r/FlatheadEarbuds

I got into flathead a few months ago, of my collection my favorites are my yincrow x6, snowlotus 1.0 and niceHCK yd30. I would use my iems but the flatheads are so much more convenient. i have particularly wet earwax unfortunately so I have to clean my ears out every single time I wanna use one of my iems and I've got to wipe the tips off and recleam my ears every time I take them out otherwise they don't stay in place and break the seal and it's very inconvenient. the only thing I miss when using the flatheads is sub bass and the only times I use my iems if for bass dependent music like hip-hop and certainly EDM/metal genres or when I need sound isolation like on public transport. when I first got the flatheads the lack of sound isolation bugged my but I've come to really appreciate it, I can ride my bike or walk around listening to my music and I don't have to worry about not hearing a car baraling towards me lol. I have like 8 iems of which I now use 2 maybe 3 of haha. I think I'll give them away to my friend. I was gonna ask if there were any flatheads with good bass extension or something to emulate the sound only with more bass but I'm just describing headphones lmao.

i am looking for my first flathead. 20$ max budget for my gaming, music.
Music I listen to are queen, nirvana and some guitar heavy songs.
and game is listening to surrounding.

what i got my eyes on are
1.Nicehck EB2s pro
2.FAAEL Snow lotus
3.Qigom white lotus s300
what is the best choice out of this or is there any better choices i can look into?

This is my personal rank of sets I own.

1. The Trinity in no particular order: TGXEar Red Serratus (full foams), Flathead Audio Studio (full grey foams), Temperament DM7 (donut foams). I can't decide between them, they're each top for their certain uses/genres and mood of the day. DM7 has the widest soundstage and separation.
2. Flathead Audio Pear (naked, no foams). Initially, I didn't like it as it was too warm for me, that was, with foams. When I took the foams off, everything became more balance, superb quality bass with clarity and space. Really great.
3. Flathead Audio FH-01 (donut foams). Great overall with slight warm-leaning, large and rather forward presentation overall--in this regard it sounds just a tad bit 'cramped' compared to the sets ranked above it.
4. TimeEar TEA-99 (donut foams). Nice clarity and sense of space, less bass than FH-01. At around $30, it's surprising what it can do really.
5. NICEHCK EBX25Ti (full foams). There's a certain treble energy that is piercing to my ears. It definitely has clarity and all but it's hard for me to really listen to it due to its piercing nature to my ears.

Is there a set out there I should perhaps consider purchasing in 2026?

so looking at this sub has made me interested in a pair of flatheads. I get a great welcome deal on aliexpress so fh1 is like 15$ and eb2s are like 5$ so of these which of these or something similar in the price range would you recommend? I unfortunately have to pick 1 because the deals only on 1 item. the thing that got me interested is that the vibes of the this sub reminds me of the koss community and my koss ksc75s on a headband are my favorite budget audio thing I have ever heard. so if anyone knows what that sound signature is like that’s kinda my preference.

Maybe add eb2s pro too

Show off your flatheads, gear, and accessories! Post a picture or two, a short description of the setup/sound, and/or what music/media you'll be listening to.

I haven’t tried their products but I have a few on order. I just wanna say I know they are popular but their marketing seems scammy. The VE thread on headfi is the definition of scammy. Not many people talk about VE products on the earbuds roundup which is the main thread for flatheads over on headfi which im sus about. I’m sure it’s a loved company and is really popular over in Asia but does anyone own any VE gear and what are your thoughts on them? Also does anyone own any of their high end gear?

First of all, I’m someone who absolutely hates IEMs so finding this place has been an unexpected surprise because I didn’t think companies made this style of earbuds anymore.

I’m looking to buy my first set and I think at this point i think that I’m locked in on either the Flathead FH-01 or the NiceHCK EB2S Pro.

I’d be using them to listen to R&B, Rap, and Podcasts. Maybe some gaming (this is less likely)

If anybody has any thoughts on this, I’d love your input. If there’s any other ones that I should consider, I’d welcome that too.

I want to stay below $25, the highest I’d be willing to go is $35.

Thanks, all

I've been using my X6 for only a week and took great care with it even though it's dirt cheap.

Today I started noticing that on louder volumes the left side is rattling and sound horrible. On lower volumes I can't notice anything and it still sounds fantastic.

Have anyone experienced this before? Are there any fixes or should I just live with it or order another one?

Came home from work and received my first pair of flatheads that I've owned for probably over 20 years.

I love Moondrop IEMs and their other products, and just... Wow.
9$ for these? I'm seriously a bit blown away.
These have NO freaking right to sound these good for this price.
The ONLY thing I can complain about so far is that they lack some bass, which I expected.

I'm considering three flathead earbuds:

- VE Monk SMG

- Temperament DM7

- Yincrow RW-2000

For those who have heard two or all three, which one would you pick and why?

I'd love to hear your impressions, comparisons, and personal rankings.

She's quite a budding reviewer who recently broke off of her employer and established her own independent review channel. She typically focuses on IEMs, but here's her first review of Flathead! Beside being one of the few unicorn female reviewers in the space, I think she can boost visibility for Flatheads some more. Show her channel some love please!

Hi! Can you guys recommend upgrades from eb2s pro for not more than 100-150usd? Is it dunu alpha 3?

I tried few cheap flatheads around 3-4 years ago, they were very fun and open etc, but mostly were nothing special except for VE Monk and Yuincrow X6. And those ones were kinda a bit fatiguing and not neutral tuning (though i didn't use foam). But eb2s pro with foam are just such a good tuning, i can listen to anything for a very long time. Though for me it is a bit on a bright side.

I love tuning of blessing 2 dusk a lot (mainly use them and airpods pro)

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Anyone recommend these? They look pretty cool

1. SIVGA M260

https://preview.redd.it/53lhav2pfd4h1.png?width=432&format=png&auto=webp&s=f03d4387449511e5fc26772ddf781782ba27de0a

2. SIVGA M300

https://preview.redd.it/is7el7xufd4h1.png?width=980&format=png&auto=webp&s=ac41fd22769d84c084f40cbf0a9b9f061874fc37