New Moondrop Chu IEM has excellent tonality, metal body and costs only 20 usd (or 22 usd with mic, as I bought).
Crin rated it very highly.
Crin rated it very highly.
Mixing needs something more resolving IMO, like the Moondrop Blessing 2 also reviewed here in ASR.Crazy flat, seems like a smart choice for mixing and monitoring
We are living a golden age of IEMs. The chinese are now dominating the market with many brands, and the overall market refining their responses to target curves. Crinacle and others have been massive in helping measure and rank them. His website with the rank and graph comparisson tool are priceless imo.Not kidding I have never, ever tried in-ears.
For this price, I'm gonna check them out.
Price is so low as to be compelling ... I won't introduce anything into my ear canals, stillNot kidding I have never, ever tried in-ears.
For this price, I'm gonna check them out.
The "bridge" between both worlds are the Audeze LCDi3 and LCDi4 models. They have a weird tonality but very low distortion, so very easy to EQ. After that they sound like a big open Audeze headphone and still comfortable. Expensive though...I still enjoy a good open back more though EQ is mandatory for most of them.
I ordered mine today. Your spring tip argument... tipped me over the edge.Since we're on ASR; for those looking for strict Harman they do come reasonably close:
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But yes, a little extra EQ would get it right on target (high frequencies untouched for obvious reasons):
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