but the left side died

I guess I'll get another pair

Can anyone recommend earbuds that have aren't silicon, but have that hard plastic exterior instead to put in your ears.

KZ ZST pro

Unless you mean the buds themselves

ZST suck

he doesnt mean iems tho

@KingRedbad If you care about sound, Yincrow X6

if you don't, VE monks

Aside from ZST, what are the best value iems?

Thanks @HEKTIK I will buy them now.

monks blow

cheap ear speakers made by a turboautist

@Windatica pls no trigger

I like my ZST...

I wish I knew more about the charts. I'm not crazy into audio

the higher the better

pic related, its hd800

👀 you roll up the mountain and die

Can anyone reccomend a good dap for around $60 ?

Does anybody know of any decent wireless earbuds? Been out of the loop a while.

Preferably independent, i.e. no cable between them

AirPods ­™

@FLAK44#0182 Try and find a used Shanling M1

@FLAK44

If not, a used Fiio X1

Benjie T6 maybe

any dac's under 30$ that isnt the zishan z1 and pcm2703?

love the zishan z1 but the delay is really annoying

oh youre using the Z1 as a dac

why not a pcm chip tho?'

some of the higher end burr browns have really nice specs

the pcm has this noise at all times

maybe i just got chinked 🤔

that's just a shit implimentation

if you don't mind not having a housing, i got a SA9023 + ES9023 DAC for like $19 AUD which works nice

and has a pretty damn low noise floor

slap it in an altoids tin if you care about a housing

otherwise there are a few cheap dongle dacs

no idea how they perform

but sabre chips seem to be pretty easy to impliment other than the whole glare issue

but you probably wont hear that unless you have a lot to compare with

do i find the SA9023 + ES9023 on ali?

dunno if its on there, i got it on ebay

lemme look 1 sec

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DAC-Earphone-amplifeir-Stereo-SA9027-ES9023-USB-to-SPDIF-I2S-Coaxial-Sound-Card-Supports-24-Bit/32786557311.html

price went up a bit

but i still like it

also has I2S if you ever have USB issues

that looks quite nice

is pretty decent

i dont get hiss even with sensitive IEMs

pair it with a CMOY/RA1 and youve got a pretty damn good portable amp/dac

if you want something smaller, i have one of those "MUSES" PCM2704 DACs that was kind of okay other than the stupidly oversized housing

smaller wouldnt be necessary, but where do i find thid cmoy/ra1 amp and how would i go about installing it?

cmoy is an open source extremely simple opamp based portable amp

and a grado ra1 is essentially the same with a diff gain strucutre

youll only need one if youre using headphones with a lower sensitivity though, or if you really just want a volume knob

https://www.ebay.com/itm/JRC4556-Battery-version-RA1-Dual-Channel-MINI-headphone-amplifier-finished-board/132173131332

tho that one doesnt have any protection circuitry so youll want to unplug stuff before turning on/off

at least with sensitive transducers

if you wanted a proper one you could grab one of these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/WZ-RA-DIY-Assembled-headphone-board-power-AMP-base-on-RA1-with-27-Potentiometer/32351207546.html

but then youd need a ground

so either a proper power supply or a virtual ground is needed

delving too far for what you seem to want tho

also, if youre interested i could try connecting to the Zishan Z1 via i2s since im pretty sure it has support

might fix the whole delay issue

would probably be nice to get into this sort of stuff eventually

and if u could fix audio delay that would really help

tbh, dont mess with chifi source gear too much unless its just a clone of some western design

too many variables

ill order an i2s USB interface and see how it goes

youll have to hardwire your z1 tho, unless you want to do some mad modding and stick some breakout pins somewhere or something

holy fuck nevermind theyre expensive as fucc

i aint paying $10 for one of these fuckers

half the price of the z1 <:alismirk:230784726615588865>

10 aud

so like 8 usd

you can give it a go if you want but im probably not

if you know how to solder it shouldnt be hard to do

have done it just need to find soldering iron

but would that stuff u sent earlier be better than the z1?

nah

uses the same dac chip anyway

i haven't AB'd either tho

if i can figure out how to output to two DACs at once i can try

but if i were to hardwire the z1 would i need to be especially competent?

not really

it already has the i2s holes

just get some thin ish wire like cat5e or something and use good solder

and a small tip

do u have link for i2s

sure

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PCB2706-USB-to-I2S-DAC-Decoder-for-WIN-XP-WIN-7-WIN-8-WIN-10-MAC/182380445398

actually im not sure if the z1's i2s is input or output

id heavily wager input

lemme check

Hey @HEKTIK you're an audio autist right, how would I go about being able to plug my electric guitar into my pc to record?

buy an interface

a used 2i2 will work well

tho apparently the second gen does instrument input way better

@TCxUFATIME

@Asse i honestly have no idea how to figure out if its i2s input or out tbh

youre probably best to just buy the dac i linked before and not deal with all the fuckery

do i need something additional or can i just buy as it is and it works?

and what usb type does it use

the sabre dac thing i linked earlier?

all you need is a micro USB cable

yeah the sabre

thought input looked like type c

nah its an upside down micro usb lol

if i were to put this in a tin box would i need some electrical tape so the circuit doesnt short?

yeah it'd be best

or any material really

you could just use some foam or something

id actually suggest double sided tape so it doesnt slide about

i used that with some kapton

so i just have the dac on some double sided foam tape?

yeah

youll have to drill some holes tho

but that should be fine

yeah that shouldnt be a problem

youre either going to have the micro USB or the 3.5mm recessed into the housing tho unless you find something perfectly sized

id reccomend getting a panel mount 3.5 and soldering from it to the underside of the 3.5 already installed

unless you dont really care

I was thinking of ways to attach my dac to my phone when I had my OnePlus

I realised that Velcro would be a good option

yeah

velcro is good for phones

hey i need help with findin earbuds. <$30 w/ good bass and treble

earbuds or iems?

iems, my bad

What do you mean "good bass and treble"?

you mean as in more proiminent than mids?

