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Moondrop launched the second generation of its EVO TWS Bluetooth ear hooks for IEMs (In-Ear Monitors), the Moondrop EVO 2 (II), today (August 19). Its main highlights include support for a parametric equalizer, modular connectors (2-pin and MMCX), and up to 15 hours of battery life. Check out all the details below.
Moondrop announced the E.S. Combo during the 20th Shenzhen International Audio Show (SIAS 2026), a new cable kit with accessories designed to turn IEMs (In-Ear Monitors) into headsets. Its key features include a detachable boom microphone, a mute switch, and a DAC/amp with controls for ENC and switching between EQ profiles, including a customizable equalization profile. Check out all the details below.
Both ends still can be plugged into the iem itself and it could also output sound, but if i try to bent it back the contact pins is really, I mean really hard to bend it back in place.
I want to ask, should I fix it or leave it as is? Or just buy a new cable. Cause I mean its technically doing fine but I'm just scared it just keeps bending itself somehow. Causing it to snap off and the pin would be stuck in the hole of the iem.
Second how did it get bent tho? Its a really hard thing to bend, maybe during my sleep my head would occasionally press onto the iem making the pin bent? (Yes i wear my iem during my sleep) Or when i bend the cable slightly just to fit it in the case?
I used to have the aria (og) and did all these things (sleeping while wearing, fitting into the case) and it didn't bent or nothing. So its weird it's would be bent
Any suggestions?
Moondrop announced its first wireless gaming headset, the Moondrop Gaming Maestro 01 Pro (GM-01 Pro), during the 20th Shenzhen International Audio Show (SIAS 2026). Its main highlights include support for 10-band parametric equalization (PEQ), breathable fabric ear pads, and 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth connectivity. Check out all the details below.
Looking at an eBay listing for the moondrop x crinical iems. It has everything in the box except the original 3.5mm cable and has been replaced with the chu 2 cable. The seller is offering 371aud for it. Was wondering if it would be a good pick up.
Moondrop announced yesterday (August 14), during the 20th Shenzhen International Audio Show (SIAS 2026), the launch of its first electrostatic headphone, the Moondrop MOONZERO. Featuring a driver developed in-house by the company, the MOONZERO arrives at a price similar to that of the SR-X1, the entry-level model from Japanese manufacturer Stax. Check out all the details below.
I've been a huge fan of Moondrop products, so Pudding was a must-have for me. I was absolutely sold on the design, the affordable price and the overall package and I'm glad I made the purchase because they quickly became my go-to set, despite owning Moondrop Robin and Edge (but I'm not counting those since it's a completely different pair of shoes)
I'm no audiophile, but I was genuinely impressed with the sound signature and most importantly, the volume, which in my experience, can be a hit-or-miss when it comes to wireless audio devices
I'd absolutely recommend giving them a try and trying them yourself since they're fairly affordable. One thing I would also reccomend is getting the protective case for them. The transparent lid doesn't seem like a very scratch-proof surface but the case solves this problem at a small cost of being a tiny bit bulkier with it on
Moondrop's first gaming headset is on pre-order in China for 299¥ (~45USD)
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Moondrop announced its new CHU 3, Silicon, and The Garden IEMs (In-Ear Monitors) today (August 14) during the 20th edition of the Shenzhen International Audio Show (SIAS 2026). Check out all the details revealed by the manufacturer, including the frequency response, driver configuration, and price of each model.
TL;DR: these little Moondrop DSP USB-C cables (DUSK / MAY / FreeDSP) are WAY more capable than the stock app lets on. I built my own app that talks to the cable directly, does proper fractional-dB EQ, and adds a preamp the hardware doesn't officially have.
UPDATE: it's now open source. Code and Windows download here: https://github.com/EffectiveEquivalent/FreeDSP-Studio (grab the exe from Releases). MIT licensed, built via GitHub Actions. Windows will moan about an unknown publisher because the exe isn't code-signed yet.... signed builds are coming. More info, Run anyway.
A few things I found that I reckon are genuinely cool:
The DSP chip inside the cable has its own memory. It holds a writable custom EQ bank plus the firmware preset voicings (the DUSK ships with Crinacle's tunings, the MAY has Moondrop's own Standard / Bass Head / Reference etc). Whatever profile is active gets applied by the cable itself, so your EQ follows the cable onto any phone or laptop with ZERO software running. My app just reads and writes that on-cable memory over USB HID.
Read a band back and the gain comes out as a whole number, so you ask for 2.3 dB and the stock app shows 2. I assumed that meant the hardware was locked to 1 dB steps. Nope. Each band actually stores two totally separate things:
The metadata gain is basically just a label for the app's display. The sound is determined ENTIRELY by the coefficients.
How I proved it: I sent a deliberately mismatched write, metadata gain = 0 dB but coefficients calculated for a -12 dB low shelf. If the cable trusted the integer, nothing should happen. Instead the bass completely vanished. So the coefficients are what actually matter and the integer is just cosmetic. Which means fractional gain works perfectly.... I compute the biquad from the true value (RBJ cookbook), send those coefficients, and the cable plays exactly 2.3 dB. It always could, the app just never let you.
