• 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!)
Hello friend. Believe me, most of us have been there too. You've spent years toiling in the muck of audiophilia. You read ALL the reviews. You watched ALL the youtube videos. You visited ALL the other forums where everything always makes a difference. You bought the cables and the little bridge thingies for them to sit upon and the benefits were magical. You bought the $1000 IEMs that only truly sang after 250 hours of burn-in. Not 200 hours...or 225 hours, but 250 hours! It must be that for the magic to appear! You converted your entire music library to super high res and enjoyed the blissful new details that never were revealed by the awful, cludgy mess that was 16/44 cd. Never have your ears been assaulted by the likes of bluetooth audio or lossy mp3! You searched endlessly for the perfect the dac that truly brought the magic! You bought one after another, each more expensive than the last, searching for the one, true dac that sounded better than all the rest.
And then you arrived here...and posted about your dac discovery, and were told that a dac shouldn't sound like anything at all! Suddenly your audio reality came crashing down around you. How can this be? Why shouldn't a dac sound great?? Why would expensive dacs even exist if they all sound the same??? Wounded, you lash out angrily! It's idiocy! It's retarded! These people have dead ears! It hurts. We understand. It's been a long time and you've spent a lot of money, all for naught. But once the pain diminishes and you've had time to deal with your emotions just give it some thought. Let a bit of that light in and bask in a warm, tubey glow that actually means something! Perhaps, as with many of us, a weight will begin to lift off your shoulders. Perhaps there is freedom in this new reality! You might discover that there is a different way a way that wields real magic. A way that actually answers questions and reveals truth while at the same time leaving your wallet fat and happy!
>The in ear market has all but collapsed. Every single transducer producer and competitor has been driven out by one of two companies: Moondrop with their true Harman VDSF tuning or Knowledge Zenith with their bass boosted diffused field treble >new IEMs and iterations of old IEMs from these companies are released on a weekly schedule with .5 difference tunings in the treble or bass response with no other changes. >new IEMs are so cheap humanity regularly finds them in gumball machines, toys for fast food meals, or as complimentary earphones on flights and bus rides. >Any other form of speakers or headphones have been thrown in trash heaps or locked away to gather dust in museums for children to marvel at the antique technology. >Churches, bands, podcasters, sports announcers, radio stations have also formed strong cults surrounding either Moondrop or KZ and vehemently excommunicate or expel anyone and everyone who brings heresy of the opposing manufacturer into their venues. >The entire world is up in arms about audio and wars are fought on whether Harman's midbass tuck and rolled off treble is better or if it's more natural to have a linear bass boost with flatter upper mids and treble >Everyone's religious, cultural, and philosophical differences are put aside as the only relevant factor for a human being is whether they're team Moondrop or team KZ >The world is on the brink of destruction..... >In the final moments before the total breakdown of negotiations and commencement of nuclear apocalypse an agreement is reached to have a duel. Winner decides all…. >From the mountain tops you see Nouvraught sporting his newest $2.50 KZ SEX Pro Ultra X Orgasm edition earphones riding on a chariot pulling out his flaming sword >On the other side you see Sharur riding his electric scooter with his futuristic $4.75 Moondrop Cumrations White Edition pull out his trust Hi Point. >The two glorious warriors clash in the center! To be continued…
Austin Robinson
Chu status: forgotten
Jonathan Long
>As the two champions of their respective teams meet they exchange a volley of deadly words >”Like OH MY GOD. I can literally hear your earphones from over here and the bass is SOOO shitty and muddy” – Exclaims Sharur as he fires his hi point but fails to hit the broad side of a barn and it jams >Nouvraught retorts while swinging his sword at air since he failed to gauge audio spatial cues >“Your dumbass wouldn’t know what a real cello or bass guitar would sound like much less any other instrument if it smacked you in the face!” >This furious battle to the death continues for hours as Sharur has to pull more hi points out of his backpack as the previous ones keep exploding. Nouvraught wildly flails but continues to whiff. >Sharur finally gets the bright idea of throwing his hi point at his opponent. As the pistol flies in the air it hits Nouvraught smack right in the middle of the face and explodes. >He screams and clutches his eyes and as he does his sword gets tossed and goes flying at Sharur >Sharur’s headless body slump over….decapitated >As Nouvraught and dresses his wounds, there is pitiable silence in the wind. Moondrop fanboys drop to their knees and sulk as the KZ warlords swoop in >Nouvraught however stops them in their tracks. >For once in his life he has a moment of clairvoyance…..”WAIT!” he says. >“They may be dumb but after linear treble is achieved, sound quality is still a subjective preference” >With those simple words the war is brought to a halt just as quickly as it began. >Nouvraught carries Sharur and builds him a grave and a small shrine, while posthumously granting him mod status in his forum >KZ and Moondrop finally work together to build audio equipment that actually fits different audio needs. >competition returns to the audio world and everything is back to normal like none of this ever happened and it was just some sick fever dream This truly is 20XX
> KZ and Moondrop finally work together to build iems combining complete nobass (without the ability to fix it with an equalizer) and build quality below noname Airpods clones
Finally pos endgame
Gavin Johnson
why pay 500 bucks for westoid pos when i can get 80 bucks chink pos of equal quality i am deeply racist towards your average disgusting bugmen, but even i cannot overlook the fact that they're overtaking the audiophile market in cost:performance
Caleb Robinson
Sony doesn't need to release a million of the same type of IEMs every year. They've already released theirs and that's enough
Robert Jones
Moondrop Aria SE is BASED.
Zachary Brooks
Post IEM and hands
William White
Just IEMS sadly, you'd think they'd try and tap into the high-end headphone market as well.
Hunter Thomas
> They've already released theirs and that's enough > mh755 - discontinued > n3ap - discontinued
Carter Rivera
Chinkshit won in every price range. There's no reason to buy anything else, ever.
NOOOOOOOO SCHIZOBROS WE CANNOT HAVE SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY OWNS IEMS DESTROY OUR FALSEFLAGGING AND MISINFORMATION SPREADING JANNIES HELP ME I AM GOING INSANE, BAN THIS GUY RIGHT NOW
Daniel Anderson
It's not IEM it's just consumer in-ear There is not much money in this market segment and they will have to compete with a bunch of chinks who sell in-ars almost at cost.
