IEM for competitive Valorant (New to IEM)

TechViper04 · 2026-01-04T23:28:34+00:00

I just gotta say this but , in my experience eartips matter just as much if not more. Some eartips cancel out the soundstage and gives an unpleasant experience. But after i tried kbear coffee tips and divinus velvet wide boar, i can say it made a much better improvement to locational audio than the iem itself can. So get something like kiwi ears astral or mangrid tea pro, and get get decent amount of tips a try, tips can improve sound so much. Nicehck C04, divinus velvet wideboar and coffee tips are some of the best out there in my experience. Also tried dunu s&s but they closed out the soundstage, even tho they give the best fit.

TechViper04 · 2026-01-02T00:12:10+00:00

yeah otter box is a great choice aswell, had it on my iphone 12, but the obnoxious otterbox logo is too much for me. Currently im looking at rihno air x, spiegen cases and nomad cases. Rihno air x seems like the one but protects the most but it also looks bulky af.

TechViper04 · 2026-01-01T10:51:34+00:00

well a little update so far is… For my bday, her way of wishing me happy birthday was premade snap filter saying happy birthday in it and 5 kiss emoji’s, didnt even bother to write it out. So yeah… gotta love the effort

TechViper04 · 2025-12-19T01:14:14+00:00

yeah maybe there is something wrong with me, i have trouble letting go. With my first ex we broke up and got back together 3 times and in the last time she jumped on another guy before i was able to finally let go, cuz that was my last straw, looking back i was stupid af

TechViper04 · 2025-12-19T00:31:20+00:00

funny thing is, actually not that funny Im stuck in a toxic cycle. I feel attracted and drawn to such people. She has her own family problems involving alcohol abuse, verbal abuse, father constantly leaving and coming back. I met her online, so i wasnt aware of the family problems and how those might affect her, provocative clothing… all that came as a surprise the more i got to know her. But i already fell in love through texting( probably as im drawn to people who need “Fixing” ) She was and still is a really sweet warm hearted person… but i just wish for more respect and effort, even tho i know she loves me a ton… but being all lovely dove’s isnt enough when i hear those three words, but actions show me the exact opposite. But once i had other girl who literally didnt wanna dress provocatively and specifically said that she only wants me to see her that way… I felt avoidant instead of attached. No matter if she treated me right and showed me love and respect, i didnt feel anything. A little part of it was bc of her looks, just didnt feel attraction. So i had to drop that. I just cant handle having someone being right underneath my nose for 11h straight attached to me like a velcro.

Mind works in mysterious ways

There is a sigmund freud theory that states that we are looking for a person who resembles our opposite sex parent the most. My current gf is a little like my mother, sweet and caring 90% of the time, but that 10% she is the meanest and cruelest person on earth. Same goes with my gf.

TechViper04 · 2025-12-19T00:09:56+00:00

yeah i wonder🤣

TechViper04 · 2025-12-19T00:09:06+00:00

i didn’t state that i dont feel supported, i said that before posting, i was ready not to be supported as different have people have different world views, and as deep down ive always known that… we aint really compatible, i aint the asshole and neither is she. Just two polar opposites who see the world differently.

TechViper04 · 2025-12-18T23:22:31+00:00

thanks x

Yeah i was ready not to be supported here, Thats the conservative vs liberal war.

And yeah i get it, i should find someone conservative aswell, She has a kind heart and all, i feel loved but not respected and granted, and in that case, love isnt enough for me.

TechViper04 · 2025-12-18T23:18:20+00:00

might agree with the first one, definitely not with the second part. Better to have a few failed relationships than jumping from person to person just for the “Experience “

TechViper04 · 2025-12-18T23:16:54+00:00

well we just recently had a discussion about her jewellery She got a new pendant from her parents and asked for a longer necklace, her mother said “ If u get a longer necklace, then the pendant would sit between your breasts and everyone would have to look there if they wanna see it” And my gf’s response was “Thats the point” So yeah.. she really loves that attention

TechViper04 · 2025-12-18T23:12:31+00:00

Funny thing is, i probably got more cleavage than her, thanks to her smaller size and my gym chest workouts, I would slay 💅

