Hi everyone, newbie here. I started my journey at a slightly higher price for a beginner to which I bought Fiio FH7 last year after watching tons of reviews, and reading articles. With all the rave and hype of mest mk2, I’m curious and been wondering how big of a step up will it be from my FH7. Currenlty I only listen via streaming to Apple Lossless Music with my M11 Plus dap. I would appreciate your thoughts or if you have better alternative to go for as I’m really on a tight budget. As per my thoughts and experience on FH7, it’s good but I do easily get bored with it after listening to some music, I have no specific genre.
Listen with FH7, there is no point in buying other IEMs …
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I have a UM MEST coming, but just checking on this thread it seems that folks rather quickly shifted their attention to the MEST MKII.
Would anyone who’s experienced both say that the OG still performs quite good after MKII?
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Yes. Very alike
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Pair on head fi for $650. Still beyond my pay but bodes well for a year or so from now. Good news for someone else!
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I bought it ! LOL , and will be deleting my headfi , hifiguide and discord forums as I am not very rich atl all and can only afford 1 iem at a time but i fell into the rabbit hole fairly quickly moving from the JH billie jeans to the Thieaudio L4 to the CLAIRS (just bought it 2 month ago and fits like a glove!) to now the mest OG within a year , I was always curious for that next level up sound but IMO I found the perfect End Game and price tag for me ( i hope it fits well) . or till i can actually afford a 2k IEM this Mest OG will do 
i actually live in India and wont have the mest for another 3-4 weeks till one of my family members brings it over .
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Well played.
Clair and OG MEST are perfecto.
Welcome to the MEST end"gang"!!
I can actually only afford to keep just one iem at a time . I am selling the clairs once the mest OG arrives here in india around xmas time , but the clairs fit magically like a glove and I loved it But in the back of my mind had that nagging feeling i want the mest OG and be done with it .
I’m at rest now till i can afford a $2K iem , which is probably never.
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I love MEST2, it’s the best IEM I have ever listened to (once you manage to find the right cable and the right tips).
that being said, anyone can suggest a similarly tuned full-BA IEM? in my radar there are U12t (but I find it a little bit too aggressive in the lower treble) and QDC V14 (never listened to, but it seems to be interesting from the reviews). anything else?
Did anybody compare MEST MKII vs IE900?
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I would check out the Symphonium Helios. It’s not exactly the same in terms of signature, but it does a lot of similar things right on with an all BA set-up.
I think it’s a nice compliment to the Helios rather than just a similarity. It’s not as aggressive as the u12t, and is cheaper than both of the options you mentioned.
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Thanks Sebastien, didn’t know the Helios must investigate 
Let me know what you think when you check it out. Perhaps we should open a thread here!
What tips do folks use to roll with either the MEST or MEST MKII?
I’ve been tip rolling and so far by sequence:
- Final E
- Dekoni foam
- Azla SednaEarfit Regular
- New Bee foam small chopped in half
Surprisingly Spinfit doesn’t do it for me.
Problem is if I’m understanding right, bone conduction is supposed to work best with the MEST in contact with your concha. So far besides the chopped New Bee foam, the others create a distant between the IEM and my concha. Looking for recommendations
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My preference with the mkII is either Xelastecs or the stock wide bore tips. Don’t hate them with any tips I tried, but those two give me the best balance IMO.
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I find the stock tips balanced too, unfortunately the sizes or shape or prob material just makes it awkward for a seal. The stock tips for some reason made me realize that my left and right ear canals are of different sizes, and both fall somewhere between the M and L size stock tips. Needed to adjust so much for a good seal or else there’ll be channel imbalance.
No luck there 
That’s unfortunate; Final Type E can definitely benefit finding “in-between” sizes for different ear canals. I hope you find the ones that work best for you!
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None of the stock tips fit me. I ordered Xelento and they are good.
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