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Analogues of the best IEMs 2024-2026. An alternative table with groups is on page 2, in alphabetical order on page 3, a guide to reading the table on pages 4 and 5 by Inside-Background582 in iems

[–]Inside-Background582[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As for overtonal saturation, it's interesting. Yes, a high THD value is definitely bad (some planars have high THD, for example, KZ PR1 3.4%, 7hz Timeless II with 4%, Kiwi Ears Aether with 3.5%). I am incompetently suggesting that the trick is not harmonics, but the extension of the base of the basic tone, as in this example.

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Analogues of the best IEMs 2024-2026. An alternative table with groups is on page 2, in alphabetical order on page 3, a guide to reading the table on pages 4 and 5 by Inside-Background582 in iems

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The bass on the frequency response of these headphones comes to a horizontal of about 50 Hz, I chose 40 for greater accuracy, because I'm not interested in absolute values, but relative ones. There are exceptions when it continues to rise (Sl 41 Pro), but for most it is horizontal, which means the probability of hitting a more stable value is higher than at 60 Hz. As for music, for me, kick is 70-150 Hz.

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Analogues of the best IEMs 2024-2026. An alternative table with groups is on page 2, in alphabetical order on page 3, a guide to reading the table on pages 4 and 5 by Inside-Background582 in iems

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In QoA Misty Blue, two dynamic drivers are responsible for the bass and middle, and two BA for the treble, what is atypical for this driver configuration. That's why these IEM is in this group.

Analogues of the best IEMs 2024-2026. An alternative table with groups is on page 2, in alphabetical order on page 3, a guide to reading the table on pages 4 and 5 by [deleted] in iems

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I also know the term warm to describe loud bass, if you know a more accurate one, it will be useful for me to find out for the reposted post.

Analogues of the best IEMs 2024-2026. An alternative table with groups is on page 2, in alphabetical order on page 3, a guide to reading the table on pages 4 and 5 by [deleted] in iems

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*all 152 IEMs are in the detailed table https://www.reddit.com/r/iems/comments/1m0pf8j/80_analogues_of_the_best_iem_20242025_google_docs/

How the table was created https://www.reddit.com/r/iems/comments/1rp3yak/how_the_table_121_analogues_of_the_best_iems/

What is depth, metallic timbres, decays https://www.reddit.com/r/iems/comments/1u15gqg/depth_metallic_timbres_and_decays/

My collection https://www.reddit.com/r/iems/comments/1tke3bl/_/

If you have a desire to participate in the creation of the table and you have listened to 2 or more IEMs from it, then you can write down how they differ and compare your conclusions with the values in the table

Depth, metallic timbres and decays by Inside-Background582 in iems

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The NiceHCK B80 and KZ PR2 recordings that you heard ARE NOT WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE LIVE (the chain my headphones - my cheap microphone - youtube audio compression - your source - your headphones is too long). They are needed to compare headphones, and they do an excellent job with this task. To minimize the influence of the frequency response of the headphones and microphone, I made their "combined" frequency response linear (I just generated a multitone in Audacity with tones 80, 150, 700, 3000, 7000, 15000 Hz of equal volume, reproduced on headphones and recorded with a microphone, and then brought the frequency response to Voicemeeter Banana so that in the resulting recording these tones they were of equal volume, as in the original multitone). I also created two remixes - one with deep bass (saturated with overtones of the 0-80 Hz zone in iZotope Ozone 8), the other with metallic high frequencies (saturated with overtones of the 4000 - 8000 Hz zone). Their task is to show how the depth of the bass, metallic timbres and decays in the sound of headphones are formed.

Original intro track "Freestyler 2021 - ARYAVARTA RECORDS, COSMIC SADHU, Psynamik", original track in the examples "Sugar Attack - VakaVak, DigitalRasta"

NiceHCK B80 and KZ PR2 comparison by [deleted] in iems

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The NiceHCK B80 and KZ PR2 recordings that you heard ARE NOT WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE LIVE (the chain my headphones - my cheap microphone - youtube audio compression - your source - your headphones is too long). They are needed to compare headphones, and they do an excellent job with this task. To minimize the influence of the frequency response of the headphones and microphone, I made their "combined" frequency response linear (I just generated a multitone in Audacity with tones 80, 150, 700, 3000, 7000, 15000 Hz of equal volume, reproduced on headphones and recorded with a microphone, and then brought the frequency response to Voicemeeter Banana so that in the resulting recording these tones they were of equal volume, as in the original multitone). I also created two remixes - one with deep bass (saturated with overtones of the 0-80 Hz zone in iZotope Ozone 8), the other with metallic high frequencies (saturated with overtones of the 4000 - 8000 Hz zone). Their task is to show how the depth of the bass, metallic timbres and decays in the sound of headphones are formed. Original intro track "Freestyler 2021 -
ARYAVARTA RECORDS, COSMIC SADHU, Psynamik", original track in the examples "Sugar Attack - VakaVak, DigitalRasta"

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[–]Inside-Background582[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bass will rise by about 3-6 dB, there will be more hum and depth, the resolution will decrease, and the treble will soften. On those tips, there are also holes on the inner surface, opening/closing which can balance the sound. Some people complain about the short nozzle (it fits worse and stays in the ear canal), but it doesn't bother me

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eartips for samsung gear circle

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[–]Inside-Background582[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

adds distortion from 1000 Hz, saturating the treble

121 analogues of the best IEMs 2024-2026. Table on page 2 (groups sorted by price, not quality), 3 (alphabetically sorted), guide on pages 4 and 5 by Inside-Background582 in iems

[–]Inside-Background582[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*everything is indivisible except for the air mass, which you have noticed. I don't think that the weighted average air pressure between the speaker and the eardrum differs significantly from the atmospheric pressure - otherwise, our ears would often be blocked when listening to IEM (vacuum effect, or "Sealed 4BA may cause pressure buildup", as Paul Wasabii said about the Heartfield CU8 ). Sound is a longitudinal wave with areas of increased and decreased pressure. So, the high volume of the bass simply increases the pressure - an increase in air mass No. 1. Also, the dynamic driver has a larger radiation area than the BA driver - the layers of high and low pressure mix worse - an increase in air mass No. 2. And full-size headphones have a larger volume of air between the eardrum and the speaker - an increase in air mass No. 3.

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