Kiwi Ears - Orchestra Lite

The Quintet is more of an upgrade from the Cadenza. The issue I have is that the Quintet was too bright for me in the upper midrange and the treble. I removed the stock mesh filters inside the nozzles and replaced them with different tuning filters which tamed the excess brightness. Even though this resolved the Quintet's brightness issues for me, I prefer the more natural and more enjoyable tuning of the Aful Performer 5. You could of course use EQ, if needed, to tweak the Quintet's overall sound signature. Or perhaps the Quintet's somewhat bright upper midrange and treble will not be an issue for you at all. The Orchestra Lite performs well for classical music and jazz. Yet the Orchestra Lite is a bit lacking in the bass and in the upper treble such that it is not as well suited for pop and rock. Another issue is that the Orchestra Lite is a non-vented IEM and can cause pressure buildup inside your ears. This can be alleviated by using Tangzu Tang Sancai eartips which are designed to relieve pressure buildup when using non-vented IEMs. Another new IEM to consider is the Juzear Butterfly 61T. I don't have this IEM yet. The 61T may have a bit too much sub bass for your tastes. Yet otherwise the 61T appears to have very nice tuning. Here is a graph which compares the frequency responses of all three of these IEMs: https://atechreviews.squig.link/?share=Bad_Guy_Target,Juzear_Butterfly_61T,AFUL_Performer_5,Kiwi_Ears_Quintet

Congrats! I got mine a week ago, blown away by their "gaming" performance. I've run EM6L, Orchestra Lite and Splendor II before, but these are in another league for me.

I would disagree, based on my experience. But as always, it is very personal when it comes to comfort of IEMs. For me the Orchestra Lites were much more "physically fatiguing" for the ear canal. I use the Tangzu Tang Sancai eartips on mine.

For me there is a significant difference between these and the Lites in terms of "directionality". But once again, sound (and IEMs) are extremely personal, so you may perceive it differently. I'd say that if you are running the Lites already, and can't find someone that has these so you can test them before buy, keep rocking them Lites and wait for what might come next in terms of IEM evolution.

Got iem's late last year and haven't gone back to regular over the ear headphones. Once you get used to them they're much better imo. Plus not having bulky headphones on your head is much more comfortable and the sound is a lot better too. I started if with a pair of kz's, then got a pair of moondrop aria's and now I have the kiwi ears orchestra light's.

I honestly didn’t notice a sizable jump until I heard the $250 Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lites but there’s newer IEMs than it, I’m personally waiting for the Aful Performer 5+2s to come in the mail. An alternative if you don’t want to drop ~$200+, grab the Eletech Boutique eartips and try swapping eartips out. I have an issue with the default AirPod tips slipping out.

I haven't tried those but I do have the Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite and those are touted as having wide soundstage and the Tea Pros sound more wide than those to my ears.

I've never tried the Blessing 3 so I don't want to comment regarding them. The Tea Pro is an excellent IEM. It has excellent imaging and good sound stage for an IEM. I've tried quite a few IEMs thanks to Amazon's return policy in the US. I do own these IEMs: Kiwi Orchestra Lite and Quintet Raptgo x HBB Hook Aful Performer 5 The Tea Pro is by far the best IEM I've tried.

I went from the EM6L > Kiwi Ears Quintet > Orchestra Lite > Tea Pro > Monarch MK3. I head a difference with every step up. I prefer the Quintet over the Tea Pro because the Tea Pro treble is darker and smoother and sounds less detailed imo. The Monarch MK3 is just absolutely amazing imo. I hear details in songs I've never heard before. The detail in every aspect is just amazing, and they're fun to listen to. They also do some black magic with soundstage and imaging. The MK3 sounds bigger than some openback headphones I've owned.

Amps are nice but for items absolutely not required, you can get a small dongle sac but beyond that, sound improvement really is marginal at best. They will give you more power to get more volume but depending on the items the port on the controller should be more than enough. At that price point I'd be looking at the dunu da Vinci, kiwiears orchestra lite, softears volume or if you can stretch your budget a bit more, the moondrop dusks.

