Yes I thought the red was best at first but now I use the balanced ones with the narrow bore tips to help give a fuller sound to the bass. Highs are still crystal clear.

If I didn't own the Airpods Pro 2, I'd be more tempted to try the new KZ Xtra, Bluetooth 5.4 and real ANC mode... single DD but man there's a bass shelf according to that graph! I used to own the SKS and those things were champs, had great battery life, and sounded very good.

So far on my IEM ranking list, the Trio is absolutely ACING every song I throw at it... Technically is the best of the new IEMs I've bought recently, but for some reason, I'm not sure it's my favorite yet. Maybe it's just the boring design. After I finish this spreadsheet, I want to come up with...

So on the back of the box of the Tangzu XuanNv (Xuan Nü) there were these four Chinese characters in red that I decided to look up, which sent me down a rabbit hole! Google translate camera had a bit of a tough time with them but eventually I got it to say “ninth Heaven mysterious woman” hmm I...

ok the Libra is FAR better than the ZS10 Pro 2?! hmmm

I know all about spending too much money on hobbies, but I'm single lol. My other hobby [modern board games] has grown to a ridiculous collection which I'm somewhat managing to keep in check now... and now I find renewed interest in IEMS lol at least i'm only buying the cheap ones

I just got the ST7 in today and listening to them for a bit while they burn in on my playlist, they somehow sound warm AND clear at the same time.

So would a relatively cheap dongle amp be good enough? I am using one no name brand lightning to 3.5 dongle that somehow plays headphones very loud. (Yes the sound quality is still excellent) Like I have to listen to them at 30% less volume than with the Apple dongle. But is that “louder”...

The more I’m listening to the Tangzu XuanNv the more I realize I have issues with the sound… they are a warm set, and not super detailed when the tracks get more demanding… comparing them to the Trio and even the Polaris, I’m preferring those CCAs to the glorious red jewels I fell for… I’m not...

Got a surprisingly good quality cheap dongle that seems to reduce volume needed for playback compared to other dongles: link to post

Replying to myself in case anyone could use this information: I got this cheap dongle on Amazon that must have some kind of amp or volume enhancer because I need way less volume when listening to music than the Charge Worx shown above. This is great for the tangzu XuanNv because those use more...

I'm slowly working on comparing the Polaris, ZVX, D-fi, Trio, Conch, and XuanNv in my IEM ranking list which is more like an "all-rounder" scoring system, honestly. I have not yet come up with a streamlined way to do more detailed comparisons like folks here do, and honestly I'm not sure my ears...

I was very unimpressed with the EDX PRO X … not sure why because I loved the older EDX. but for single drivers from KZ, the ZVX, D-fi, and CCA Polaris I’m pretty sure all sound significantly better and on AliExpress, are the same price or cheaper!

FINALLY got a clean example of these beauties in and got a second pair, one for gifting. Neither had the cracking or keeping of my first two sets, but the second pair was missing a Sancai eartip. Drat! Another email to Linsoul haha. The Tangzu quality control is really suffering now! Also, I...