IEMs Reviewed by Nymz

64 Audio U12T

• Nymz: As good as it gets. Great tuning and techs. Best set I've heard to date. Closest thing to speakers. Love it.

Elysian Annihilator 2021

• Nymz: Usual agressive and saturated Elysian house sound with the best treble ever.

Kinera Imperial Loki

• Nymz: Great bass texture with slightly hot upper mid-range and well extended treble. Remarkable technical performance.

Symphonium Crimson

• Nymz: Great bass, holographic stage and top of the shelf dynamics. Probably my favourite rendition of a W-shaped tuning to this date. Treble might be spicy for some, but using Divinus Velvets (stock black)...

Elysian X

• Nymz: A more sub-bass focused Annihilator without the same level of technicalities and treble.

64 Audio Tia Trio

• Nymz: Best bass texture ever. Gorgeous treble extension, stage and imaging. Coherency and timbre a bit off. Upper mids/lower treble could be better. As amazing as it is, I couldn't fully connect with it...

Effect Audio x Elysian Gaea

• Nymz: Clarity king with great sense of detail. An agressive listen but never sibilant. Great tight and fast bass, at the expense of sounding dry in the lower mids. Not recommended if you are sensitive to...

Symphonium Helios SE

• Nymz: Limited to 50 units. A huge improvement fit wise versus the original. Great TOTL all-rounder. Great sub, upper mids and treble. Mid-bass is an improvement but still not boosted. Great technical chops...

Sony IER Z1R

• Nymz: Recessed mids I can't approved but best bass tactility I've heard. One of the best stage I've heard. Top of the class treble. Fit is a massive problem for most - one of those that needs to be demoed...

Symphonium Helios

• Nymz: Top tier clarity and great technicalities, other than a hint of BA timbre plasticness to it. Mid-bass recession is the con in the tuning, turning it into a dry IEM. Top performer nonetheless.

7th Acoustics Supernova

• Nymz: Made to order - 60 days. Brilliant tonality with technical support, just lacking the last hair of detail. Transient sharpness and decay are on point. You will be hard-pressed to find better under 1k.

Unique Melody MEST mkII

• Nymz: Great bass and sheer detail, at the cost of wonky treble and not so accurate imaging queues. I find it work the best with eletronic music or modern metal. Still a solid contender to this date at a...

Vision Ears EXT

• Nymz: Pleasant warm tonality with an agressive treble and techs to back it up. Treble will be too hot if you are extra sensitive. Fit is an issue.

Elysian Diva

• Nymz: Did nothing to my soul, but did nothing wrong as well.

ThieAudio Prestige LTD

• Nymz: The best Thieaudio I've heard to date. Very close tonality to the Mk3, but with better technical performance, especially in the dynamics and stage departments.

qdc Anole VX

• Nymz: Lovely tonality with incredible technicalities that scream details everywhere. Sinning only on female vocal position and BA timbre. Hits my HRTF like I like to hit my credit card.

Thieaudio Monarch Mk2

• Nymz: 11/10 mid-range. Mid-bass could use more texture and stage depth could be better. Yap, that's all. Oh and the fit - I'm blessed, but you may not be.

Thieaudio Monarch MK3

• Nymz: An improvement in the bass and treble department over the Mk2, but without the same special sauce in the mid-range and with some imaging problems still.

Nightjar Singularity

• Nymz: One of the best basses ever inside a very small and comfortable shell. The rest of the tuning is still pristine but the technicalities are bottlenecked by the single DD.

Symphonium Audio Meteor

• Nymz: U-Shaped warm tuning that is as easy to love it as it is to rec it. Despite being a full BA, the bass has great qualities to it. Great techs given the price and tuning. I had to buy one myself.

Dunu SA6 mkII

• Nymz: A more refined SA6u, with the freedom to boost the bass even more and costing less. Less natural upper treble at the cost of that terrific extension.

Moondrop Variations

• Nymz: Resolution king for the price point with a fun tuning. Great sub-bass and treble. Lack of mid-bass bass and somewhat thin mids murdered it for my library. Can see the appeal for others tho.

Dunu SA6 Ultra

• Nymz: Limited run. A baby VX by a fraction of the price with less detail. Tastefully done tuning with incredible stage depth. BA bass and timbre are present, but you won't even mind given how good it...

Fatfreq Maestro SE

• Nymz: Good bass with neutral mids and treble, but sub-par techs for its price.