Kiwi Ears Orchestra lite, excessively smooth, dark, blunted and low res. Sounds very cheap.

I've had unvented all BA IEMs before, like the Moondrop S8, Ibasso AM05, Tansio Mirai TSMR 3 Pro, and they all sound great/fine. Orchestra Lite just sounds so dull and blunt to my ears. Pressure build up doesn't bother me as much, especially when I use Tangzu's san cai tips.

They are very good but they are unvented, which is the thing that stops me listening to mine more often. Very resolving and very neutral tuning, although they do lack sub-bass extension.

I have the Orchestra Lite and the Performer 5. The Orchestra Lite is flat out the better IEM, no question about it. Excellent tuning & technicalities. However, it's unvented, which can cause discomfort and channel imbalances until the pressure evens out. That's a PITA and makes me listen to them less than I would otherwise. In fact there's only two things stopping the Orchestra Lite being endgame for me, which are it being unvented, and a slight lack of fullness in the bass (the bass hits really hard, but is a bit lacking in depth/body). The P5 is really comfortable and has a warmer tuning, with much fuller sounding bass. It also has good treble extension without being bright. Overall, it's tuned very well. But it has quite bad BA timbre in the treble that after a while get quite noticeable and distracting. I have several other IEMs with BAs, but the P5 is the only one that I notice any problems with the timbre. It has a weird digital sound, like all the frequencies are clumped together into lots of separate peaks with gaps between them. For comfort, I'd pick the P5. For sound, I'd pick the OL. Haven't heard the Orivetti, so no idea how it compares.

If it's unvented it means that it completely seals in your ear, but what tends to happen is as you push it in, it squeezes the air like a syringe and raises the pressure, so you get an uncomfortable feeling in that ear like being on a plane. It can also affect your ability to hear properly, so not only is it uncomfortable, if one side isn't equal with the other then you'll get a huge channel imbalance and everything sounds wrong. To fix this you have to pull your ear to break the seal and reseat the IEM. I normally have to do this several times to get the pressure to equalise, which is annoying. Once it's in place, it tends to stay that way unless I move around a lot, in which case I need to go through that process again. Usually takes me a couple of minutes each time, hence I never wear the Orchestra Lites outside. This doesn't happen with most IEMs because they have a vent somewhere that lets the air pressure in your ear equalise with the pressure outside. Dynamic drivers normally need to be vented, but all-BA sets don't. There are also some eartips that have vent slits (e.g., Divinus Velvet) or a textured surface (e.g, Tangzu Tang Sancai) to let the air pressure equalise, but I don't find they work all that well. Apparently some people aren't really affected much by this and don't notice any difference, but you won't know which group you're in unless you try an unvented IEM to find out.

