DaVinci

For me it's in the ~$300 range. My ISN EBC80 do sound better than my Twilight-DS, but not by much. Maybe 10-15% better overall but more capricious when it comes to tips and cables. The BC, and EST are very tip and seal sensitive as well as anything that absorbs the vibrations. Have to sell a lot of my cables because they don't play nice with the EBC80. They're great, don't get me wrong. I love them, specially when I PEQ the sub bass and 20kHz region they are chef's miss when it comes to fun sounding and how amazing they are to listen. If I was short on cash I would probably would stick to the $300-$350 price range. I haven't listened to anything super expensive (above $1.5k USD), but seeing how shallow the jump is from KZ ZS10 Pro, 7Hz elua ultra, KZ Sonata, Dunu Davinci, Punch Audio Martilo, and the INAWAKEN Twilight-DS compared to the ISN EBC80 is how I came to my conclusion. I would say above price is driver configuration, and crossover implementation when it comes to sound quality. I feel like the only way to improve BA/DD hybrids is with EST and BCD. I feel within that technology there isn't a huge jump. I think that is why some people hear a dramatic jump in 1-2k IEMs. 

Yeah, I recently received the IvipQ Aura X and although it sounded good, like you said the BCD gave it that special sauce that's hard to replace. It sounds good (a little bright for me), but the EBC80 has more sound details that it (I think due to the BCD and the ESTs doing their job).  I love the EBC80, although I replaced the stock cable with a thicker 3 in 1 gold plated and currently rocking it with the IvipQ Gaia cable. It's hard to beat BCD IEMs when you have the right cable and ear tips with it. I think it's great that the Archangel comes with a good stock cable, and it makes a difference to me with BCD (I think the cables conduct enough vibrations from the BCD/EST to give it better soundstage). I'm still tempted to buy the Penon Archangel because my four listening moods are fun, bass head, critical/detail, and podcasts listening. After gifting some sets to my wife and my friends I am only down to a couple IEMs. Right now I'm debating between the Archangel and the Monarch MK4. The Archangel would save me couple hundred bucks I could use to buy music.

Yeah it does! I was listening to a song and my mind got confused because I could have sworn I felt/hear the whisper in the music being me and got startled because I thought for a split second someone was behind me whispering. They sound really good, but comfort could be improved. The IvipQ Aura X is more comfortable compared to it for sure. The EBC80 also pairs well with different sources. I feel like the IvipQ Aura X is currently sounding better with my RedMagic 11 Pro and my Surfans F20 Pro, but the EBC80 sounds better for sure. The EBC80 in my opinion sounds better than the INAWAKEN Twilight-DS, Dunu DaVinci, IvipQ Aura X, and all the other IEMs I've listened to. I'm waiting for the TSMR Shock to arrive so I can compare them. 

Dunu Davinci won me

The Dunu DaVinci is tuned very similarly to the Tea Pro. Both have a 6 kHz dip in the upper midrange to remove harshness in female vocals and to make the upper midrange sound a bit more relaxing. I have the DaVinci and the Performer 7 and both of these IEMs are endgame IEMs for me. The DaVinci has more bass than the P7. The P7 has a slightly early rise for the simulated pinna gain. I listen to the DaVinci when I want more bass and a more relaxing upper midrange. I listen to the P7 when I want a somewhat more energetic upper midrange. I pick one or the other to listen to depending on my mood and the genres which I want to listen to. So for me, the DaVinci and the P7 are somewhat yin and yang IEMs to each other. I like being able to pick up a pair of IEMs to listen to depending mostly on my mood. I have never looked at the iemrankings website until hearing about this website from your post, so I don't know what to make of this website. I can say that the P7 and the DaVinci are on a similar level but with differences. The Tea Pro is potentially the third endgame that I want since I think that its tuning will fit between the DaVinci and the P7. Although the P7 is really good and punches above its price, I find it hard to believe that the P7 is better than the Tea Pro.