Mangird Xenns Top

• Nymz: Best Mangird has ever done - a slightly more fun Variations. Very clean and technical with a boomier bass. Lower mid-range is still somewhat dry.

Sennheiser IE600

• Nymz: The most technical DD I've heard. Tuning is not perfect for my library - V-Shape. Get's a rec for those that really enjoy a well done V DD. Could use more stage size and bass impact. Fit is not the...

FATFreq Grand Maestro

• Nymz: See Maestro SE but with worse bass.

Custom Art Fibae 5

• Nymz: Very technical and dynamic sound, with some funky tuning. Upper mid-range and treble can get in your face, but it works in the overall. Did not offend me.

Softears RSV

• Nymz: A BA set that almost sounds like a DD. Needs low OI source. Bass close to U12T with more mid-bass impact. Great treble. Sub-bass and imaging can be lacking for some. My favourite vocals ever.

ThieAudio Oracle mkII

• Nymz: Great bass dynamics and well done mid-range. Treble extension is great but a hair too elevated.

Letshuore EJ07M Kinda Lava

• Nymz: Less sub, a hair more mid-bass 07m but well done. Keeps the techs and the other frequencies, adding warmth and bones to the mids and better clarity/coherency. I prefer it to stock 07m by a hair, but...

Shuoer EJ07m

• Nymz: Great tuning, dynamics and techs. Holographic and god imaging. Lots of tip-rolling due to short nozzles. Some people need Tanya filters on it due to the nozzle resonance. If you can, go resin.

DUNU Zen Pro

• Nymz: Great bass quality and slam, mids and detail. Stage and treble extension are not the strongest points. Great for instrumental playlists like jazz and classical. Very sensitive to source - "Amp...

Dunu SA6

• Nymz: Well tuned top to bottom only missing the last inch of extension. Bass has its quirks but a solid pick nonetheless and a great benchmark at its price.

Fir Audio RN6

• Nymz: Good bass texture with nothing else remarkable... until I saw its price.

Penon Impact

• Nymz: Limp bass, but good mid-range and treble tuning. Techs felt underwhelming for its price, with extremely blunted transients.

Shuoer EJ07

• Nymz: The Experience. It just immerses you and takes you on a journey. Infinite holographic stage with god imaging and layering. Treble can be too dark for some. Great tuning and techs to me - My favourite...

Aful Performer 8

• Nymz: Great tonal balance with technicalities to back it up. Probably the best treble balance you find up to its price point. Mid-bass won't be for everyone.

Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk

• Nymz: A slightly more refined B2 with more bass sub-bass elevation and better control on lower mid-range, with the cost of sounding thinner. (check B2)

Moondrop Blessing 3

• Nymz: Fantastic detail and clarity. Bass is quite an upgrade from its predecessors, but still lacking some salt to its lower mid-range. Not the easiest to love, but also hard to fault. Tiring after a...

MIM Dark Magician

• Nymz: Discontinued - new version isn't the same tuning. One of the best single DD sets you can buy. Micro detail level and bass texture are great for the tuning. Everything well done. Harder to get than...

Yanyin x HBB Mahina

• Nymz: Terriffic warm tuning only sinning by the lack of better bass dynamics. Treble is relaxed but "flat" with terrific extension. Works wonders for poorly recorded tracks.

Moondrop Blessing 2

• Nymz: Bad timbre, coherency and bass texture, but great resolving power and stage for price bracket. Tuning is a hair too bright for me but very balanced nonetheless with great mids.

ThieAudio Hype 2

• Nymz: Good sub-bass but lackluster impact in the mid-bass. Mid-range is fine, but could use more separation/layering. Good techs for the price.

Xenns Mangird Tea 2

• Nymz: A technical upgrade over the OG version, with more balanced tunning. Sub-bass is good but has more mid-bass now than OG. Treble also got a boost and less refined, but has better extension.

Dunu Vulkan

• Nymz: Good imaging chops and bass texture. Tonality is mostly fine but lacks some sharpeness to it, but a solid performer nonetheless. Great accessories.

Thieaudio Oracle

• Nymz: Great vocals, very lean tuning. Not very technical for the price.

Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite

• Nymz: Relaxed tuning with great midrange, but lacking quality in bass department. Separation and layering are extremely nice.

Fatfreq Maestro Mini

• Nymz: F*** you, bass. Default rec for bassheads.