(Nerdy bit: it stores a separate coefficient set per sample rate, 44.1 / 48 / 96 / 192 / 384 kHz, so that's 5 biquads per band, as fixed-point numbers scaled by 2^22.)
The cable has no master volume or preamp control at all. But a preamp is really just a flat level shift at every frequency, and here's the trick:
A biquad's response is basically numerator over denominator. If you multiply the numerator (b0, b1, b2) by some constant k, you scale that filter's output by k at every frequency, which is a perfectly flat gain of 20*log10(k) dB. And because the 9 bands are cascaded (their responses multiply together), applying that flat k to just ONE band shifts the entire combined EQ curve up or down by that many dB without changing its shape at all.
So I set k = 10^(preamp/20) and bake it into band 1's coefficients. Free preamp. No extra band used, no firmware feature needed, just maths riding on a filter that's already there. I use it to pull the whole curve down for headroom so big boosts don't clip.
A desktop app with a live frequency response graph, EQ points you drag straight on the curve, squig.link / AutoEQ import, on-cable profile switching, save/recall, and clip protection that won't let you write a distorting EQ without sorting the headroom first.
Reverse-engineered by watching the USB traffic and reimplementing the wire protocol myself, for my own hardware. Honestly the coolest project I've done in ages and it works INCREDIBLY.
And yeah, I built the whole thing with Claude (Claude Code). Took a good few hours.... haha
Here's how I fixed my aria 2, I was talking about few days before. Its connectors not really have a good fixation inside, so each time I reconnect cable it moves a bit and wires, that are souldered with angle will fall off. This wierd screw can be unscrewed with manicure scissors. So I resoulder all wires more securely and glued connectors with superglue. Now it works and I hope its for long
I just noticed when I got it out of my ear and see smth weird on the opening. Taken out my tips. And oh god
I owned the original st and I held on to them for a year and then had to throw them out because of how bad they aged, then I bought a pair of tangzu wan'er sg2 that lasted me 2ish months. Now i'm back to the drawing board and still trapped in that 30/35€ price range. I heard from some sources that the st2 have "the best" audio for the price, but also a lot of longevity issues which im not flexible on. While the cmf buds 2 are all around ok whith good sound. While I value sound way more, I HAVE TO consider longevity. My og st were great at the start then got quieter and quieter as time went on. So im asking you what to buy with this price range rn.( i know there will be discounts in october/november but idk if I can wait that long)
Ordered these a month ago and they arrived yesterday night. They sound amazing but the ANC modes really affect the sound quality way too much. I made an EQ profile that works great with adaptive ANC on but everything falls apart after changing ANC modes to off or transparency mode. Overall sound great
It arrived with something moving inside the right earcup though unfortunately
Edit: had some time to use it today and the wear detection isn't really as good as I'd hoped, it keeps pausing while I have the headphones on. Also one of the covers for the hinges popped out randomly
I got a pair of Moondrop Robin earbuds for Christmas last year, and I just noticed that the case was no longer charging. I tried using several chords and chargers of varying strength, but they remain at extremely low charge with no sign of charging. I can occasionally get the light to indicate charging by pressing the charger in at a specific angle, but it only remains that way for a few seconds before going back to not holding a charge at all. Is this a known problem, and is there any way to fix it/purchase a new case for cheaper than an entirely new pair of earbuds?
Had the Wuthering Waves U.C.T.S. OWS for only a few hours and I’m amazed at how good it sounds!
I never played the game and know nothing about it but I got it because I own 2 pills already(red and blue 😁) and I was already fairly happy with them but they get a bit shouty/unclear at high volume with community peq presets and I heard this new one sounded better so wanted to try it but honestly I didn’t know what to expect.
First tried on iphone 17 pro max AAC with some
vocal drum and bass and synthwave and I could immediately tell it was a serious improvement in sound quality. Well defined, balanced, has clear and fairly punchy bass but the mids are very well defined and clear and highs are clear but not overemphasised/sharp or too rolled off… just right. I would almost say it’s comparable in tuning or perceived sound signature to the Sennheiser hd560s post 2022 version…
Switched to Android moto g84 with LHDC lossless 44.1khz 24bit auto bit rate and listening to some oldies but goodies, Gail Ann Dorsey, Huey Lewis, Danzig, Sabbath and I’ve not tried LHDC before but it’s exceeding my expectations, coming from LDAC and even APTX Lossless… I swear, it feels like I can hear a difference in instruments details and even if it’s placebo it just sounds amazing!
Tuning is perfect as is set to standard… not even worth trying peq yet couse I feel almost like I’m listening to a combo of my akg k371 almost in the bass and definitely hd560s in mids and treble.
I’d say that I’m not easily impressed when it comes to headphones and earphones but this one has managed to impress me from the start and that is something only one other headphone has been able to do so far, the OG hd560s post 2022 version so I’d say it’s damn good sounding.
Moondrop should have skipped the pill and gone straight to this open ear hifi madness without having anything to do with whatever game this is and I think OWS would be a lot more popular right now, but thanks anyway for the hifi quality sound, I appreciate it 👍.