OK. I think you basically want very rolled off sub-bass. The Moondrop SSR sounds like that. The Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite (a bit out of your budget, but I'll describe it anyway) has something similar, which I call "Tannoy Bass", because a lot of Tannoy speakers sound like this. They have really hard-hitting transients, but the actual bass weight behind it isn't there because the sub-bass is rolled off so hard. The SSR is actually a bit softer than that and sounds pretty much exactly how you described it. The Orchestra Lite is more like the Castor bass in terms of having that hard-hitting quality, but it doesn't have the same extension, so it lacks fullness and sounds slightly metallic. I usually describe it as drum hits sounding a bit like anvil strikes. What's really happening is you're getting more of the transient harmonics, but not the [fundamental](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_fundamental) or undertones. Somewhere about halfway between those two is the Simgot EA500 (not the LM), which has a very midbass focused, punchy kind of bass but it's not crazy elevated like the Castor. The overall tuning is bright-neutral and the bright part of that is very bright. Definitely a fatigue risk. The EA1000 is much better in that sense, but well outside your budget. It's also got a bit more bass than the EA500 but the presentation is similar. I'd say the EA1000 is just right to reproduce drums correctly. So EA500 is lower, so it's more like all the correct details are there, but the level is "as it is mixed" rather than "how it should sound" if that makes sense. Real drums are actually really loud and tend to be down-mixed to avoid drowning out everything else. Some graphs: https://squig.link/?share=Harman_Adjusted_Target,KZ_Castor_(DDUU),Simgot_EA500_(red),Moondrop_SSR Note the way the bass curves and peaks around 150Hz rather than rising all the way into the sub-bass. I don't remember the Conch having that sort of effect though. IDK if you've heard the Simgot EW200, but the Conch is almost identical, except that the EW200 has much cleaner treble. On the Conch it's quite peaky (in addition to being a bit bright like the EW200), so I found it hard to listen to. The bass was pretty much identical though, as far as I can remember. Only thing is I notice a lot of people complain about the EW200 lacking bass, because of tips. So it's possible you were getting that effect with the Conch, causing the sub-bass to be rolled off even though it doesn't measure like that: https://pw.squig.link/?share=TRN_Conch_Red,Simgot_EA500_Red,Simgot_EW200 I haven't heard the Ouranos so I'm not sure how that compares. Another thing to consider is that how bass instruments sound is only partially to do with the bass tuning. The bass affects the fundamentals, but transients on drums especially get right up into the high treble. So a more V-shaped or U-shaped tuning can put more emphasis on that initial strike (as I described the Orchestra Lite), although the more elevated the treble relative to the bass, the more likely it will lean into sounding metallic rather than plasticky.

That sounds like a problem because of it being unvented. I have one and it's probably my favourite tuning of any IEM (although it could do with some sub-bass). But I rarely listen to them, because it's such a pain to get the air pressure to equalise. And if it's not exactly right, they sound very wrong and can have a huge channel imbalance if one side is at a slightly different pressure than the other. None of the words you use are how I would describe it when it sounds right. But getting them to sound right, and continue doing so after moving around, can be more trouble than it's worth. It's put me off buying another all-BA set. I'm going to stick to hybrids with proper venting in the future.

I got the O Lites for Call of Duty and music. I have no complaints. The sound stage is amazing

I can’t speak for everyone since I have a little bit of cauliflower ear, but Comfort is okay, I use foam tips (sonic foam) As for Bass I like it. I now reduce the Bass on my Sony WHX3s because I tend to listen for instrument placement now. I say, get it thru Amazon, and if you don’t like it, just return it.

Not sure if it’s in your budget, but I play COD and got the Kiwi Orchestra Lites. Best purchase ever. Can detect the exactly where people come from

I love my Kiwi OL's, but have been looking at the Tea Pros. What did you like about these? Do the Tea Pros also isolate noise as well as the OL's?

FYI, IEMS don’t get noticeably “better” than AirPods Pro 2 until you spend around 300-500 dollars. For example the Kiwi EarsOrchestra Lite($250) did not obviously outperform the AirPods Pro 2, but the Moondrop Variations ($500) 100% does. They are cheap for a reason. I’ve tried IEMS ranging from $50-$300 and none of them were worth keeping on top of the AirPods Pro 2. They’re seriously just too convenient and they sound HiFi. If you’re willing to pay for the engineering then you’ll find something that will blow the AirPods out of the water

Another vote for Orchestra Lite. Just be aware they are unvented and cause pressure problems in some people's ears.

he caps a bit on them because they're his collab, objectively $10 more expensive Splendor II are a bit better, they have better layering, it's easier to tell distance with them, directionality and everything else are just as good on both, I'd also give a slight edge to Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite, don't know what it is but it just feels a bit better. Arete are still very good and should objectively be near the top of B+ tier, just under Orchestra Lite but above S12 2024 right where the Yanyin Cannon also is, but that's $100 more, so it's good place to be tbh.

