tbh id just buy the entry level etymotics over those at that price lol

these topping dacs look super good

ok

someone on head fi

recomended me tin audio t2

for neutral under 50$

🤔

(are they actually neutral i got no idea)

according to audioshill if you cover the ports they become more neutral

i think

or maybe it was the other way around

he was super condescending

```One of the of most considered iems on this thrad is the Tin audio T2, exactly because of Its neutralish signature. You can search for Tin audio T2 on the search bar and read what people who got them think. There are also reviews on the internet on them. ```

like srsly

im tempted by those t2 though

ya maybe because he's a 🅱head

@Droidbot I think you were right regarding the KZ bluetooth cable. Tried the second one this morning and it seems nowhere near as bad. Pretty comfy tbh

zener diodes came in

will probably mod the bm-800 over the weekend

The B150 were going for 38$ on the Cyber Monday. I bought a pair that never arrived, thanks Brainvawz

An there are a lot of people saying that the B100 may be the best sub 80$ iem. They got a neutral-warm sound signature

And my Tin T2s are going to arrive tomorrow, hype

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/best-sub-100-chinese-earphones-hidden-gems-best-deals-and-impressions-sharing-reference-list.805930/page-446#post-14025409

lol

those burn in instructions r insane

@bentech
>headfi

@bentech t2's aren't neutral

Just ignore headfi they're actually spuds

idk why i read it tbh lol

im so tempted to get that smsl idea

It measures nice at least

ordered

this thnkpad x230 has the worst dac eve

rlike

if you set the windows volume low

bass is just gone

