Best Warm IEMs

Fiio FX17

• Gizaudio Axel: Warm, non-fatiguing listen.  Punchy mid-bass, warm, lush mids, smooth, detailed treble, wide soundstage.  Warm sound signature may not suit everyone.
• Jaytiss: It's pretty nice.
• Super* Review: This is the best IEM Fiio has ever made. Very powerfull sound.
• IEMRanking AI: The FiiO FX17 is a 13-driver tribrid with a 10 mm lithium-magnesium DD, four custom Knowles BAs, and eight Sonion ESTs in a five-way crossover, housed in a polished titanium shell. It’s rated at 16...
• Z-Reviews: The FiiO FX17 is a mind-bending flagship IEM priced at $1,500, packing an absolutely hilarious 13-driver configuration per side: one dynamic for bass, four balanced armatures for midrange...

Unique Melody Mason FS Soleil Tomb

• Smirk Audio: Highly resolving, technical, and balanced across the frequency spectrum. Is shouty/edgy in the upper mids/lower treble. Cons: Price, treble peak.
• IEMRanking AI: The Unique Melody Mason FS Soleil Tombé delivers a neutrally balanced sound signature characterized by a smooth, analog-like tonality across lows and mids, paired with naturally resolving treble....

Campfire Moon Rover

• Jaytiss: It's a littled relaxed in the bass, but has a fun nice tune.
• Super* Review: Not cheap and you can get stuff which sounds better for less to be honest. I like the build quality and form factor. Sound-wise not for everybody, but for me.

Softears Twilight

• Jays Audio: Slightly warm/neutral, very well balanced, good scaling, TOTL male vocals, big staging, wait for sale
• Gizaudio Axel: My top choice for timbral accuracy.  Beautiful warm sound signature with outstanding timbre and an open sound.  I wouldn’t change a thing.
• Jaytiss: It's like a tubed iem, it's really fun. Something about DDs, so good.
• Tim Tuned: Understated presentation, premium execution. Softears Twilight arrives in a minimalist box with a gorgeous leather case, a stock cable terminated in 4.4 mm plus a 4.4→3.5 mm adapter, and a...  Warm tuning done correct, one of my favorite single DD  Need more treble

Night Oblivion Butastur

• Jays Audio: Overpriced as hell - I don't get the hype. Vocals are way too shouty with masking. Treble peaks around 10K with a dip in the air afterwards. Low-end is "good", but nothing amazing for the price....
• Jaytiss: I'd be careful buying it due to QC issues of others. But I enjoyed my time with it.
• IEMRanking AI: The NIGHT OBLIVION BUTASTUR delivers a natural timbre and cohesive sound, with its standout feature being a lush, dense midrange that excels in vocal and acoustic instrument reproduction. Vocals...
• Shuwa-T:  Similar tonality to the Supernova, please stronger female vocal extension at the cost of less refined treble, lovely midrange

Xenns Tea Pro

• Jays Audio: A more resolving Davinci, literally. The Tea magic is gone :( but it's now the most refined and well-balanced. It's the most bassy one with better low-end texture, heavier notes, more details, better...
• Gizaudio Axel:  Powerful bass with great slam, open sound, excellent imaging, and detail.  Treble is a bit bright.
• Jaytiss: Great set, but lacks slam for it's bass level at times.
• Tim Tuned: Xenns Tea Pro lands as an easy pick around $300 thanks to a natural, versatile tuning that blends tasteful fun with everyday usability. A gentle bass boost adds heft, slam, and definition...  Good warm-neutral tuning with enough details  Could use a bit more treble refinement
• IEMRanking AI: The Xenns Mangird Tea Pro offers a bass response that emphasizes sub-bass depth with a noticeable +3dB lift at 20Hz, providing substantial rumble without overwhelming the mid-bass. This allows bass...
• Fresh Reviews: Really nice for the price - Premium Package
• Z-Reviews: Xenns Tea Pro lands with the familiar “Tea” swagger: a baby-blue, sparkled shell that looks subdued but premium, a modular 3.5/4.4 cable that clicks together more cleanly than most, and the...
• Bad Guy Good Audio: Xenns Tea Pro lands as a confident mid-tier contender with a 2DD+6BA setup around $350–360 , going head-to-head with sets like DaVinci , Estrella , and Dusk . Sub-bass has real grunt—808...
• Audionotions: U-shaped tuned IEM with a lot of energy at both ends. Very visceral bass punch and very exciting treble/upper mids. I can see why this IEM is liked so much. But the bass and treble can both be very...

