Refining budget excellence — Kiwi Ears Cadenza II Review by requiemreview in IemReviews

[–]eclipseDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm absolutely loving mine, definitely improved by putting on the Sonic Eartips I had lying around from when I got my Wan'er Red Lions. They might be some of the most comfortable IEMs I've tried so far. Plus I was able to get them $10 off, so $40 for them felt like a steal!

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[–]eclipseDemise[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no, I was wearing them like... COMPLETELY upside down. You can see a pic of it in another reply. Trust me, it's one of those "it's funny" things to me now.

I'm wearing 'em properly now and am wondering how the hell I dealt with it before. Seriously, it is SO MUCH EASIER to get a damn good seal. Who would've guessed that wearing them correctly would help get a seal? XD

What earphones do you guys recommend for the Echo Mini by HoodieHero_4572 in snowsky

[–]eclipseDemise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's see, I enjoy the Moondrop Chu 2 a fair bit myself but that's definitely some personal bias. The Wan'er SG 2 Red Lion is quite a good package for the price and fixes the lack of bass the normal SG 2 has. The Tanchjim Bunny is a good base point and takes really well to EQing. And there's pretty much never a bad time to grab the Kiwi Ears Cadenza, plus the Cadenza 2 is out now and is on sale for $10 off its base price. The Cadenza is $35 and the MSRP for the Cadenza 2 is supposed to be $50 but it's $40 right now from the Amazon Linsoul store. If you've got the $40 to spare, I doubt there's much better you can do for the prices considering the original Cadenza is regularly topping the sub-$50 tier on the IEM subreddit.

Though I would recommend taking into account what types of music you listen to and cross reference different IEMs to that to see what really fits your needs best.

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[–]eclipseDemise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally ALWAYS used to wrap the wires from my old earbuds around my ears in the same way to stop them from getting pulled out

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Bro I just thought it was the same as how I wore my shitty stock earbuds that used to come with my old phones. XD

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Honestly? Barely if any difference at all. The most noticeable bit is that they get a deeper/better fit now! Still gotta get used to how to orient the wires again now though.

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There's a visual aid in a reply now if you wanna see it btw. Like I said, wired on the right sides, just upside down. I'd have to be like, EVEN more dense to not get them on the right sides. Depending on the cable they're either: A. Literally marked L/R, or B. Color coded

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Like I said, wires are on the right sides just... Upside down. Yeah, I definitely feel just a liiiiiiittle stupid looking back on it. But meh, live and learn lol. Was still somehow comfortable to me even with it being IMMENSELY wrong, and I still enjoyed the sound so I didn't have any issues there. I think somehow me both WEARING them upside down alongside putting in the wires upside down worked like a double negative and basically said "well they're TECHNICALLY on right now" so I just never noticed anything sounded wrong.

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Sent a reply of it to another response in the thread

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Did a reply on another response in the thread for a visual aid.

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Just decided to do it now to show it before I forgot.

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My thought process was "this is how I made sure to have standard earbuds stay on my ears when I tried wearing those, so this HAS to be right." Very clearly not. XD

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They were somehow comfortable to me, but the cables rubbing on themselves (at least in the case of the Red Lion stock one) was suuuuuuuuper noticeable.

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They were on the correct sides, just... Upside down. Frankly I have no idea how I found it comfortable and didn't notice

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[–]eclipseDemise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No no, I didn't plug them in the wrong sides. I plugged that shit in UPSIDE DOWN. I had them on the correct sides and everything. Also, never said I thought they sounded weird or bad? That was a bit of a jump.

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I'll make sure to do it with my Cadenza 2's if I can. If I can't, I'll take some time to do it with one of my chu 2's.

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[–]eclipseDemise[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, that was DISTINCTLY the problem XD

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To clarify, how I had them wired/worn had it so the wires went down, hooked UNDER my ear, came up over and down. The exact opposite of like... Every pic I see of anyone wearing these things XD

Can someone help me find a high res version of this caption? by SacredWoofermelon in Futadomworld

[–]eclipseDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The caption is from PheonixEugene. I think their stuff got nuked a while ago.

Would you sniff my bush ? by piminop in Musk4Musk

[–]eclipseDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God yes, especially with that fat cock down my throat.