trash for monitoring, mediocre at best for music listening too, if you want something good for all of that you are not getting it for $200, you can get good for music + gaming but not for monitoring, maybe if you can stretch your budget a bit you can get good for gaming and monitoring but meh for music with kiwi ears orchestra lite at 249 msrp but they go for 210-215 on sale

Out of these Orchestra Lite by far, other 3 are comparable to $30 Tripowin Vivace when it comes to gaming and get blown out of the water by $89 Kefine Delci AE you should get Truthear Volume S but you could also take a look at Intuaura Splendor II, Apevoix Grit, Yanyin Cannon, Ziigaat Arete, all $350 and under [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haw33NhPto](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haw33NhPto)

friends FiiO FA19, he got them for Counter Strike but they work in every title basically, it's not one of those headphones/IEM that are just wide(you don't need a lot of depth for Counter Strike, Valorant, games like that) edit:/ if you want best comfort and still good for gaming I'd say getting a custom Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite is best option, usually all of the good stuff for gaming are rly bulky, 64 Audio Volur, FiiO FA19, Xenns Mangird Top, Xenns Mangird Tea Pro and Top, Thieaudio Monarch MKIII, they all have bunch of drivers, Orchestra Lites do too but they got only small BA drivers no big drivers alongside it and CIEM version is molded to your ear so you get perfect comfort edit#2:/ I personally use Intuaura Splendor II, it's a single DD(tiny and super light to most stuff good for gaming) with some might say too much venting, isolation is dogshit but love them, I put them on with some Dunu or FiiO foam tips and they disappear in my ear, can wear them for 10+ hours straight

upgrades similar to hexa I'd look into: tri i3 mk3, epz p50, kiwi ears orchestra lite, letshuoer cadenza 4, softears studio 4, elysian pilgrim

MagicOne, Orchestra Lite, Quintet, Hexa, and Origin are the ones that come to mind immediately. But generally speaking, I think any IEM that can pull off a decently mid-centric tuning can be good for classical music. Some bass is good but I would steer clear of the "contrast-y" bass rises you see on many harman-ish sets these days.

Neutral Warm, and my favorites with this tune are Origin, MagicOne, and Orchestra Lite. My favorite Targets are probably Super22, HBB, and the original IEF neutral. But I don't hard tune towards targets when I EQ, rather I use them as a reference and then filter manually by ear based on those targets and the IEM itself.

Pressure can be a pain for the Orchestra Lite on longer gaming sessions plus imo they r a bit too big and heavy. I am testing the OL and Aful 5+2 right now and leaning toward the Aful. For the OL definitely get different tips. Waiting on the Hype 4 and I will make my decision on which to keep!

They sounds great and i game a lot as well mainly fps. Definitely would pick Aful over OL due to comfort and size. If u can def try both since sound can be very subjective but I believe most people would agree the Ol is not very comfortable!

Depends on price budget. When you say neutral, its going to have way less bass/sub bass than the APP2s. And "exciting" sorta contradicts neutral. Neutral suggestions: Hexas, Supermix 4, Ziggat Lush, Orchestra Lite

I use Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lites and ZiiGaat x Fresh Reviews Aretes… am I gaming wrong?

Kiwi ears orchestra lites as you said you have medium to large sized ears. They’re extremely comfortable and you can get tangzu sancai narrow bore tips to remove any vacuum sensation as they are non vented iems.

My Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lites legit sound better than my Hifiman Aryas and HD800s idk why

i use the kiwi ears orchestra lites. i love em, mainly used for competitive fps and hardcore games

The Orchestra Lite is unbelievably smooth and detailed, with decent but not crazy bass. The P5 has better sub-bass, but not a ton more mid-bass than the Orchestra. It also has more air in the top end than the Orchestra. They're both highly detailed, but the P5 is brighter. Haven't tried the Orivetti, so I can't compare that.

I have the orchestra lites, and while they're a slightly dry sound, their tuning and details are impeccable. You might just not like the sound of the Orchestra Lites or IEMs in general if it's turning you off this much. They work incredibly well for FPS games for me.

