Klipsch S4 - awful, cable broke from being caught in my car door
V-Sonic GR06 - I loved these so much. They had something that just pulled you in, especially with R&B. Cable died, used mono for a while, mistakenly threw them away instead of recabling them
V-Sonic GR07 MKII - cable broke, duh, recabled by BTG Audio, kinda tired of the sound, it’s not as magical as the GR06 to my ears
Hifiman RE262 - this purchase proved that I should not trust reviewers. If by liquid mids, they meant horribly nasal and forward midrange with nothing else to show for in the bass and treble, they were right. Pretty decent soundstage, but they sound awful out of most sources.
CCA16 - way too big for my ear, sounded incoherent
Tin T2 - fit is not ideal, I prefer them to the GR07s sound. Tempted to try the T2+.
Hifiman RE400 - meh, 1-4k rise. It sounds like the $30 headphone it’s priced at now. I can’t imagine ever paying $100 for these. Despite it’s lack of technicalities, it does have a nicer sound than the RE600, the midrange peak isn’t as asinine.
Hifiman RE600S V2 - meh times two, better soundstage, imaging and sub bass than the 400, but overall worse tone. Tragic 1-4k rise. Almost identical sounding to the RE262 minus some of the haziness that one has.
Moondrop Starfield - great soundstage and imaging, especially for gaming, fit is so-so, same 1-4k rise all of these IEMs tend to have ruins it for me though, vocals sound unnatural
What I’ve discovered is that I hate nasal and unnatural mids. Can anybody suggest an IEM with a similar graph to the HE500 & ZMF Verite? Ideally something that’s not Andromeda priced, as I am currently saving my pennies to get a pair of customs.
HE500
Verite
