Annihilator (2020)

+1 I prefer it over my annihilator and mest mk2

It's the Elysian annihilator

As expected of any hollow resin shell iems but I feel like they're quite high quality. Wouldn't feel confident dropping it though.

https://preview.redd.it/mfe7nhgbdmnf1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=506709efb3de3d31c874f4e78b603b59a4db16c7 By far, the annihilator and not a lot of things are as good.

I mean the day the elysian annihilators driver configuration and tuning which is a price you pay for is offered at 50$. I think price always carries a level of return that you inherently purchase. But it must hurt knowing you haven’t listened to a expensive iem and compared it to something much cheaper.

Yup. When it comes to treble, Annihilators are on a league of its own. I heard the Hex gets close though but 3x the price + 3x the wait time = no thanks lol I'll probably buy on the secondary market if it appears... problem is they get snatched superfast, just like subtonic storms but I heard the storm and it's not my cup of tea.

Annihilators have the best treble I’ve ever heard. It’s a very sweet sounding treble.

> if I have the FR graph for the Annihilators then I can easily just EQ my Hexas such that the EQed Hexa graph matches the Annhiliator graph This is a super common mistake people make. That does not work. For several reasons: 1. The graphs are smoothed 2. The graphs are not completely accurate anyway 3. The graphs may be measured at different insertion depths 4. The graphs are measured on a simulated ear, not a real human ear and certainly not *your* ear What you actually need to match is FR at the eardrum. Not any eardrum, *your* eardrum. That needs to be done by ear. And that's something hardly anyone actually has the skills to do. So while technically it's accurate to say it's all just FR and you can do pretty much anything with EQ, it does leave out that for the vast majority of people, it's effectively impossible. It's not even something you can just pay an expert do do for you, because they have no way to hear what you hear. What's more likely to happen (especially if you use AutoEQ) is that you'll make any peaks/dips in the treble [worse](/r/headphones/comments/1ivy4u7/how_measurement_error_hurts_eq/).

says the cable believer with a shitty and expensive iem at least get the annihilator sorry bruh but head-fi is calling for you! all em golden ears miss you there

People have different tastes, also it seems that Crinacle tends to review IEMs from companies he has connection/relation with. Personally, I demoed the Storm and I consider it the endgame refererence (slightly) warm neutral IEM. The Monarch MkIV isn't bad but it didn't feel anything special to me, solid for the price but it didn't awe me like the Storm or Annihilator.

Demoed 64audio duo during the Hifi show. It’s like letshuoer s12 but perfect. They have the full-bodied vocals that I am always looking for. So I jumped into the 64audio train and talked to their staff what I am looking for in an IEM. I end up with U6T and it’s perfect — the full-bodied lush vocals inside my head that it feels like the artist is whispering to me, makes every track emotional. My daily driver before this was TFZ No. 3 so imagine the jump. I would say totally life-changing. During a trip to SG, I visited The Hangout by Crinacle and Zeppelin. Got to try lots of TOTL IEM. That experience reaffirms that 64audio is my best choice for vocals. My star IEM on that trip was the Monarch MKII because it has the widest soundstage out of all the IEMs I have tried, couple with the thumping bass — feels like I’m in a concert. Also tried the Annihilator. I was not impressed at first, not until I got home and listened to some music I used with the Annihilator. It was like a night and day difference when it comes to the highs that I could not hear the sparkle I heard from the Annihilator. (Tho I still don’t like how the vocals sounded in them — they sounded thin but maybe because of the airiness.) My next goal is to find a moderately-priced IEM with EST driver that gives the same sparkle to the highs.

Adding my top 5 that I've personally owned. 1. Ice Labs Spectrumica (bought new, under 2k) - 2. Forte Mefisto (bought second hand for $1850) 3. Elysian Annihilator (under 2k second hand) 4. Thieaudio Valhalla ($1600) 5. Symphonium Crimson (around $1500) Others in this price range I've owned that don't make the cut Monarch Mk4, Monarch Mk3, IER-Z1R, UM Multiverse Mentor, Elysian Diva