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[quadgear]

I tried a few of the earphones in the thread, the salnotes and the kiwi ears, and they are just really harsh compared to my el cheapo wireless bluetooth earbuds or regular headphones. I always see people with the Shure 215's. Are they mellower?

I went with the Tangzu Wan'er because they were mellower.

Also, getting a good seal is import for decent bass response which leads to a mellow tone.

 

[pipelineaudio]

My bass response is fine, especially with foam tips, but the 2.5-7khz area is just pure pain with most of these Ive tried

 

[pipelineaudio]

I went with the Tangzu Wan'er because they were mellower.

There seem to be a few different models of these, is there a preferred one? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=tangzu+wan'er&ref=nb_sb_noss

 

[quadgear]

There seem to be a few different models of these, is there a preferred one? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=tangzu+wan'er&ref=nb_sb_noss

I think they are all the same, just different distributors.

Alibaba is a bit cheaper if you care about the cheapest price (see the title ;-)) .

 

[pipelineaudio]

Weird. I made recordings of the offending guitar sounds then sent them to my phone to be played over my el cheapo Bluetooth JLab earbuds and I got none of the painful crackles. Could be the mp3ification but I’m trying to figure a way to go right to them thru my computer chain.

 

[pipelineaudio]

How are the Shure 215's (SE or Aonic or whatever) vs these sorts of headphones? Are they better at isolating? Less harsh?

 

[spawnofthesith]

How are the Shure 215's (SE or Aonic or whatever) vs these sorts of headphones? Are they better at isolating? Less harsh?

My whole band switched from the 215s to the salnotes. They sound better, have better isolation and fit, and have been significantly more reliable we've collectively been using the salnotes longer than the shures now and have not had to replace any. Between the 3 of us had 2 of the shures crap out. Would never go back to the shures

 

[pipelineaudio]

Are you using the 7hz salnotes zero? or is there another model I should be looking at?

 

[spawnofthesith]

Are you using the 7hz salnotes zero? or is there another model I should be looking at?

Yeah that's the one we're all running

 

[pipelineaudio]

Are you using the stock tips? Or foam ones? I can’t figure out which tips to use. It takes so long to switch them that by the time I have them changed I can’t really remember what’s better and what’s worse

 

[spawnofthesith]

Are you using the stock tips? Or foam ones? I can’t figure out which tips to use. It takes so long to switch them that by the time I have them changed I can’t really remember what’s better and what’s worse

Just the stock tips, I've never tried foam tips

 

[782369]

Are you guys using all these cool, cheap iem-s live or mostly just listening to music?
I’m kind of itching to try some under 50-60$ ones but would like to use them mainly playing live (and eventually, getting my singer on in ears).

Would be interesting to try something with dynamic drivers since I’ve never tried any.

I’m using kz as16pro-s for live monitoring atm and they are totally fine, maybe a little tiring in upper midrange.

 

[quadgear]

Are you guys using all these cool, cheap iem-s live or mostly just listening to music?

I use the Tagnzu Wan'er while playing live. Can't speak for others but I assume this true for most of the comments here.

 

[pipelineaudio]

Anyone tried the KZ ZS10 stuff? https://www.soundguys.com/kz-zs10-pro-review-111732/

 

[782369]

Anyone tried the KZ ZS10 stuff? https://www.soundguys.com/kz-zs10-pro-review-111732/

If I remember correctly, a lot of TGP people have/recommend them…or was it somewhere else? Supposed to have harsh high end. My AS16Pro-s have the same thing a bit but it bothers me only when I play guitar alone through headphones, in live situation I eq my monitor mix so no problem.

 

[Frankencat]

I have the KZ-AS10's and they sound ok but are a little hot/harsh on the high end for me. I much prefer my CCA-C10's which are warmer and have better low end. I use these all the time in church or wherever I need to use the ear weenies.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Are you guys using all these cool, cheap iem-s live or mostly just listening to music?

No, I'm using mine (Wan'ers) *just* for live. For music listening, I way prefer standard headphones. The Wan'ers are doing a great job now that I've found some suitable rubber tips (will order a bunch of foam tips soon, though).

 

[782369]

No, I'm using mine (Wan'ers) *just* for live. For music listening, I way prefer standard headphones. The Wan'ers are doing a great job now that I've found some suitable rubber tips (will order a bunch of foam tips soon, though).

Cool, I also just ordered these. Ridiculous price, will be interesting to see how they are in live situation.

I also ordered these custom ones: https://www.hisenior-iem.com/products/t4custom

Having high hopes, should be a quite well balanced set and the pricing is ridiculous (got a 20% musician discount and they let me pay in 2 parts so I can hopefully avoid customs tax).

 

[toneseeker911]

I have had the HD650 for a long time. While it is a great sounding headphone, it does seem to have a low mid / bass hump.
I use it to create live presets (on an axe fx 3) and find that the preset is too bright when played on a PA at volume. I do make those final adjustments live, but any suggestions for an over the ear headphone that’s more flat for this specific purpose ?
I’m probably going to get one of these chi-fi IEMs, but really prefer an over the ear headphone

 

[782369]

Not exactly fit for this thread but…
My custom 4 driver Hisenior T4 iem-s are ready and just shipped, hopefully they sound good.
Price was 215€ + 50€ for ear impressions.