(although I do store my earphones in cases pretty much always)

how do you fuck them up then?

I fuck them easy,i go to forest/mountain they catch tree and break

but in normal walk in city,idk

I just use them a lot, walk a lot, etc

sometimes I do chores with them and accidentally get the cable caught on something :^)

So, any more suggestions? I'm using audiobudget as a reference https://audiobudget.com/leaderboard/iem

it is not bad page at all

i mostly agree with dude that reviews them

even tho he does claim x is little better than it really is.

its uuuuh okay

hes definitely a shill and a real jew though

his scoring system is stupid

like rock zircon look way too good on his page

maybe years ago it would hold truth idk

@Julian It's better than n.n/10

not really

he should maybe update older reviews,to go with time

Eah, that's true but seems like too much of an effort

he could give the same score to $10 iems and $30 iems even if the latter sounded much better

yeah but well,you just compare it with reviews with similiar price range

or read full review

even 600/1000 would not tell you much

review is never objective when it comes to sound feel

So, I've been buying stuff recommended by him for some time, nothing lasted long. DZAT DF-10 were absolutely awesome by their looks and sound, but the cord broke. Rock zircon didn't last long as well, and sounded crappy. Now i'm considering TRN V20 and Somic V4

yeah audiobudget is a bit problematic

@Windatica Any alternatives to it?

to audiobudget?

@Windatica yesh

the headphone discord

prob

I remember seeing some other sites in the thread pdf

This www.aproear.co.uk

aproear is alright, but they're inactive last time i checked

audiobudget lol

i gave up on him after reading what amp he used

Any thoughts on hzsound M001? I've kind of liked using wooden headphones

it does looks like skin to me and probably is

ya he's autist

yesterday night there were good recommendations for under 20$ earphones

maybe you could look up in history