I really liked the Hype 4. I have only had a chance to audition it during a live YouTube chat with Joyce. She auditioned all three of the Hype IEMs. The Hype 4 sounded to me like the best bang for the buck. This also was the general consensus. I also really like the white shell color which you chose to purchase since I realized that the metal flakes reflect the colors of surrounding objects. I currently have two favorite IEMs which are yin and yang pairs of IEMs. I really enjoy the Aful Performer 7 for its very nice details which require me to have an alert mind. Yet when I am tired, I prefer the Dunu DaVinci's relaxing sounding upper midrange which still has very nice details. Amazingly, I am able to enjoy the DaVinci's more intense yet still amazingly layered and textured bass even when I am tired. I really like your very simple question since your simple question can open up avenues for discussion, such as yin and yang IEMs, one of which is preferred during daytime, or another of which is preferred in the evening when being more tired.

HiFiMan Ananda Stealth. It’s about 30% the cost of a Meze 109 Pro and frankly sounds a bit better to me. The build isn’t all that, but the sound was better than I expected. Also( the Dunu DaVinci. It’s probably my favorite IEM right now, full stop. I didn’t expect to love the sound as much. Close second: Thieaudio Hype 4 and Kiwi Ears Astral.

50$ - Zero 2 Sub 100$ - Truthear Pure (bit too soft but very good) (Edit) 150$ - Sound rhyme SR5 Sub 300$ - Dunu Davinci Bit above 300$ - Softear Volume S Sub 500$ - Sound Rhyme SR10 (My end game) 1000$ range - Prisma Lumen Much more than 1000$ - Canpur 622B I own SR5 and SR10 and any other one is Demo and try from Canjam 2026 I like warm sound, forward vocal with a bit of relaxed treble, This is pretty much upgrade path for someone who looking for the same signature lol. Honorable mention Sub 400$ - Crinear Ref (using for palette cleansing when you demo a lot of stuff) 250$ - Ziigaat x Hangout Odyssey 2 (help me found out that I prefer JM-1 target) There's many more that I can't remember so If you ask and I ever heard of it, I can give you some opinion.

From my note about them when I tried them at Canjam 1. Hercules Noah \- Clean presentation in bass, still have good body but not as thick as Volume S. \- Body are more to the clean side rather than full side \- Forward vocal, some people may call it shouty but not for me, they're in the right amount. \- Treble are present and compete with the vocal to be up front but not sharp or too much. \- There's an Air present but not sharp or piecing. Overall Fun IEM, nice presentation with nice build. 2. Yanyin Baker \- There's a Bass texture, not present upfront but enough \- Body are more to the clean side rather than full side \- Bit forward vocal, I think they're in the right amount \- have an "Yanyin" treble character where they feel a bit pillow'ish and soft, not sharp and decisive. (Pretty much happen to a lot of them to the point of become their signature) \- still have an Air sharpness but not that much to the point of distraction. 3. Hype 4 Mk2 \- I can't remember much about them because it's many month ago that I tried them, but I do remember that I don't like them that much because of Treble energy (I just don't like big treble energy that's all) Both of them are not really comparable to the Volume S and SR10 because they have different characteristic, feel like compare pizza to the corn soup.

Hmm, both of them are I would call Midbass focus, they filling the body of overall sound to be a bit thicker rather than let thing clean and clear. Volume S is Safer with a bit less energy overall from upper mid range to the top end, they will be less sparkle and shimmer but very relaxed and still capable to do thing to your music SR10 is more Bassy (they're Very Thumpy) A LITTLE bit less treble energy (mean some high sound sit a bit further) and more Air (High hat and shimmer strike more sharply) Overall either one is fine, Volume S is Cheaper but SR10 do discount often,I got them for 350$ instead of 499$ mrsp so it's up to you

I never tried original Hype 4 but from what I see in the graph They're very close but with a bit different in treble. So Davinci is pretty smooth and not much sharpness in the High sound. (there's some high hat feeling to it but the overall edge is softer side) While Hype 4 supposed to sound a bit more sharp and upfront in term of High sound. Depend on your taste and the price you can get really. https://preview.redd.it/jdave567jz2h1.jpeg?width=1439&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d792f5c3c015db4930560938e4b43725a9987487