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I appreciate the suggestions. Trying to avoid buying more than like 3 IEMs because they'll end up sitting in a drawer lol. I sure miss the website GearBest as they had such great prices. Typically just use AliExpress these days. Probably go with just the KZ x HBB DQ6s and see how it goes. I listen to a lot of rap and techno/trance/house music so need something that has good bass. The HBB DQ6s come with some comply like foam tips and for like 5 dollars more a KZ gold silver upgrade cable. Believe tomorrow Aliexpress is having a spring sale so itll be like a dollar off too. Tremendous value for 20 bucks for everything you get! Phone I use still has 3.5mm so figure get the silvery cable with mic and the gold/silver w/ no mic for ipod. I like the "pink" color is kind of like copper colored
If it helps, my main genres are Uplifting Trance and prog House (not the tommorowland stuff)
I do use a small EQ to boost up the bass and lower 2-4K by -1 because Uplifting trance is the brightest sounding music in existence lol
Choosing between those and CCA Trio is tricky because they have a similar configuration. The advantage of the HBB DQ6s is western tuning = more clean bass and less harshness in the vocals area (which i really hate).
I probably wont get the Trio because according to reviews, they lack some kick in the bass department.
In the graph, you can also see some sub-bass dis-advantage.
Then look at 2-4K peak compared to the DQ6s. I dont know how the Trio actually sounds, but that peak might be trouble with bright synths.
Trio does seem to have more treble energy though.
Hope HBB will make his own version of the Trio (and PR3) as well.
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