```Considering this info, many sources provide enough power with low distortion to drive ZS5 v1.
The only ones which can't drive them properly are cheap DAPs like Benjie, or many smartphones, or weak amplifiers (and they are just fair with ZS6).
```

are the zs5 v1 that hard to drive?

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/smsl-idea-portable-dac-amp.851110/page-17#post-13819966

no

zs5 aren't hard to drive, but they're slightly ever so harder than most things i have

so hard, so stronk

i feel like reading head fi is making me more stupid

It is

The chifi threads are purely massive hype machine echoboxes

when testing zs5 with MINT chinese incense, i can really feel the highs enter my brain and kill me

Yeah trying to get any sense out of the KZ impressions thread is ridiculous

I realised that any headfi thread with more than 10 pages is just degeneracy

you should really only be trusting objective headphone reviews where you can compare frequency response, tonality, etc.

tis why I like audiobudget

he has lots of chinky iems and the frequency response is an easy comparison tool to take away the cruft of his opinion

It's a shame his page literally looks like spam

I have been reading through it

I don't really bother with frequency response graphs lol

Graphs will tell you if something is obviously fucked, or if it has a stronger chance of being good, but after that you should rely on your ears

Of course

Omfg

Why does head fi have to use that shit key word tracking ad stuff

It's the worst

@Droidbot ayy i got the fake shures

@bentech doesn't uBlock block that

what is this shit man

oi how'd you contact wish? @Droidbot

email?

how does it respond to eq

idk ill try

pretty sure its an issue with the housing not sealing if anything, since the left side also doesnt isolate as well

hey at least the mids are there

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

hear nothing but the mids

they dont actually sound that bad

ill probably pull them apart and put some BA's in

ok its fucking impossible to add any bass to these without making them distort like fuck

try physical mods

eat em

rather not

yeah these dont respond to EQ well at all

they get super congested and muddy

theyre better off being bright lol

any recommendations for fully wireless earphones? I've had x2t for a week, they're really nice, want something like that but less protruding from the ears maybe

up to $50

would be nice for them to also have a decent mic

Save up lol

The meziu ones aren't bad

which ones

@HEKTIK you got poweramp?

try this:

go settings>import settings to import this

i dont use poweramp

shit

it was the only eq that made them okay

although they were super unbalanced so I stopped wearing them

ya

how'd you contact wish btw?

pick the order and hit contact wish

Sabrj da 2 had dispatched woo

@Droidbot how do they respond? through wish itself, or do they email through the one i registered with?

through the app

ok cool

now i just gotta wait

@Droidbot#5851 lmao i got a refund already

fucc

lol

that was fast

ya

fucc it im buying a carbo tenore

a what

oh

rename <#365921969004216320> to #jap-fi plz

i'd do it but windy would probably have an autism fit

Brb selling all my audio gear and buying Esoteric DACs and STAX

kz-fi only!!

<:alismirk:230784726615588865>

you already have a mojo 😏

i'd buy a mojo for $20 to stick my go1k into just because the mojo looks cool

Ye

idk where to upgrade to from my go1k

huh esoteric dacs arent that bad

i wanna try as NOS dac but so many have really shit rolloff

2600 used for entry level

2600gbp

thought they'd be more

i'd just buy an adi 2 at that point lol

ye but that has 0 swag

nah

it has tons

sbaf loves it

oh damn that adi 2 looks p good lol

good price as well

ill probably build a grubdac eventually, and then figure out some nice poweramp to build for speakers

probably gonna be an f5-t

and then attenuate that for a headphone amp

idk what id get next tbh

ill prob wait till i get a job lol

kek

my current goal atm is to build a gainclone

really cheap to build and supposedly sounds nice

ill attenuate that and use that as a proper headamp instead of my go1k

i need a proper headphone amp tbh

how 'cheap' is a gainclone lol

like under $50 + transformer

damn not bad

the standard psu has good power filtering so you wouldnt need any boutique trannies or anythingh

im still not convinced that transformers really make a big difference anyway

when i was lookin a few years ago at diy headphone amps they were all like 400-500 boms lol

though i think i was looking at a beta 22

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/JHL-Class-A-Headphone-amplifier-PRE-AMP-KIT-DIY/553648524.html

lol that

i was looking into that recently

seems interesting

the aliexpress or the beta22?

the JHL 1969

i own a beta 22 lol

gotta sell it

yea ppl on diyaudio like it

the hood?

yea

that kit is probably a toned down version of the actual clone

i suppose the top end diy stuff are those stax amps lol

the clone does 10W, and i doubt theyd put that into a preamp

i highly recommend you doing a diy-t2 as your first amplifier. More than one person has done this. If you survive you will learn a lot

lol

lool

https://www.head-case.org/forums/topic/13247-which-diy-amp/?tab=comments#comment-784097

i wonder how hard it actually is

i wouldnt fuck with it

but i dont own stax anyway

https://www.head-case.org/forums/uploads/monthly_2016_06/IMG_5094.JPG.e9576a674b6ebc8812070f3c8b2e973b.JPG

looks usper complex

its mostly smd

it'd be easy as fuck if you've got practice with smd

isnt stax like high voltage

just would end up being time consuming

yes

very

i think some are even a few kilavolt

idk what current that would be at tho so it doesnt really mean a whole lot

The SRM-T2 had a maximum output voltage of 630V. Yes I know its a beast!

kek

high voltage = high fidelity!!!!1!!

those diy stax amps are appreantly the best stax amps you can get period though

lol

the circlotron boards are 900V

900V

lmao

i wanna try building some estats

but at the same time i dont want to die

same

+ all the info is on head case

which is prob the most elitist headphone forum atm

lol

https://www.head-case.org/forums/topic/12955-dt-hwt-electrostatic-headphone-tube-amplifierpreamplifier/

cool build

headphone amp that works with electorstats + normal

I opened the fake 535 lol

not even ba

ill put a twfk in it or something probably

Is it just a single dd? Heh

yep

Literally chinked

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i got a refund eiother way

already? Shit

ya

it was like 2AM when i got it

already ordered carbo tenores anyway

does anyone here own an AGPTek H50? The instructions for the firmware upgrade are incorrect ):

got my sabrj da-2

/smsl idea

doesnt work with my mi a1 😦

wut

small usb dac

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41x%2BqCsGowL._SY355_.jpg

its tiny

rip

actually nvm got it to work

gotta play somethin first

then plug it in

lol

seems to work consitently now

🤷

yea gotta have somethin playin

i cant tell any difference with these 4$ earbuds

im amazed how small it is

lol

yeah the idea has issues with android

its really tiny

i mostly just wanted a laptop dac lol

shoulda bought a go1k for that 1W into 16 ohm

arent those 150$?

i got mine for 150aud

itd be a pain to get in the uk lol

o ya probably

this da-2 was 50gbp shipped next day prime lol

cant beat it really

probably not

i ordered some heatsinks for my go1k

gonna then put a pot after the headphone jack and then add a voltage divider

i cant really hear any diff between it and the jack on the mi a1 tbh lol

doesnt the A1 have a really high noise floor?

https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_a1-review-1668p6.php

looks pretty good

why does it drop like that at 18k lol

prob shit testing

https://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/17/motorola-moto-x4/aq/-728/gsmarena_a001.jpg

they all seem todo that lol

their adc might suck