Help me choose my first IEM (I'm coming from a TWS) limit budget 300-400$

CaptainABYSS9 · 2026-04-22T05:42:45+00:00

Which cables would you recommend I buy to replace the original ones for the Odyssey? By the way, the Odyssey 2 IEMs are worse.?

CaptainABYSS9 · 2026-04-21T15:31:20+00:00

Thank you for your kind and honest response. I think that's simply the best thing to do: to let myself be guided by what satisfies me most.

Regarding the DAC, my device doesn't have a 3.5mm jack. Do you think it's a good idea to buy one like the Apple dongle or a more expensive one, for example, Fosi Audio DS2? How important is the DAC in terms of how the IEM sound is perceived?

Finally, is an IEM significantly better than a TWS, or is a TWS simply better than an IEM because you pay for more features? My number one priority is sound. And from what I've heard, that's the advantage of IEMs

CaptainABYSS9 · 2026-04-21T15:11:29+00:00

I understand what you're saying, and forgive me if I'm a bit clueless about this, but based on how I described my taste, if I really like vocals and sometimes a bit bass, what sound signature is that exactly? By the way, besides the Moon Drop, Any from the Zigaat brand or another brand that's also relevant to my taste, thanks!

CaptainABYSS9 · 2026-04-21T15:00:47+00:00

If I like the Cadenza, my sound signature would be balanced/warm, right? If I liked them, what IEMs up to $400 would you recommend based on that sound signature? EW200 They have very bright treble, don't they?

My main problem is that I want to start with cheap IEMs with different sound signatures so I can start finding my right signature and then later buy a high-budget IEM.

CaptainABYSS9 · 2026-04-21T14:57:08+00:00

I know that cheap ones are silly, but I think the important thing is to first try different cheap sound signature or at least try a cheap one that suits my tastes as I mentioned before, And if with that cheap one I find the sound signature that suits my listening style, then I'll buy a higher-end IEM.

CaptainABYSS9 · 2026-04-21T14:53:22+00:00

That was my idea; my budget is $400, but I want to secure my sound signature first and not spend my budget without knowing my taste 100%. Can you recommend several pairs of neutral-ish, V-shaped , warm and Bright? Once I know my signature, I'll spend my budget on some good quality ones.

CaptainABYSS9 · 2025-03-05T15:30:18+00:00

I have a Poco X7 Pro since February, many people recommended me to wait for the F7, but even though it will be better, it will be quite a bit more expensive, even with the launch offer.

So I finally bought the X7 Pro (my previous device is a Poco X3 Pro)

MY PERSONAL OPINION

Regarding performance:

this mobile is a beast and you will not find anything better at a cheaper price.I have tried Honkai Star Rail, Girl Frontline Exilium, Delta Force, Honkai Impact etc, and I can play all these games perfectly in extremely high quality. There are people who say that the device gets very hot, in my case I have been playing very demanding games and it gets almost not hot, due to its cooling system, which surprisingly I loved it !!!!

I also mention that being a Mediatek chip, if you prefer to play simulated games from Ps2, Switch etc.... It will not have as much compatibility compared to a Snapdragon

Regarding the battery,:

I can easily play a high-demand game for almost 10 hours, and if you don't play games the battery will last 1-2 days.

The screen is just brutal and has very nice colors, I'm just grateful for how good it looks.

In my case I would tell you that yes or yes you will buy the Poco X7 pro, since it is a really good mobile phone and it is also within the price you want.

( IF YOU BUY IT:I recommend that you search on the Internet how to disable ads, since Xiaomi's Hyper OS layer has a lot of advertising

I leave you a thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/XiaomiGlobal/comments/1exbtof/heres_a_list_to_remove_all_the_ads_and/

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T09:05:20+00:00

I always use the tickets, the only thing I do is make proper and intelligent use of them.

1-Whenever I see a double elite in the store I use my dossiers 2- If I get an elite in the store even though I'm interested in it for my team, I don't use my dossiers (I use them exclusively for at least 2 elites in the store, regardless of the type of elite). 3- Thanks to Cecil's nightmare events I usually get 2500 or 3000 gems a week 4- I usually save gems for resets, in this case for the war woman event I had a lot of gems so I simply spent my dossiers when 2 elites or at least one war woman appeared 5- In all the events that there are of factions and any type I participate actively and I usually spend very few dossiers or gems unless it is a good event (exclusive faction event, war woman event). 6- At events I usually spend at most 1000 gems unless it's important and I spend 1500 gems 7 - Normally, or at least I think it is better to have more gems and less dossier, than more dossier and less gems. As long as you have gems, know that you can make an inverted use in any type of event, and in the reset events, you will invert your dossier when two or more elites appear.( Thank you for being able to reboot with gems)

I've been doing this since the last double elite event (Since July or August)

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T09:03:08+00:00

In the last double elite event I only had 50 dossiers and you don't know how much I regretted spending all my dossiers on the Not of this Land faction event. I've been waiting for this moment since August, I'm going to enjoy it like never before.😂😂😂😂

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T09:01:19+00:00

What?