Tangzu Zetian Wu Heyday

• Nymz: Mid-range focused planar for those looking for a great planar set that is not V-shaped. Love it.

Sony XBA-N3

• Nymz: Tastefully done and now discontinued. Great coherency, timbre and overall tuning. Midbass bleeds a lot. Lacks resolution, layering and imaging chops.

7Hz Timeless AE

• Nymz: A sub-bass boosted Timeless that keeps the techs and has a ever-so-slightly less grany treble.

Aful Performer 5

• Nymz: Great tonal balance and resolving power at the cost of intimate stage. Missing the last touch of refinement on timbre and coherency, but a solid rec nonetheless.

Mangird XENNS UP

• Nymz: The party starter. Very very warm, but fun. Different from anything else. Treble and mids somewhat ok even after all the warmth. Mid-bass is very good.

Raptgo x HBB Hook-X

• Nymz: Basicly the same as the original, trading a touch of sub-bass for extra clarity. Comes with better accessories as well, but price increase is a big con.

Tripowin x HBB Olina SE

• Nymz: No brainer purchase with a slightly better tuning of the 100$ legend, with less agressive upper-mids/treble.

Raptgo Hook-X

• Nymz: A more analog but less resolving than S12/Timeless, yet better tuned. Stage is fine thanks to the semi-open design and better than its competition.

7hz Timeless

• Nymz: Insanely resolving for price. Good planar timbre. Tuning is slight colored but doesn't seem to affect mids as much. Stage depth and width will be the weakest points. QC gamble on first batches. Get...

Xenns Mangird Tea

• Nymz: Discontinued. The first true love and one of my favourite sets of all time. Up to 500usd, this is a no-brainer rec for my library. Great techs for the price. Treble can be slight dark for some - I...

Tangzu Wu Zetian

• Nymz: V-shape. Great bass for a plannar. Nice imaging. Treble is still planar wonky but not terrible. Might be my favourite planar so far, but it seems to need power than competition.

Shuoer S12

• Nymz: Insanely resolving for price. Good planar timbre. Good stage presentation. Might be too bright for some. Great fit and acessories. Insane value. Takes EQ like a champ if you find it too bright.

Dunu Falcon Ultra

• Nymz: A better tuned FP, with less mid-bass bloat, but still warm. Good at what it does, especially the bass dynamics, but not an all-rounder.

Juzear 41T

Custom Art Hybrid 3 Pro

• Nymz: Came out as boring to my ears, with a sub-par technical department.

Tanchjim Oxygen

• Nymz: Great IEM for accoustics etc, but terrible fit. Tripowin Olina is the better option for almost a third of the price.

Tripowin x HBB Olina

• Nymz: Close to Oxygen but for 99$ with better fit. One of the best price-to-performance you can get at the moment. Good imaging, great stage presentation and very balanced harman tuning. If you don't wish...

Moondrop Kato

• Nymz: A bit thin, pillow light bass. Treble and stage could use some more refinement. A tecnical upgrade to Aria.

Etymotic ER2XR

• Nymz: Sub-100usd king. Great for the price, punching above, but fit is a major problem - I use it with comply foams. Lacks stage depth due to fit. Hard to drive.

Dunu Talos

• Nymz: Mid-treble heavy. Extention is great and bass has tactility to it. The BA switch is a joke - Don't use it.

Seek Real Audio Airship

• Nymz: Very close to Tanya filtered Olina. I'd take Double stock filter Olina over this, especially given the price, but a solid contender nonetheless.

DUNU VERNUS

• Nymz: FP Limited Edition (100 units). I prefer the reference nozzle at this moment. Atmospheric immersion is more relaxed and goes along with my preferences, but loses some of that detail and precision....

Fiio FH5

• Nymz: Discontinued. Stellar bass response. Treble and timbre are a bit off, but still a solid offer and not much else to complain about. Detail is enough to keep up with the tunning.

Simgot EA500

• Nymz: Probably the most detailed focused set at its price range at the cost of sounding off in the upper treble region. Probably the (one of the) most value pick at its price range.

YanYin Aladdin

• Nymz: A less technical Mangird Tea for 55$ less. Tuning is perfectly balanced (for darker/laiback preferences). Lacks some dynamics, losing to driver count.

LZ A7

• Nymz: The starter kit. If you are just starting and looking for an IEM, this is it. 10 different tunings. Jack of all trades, master of none.

