I just realized, the tangzu wan’er is clear. And it’s only $20 on Amazon, and it sounds good.

I’m still new to iems, are the thieaudio monarch mk2 not in this conversation? Or no longer in this conversation? I thought they were the best performer in this price range, but maybe that’s old or incorrect info

Please listen to the other comments, spend the money on better iems or headphones, they will make more of a difference than an amp/dac would

I think people are downvoting him because spending $110 on a dac for $50 iems is stupid and we want him to spend his money better

As long as the cable isn’t mega cheapo shit tier, it will sound the same. Lower quality cables may not feel or look as premium, but they’ll sound the same. The Blessing 2 cable is a different color, but it’s somewhat similar in its physical design, that one being braided and the blessing 2 one being kinda like a chain. If you really love that cable, look up the Moondrop aria snow edition. The cable isn’t the same texture, but it is white and clear. Then again, if you want exactly that cable, those earbuds are only $40. Most custom cables cost more than that

Edit: I am wrong. The kinera sif uses a mmcx cable not a .78mm 2 pin. Don’t trust strangers on the internet! They don’t always know everything! Do your own research!

Yeah definitely. I would start with the chus and if you really like em, I would just go straight to the blessing 2s. If you buy them on headphones.com, there’s a one year return policy so if you catch buyers remorse and want your money back it’s no problem. If you’d rather do headphones instead of iems, the most common recommendation for most people is the HD6XX. You can get them for like $200 on drop.com, totally worth it everyone loves them.

Lmao felt. One wallet tip i would have is if you’re gonna upgrade, upgrade big. better to go from $20 pair to $80 pair to $300 pair than $20 to $50 to $80 to $110 to $150 and on. I bought like 3 $20 pairs before I took the plunge and now I feel stupid for it

They used to be, and they’re still comfortable and it’s cool if you like how they look, but they’re now outclassed in terms of sound in the same price bracket to the point they aren’t really worth it. I believe most iems use a .78mm 2pin connector, so they would be interchangeable.

Arias are 80% of the b2s and they’re only like $80 on Amazon. I would learn a little bit about frequency response and read about the Arias vs the Aria snow edition, both are great picks. I hear some people talk about the dunu titan s, idk much about it, but it’s in the same price range and I’ve heard it’s comparable. If that is also too steep or you just wanna test the waters first and see if it’s for you, you have a ton of $20 iems to pick from. The three that come to mind are: truthear holas - warm, the salnotes zeros - neutral, and the Moondrop chus - bright (roughly)

Blessing 2s are a delightful iem with a transparent shell, and you could get a very similar cable with either the aria snow editions or the kato, the arias probably being the better iem of the two and the katos probably having the better cable. You could also probably find a good custom one somewhere but I wouldn’t know anything about that

Edit - the other guy is right those are called the kinera sif and they’re only like $40, I would recommend if you like that cable just get those and put the cable in some blessing 2s, then it will look how you want and sound like heaven

Bro finna have hearing loss 🔥

I still couldn’t figure it out so I caved and just signed into Reddit on pc lol

I’ve been wondering but I couldn’t find any place that seemed appropriate to ask

Any way to do this on mobile?