I recently bought Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lites and they’re amazing all-rounders. I mostly use them for gaming and playing music. They excel at both.

If you can stretch your budget at all. I highly recommend the kiwi ears orchestra lites

Hard disagree with (1), Softears Studio 4 is such a set, Kiwi Ear Orchestra Lite is also a pretty damn good one too. Hard agree with (6).

Used to use arctis nova pro with the smiley eq on dac now I use iems , kiwi ears orchestra lite and fiio k11 R2R with a wave xlr and shure mic

Any other higher end options? I have a pair of the Orchestra Lites and they sound less "boosted" but the separation is noticeable worse than my variations :/

I had the orchestra lites but couldn’t handle the size of them. I have the hexas and they do perform well on classical especially with the triclarion wide bore tips, but I wish they had a bit more bass. I do like how my kiwi ear cadenzas sound with classical, but the imaging is lacking. I guess my ideal set would be cadenza tuning with better imaging so I just need to do my homework and look at graphs

Kiwi Ear lites IEMs and I swapped out the tips for the vortex tips. I wear them for 15+ hours a day for both work and then gaming no issues. IEMs are the way to game and I’ll never go back to headsets

i just got a pair of orchestra lites myself. What dac amp would you recommend for under 200 to run them through to make the sound quality a little better. I used to use Astro A40s so it feels like a bit of a downgrade rn just with base sound quality however to my understanding IEMS really shine with a dac AMP

would you say my experience with the kiwi orchestra lights will be much better with a desktop unit or if I am kind of put off by them now would it not be worth it. I want to give them a chance because I've wanted iems instead of headphones for a while but I'm just unsure.

I used em6l, hexa, kato, canon ii and orchestra lite. The best for gaming is my canon ii , orchestra lite close second. Hexa, then em6l. Em6l was to airy / tinny for me. But was comfortable. Orchestra lite are great but hurt my ear alot, got small ear holes. Super clear though. Canon where absolutely perfect for comfort, and are a better bassier orchestra lite. Hexas are really good too, I love house they sound but just didn't have the 'tech' like the OL or canon

I have orchestra lite and they are pretty good. I at CS mainly and the imaging is great. A bit lacking on the base side if that worries you.

Out of those three the Performer 5 is going to be your safest choice. I really personally enjoy the Orchestra Lite, but it has some quirks that are not for everyone.

A neutral tuning that probably wouldn't suit your tastes for one. They're also a unvented all BA set which can cause pressure buildup and discomfort for a lot of people. Being a full BA set as well means the bass is going to sound a bit different compared to DDs.

Maybe try some cheaper sets until you figure out what's causing it. I just got my kiwiears orchestra lites a few hours ago and the fit for me is very good. my ears seem to work well with most IEMs though.

Not really. I haven't got a set I don't like. My current favorites are the dusk, dunu braindance, kiwiears aether, and kiwiears orchestra lite.

I’ve had the green ones for a couple months now, I still find myself just looking at them sometimes. Lol

Bro. I've been using these IEMs for months now, and I just discovered I plugged them in on wrong sides, thanks to googling how to improve the sound and finding your comment. Wow I am an idiot, and wow you are a legend. Cheers.

They were great when I had them. But I had to return 2 pairs back to back within a day of having each pair bc they both came with driver issues. I also found the non vented shell uncomfortable. They are undeniably pretty tho

I had xm3, and I’ve airpods pro 2 and many other stuff, wired and wireless. Sonys are alive, AP2 did a big step in that direction. But at least for classical music (and acoustic I guess) is a no brain, the Orchestral lite are far ahead. AP2 are great and very convenient but in terms of quality and detail, I don’t know about the Aful but OL are another world.