Yanyin Canon II

• Super* Review: Warm, relaxed IEM - technical enough. Has a bass boost. Pretty decent option.
• IEMRanking AI: The Yanyin Canon II delivers a bass performance that stands out in its price range, offering deep extension and textured rumble without overwhelming the mix. Its bio-diaphragm dynamic driver, housed...
• Fresh Reviews: I would note - great for R6

Dunu SA6 Ultra

• Jays Audio: An SA6 with improvement in treble extension, and stage air; better tuned Oracle2 with wider stage. Relaxing tonality but also very resolving. Airy stage with great depth and height. Smooth dynamics...
• Gizaudio Axel: Tuning style is a matter of preference.  QDC Anole VX tuning, excellent resolution, and great bass with a practical bass switch.  Unvented design.
• Precogvision: A slightly refined SA6 with better treble extension. Very coherent.
• Tim Tuned:  Anole VX-ish tuning with less treble and details  Could use a little more upper mids
• Shuwa-T:  More controlled tuning compared to the VX, while maintaining the excellent technicalities  Clarity and staging takes a hit; it is simply not on the same level
• 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...
• Audionotions: SA6 but better - and SA6 was already a very good IEM to begin with. Retains the same smooth and relaxed tuning and great resolution. What sets this apart is the right amount of treble extension to...

Sony IER-M9

• Crin: Neutral tonality, highly coherent and decent detail pickup. The all-rounder of the IER lineup.
• Precogvision: Boring, but you won't find anything more well-rounded for the price. Exceptional timbre for a BA IEM.
• Tim Tuned:  Just great accross the board, nothing to fault  Not very special
• Audionotions: Nice note weight, very balanced, shockingly good at imaging held back by finicky fit and vacuum seal - fit issues can be resolved by changing tips though (for me the stock silicone LL tips eliminated...

Thieaudio Clairvoyance

• Crin: Inoffensive, pleasant tuning specialising in extremely balanced tonality and bass control.
• Precogvision: A more pleasant, warmer Monarch with cutbacks in resolution.
• Tim Tuned:  Amazingly balanced tuning
• Shuwa-T: Comment: Subbass hump is real.  Balanced sounding across all frequencies

Kiwi Ears Orchestra

• Jays Audio: Great vocals. Clean and neutral signature. A bit vanilla and "boring" but scales great with volume.
• Crin: Very well-tuned reference-y signature with a mild bass and treble emphasis for added energy.
• Precogvision: Well-tuned with surprisingly good treble extension. Upwards compressed dynamics contrast poorly with tuning.
• Tim Tuned:  Slightly warm neurail tuning, well done
• Shuwa-T: Comment: Extremely balanced sound, my go-to for vocal tracks.  Mid-focused, minimal BA timbre, vocals intimate and forward  Low end is not the most dynamic, bass layering can be difficult to pick out

Dunu SA6 mkII

• Jays Audio: V-shaped SA6 Ultra with more recessed mids and vocals. Sharper and more bass than SA6U but mids are buried in busier tracks.
• Gizaudio Axel: Similar to the SA6 Ultra but with more bass, airier treble, and improved soundstage and fit.  QDC Anole VX tuning, excellent resolution, and great bass with a practical bass switch.  Unvented design.
• Jaytiss: Technical, nice but upper mids not for me.
• Precogvision: A warmer rendition of the original SA6, best considered a side-grade than a true upgrade.
• Tim Tuned:  Slightly more V-shape than the Ultra with small detail boost  Could use a little more upper mids
• 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.
• Audionotions: Like the Ultra, but slightly improved in all technicalities categories except for timbre where the Ultra takes the win because upper-mids/lower-treble are too dialed down for my tastes on the MK2. If...

