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repost from literally one of the top posts of this subreddit

I beg to disagree. I definitely hear more details on the E3k than E1k. It’s definitely not a side grade but rather a step up but not exponentially.

Sir, you have no need to keep up. You have a need to enjoy your music and whatever working hardware you have.

Well, that depends on budget. But having said that, I’d absolutely recommend the Salnotes Zero. Next in like would likely be the Truthear Hexa.

I’d also highly recommend the Truthear Zero.

I have all of the E series Finals’ and my favourite is the E4000 by far. But I’d still recommend the Salnotes first. I know it’s cheap, but it’ll show you just how unrelated price and sound quality are.

Thanks. My amp/DAC Qudilex 5k has one.

Well al least they protect you from werewolves. You got your money's worth.

They will sound much better in one direction than three other.

No measurements whatsoever, instead talk about how the bass feels.

..is this what "normal" audiophile journalism looks like? Because frankly this is just weird.

Yeah, i also live in Brazil and is really like that.

I bought my Salnotes Zero and i'll probably buy another cheap iem like this at the end of the year, idk!

Just make the musicians play live for you, simple!

Given how vague they are about the exact chip, I wouldn't be surprised if the answer isn't "whichever one was cheapest that run and met listed specs".

Not saying its a bad thing, just speculating. Swapping out "equal performance" parts based on price and/or availability is very common in the electronics world.

FOMO is strong in the Chi-Fi IEM world

They just need more burn in.

The placebo effect is too strong for most people and the cycle continues

Indeed

Balanced won't make a difference in the sound.

Only if you 'plan' on spending much much more in the near future (ie buy even more expensive headphones :))

No amount of cheaping out will get you better sound than paying more. If you can pay for a 30 bucks iem then you can also save up and a couple months are years buy a proper setup. Sorry I am not part of your crinicle and amir cult… I don’t take the L proudly but I’ll take it :_(

Yea, another poor soul saved from chi-fi financial ruination. It's all in a day's work!

as minimum wage worker, take this L.

According to the frequency response seems like the lcd 2 would be more muddy and veiled

It could be that their DD quality or housing design just isn't there yet. If either DD can't handle exclusive bass-sub or mid-high range, they'd have to choose a different cutoff. Just speculation.

I'm not really impressed with Chifi other than Hifiman performance (not QC). As others have said, the IEMs seem way more hypetrain & waifu/otaku obsessions than high performance + high quality audio gear.

Psh, look at this guy stopping at rewiring everything and not holding the entire production team hostage using all the wire.

>I also found out not to follow the herd by buying overhyped stuff.

My strategy was buying hyped products that I was interested in, because I thought they would be super popular and "retain value". Learnt the hard way with my Verite Closed and LCD-5, could almost buy a brand new HD800S.