My clear og hasn't broken yet. It's my favorite and most expensive.

I didn't know people who were into mechanical keyboards cared about their hearing

here's a headphone ranking list from a dude who's even more into IEMs

the popular budget headphones around here tend to be the Koss KSC75

If you have windows or macos, you can really get into how folks evaluate headphones with this app

the thing we do differently here is share frequency response graphs and make jokes about them. a lump in one place means boomy, move it and it's shouty, etc.

I am my music service. Logitech Media Server. I do not pay monthly fees for nothing if I can help it. I buy from Bandcamp and Qobuz. I have 22,000 songs woop woop /r/musichoarder

No way. There's a continuous hole from the ear tip to the back, if it gets too deep in there how could water get out? Blessing2s are fragile.

If people were free they wouldn't pay rent. Not every country is afflicted with rampant landlordism. Countries with high home ownership have negligible levels of homelessness. Hoarding the housing supply is not ethical. If you take something everybody needs and put it on the market, the price will necessarily go too high for some people to afford it. Something everybody needs, you're advocating for denying that for the sake of preservation of the livelihood of worthless parasites. The threat of homelessness to preserve profiteering, that's your idea of freedom.

The folks in the thread I linked mostly dig the suede pads on the XM4

I'm digging em on my focal clears, I just bought a pair for my XM3s a couple minutes after someone downvoted that comment you replied to without explaining themselves

Dekoni pads might work

Crinacle is going to be able to afford some really expensive hoodies

Thieaudio Monarch MKII

If budget is an issue then the answer changes, here's a year-old list https://crinacle.com/rankings/iems/

I also submit Truthear Zero for $50ish, Celest Gumiho for the samish price if you don't have big earholes, and Letshuoer S12 Pro if you want something really good. There's Salnotes Zero in the $20 range and it's got a really good reputation but personally I don't think it can do treble.

None of these are literally earbuds, they're IEMs to split hairs

Depends what class you are.

Private corporations run the country. Many of the internet companies in the US cooperate with NSA. Government regulators often get offered high-paying jobs in the industries they regulate, they call it the revolving door.

They hated him because he told the truth

It's balanced, probably.

The issue is private ownership of capital.

I have the QC35 and the XM3. I've had 2 pairs of XM3 that pick up a faint rumbling noise in one ear, it doesn't go away with reflashing the firmware or anything. The XM3 I bought, 3rd pair, that doesn't have that problem came with a cracked headband, it's currently sitting in pieces as I had to desolder 12 tiny wires to replace the cracked part.

It's possible you got a firmware update on your bose that nerfed ANC.

I vote, replace your Bose earpads and use those till they break and then buy something neither bose nor sony if you want an improvement, ANC headphones are starting to get some quality options like Focal Bathys. I personally won't buy any new bluetooth gear that doesn't support LDAC, Aptx-Lossless or at least Aptx-HD.

Oof all these Chu stans are spitting mad, pulling at their non-detachable cables and downvoting. Careful guys, you'll chip the paint

Well on the bright side you got some springtips out of the deal. Zeros should serve you well.

https://youtu.be/j_0l0miBN98?t=30

Hi Advance I'm ultima-ratio-populi

The system works, folks!

This is a really good app for that http://harmanhowtolisten.blogspot.com/2011/01/welcome-to-how-to-listen.html

For posterity https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/z5dqw9/my_first_mmcx_conversion_process_in_the_comments/ixvh357/

Check OPs profile, looks like the comment got removed

I'm with you on dusk vs s12, the s12 seems to win on details. The S12 has a bit of a shallow fit for me and the dusk likes to leave a tip in my ear.