Iem recommendations (200 max)

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Looking for another set of iems as mine broke.

Looking for rich treble and fast response.
Best iems I owned were triple fi 10.

Looked at Imore quad driver but although it gets great reviews the sound seems to be opposite of what I want.

Will be driven straight from laptop / phone most of the time

 

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The Brainwavz B400 is very good value at £160, thanks to a huge price cut

Reviews: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/br...armature-earphones.22688/reviews#review-19335

Thanks for the suggestion.
The price is on point.
However after reading a couple of reviews (Inc the one posted) I think these lack the treble sparkle I'm after that the triple fi nailed so well

 

[413x]

How do you find a genuine pair?

I have also been looking at dunu 2000j

So still looking

 

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Used IE 800s. They spank pretty much anything if you can get over the non-replaceable cable and slightly iffy fit.

I have some Fischer Amps FA-04 which in isolation are excellent. The IE 800s I had were far better though - they don't really do anything even slightly badly from a SQ point. Bass is incredible, treble is 'sparkly' without being too much.

Beware the mountains of counterfeits being sold as genuine, though.

I think these are a little over my piece range!

 

[413x]

Can't decide on anything in particular so think I'm going to try a pair of dunu 2000j. Out of the reviews I've found seem OK.
Is so hard to gauge a sound producing device in words

 

[413x]

If you are up to a hunt... I'll also recommend 2nd hand ie800. If you can get proof, like a receipt and holographic validation code. The more proof the better. I would not trust anything on ebay. Try the forums classifieds.
I guess resale value on these things is low because of the minefield of counterfeits.
If you can get a genuine pair, in my experience there is nothing to my ear at that 2nd hand price new or used that touch them.

Yeah that's what I thought too. Avoid ebay. Only would go classifieds. And yeah I'd like some of those to at least try

 

[413x]

Dunu 2000j arrived today.
I love them only for a very narrow genre of music.
Anything with vocals sounds a bit flat. But music sounds amazing.

But overall I think I prefer the old a83 I had. Those were not ideal either. But I think, better than these

Vocals. Sound waaaay to Close.
I think I need something else

 

[413x]

My tf10 got washed years ago.

Not much help, but I'm so glad I still have my TF10's and A83's.

Why did you get rid?

My a83 lost sound in one ear about a month after warranty. Very annoying

 

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Tempted to just get myself an old pair of tf10 off the bay.

Trying to get recommendations is like a lottery.
And there is nowhere just to try a selection of iems.

I'm lucky I love my full size cans.


I'm tempted. To cycle through used ebay iems and resell those I don't like.

I knew immediately I didn't like 2000j which on paper sounded good. That's my killer blow. I thought.. These seem ideal from reviews!

Either I don't like what I think I like (converting what I hear to review feedback) or I don' kknow what I like.

All I know is I love my denon d2000
Loved my tf10
Didn't like sure se530 (or whatever they were)
A83 were ok
Hated the dunu 2000j

But can't verbalise why.

 

[413x]

Ordered some ue900s to try out next

 

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it normally takes an hour or more for our brains to adjust to a new sound signature, so "knowing immediately" that you didn't like the 2000j is not the best approach - I absolutely hated the HD650 for the first hour and they ended up being one of my favourite cans.

Don't think this is the case with these ones.
The vocals sound like. Someone is literally singing into your ear.
Usually I have to go through a fair amount of time with a new headphone to determine if I like it. But this was instant no.

 

[413x]

Didn' l these either. Far far too warm.

Something in between would be great!

 

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I feel like a right lemon.
I have been using these headphones on a laptop. That laptop had an equaliser hidden away stuck on 'voice' mode.
Ive changed this to music and toned down the treble (for the dunu) and all Of a sudden the sound is much more akin to the other reviews.

It sounds so different I may not return them. Much more similar to the d2000 (obviously not as good) and memories of tf10.
The treble is still a little harsh but I am listening with YouTube. Ive always tweaked equaliser settings (usually treble up!) on all headphones so I'm not adverse to this.

Ill also test the ue900s but I think the lack. Of treble in those is not recoverable. I find sparkle on treble and fast bass is something you can'
EQ in. But you can increase bass and turn down treble.

Listened to muse, explorers and was amazing. Even from YouTube.