• Why use a PMP instead of a phone? >better DAC/AMP >more output power so it can drive higher impedance headphones >smaller sizes than phones for activities like exercise >physical buttons >headphone jacks >some people can't use smartphone at work/use dumbphones
• How to request advice: >Budget >Source (phone or PMPs) >Location >Kind (in-ears or earbuds) >Sound Signature (or genres you like, important!) >Past gear and your thoughts on them (important!)
/iemg/ Hall of Fame: • [Insert meme here] • CCA CRA (V with good treble extension/VK4 spiritual successor) - 15$ • Tin T3 Plus (Mild V) - 80$ • Etymotic ER2SE/XR ("Reference" Neutral/Bass boosted neutral) - 110$ • Moondrop KATO (Bass-boosted neutral) - 190$ • Moondrop Quarks (katos but cheap and small) - 15$ • Tanchjim Tanya (better quarks with more bass) - 24$ • Tanchjim Hana 2021 (Mini-Oxygen with more bass) - 160$ • 7Hz Timeless (Neutral with bass boost) - 170$ • Tanchjim Oxygen (Mild V) - 270$ • Moondrop Blessing 2/Dusk (Neutral/Bassbosted neutral) - 360$ • [The one that you are using] - ???$
/pmp/ Hall of Fame: • Your phone • Hiby R3 Pro / Pro Saber • Sony NWA-55 + Mr Walkman mod • Fiio M11+
/USB/BT DAC/ Hall of Fame: • Tempotec Sonata HD Pro • e1da 9038s/d • Qudelix 5K • CX-Pro Audio 31993
>/TWS/ Hall of Fame: >• none Final ZE3000 on the way for me lads. Apparently they're properly tuned at the driver level with EQ only making final nips and tucks, rather than relying on heavy DSP correction.
serious answers please, I could buy a ER3(both versions) for less than a ER2, since I'm not in the greatest country on earth they are not that cheap so which one should I buy? Is it actually worth to pay more on the ER2?
