Yeah, I have tried them before. It was RNG lol.
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I can. The quality of the amp,dac and transducer might have bearing on all of this as well if the rest of your equipment isnât resolving enough.
Same. I have 24bit flac files and I cannot hear any difference between 16 vs 24. 16 Flac is my personal seiling. I canât hear past 16K which is quite good for my age.
Really digging this album on the Mele, standard electronic test for me with anything, bass can get super squiggyâŠ
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Just keep in mind the stock tips and cable are garbage. Like, not garbage in comparison to the IEM but garbage in general. So an aftermarket cable and tips are a must.
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Wow, your point #4 about metal is damn spot on. 
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Give me a 16mm woofer DD + tweeter DD. 
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sayin, whatever size as long as 2 dynamicâŠanxious to see what this Blon Max can do
Yeah, but I really do want someone to copy SonyÂŽs old 16mm DDsâŠaround 10 years and no one seems to have done the sameâŠ
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Maybe is hard to replicte the tech
Probably has to do with how they will fit it inside it. Sony did it by basically making it fit like an usb-stick lol.
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Only reason Z1R isnt on my list. Bet it sounds like honey.
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that is a really odd fit but im sure it can be done, just looking at some of these Thieaudio shells
Sony started using smaller DDs. The XBA-Z5 is the newest iem from them that uses a 16mm (LCP) DD.
XBA-N3 shrunk down to 9mm and the Z1RÂŽs woofer is at 12mm.
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Same. The fit looks absolutely horrendous.
Mele fit is very very good. Amongst the best of what Iâve tried.
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Ever tried the Koss KDE250 (20mm + 13mm)?
Weird fit, but I like them for sitting absolutely still⊠
Bought them on Drop in the beginning of my headphone journey for a lot lower than MSRP:
Oh, and the cable is the usual shitty Koss quality⊠
EDIT: Sorry. Off-topicâŠ
Nope, but damn they are big. Seems like back then, size did matter. 
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Weird flex, but ok.
This old guy owns 2000 pairs of tips, and only uses spinfit 
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