"good" doesn't really mean much alone

im split between the MEMT X5 and ROCK Zircon

Rock zircons have much more prominent treble

bass is more controlled on the memt x5

zircons have a better cable

i read that the zircons break easily

specifically the cable/plug joint

yeah they do

i primarily listen to rap. which ones would you suggest for that genre

either would work

i love the memt x5 so id have to recommend that

and what about the JVC HA-FX1X. do you know anything about those. cuz if they are good, i could purchase them from a local store, whereas the memt x5s it will take some time to deliver

fags dont deserve earphons

oh god those JVC superbass xplosive things

never heard anything good about them

and the FR looks aids

ah. so the memt it is

Fmd @HEKTIK do KZ ATEs not have a detachable cable?

they dont

fixed cable

Shit

lol

Oh well looks like I spent $3 on a Bluetooth module for nothing

What's the cheapest KZs with detachable cables?

ZS3 or ES3

ES3 sounds a bit better but ZS3 fits better

neither are great sounding tho

pick your poison

are the lg quadbeat 3 iems good?

I think I'd rather the ES3 the cheapest I can find is $16.53 though, should I wait for a coupon?

@drakka never used em, FR looks decent

@TCxUFATIME i got mine for 9 USD

That's like $12aud then, I might wait it out

read some amazon reviews on them, they seem to be a hit or miss. till this day i was using my old lg optimus 4x plugs which were amazing, alas they broke

amazon reviews dont really mean much

i guess. there was also this review on audiophileon

https://www.audiophileon.com/news/lg-quadbeat-3-review

but idk how reliable they are

xe800 meme is also good

i wouldnt really rec xe800 to someone who mainly listens to hip hop

unless someone is already aquainted to a more flat signature

in that case i absolutely would

damn ok

i would use the ones that come with my huawei, but they are using the apple earpod design which is not at all comfortable for me

would they be good for electronic music?

earpod design falls out of my ears, I know your feel

the xe800 is good for everything unless youre a massive warmfag/bassfag

they have incredibly good bass texture when properly sealed

even then you can EQ the shit outta them

since they have ultra low distortion

if I EQ bass boost em a little for that extra kick would they still be ok

yeah absolutely

i eq'd mine to high heaven

There's a really good general EQ on the Mi sound enhancer EQ

is it a parametric eq?

Makes the Xiaomi Tri Drivers sound better than the ZS5

no fucking idea

it's literally two buttons

wat

to enable the EQ

it's two buttons

half of their EQ profiles are shit, makes the sound canned up and garbage

i dont really see how that is notable

it isn't really

just a cool little feature

it's also super buggy and if you use an interfering music program (eg botnet play music) the EQ will crash settings

what about the sony mdrxb50?

never heard them but most cheap sony iems are pretty aids

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-mdr-xb50-all-of-your-basses-all-of-them.717002/

http://www.thephonograph.net/sony-mdr-xb50ap-review/

seems aight

How's the ZS6 vs ES3, ZS5 was pretty bad? Waiting on a few ZS6s

zs6 is an OG zs5 but worse

@HEKTIK I ended up buying some ES3's hope they're okay

yo boys, Yincrow X6's are super nice

how nice?

Must be pretty nice if HEKTIK thinks so

They look kinda fugly though

@HEKTIK My guitar amp has a port on the back that says "PHONE" does that mean I can just buy a 3.5mm to 1/4" adapter and plug a pair of earphones in?

you could, but it'll more than likely have a fucking massive output impedance

so i wouldnt advise it

you could use a cmoy or something as a buffer tho

@Droidbot for $12, fucking miles better than trashy monks

measure em up boiio

cant measure earbuds reliably

would need a proper simuated ear

my tube coupler just wont measure them even remotely accurately

how do I apply multiple coupon code on gearbest?

dont think you can

at least not to the same item

Chink IEMs with detachable cable besides shitty KZs?

I may need to mod my df10s because I love the sound but the cable is just shit

BGVP SGZ-DN1 measure quite nice

never heard em tho

all the good cheap chifi iems dont have removable cables for god knows what reason

anyone want a superflux? 😏 http://puu.sh/yaEFr/1de24c6c17.jpg

borked?

doesnt say so

id consider buying as a beater phone but i got so many at this point there aint no point

I should probably wait

till the 11th before buying anything, right

probably going to buy those superluxes

is the sale going to be an actual sale tho

or is it the same "raise prices by 50% and lower it back on sale day"

Here to shill vjjb k4s

Really good

these look nice

I'll consider buying these as a replacement for my urbanfuns

Why most deals is only at GB and it is either KZ or XiaoMemes

Biggest names, I guess.

At this rate Probably I'll end up with the whole lineup of kz except of the zs5

@Deleted User Gearbest has exclusive KZ products

Like the es3

Took it already