Sonus

Moondrop may's (my daily driver until about a week ago) or the cheaper but similar tanchjim bunny, or 7hz sonus, newer set i own Both are great, may's sound warm and neutral (you'll hear vocals, bass rumble, higher frequency instrument will sound laid back like violins tambourine... rock is great though), sonus sound spacious, clear and detailed with extra subbass (super fun at high volumes, and for busy tracks) If you don't get a sub $20 set you should benefit quite well by a dac, ka11/trn black pearl will do great, get the latter if you intend to get balanced planars or headsets in the future (or just want a more powerful dac) keep us updated and gl, hf

Lately these are my favorites. I don’t know their exact sound signatures, but here’s how I’d describe them: Celest Pandamon 2.0 (with Kiwi Ears Flex eartips) – Super small, comfy, and chill—similar vibe to the Aful Explorer. I actually prefer these over the Salnotes Zero, 7Hz Sonus, Crinacle Zero Red, Artii T10, Tangzu Waner 1/2, Kefine Klean, IE200, Truthear Hexa, Moondrop Lan Reference, Chu 2, FDX1, Blessing 2, Kiwi Ears Cadenza, Inawaken Dawn, Dunu Titan S, and Truthear Gate. It’s about $20, a total “grower.” Boring at first, but comfort and tuning make it great. Likely warm or neutral-warm. Softears Studio 4 – Kicks ass. Especially on female vocals. I prefer it over all Meta-tuned and Harman IEMs. Campfire Andromeda 2020 – Neutral-warm with massive soundstage. Letshouer Cadenza 4 – On par with the Studio 4; I can’t pick a favorite between them. I can't describe how it sounds correctly and it's an IEM that shocked me because it (looks) like it'd be a Blessing 3 on graphs. Sounds nothing like anything out there. It's just an amazing IEM. I think it's U-shaped. Etymotic ER2XR – Love these for sentimental reasons. My EDC setup—always in my work bag. I use the Final Audio E multipack with the red adapter and my own tips. Dunu Kima 2 – The definition of neutral-warm to my ears. Filled the one gap in my collection (Lush, Dunu SA6 Mk2, Truthear Pure, S08, Explorer, etc.). The Kima 2 nails what I was missing. For budget stuff which surprised me. Xuan NV and Defiant. Both are spectacular with female and male vocals. Great punchy bass. Xuan NV is a bit more...liberal with bass. Defiant sounds more...correct with bass. But both are giant killers. Though the Defiant feels like more of a dragon slayer.

The weight normally helps them *not* fall out of your ears. My other "out and about" IEMs are the Ikko OH10 which is one of the heaviest IEMs in existence. It's basically a lump of solid copper, and quite a bit bigger than the Kato. That thing is super stable in the ears. Extra weight is only a problem if it's all on the outside of the IEM and tends to pull it out, like the 7Hz Sonus or Moondrop Stellaris. It's all about the centre of gravity being inside your concha, and ideally a bit towards the front so it will push itself towards your ear canal. If they're not stable in your ears then they might just not be going in deep enough. Maybe try other sizes of eartips. Or else you might just have quite small ears, in which case maybe something a bit thinner would be better, rather than something lighter. The Tanchjims are a bit smaller than the Kato, but I find them a bit less stable because they're too small to stay in place properly. In fact it could be that you have unusually large conchas, in which case a much larger IEM might be more stable. Also make sure the ear loops on the cable are supporting the weight properly so it's not just flopping around like it's loose. If they ear loops are too big then you can heat them up with a hair dryer and re-shape them to fit better. Hold in place until it cools down and repeat as needed.

I can safely tell you that the 7Hz Sonus punches significantly above its weight, by far, especially for gaming, you can drive it further with a DAC (I have yet to test it, waiting for delivery). The IEM by itself is insane as a first IEM. I have listened to the same songs for the past decade, and this is the first time I picked up many details on all of them, I can separate instruments with ease. Gaming-wise wise I can hear footsteps really far, and know the direction with precision, with a custom EQ I can even gauge distance a bit, but not as precisely).

7hz Sonus with 7hz and a Warzone-specific EQ that works universally for almost everything. It is extremely hard to beat the Sonus for gaming. You can hear footsteps almost over 30 meters out on Warzone, and Warzone audio is bad. To beat this combo, you need to go on the house of 200+ planar IEMs.

just get Klean or Sonus for that budget, friend got Phoenix, it's mid

Kefine Klean and 7Hz Sonus > Dawn Ms, Sonus used to be around 70 msrp but it's now under 40

Kefine Klean, 7Hz Sonus for $60 cad, if you can stretch to 100 cad Kefine Delci AE best is to run dongle DAC that can do USB UAC 1.0(if it's 2.0 it will work on PC but not Playstation and Nintendo) with a longer cable or an USB extension from your console. I know for a fact $40 usd msrp(can be had for under $35 usd atm) snowsky(fiio) melody does have UAC 1.0 and 2.0 modes so that would work and you just run a long as s USB cable to it from console, not sure which cheaper good stuff has UAC1.0/2.0 switch or run on 1.0 exclusively