What are your favorites under (USD) $100, $250, $350, $500, and $1000 range? $100: KZ ZS10 Pro $250: KZ Sonata $350: INAWAKEN Twilight-DS $600: Currently looking for one at this range $1000: Currently the EBC80 (at this price range I'm eying the Archangel, TSMR Shock, and the Shanling Regal).
So I just realized that I have been using ear tips wrong! I kept shoving them as far as I could (even with pain) to try and get the "best seal" and just realized that I have been undersizing my ear tip size to get in as deep as possible! I was hitting the hard part of my inner ear! I switched back to large/XL and it's so comfortable, it sits so much better and there is no pressure spots anymore! Sound is amazing, and best of all I have proper shell contact! Lesson I learned, if it's too deep and hurts you should probably go up in size because it's not supposed to go in as deep! I tried the spinfit and they confirmed to my ear shape incredibly well, but I had fatigue after a while because the ear tip size was too small! Switched over to Large and boom, no more sore spots and better sound!
Thinking of trying a R2R dongle dac on my FiiO M21 to see if I like it before I make the jump to the FiiO M33. Have any of you tried something similar? I'm hesitant of jumping to the M33 because I have so many accessories for the M21 and I love the cassette tape case. What do you think?
I've been wanting to try different IEMs, but also have been wanting to try some flagship level IEM that have gotten me curious. It would be a lot of money, so it also got me thinking why not just buys TOTL IEM? Would you rather have a set of flagship level IEMs or one TOTL IEM? I've been saving some money and I'm thinking of doing a big purchase around black Friday. My two options are getting the TANSIO MIRAI Shock w/the XINHS 043, the Shanling Regal w/ the Caldorei 18k gold plated copper/palladium plated silver cable, the Archangel w/ the ivipQ Aurora's Oracle, PENON FAN 3s w/ the ivipQ Gaia cable, and the FiiO M33 all with the spinfit W1 ear tips. Or getting the PENON Rival, all of which are around the same price. Which would you rather buy, and why? For those with collections why did you make a collection, what are the pros and cons for you? Do you really rotate, and if so how do you rotate your IEMs?