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I've seriously got my eyes on the AIAIAI TMA-2 Wireless. By default they're on-ear but all their headphones are modular so you can swap the earcups for over-ear for just a few bucks. You can save a bunch if you don't need wireless, plus you can replace the headband later to make them wireless. I love that everything is modular. If anything breaks you can replace that one specific part.
i second this! i just upgraded to the wireless too, they’re great
Aiaiai tm- 2 best ive had. Ive had numerous sennheiser, pioneer, technics
i agree with the iem recommendations. i live in the tropics, even the cables fall apart. nothing survives. before i went iems, i went tma2. because they were modular and replaceable. but the cables, band, and cushion covers fell apart. every year. the covers fell apart. if you get the alcantara bands those last longer than the leather ones only because the connecting cables have a cloth mesh covering. but i dont like the alcantara in my climate. i slowly started to swap out all my headphones with iems. havent regretted it yet. it’s been a year and only had to replace a cable so far.
I hear my Aiaiai TM2's just fine 🤷♂️. I have super sensitive hearing and just keep the headphones just over booth volume and it seems to work
Aiaiai TM2's with the bigger ear cups are fun and comfy. 🤷♂️
You absolutely do not want hd25's then. Aiaiai is going to lead the pack as you can literally customize ever single part of it to your liking. Prolly want the tma-2's with the bass drivers. You could even go nuts and get the bluetooth to use with your phone or whatever. They use BT5 uncompressed and can go low latency if you want to use them in the studio.
I second aiaiai, it is modular and they are user fixable and have a good warranty.
Not for me. I hate how they feel on my head, they hurt my ears after 20mins and I’ve never had that much love for the sound (it’s fine but nothing that ever made me love them). TMA2 fit and sound so much better.
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