Gizaudio x Binary Acoustics - Chopin

My "sit-down and listen" set aka the Gizaudio Chopin. I told myself I'm not buying an IEM for myself above $100, but I caved in and got it. I also bought a hefty cable to pair it with. To this day, I have no regrets. It's an awesome sounding set. Now, I'm of the mindset that I won't buy an IEM at $100 or less. It only goes up from here. My current white whale is the Elysian Pilgrim, but that might change in the future.

If you like female vocals I recommend the Binary × Gizaudio Chopin, the bass response is also very well balanced and has a lot of sub bass rumble so they are also great for pop and electronic music. Male vocals sound slightly thin at times but that can be fixed eith EQ (though I never eq mine, but I also mainly listen to female vocals) instruments sound very good and well balanced, the soundstage is good for an iem, imaging is excellent, and detail retrieval is also very good.

Tangzu waner/waner 2 and Binary Chopin are my favorites for female vocals.

Tea Pro is my best buy from my last bought 5 iems and I think I can walkaway with it quite few years time. No.1 - Tea Pro No.2 - Performer 5+2 No.3 - Tanchjim Origin No.4 - GizAudio Chopin No.5 - Supermix 4

(amongst the iems have I owned) s tier: kiwi ears ke 4 and truthear hexa a+ tier: Ikko OH10, Pula PA02, Shuoer s12 pro, Sennheiser ie200, Kefine Delci, Dunu Titan S OG a tier: Dunu Titan s2, Tanchjim One, pre revision CCA CRA+ A- tier: Binary Chopin, Tangzu Waner Studio, KZ PR2 pre revision, Tripowin Olina SE B+ tier: Kiwi Ears Quintet, Tangzu Xuan Ji, Simgot EW 200, Truthear Gate and Hola, Tangzu Wan'er SG B tier: Moondrop Chu 2 and OG, KZ EDA Balanced, Kiwi Ears Quartet, Moondrop Aria Snow, FiiO Jade Audio JH3, Tripowin Lea B- tier: 7hz zero OG, Truthear Zero Blue, Whizzer BS1 C tier: KZ CRN D tier: Moondrop Quarks honorable mentions: Koss KSC75 in A minus, Porta Pro in B, Moondrop Space Travel in B-, Galaxy Buds Plus and 2 in A minus along with Airpods Pro Gen 1, and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro in A plus.

You have a lot of options in that price range. Jm1- tuned Iems (good Allrounder with a good amount of bass with clean natural mids and smoother in the treble. Not necessarily detail monsters in their respective price range): Kiwi Ears Ke4, Crinear Daybreak, Epz P50, Ziigaat Odyssey 1&2, Dunu Davinci (and Ziigaat Crescent) Harman-tuned Iems (Sounds overall engaging and fun. Really clean and more energy in bass and treble compared to the mids): Truthear Nova, Tanchjim Kara and GIZAUDIO x binary Chopin Neutral (like it says neutral. Nothing is really boosted or anything. Sounds flat. Not for me): Trutehar Hexa (with a bass boost) or Etymotic er2se. U-shaped (similiar to V-shaped but more subbass and upper treble focused): Aful Performer 5+2 V-shaped(a lot of bass and treble energy. Really exciting but can also come across fatiguing): Ziigaat Estrella Subbass boosted (bass. Give me bass!): Fatfreq Deuce Midbass lover (give me that thump!): Ziigaat Doscinco or Ziigaat Arcadia Vocal forward (the vocals are the star of the show): Tanchjim Origin (or cheaper options like Fission and Nora)

Hey, I don't recommend the Supermix 4 as the treble is too much for me (I get fatigue over time). If you wanna stick with Harman I would go with the Truthear Nova for 50quids less ( https://amzn.asia/d/hKDOjKv https://graph.hangout.audio/iem/5128/?share=JM-1_Target,SuperMix_4,Nova_TE&bass=8&tilt=0&treble=-4&ear=0 ) or for 60Aud more I would look at the binary x GIZAUDIO Chopin (https://graph.hangout.audio/iem/5128/?share=JM-1_Target,SuperMix_4,Nova_TE,Chopin&bass=8&tilt=0&treble=-4&ear=0 https://amzn.asia/d/atqSDLt ) or the Tanchjim Kara if you want a bit less bass but still Harman for 30Aud more than the supermix (https://graph.hangout.audio/iem/5128/?share=JM-1_Target,SuperMix_4,Nova_TE,Chopin,Kara&bass=8&tilt=0&treble=-4&ear=0 https://amzn.asia/d/azPlx2G ) Some other Iems I would personally pick over the Supermix 4 would be the Kiwi Ears Ke4 for $295 (after coupon https://amzn.asia/d/23yycCS) as well as the Quintet for $291 (after coupon https://amzn.asia/d/4upC76P ). https://graph.hangout.audio/iem/5128/?share=JM-1_Target,SuperMix_4,Quintet,KE4&bass=8&tilt=0&treble=-4&ear=0 Edit: for the dongle I would probably just pick the koondrop echo b, kiwi ears allegro mini or fiio ja11. Doesn't matter that much.

I also thought about the Mega5 but the bass in the graphs scares me a bit. I own the Gizaudio x Chopin and the sub-bass rumble is too much for me. It has a bloating effect in my ear canal. Can you say something about the bass extension in the Mega5? Focus on lower to upper mids with balanced bass and treble extension is my preferred signature after hearing couple of iems. Maybe I wait for the Hexa 2.