JVC x Drop FDX1

• Nymz: Metalic timbre with fast decay. A little more enphasis around 4.5k than I would like, but overall pleasent tuning. Very technical, just lacking some dynamics and treble refinement.

Seeaudio Yume II

• Nymz: Shows some signs of incoherency and lack of bass texture, but a very solid option due to its tonal balance.

Sony EX800ST

• Nymz: Terrible fit and needs an adaptor if you wanna replace its cable. Great driver tho. Needs EQ to shine or tape vent mod it for a basshead tuning. Great stage and bass texture.

TSMR Land

• Nymz: Ranked using 120 switches.Tuning bottleneck. Lots of details and sparkles due to tuning. Sub-bass and mids could be better. Stage is fine.

Truthear Hexa

Kinera Celest Phoenixcall

• Nymz: Funky and agressive tuning that turns into a detail and dynamics machine for its price - could shine with minor adjustments.

Letshuoer x Gizaudio Galileo

• Nymz: Great tuning that follows along my preferences, but falls short in the last field of the treble region. A great value overall.

Audio Lokahi

• Nymz: Great full BA experience for the price. Good tuning but treble can get hot. BA timbre and suction are the problem here. I really liked this for the price and easy rec if you can get it for the...

7hz Legato

• Nymz: Well done V for the price, but with some treble quirks. Great set for bassheads on a budget.

Tanchjim Hana 2021

• Nymz: A warmer, bassier, slightly less technical and a bit more V-shaped Oxygen. Rec'd for those that love harman but want more bass quantity.

Truthear x Crinacle Zero:Red

• Nymz: Brilliant tonal balance with the option to for extra bass. A bargain at its price point.

Dunu Zen

• Nymz: Great bass impact (one of the best I've heard). Tunning is wonky, mild V and zero treble air. Other than dynamics, techs are nothing to write home about. Get Zen Pro instead unless you only care for...

7Hz Salnotes Dioko

• Nymz: Could use more bass but other than that, probably the best tunning of all the planars I've heard for my preferences. Resolving power is not on the same level as its competition but it has better...

Moondrop Stellaris

• Nymz: Upper-mid range focused planar with good resolving capabilities, that sadly aren't enough. Thin and agressive sound - probably 1 filter away from excelence. Nozzles and weight might be a problem for...

SeekReal Dawn

• Nymz: Comfort is an issue for me (hotspots). Mid-range focused planar with good clarity.

Softears Volume

• Nymz: Amp, tip, fit dependent. Pinna gain of death. Technicalities are good, but it's too bright for some, including me. Good for people that listen at VERY low levels and love some bite. Bass lacks...

Tin Hifi P1 Plus

• Nymz: Needs EQ. After EQ is fine but other planars exist. Great choice if you love to play around with EQ and fit it to your target. Falls short to the newly arrived planar offers.

Penon Serial

• Nymz: Two units, both have audible channel imbalance. Stage width is average but lacks height and depth. Treble is on the darker side with some 5k energy. Mid bass is a bit too much but good slam. Shows...

Fiio FD5

• Nymz: Too V-shaped for me. Treble too hot and mids are very recessed. Great bass impact and stage size.

Samsung Buds2 Pro

• Nymz: My current EDC. Good bass and treble, especially for a TWS, but ever-so-slightly hot in the upper-mid range à la Harman. Sounds slightly better with ANC off.

Dunu Kima

• Nymz: Solid warm neutral tonality with decent technicalities. Bass could use more dynamics and treble could use more air, but solid nonetheless. Good fit and great accessories.

AR Neon

• Nymz: V-Shaped and VERY loud. Good bass for a BA - extension and texture with some punch. Mids are lost. Some BA timbre. Lacks stage depth. Doesn't feel that technical for a 10BA, let alone for price.

Truthear x Crinacle Zero

• Nymz: Spot on harman. Good bass impact for the bracket but the mid-bass is a bit scooped for my library. Treble needs some refinement but still a solid rec for the price bracket. Cheapest way to try this...

Dunu Titan S

• Nymz: Default neutral rec under 100$. ER2XR still better, but Titan S has better fit, timbre and stage. Easy to drive. Can get slightly shouty for my library. If you don't mind more bass, Olina is a better...

Audiosense DT600

• Nymz: Monarch tuning on a BA set that needs adapters (30ohms) and mods. Mids are very recessed. I didn't liked it. Stay away from 80ohms/Stock. Some BA timbre.