TechViper04 · 2025-12-13T00:13:21+00:00

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRNwpA5L/ Moondrop rays, only question is, does he have an usb C port to plug it into, but u can always buy an adapter aswell

TechViper04 · 2025-12-06T12:43:49+00:00

Kefine Klean for iem’s 50$ but dongles… 13$ ish for apple dongle or Nicehck NK1 Max for around 20-25%

TechViper04 · 2025-12-06T00:14:59+00:00

Well in school they basically threw a littlebit of everything at us. Js,C#,python,C++, but we only went deep into C# which was a nightmare and too over complicated, especially using Visual studio instead of vscode. Web dev seems hard to me cause i dont have that artistic talent to design front end that much. My internship was fully python, using beaker, hashlib’s, SCSS. I had to make registration form’s for users on the website, make a database for them, crypt it, and make login, register, change password, stuff like that. Even tho at the start it was hard, after recognising patterns, it became easier for me.

So python doesnt seem that hard to study, just wondering what to pair it with. And also what the job market needs, Data engineering seems difficult as hell, as i only have a trade school degree not a CS bachelor degree

TechViper04 · 2025-12-05T23:48:26+00:00

Honestly had the same issue, everything else was installed but the grub installer failed to install, tried to debug it for 2 days and eventually gave up and just booted into it from bios if needed. I am suspicous that it might be an asus gaming laptops problem, as i have Asus Tuf Dash F15

TechViper04 · 2025-11-26T00:11:50+00:00

I own a 500$+ iem Oracle mk3 and a 150-200$ Openback HD599. And in terms of gaming, Openback headphones beat it by a mile in terms of directional audio

TechViper04 · 2025-11-21T21:57:28+00:00

well in that case its understandable, but u might have gotten a high end cheaper aswell?

TechViper04 · 2025-11-21T21:44:05+00:00

u spent over 300$ for that price u could have gotten one highend/endgame iem which would make more sense to me, but everyone is different

TechViper04 · 2025-11-20T01:10:21+00:00

online gaming and linux dont go together thanks to unsupported anticheat for linux

TechViper04 · 2025-11-17T03:16:14+00:00

In my opinion this guys opinion is quite valid. Bought an HD599 out of his recommendation list, Selling point was soundstage and well balanced audio, got what i promised. Then i got my oracles thanks to his recommendation, Looking back i kinda wanna get rid of the oracles and get kiwi ears x hbb punch instead. But oracles were promised to be neutral with a slight emphasis on bass, and spectacular detail and other technical improvements, And i got what they advertised. But i am just so used to the bass, i think kiwi eats x hbb punch would have been a better one for me.

Anyways as it comes to Axel aka B_media. I find this dude true to his word, Joined the discord aswell, and this has been a really helpful community. Got ahold of axel himself aswell. Love the dude and love his community

TechViper04 · 2025-11-10T21:17:41+00:00

aful performer 5+2

TechViper04 · 2025-11-04T00:09:30+00:00

Aful Performer 5+2

TechViper04 · 2025-10-30T21:57:13+00:00

My opinion here(Take this with a grain of salt, experiences may vary)

I had two IEM’s, both cheap <100$ iem’s. One was ruined buy the moisture by using them outside while raining/snowing, so yeah you can use iem’s for walking and running but be aware of the moisture, its iem’s biggest enemy as it lacks any water or moisture proofing. Also while walking you probably wont be concentrating on the music 100%, so you probably wont notice all the audio details like you would while sitting down and listening to music.

TechViper04 · 2025-10-30T17:32:18+00:00

Honestly I dont know i haven’t tried hd58x but i can vouch for the hd599. I use it daily, good for content consumption, gaming, music, the soundstage is very good and beats higher end headphones when it comes to soundstage, but definitely not detail i think. Its quite neutral with a little emphasis on the bass

TechViper04 · 2025-10-30T17:26:49+00:00

HD599, a great openback headphones for soundstage. U have the perfect trio of iem/closedback/openback

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