headfi thread was literally this:

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LOL… clicking on the latest thread be like…

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Yeah… What’s more important is: AWSMDanny has posted his very early impressions on the Alter Rider 3, mostly on fit and aesthetics:

He should join hfgf

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He’d deffo get a warmer welcome here :+1:

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A lot of the :onion: earlier posts where he was far more accusatory and dickish were deleted - so it was actually worse for @Rikudou_Goku than what you guys are seeing now - been going on like 3 days or so. You missed his comments about being a normal guy saving lives🤦‍♂️, his predicable lack of luck on Tinder, how he warned @Rikudou_Goku that he didn’t have enough knowledge to start producing his own buds, ohh so much asshatery!!!

The excuse that he is busy so can be rude is :exploding_head: I still am unsure why some are defending him and being patronizing to @Rikudou_Goku who clearly is far more polite than I would be in how he is handling it.

:onion: has been walking his shit back over the last day since his posts kept getting deleted by Mods. in some ways this has given him an out from his absolute position of snake oil and the Alter Rider Gen 3 sounding like ear piercing shit without hearing it or seeing a graph, as the truth is theoretically Riku could never prove diffusion due to the nature of the medium and it’s impossibility to measure - he could only show a computer simulation of the acoustics for certain frequencies and how his QRD disperses that to equalise pressure, show resonance directionality and lower reverb time. That does not mean that theoretically diffusion could not occur here as this is a complex area and there are a large number of variables (I listed some on the Head-fi thread along with @pylaczynski but I do not hold myself out as an acoustics expert) that need to be weighted to drive that conclusion - though it is likely that any diffusion would not be operating optimally but that is something you can compensate for. The fact that another user pointed to a phase issue in the data actually lines up with a diffusion effect but I imagine that phase delta is pretty small. As always with IEMs & Buds we are back to the problem of how to measure technicalities…

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I’ve DM’ed him about that :beers:

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Wow what a shit storm you got on head-fi @Rikudou_Goku
Not deserving that at all.

Anyway been super busy last month with IEM stuff so I haven’t had time to write about the Grand Berserker 2. Hoping to get some time this summer and can compare against some of the mid tier offerings from VE.

What I know is that I like the sound as its none offensive and fun, without the intense tonality many buds have.

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Thanks guys, truly appreciate it!

Credit to @pylaczynski for that one. :joy:

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I only caught the tail end of the scenario, that one dude made me go:

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Big kudos to @pylaczynski and @Kenyon for handling it like absolute Sirs! Bravo :clap:

Think it’s about time I start looking into my first earbud in a looong time. Think I know whose I’ll want to try too

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Makes sense. NiceHCK makes some nice beginner buds, after all :rofl: :joy: :grin: :wink:

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First official model of Gen 3 Rikubuds, Alter Rider 3 is finally launching on this Friday.

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Nice! :+1::+1::+1::+1:

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What’s up everybody! Was wondering if anyone knew of an iem that is similar to the Acoustune hs1670ss? I’ve got a few iems right now but just am in love with the hs1670,but are just a little to uncomfortable for long listening. I also have Mangird tea2,legacy 5,7hz timeless. Anything that anyone can think of that is similar to the hs1670 graph. Thanks everybody🤙

Maybe the Fiio single DDs are somewhat similar in graph.


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:pleading_face: everything okay? Unexpected delays?

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Nope, it has been launched.

First review out:

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