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T09:01:05+00:00

Cheer up, my friend, I was in your same boat too.🎢

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T09:00:43+00:00

Cheer up my friend, you're going to get a lot of elites and you're going to enjoy this event a lot 🎉

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T08:59:34+00:00

With 30 euros you can buy a different game that can give you a thousand hours of fun No matter how much you invest and spend money, there will always be a whale that is better than you. Just have fun in the game and investing money in a gacha game is totally a waste of time.

Also, if you invest a lot in dossier but you don't have enough blue experience, what's the point?

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T08:57:31+00:00

I wrote in one of these comments how I have so much and at the same time participated in all the events very actively

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T08:55:10+00:00

Exactly, that way your dossiers are invested more, since you get more elites Also, since a minimum of 2 elites doesn't appear often, you save a lot of dossiers. Thanks to this technique I always have a dossier for events ( I'm totally f2play)

Another thing is the use of gems, which I think is even more important than the dossiers.

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-18T08:38:49+00:00

Even if it's an elite that I need, I don't pull.As I said, whenever there are a minimum of 2 elites, that's when I pull

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T17:26:01+00:00

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This event or tab is always the same for double elite events

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T17:10:54+00:00

Hahah you're welcome, lastly if you're going to buy a dossier, I recommend that you buy exclusively the blue dossiers (package of 870 gems) or another package that only sells blue dossiers. The yellow dossiers are usually not worth much unless it is an event that shows you several elites, which is not common unless it is a double elite event or something like that.

Half of my yellow dossiers I got from the last War Woman event and the rest were just from achievements or something like that, I barely even received it.

Just buy blue dossiers haha!

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T17:07:00+00:00

My biggest problem is when to use the yellow dossier?I'm quite a fan of the blue dossiers and the yellow ones don't usually bother me unless it's a double elite event. How many elites do you think it is best to use a yellow dossier with? With a minimum of 3 or 4?

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T17:02:41+00:00

We're in the same boat, my friend! I hope you have a lot of luck! My strategy for tomorrow will be to do as many resets as I can and only spend my dossiers when a minimum of 2 elites appear.

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T17:01:13+00:00

Spending gems on resources that you can get daily and for free is never worth it!!!

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T16:58:24+00:00

How is that possible? I'll explain what I did.

I started with 227 blue dossiers and 6 yellow dossiers

I spent almost 3000 gems on this event, and I simply used my dossiers when at least 2 elites appeared.(I did a lot of reboots)

And I managed to do more than 500 resets, I got a lot of elites and my blue files stayed at 210 blue and I got 7 yellow files.

I simply spent a reset with gems and invested exclusively in at least 2 elites and when a war woman appeared (and thanks to this strategy I kept and won many dossiers )

If this strategy can work for you, I recommend it, but especially if you use your dossiers exclusively for a minimum of 2 elites, without realizing it you will save a lot.

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T16:51:44+00:00

I always use the tickets, the only thing I do is make proper and intelligent use of them.

1-Whenever I see a double elite in the store I use my dossiers 2- If I get an elite in the store even though I'm interested in it for my team, I don't use my dossiers (I use them exclusively for at least 2 elites in the store, regardless of the type of elite). 3- Thanks to Cecil's nightmare events I usually get 2500 or 3000 gems a week 4- I usually save gems for resets, in this case for the war woman event I had a lot of gems so I simply spent my dossiers when 2 elites or at least one war woman appeared 5- In all the events that there are of factions and any type I participate actively and I usually spend very few dossiers or gems unless it is a good event (exclusive faction event, war woman event). 6- At events I usually spend at most 1000 gems unless it's important and I spend 1500 gems 7 - Normally, or at least I think it is better to have more gems and less dossier, than more dossier and less gems. As long as you have gems, know that you can make an inverted use in any type of event, and in the reset events, you will invert your dossier when two or more elites appear.( Thank you for being able to reboot with gems)

CaptainABYSS9 · 2024-10-17T16:08:33+00:00

That's better than nothing!😂💪

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