Technics AZ80 TWS

• IEMRanking AI: The Technics AZ80 delivers a warm sound profile with a well-balanced bass boost and mostly flat mids, providing crisp vocal and instrument reproduction. Its 10mm free-edge dynamic driver supports...

Kiwi Ears Airoso

• Jays Audio: A sightly more airy/detailed EW300 with better timbre. Warm leaning all rounder with good dynamic contrast.
• Jaytiss: Rich thick, enjoyable. Benchmark for me. Just epic.
• IEMRanking AI: The Kiwi Ears Airoso offers a warm, smooth sound signature characterized by a full-bodied bass with satisfying sub-bass rumble and quick decay, though mid-bass impact remains reserved. Its midrange...

Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite

• Gizaudio Axel:  Smooth tuning, clean mid-range, open sound.  Unvented design, BA bass, could use more sub-bass, safe tuning.
• Jaytiss: It's just too safe, needs more something.
• Nymz: Relaxed tuning with great midrange, but lacking quality in bass department. Separation and layering are extremely nice.
• Audionotions: Great tonality - very pleasant, slightly warm tonality, smooth and relaxed character, solid technical performance, and fantastic build quality. Imaging and separation quite good for the price as is...

DUNU Zen Pro

• Precogvision: Solid tuning with good speed. Could use more air and some minor work in the treble.
• 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...

Sony IER-M7

• Crin: Balanced across the board, though doesn't seem to excel in any particular area.
• Tim Tuned:  Very neutral tuning, great for audio work  Can be very boring
• Audionotions: Warm but not muddy. More dynamic than M9 but a slight step down in resolution and imaging. More fun to listen to than M9. Great build, great kit. Love it. Previously Owned

Xenns Mangird Tea 2

• Jays Audio: Slightly more technical version of the OG TEAs. Thumpier low end, and treble is more extended. Less forward presentation. Stage has more depth. Can't scale as well as OG. Vocals are not as "magical"...
• Precogvision: A little odd in some parts of the treble and detailing could use some work, but nothing offensive overall.
• Shuwa-T: Comment: A bass boosted Tea with improved clarity.  Easy-to-like tuning, with good technical performance to boot  Treble rolls off prematurely
• 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

• Jays Audio: Neutral bass glide, full mids, and decent treble extension. Some masking and not as technical vs blessing series, but better note-weight and timbre/tonality.
• Jaytiss: Solid iem, nice tonality but really not for Bassheads.
• Precogvision: Musical, slightly out-of-head presenation at the expense of blunted transients.
• Nymz: Good imaging chops and bass texture. Tonality is mostly fine but lacks some sharpeness to it, but a solid performer nonetheless. Great accessories.

Vision Ears VE8

• Crin: Extremely coherent signature with a pleasing tuning and high technicalities.
• Precogvision: The warm IEM of warm IEMs. Carried by its excellent midrange.

GS Audio SE11

• Precogvision: Good tonal balance and fairly coherent. Bass needs work.

Fiio FD7

Fir Audio M4

• Crin: Too similar to the M3 to be worth the price markup.
• Shuwa-T: Comment: Warm and lush midrange.  Soundstage is surprisingly wide, midrange focused tuning  Note definition is strangely subpar despite treble boost

Moondrop Solis

• Crin: A good implementation of the EST drivers with Moondrop's signature tuning specialties.
• Precogvision: Very plasticky and thin transients. Not very impressive.

Empire Ears ESR MK.II

• Precogvision: Solid layering chops and all-rounder; however, can sound overly sharp in the treble and generally plasticky.

Dunu DK-3001 Pro

• Crin: Well-tuned and coherent. Does little wrong and very easy to like.
• Precogvision: Solid tonal balance but excessively rolled-off in the treble.

Fearless S8Z

• Crin: Solid all-rounder with a safe, pleasing tuning.
• Precogvision: A more aggressive S8P with even more grit/BA artifacting in the treble.

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.

Etymotic EVO

• Precogvision: Slight improvements in staging over the ER series, but with setbacks in the treble response.

