My first "modern" IEM: Kiwi Ears Cadenza gave me the "I get it" moment for IEMs.
The AFUL Cantor: Gave me the "holy shit! I get it" moment for details, technicalities and "hi-fi"
they very good. They fit me with no issues. The treble was well extended...and there's a surprising level of bass. Really nice set. Divisive as my commented got down voted...but if you can't get the fit...then they're not for you.
I'm guessing Aful Dawn-X and Cantor? I stuck to my self imposed blind buy budget of $500 and got the Cantor for $420, although the Dawn-X sale was reallllly tempting. I'm curious how close they stay in technicalities with the Cantor peq'd to match the Dawn-X below like 600hz. Any chance you're bored enough to run that experiment?
i've hit pause a few times over the years.
first was not an iem, but the qudelix 5k had me chasing new sounds via peq instead of new purchases for almost a year.
then the letshuoer cadenza 4 was my pause game for another year, especially with peq.
right now i'm stuck on aful cantor. i was able to compare it to many more expensive sets at canjam, going in with the intention of going kilobuck range, but nothing even came close to making me want to open my wallet. kind of ruined canjam tbh, i wanted a shiny new toy, but feeling the fomo wash away was nice. i'll hit up canjam again in november, and hope something wows me enough to take my money.
All-around Clean = Top Pro
All-around Bass = Tea Pro
Bass Hedonism = Thieaudio Origin
Detail/precision at all costs = Aful Cantor
Vocals = BGVP Astrum
Walk around while shopping - CrinEar Daybreak
Travel - Ziigaat Odyssey
Without putting a budget you might get really expensive recommendations.
Aful Cantor and Fatfreq Quantum are the wider sounding IEMs I have tried. The entire selling point for the Quantum is that soundstage module it has.
But for these, buy them secondhand.
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