Celest Wyvern Black Remaster

Nice write up. IEM has the best price to performance…hands down. It’s a different beast compared to over ear cans, headphones in general. With that said…you are just scratching the surface. I have the original Celeste Wyvern Abyss, they are actually my knock-around set. They perform as intended…but there are much, much, much better sets out there. Do be aware, as deep as the headphones get…there really are only several known brands that most gravitate towards. IEM, there’s a much wider and deeper pool of companies and models to choose from. Enjoy the discoveries you make along the way!

Zero 2 is still a good budget set to start with. You might also want to look at Kiwi Ears Cadenza and Kinera Celeste Wyvern. I have all three of these and they perform well with playing rock music. I find the Cadenza to have the best bass performance out of these three. Zero 2 is a tad warmer. None of them are sibilant...at least nothing in my library of music. APOS x Community have the Rock Lobster which goes for around 60usd...they are "supposed" to be tuned for rock music. If that still fit your budget...it could be a solid choice for you. Moving up in price point around 100usd...gets to AFUL Explorer and Letshuoer S08. Both are warm and smooth. I have the Explorer and they are a wonderful set for rock. I'm running them through various rock genres last night. The warmth and down tilted treble allowed for higher volume listening. Was very fun!

Red Lion would be the better option, it's vocal forward enough... With good bass, and a great deal with the accessories. There is better vocal forward sets like the Celest Wyvern Abyss, but I can't recommend if you might be sensitive to 3k to 4k range that helps the clarity, but to much can make it sound to shouty for people like me. Red Lion is a good introduction to iem space, and sets you up nicely to with He Sonic Eartips, Sancai eartips, a nice cable, a cleaning cloth, and a silicone pouch.

The kinera Celeste wyvern is great I personally really love the tuning and it’s consistently within my rotation among 200-300$ iems the tuning of them is similar to other iems I love like the truthear nova

Celest Wyvern Remastered and a bunch of various ear tips (Tangzu Noble, AE100, HE Sonic). Maybe the Moondrop Echo too.

I got them just for the looks and was not disappointed... Same with the Wyvern Black Remastered

To me they were just "okay" I'll try both during the day today and report later.

I haven't done any EQ, since I'm a bit busy, but I did give them a try. To be honest I enjoyed both, the original Kinera Wyvern Black are more V-shape, while the Remaster are a bit more neutral, I really liked them with the divinus velvet widebore tips

I got them just for the looks and was not disappointed... Same with the Wyvern Black Remastered

I haven't done any EQ, since I'm a bit busy, but I did give them a try. To be honest I enjoyed both, the original Kinera Wyvern Black are more V-shape, while the Remaster are a bit more neutral, I really liked them with the divinus velvet widebore tips