Sony WF-1000XM4

• Precogvision: Use EQ and swap the tips. Overly dark and muddy otherwise.
• Nymz: Best of the class technology (especially ANC). You can achieve good tuning with EQ, but stock is a bit congested/veiled. Too pricey. Best option if good tuning with great ANC is the priority and...

Final Audio B3

• Crin: Probably the best tuned of Final's B-series. Reminiscent of the E-series with BA characteristics.
• Precogvision: One of the better interpretations of Final Audio's house sound with some decent technicalities.
• Shuwa-T: Comment: The middle model of the B series from Final.  Surprising clarity and 3D soundstage  BA midbass hump not the most natural sounding

Tin Hifi P1

• Crin: One of the rare few IEM-style planars with proper tonal balance without EQ, but lacking detail retrieval.
• Shuwa-T: Comment: Screams for EQ, screams for desktop amps/dedicated daps.  Unacceptable tuning, extremely power hungry

Tin Hifi T2 Plus

• Crin: A solidly-tuned, inoffensive signature with middling technicalities.

Final Audio E500

• Crin: Very well-balanced though plagued by the usual E-series QC problems.
• Jaytiss: For users who like ear buds, it's a great little set.
• Precogvision: The most well-tuned Final Audio IEM with a balanced, fairly neutral sound.
• Audionotions: Well tuned. Techs are middling. But for the price they are solid. The fact that they include Final E eartips makes this a must buy. QC is a crap shoot. Previously Owned

Tin Hifi T2

• Crin: Well-balanced tuning and an all-rounder signature that works for most.

Ikko Opal OH2

• Precogvision: A more balanced interpretation of Ikko's usual sound.

ThieAudio Legacy 5

• Crin: A little lacking in the upper-mids but otherwise a competent set.
• Precogvision: Safe, but decidedly boring.

Intime Sora

• Crin: Well controlled bass boost with slightly skewed tonality. Potential is there.
• Precogvision: Decent tonality, perhaps a tad strident.

Vision Ears VE6

• Crin: A little incoherent and could use more midrange evenness.
• Precogvision: See VE3, just less muffled sounding.

Sennheiser IE800S

• Crin: Very subtle refinement to the original IE800.
• Precogvision: The usual Sennheiser in-ear tuning with a strange lack of dynamics.

QDC Neptune

• Crin: Tuning and configuration is simple but goes a long way when implemented well.

Dita Project 71

• Crin: Too much of a downward tilt; clarity is lost and overall technicalities aren't up to par either.
• Shuwa-T: Comment: Extremely rare.  Overly smooth midrange, wonky treble

Moondrop Quarks

• Precogvision: Sounds fairly open. Pinna compensation and transition to treble region needs work.
• Shuwa-T: Comment: Costs next to nothing.  Everything else

Custom Art FIBAE Black

• Crin: Smooth, neutral-ish signature that serves as an all rounder.
• Precogvision: Easy on the ears, but too congested and too dark.

Campfire Satsuma

• Crin: Basically a rehashed Comet in a negative profile fit.
• Precogvision: Ostensibly rolled-off on both ends of the spectrum, but could be worse...I guess.
• Shuwa-T: Comment: It's a marked improvement over the honeydew at least.  Cramped sounding

MMR Homunculus

• Crin: Not the worst thing out there, but also nothing special about it.
• Precogvision: Bloated bass, sucked out upper-midrange, and rolled-off treble.

Westone W30

• Crin: Fairly balanced as far as Westones go, but still suffers from subpar definition.
• Precogvision: Very dark and smoothed over, lacking in basic detailing.

Vsonic VS7

• Crin: A less fatiguing, less technical version of its predecessor.

Shozy Ceres

EarSonics Stark

• Crin: Typical Earsonics house sound of "screwed up midrange", now with DD bass.
• Precogvision: Silly amounts of bass without the midrange and treble to balance it out properly.

JH Audio Layla Aion

• Precogvision: Muddy with no upper-midrange or treble extension to speak of. You wouldn't know this IEM had 12BAs.