FastGecko5

FastGecko5 t1_itoudgw wrote

Reply to comment by Jing_Arjay87 in KZ EDA Balanced - The mature VK4 / CRA by oxtoacart

One is tuned "bassy" (really V-shaped), one is tuned "balanced" (sorta Harman with a bit more V), and one is tuned "reference" (even closer to Harman but on the shouty side apparently)

I think the point is just to get 3 different tunings for the price of one. But idk why you wouldn't just buy a single better IEM at that point.

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FastGecko5 t1_itnivdl wrote

Reply to KZ EDA Balanced - The mature VK4 / CRA by oxtoacart

I wanna try these but I can't find just the Balanced model anywhere for cheap. Like all the sellers on AliExpress want almost as much for the single set as the three pack costs but I have no use for a three pack of IEMs lol.

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FastGecko5 t1_itm24f5 wrote

Reply to comment by DwellerInIce in What is the absolute cheapest pair of headphones/IEMs you would describe as enjoyable? by DwellerInIce

Linsoul was doing a promotion where if you bought a BLON Z200 you got an FG for free. The Z200 were pretty mediocre and I sold them immediately but the FG are genuinely alright. My fiancee is using them with some moondrop springtips now. But I think they're normally only like $10 anyway.

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FastGecko5 t1_it8x0sl wrote

Reply to comment by JZKallday in My 1 and a half year experience with the Arias (and other headphones) - A slight letdown by TomasJ74

My first IEMs were the Shure SE215, they cost me about the same as an Aria. They didn't sound that good compared to what's out there now but they lasted me half a decade of hard use, and still worked perfectly when I sold them. It's absolutely a QC issue, or if you prefer, a TQM issue. Inexpensive IEMs can still be durable, and letting manufacturers think it's okay for IEMs to be "wear items" is only doing a disservice to ourselves as consumers.

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FastGecko5 OP t1_it3hbcv wrote

Reply to comment by sic_erat_scriptum in Let's Talk DD IEMs by FastGecko5

Interesting insight, thanks.

Just to be clear, I wasn't implying expensive single DD IEMs are BS or a rip-off. It's just interesting to me that there is actually RnD and improvements to be made to 1DD IEMs, to the point that 1DD Halo products exist at all.

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FastGecko5 OP t1_it2h08v wrote

Reply to comment by Billy__k in Let's Talk DD IEMs by FastGecko5

> I find cohesion and timbre are far more important to me than pure detail retrieval.

Same here. DD IEMs sound much more natural IMO. Although I have been impressed by single BA à la Etymotic.

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FastGecko5 OP t1_it2gfmp wrote

Reply to comment by No-Context5479 in Let's Talk DD IEMs by FastGecko5

The Dunu Luna is actually the one I was thinking of when I made the post. It's just a basic cylindrical enclosure with a DD in it. It's what got me thinking about "why is this $1600"

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