Best TRUTHEAR IEMs

B+

$65

Truthear Blue 2

• BASS With the adapter this goes up a bit, but it is difficult to recomend.

U-Shaped 2DD

7

7.5

B+

$150

Truthear Nova

• NEED FOAM TIPS makes the treble smooth and clear. Very clean harman sound with smooth but well extended treble/one of the best treble under $200, no roll-off. The pinnacle of trying not to offend...
• Harman tuning, great detail. Lean vocals, could use more bass. A solid reference.
• Nice set, great bass. Too much upper mids.
• A little bit thin and shrill sounding. Hexa costs half as much and it's the better IEM.

U-Shaped 1DD+4BA

7

8

B

$80

Truthear Hexa

• Foam helps tame uppermids/treble. Amazing detail for price and new benchmark below $100. Better tuned "softer" Dusk with slighlty less accurate imaging. Note-weight can be light.
• KING. Special. Inoffensive. But honestly where bass?
• Sounds like a warmer, lo-res Moondrop B2, emphasis on lo-res in the bass.
• Pros: Well done, clean midrange focus tuning. Cons: Can be fatiguing in the treble.

Neutral 1DD+3BA

6.7

7.3

B

$55

TRUTHEAR x Crinacle Zero Red

• Great all-rounder, IEF-harman. Bass is a bit pillowy.
• Great balanced, smooth tuning. Needs more bass for my taste, can be a bit soft at times.
• I think this is massivly overhyped, but it's not terrible and a great value with impedance adapters
• Pros: Balanced tuning, smooth and natural timbre, good stage. Cons: Can use more micro details.

Neutral 2DD

6.5

7

B-

$65

Truthear Zero: Blue 2

• Harman tuning with clean, punchy bass and great resolution. Bright treble.
• Pros: Slightly more balanced and pleasing Harman tuned. Cons: Treble with silicone tips is piercing.
• Harman target tuned. Sounds pretty V and contrasty. Not a whole lot of mids. Fairly tasteful. Good sense of separation. Sterile/Lifeless mids and annoying treble. Needs foam eartips.

n/a 2DD

6.2

6.6

B-

$50

Truthear x Crinacle Zero

• Variations-ish tuning with sub-bass focused. Low-end is rumbly but lacks mid-bass impact/warmness in general. Fatiguing above mid-volume. Can sound light and thin. Mid-bass tuck affects libraries.
• Harman tuning with nice punchy bass.
• Sounds good, and fun..
• Close ringer for the Harman IEM target with great bass and slightly harsh upper-mids and lower-treble.
• Pros: Very well tuned, clean bass. Cons: treble can use more eveness.

U-Shaped 2DD

6

6.4

C+

$90

Truthear Gate

• All rounder with less uppermids than the EW100P, very close to waner.
• Yuck, at least it has a cable.
• Nice frequency response. Stellar Cable. Bright but not overly in the vocals. I would still call it a mild V-Shaped sound signature.

n/a n/a

5.6

6

C+

$65

Truthear Crinacle Blue 2 5ohm adapter

• Mini HBB Punch. Fun basshead sound with impedance adapter. Extra bass helps balance out the uppermids/treble, making it more enjoyable than stock.

n/a n/a

5.5

7.3

C+

$65

Truthear Crinacle Blue 2 Stock

• Fun sub-woofer sound in the low-end, nice bouncy textue, but uppermids/treble can be too bright, especially with 15K treble peak. Basically a more v-shaped version of the OG TE Zeros. Vocals can be a...

n/a n/a

5.5

7.5

C

$19

Truthear Hola

• Basically the modded Zero with slight more bass, airy and least shouty $20 sets.
• Buy for the cable.
• Pleasant tonality but somewhat slow, blunted sounding with not much else going for it.
• Pros: Satisfying bass, inoffensive tonality. Cons: vocal feels cramped.

V-Shaped 1DD

5.2

5.8