Hello guys I'm new to iem and I recently purchased a pair of kiwi ears orchestra lite. Rivews here and on YouTube that seemed good to replace my dt77 pro because summer is hot and having my ear cups drenched in sweat sucks. So I've decided to try out iems. But here I am, more than a week later and I can't stand them at all for gaming.... I play warzone mostly (I know the audio is trash in general with this game) and I have absolutely no issues to locate people and to listen to footsteps with my dt770 but with the orchestra man it's a nightmare. Gunshots are way too loud, door bashing literally fucks my eardrums and I can't really locate enemies as good as I do with my headphones. I've tried eq it with FX sound but basically does nothing good. Loudness eq is literally the worst thing, no spatial audio what so ever, can't locate anyone. Presets in game don't make any differences at all (pc speaker, headphones, bass boost, cinéma, sound bar etc etc) Hours searching for YouTube videos about eq but nothing seems to fit my needs :c I don't want to use equalizer apo since I can't put it in 96khz (or maybe it does ?) with my audient Evo 4 interface (music sounds like pure trash in 48khz). So i'm looking for tips, maybe EQ settings specifically for the game/my iem pair or any advices possible. I've seen that ear tips can make a difference for the sound but I don't really think that eardrum sodomy will be less pronounced with foam ear tips rather than silicone... I'm open for any tips or advices you guys can give me. Thank you in advance :)

to be a 1000% honnest i've ordered kiwi ears CADENZA for 42€ but i've recieved a pair of orchestra lite... so basically i payed for non premium stuff and i've recieved a way overkill iem for me

hello there, little update ! I just recieved my foam eartips and my adapters and holy shit it's so much nicer. My ear canals are not being fist fucked anymore and the feeling is great so far. I'm using the 30ohm adapter now, i need to test further in games to truly appreciate what it can do but the difference on the desktop listenning to music is already really cool. Thank you so much for your previous replies ! I can finnally enjoy my iem now :)

so i've tried to eq with sonar, following the gadgeterytech video and its sooooo much nicer ! The audio is really cool but the issue now is that i hear people BEHIND ME when they are in FRONT of me... i don't know how to deal with this one unfortunately. Left and right are ALSO flipped as i tested in the speaker output test The eq is fantastic coupled with the impedance adapter but it feels so much worse when audio is flipped :c havent found the solution on the internet now, do you have any idea ? u/ChangoFrett EDIT 2 : I FIGURERD OUT MY IEM WERE WIRED THE WRONG WAY THE HOLE TIME just tested with a youtube vidéo that outputs sounds on left then right and stepped across a comment on reddit that said "maybe the wires are the wrong way" and they were lol i basically did all the mistakes possibles with my purchase. Thank you again u/changofrett for everything. my eq preset in sonar as pic related https://preview.redd.it/xko8dq9atsjd1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5de52e68154e526a398bf901e1e957e8fcb3a3d

Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite! I prefer the orange color the most, but all of them are absolutely beautiful. I’m a sucker for resin made IEMs. They’re just so beautiful and the fact that they’re crystal clear and something I never even noticed on the BA for the highs Kiwi Ears is even printed on it inside the IEM. https://preview.redd.it/od5kg2jtyzbe1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a652d327aface6ac83d1a31db3dfab822e129f6f

If you liked the cadenza bass then, Then I would say neither of these qualify as a "similar" upgrade. They do improve in other areas such as technicality. Orchestra lite is more like a safer "do it all" kind of iem. Quintet on the other hand is more U shaped and can be a bit spicy in upper mid->treble region but reveals alot more. I liked cadenza bass alot, but neither of these really gave me that feeling. Until I tried dunu falcon ultra, it has that same richness of cadenza bass but has greater depth and elasticity. The mids and highs sound just as open but has more resolution. I much prefered the timbre on single dds. If you ever hear BA or planar timbre it can sound kind of floaty or hollow at times at higher volumes. Dunu falcon ultra has very similar tuning to cadenza but doubles down on the harmonics, technicality, and timbre. I love that "hearty" feeling from lower end of the bass, but didnt really get that from orchestra or quintet. Orchestra sound more smoothed and balanced, quintet sounded more analytical and colder. Quintet at times has a treble ZING that can make it sound abrasive. Its unforgiving for badly recorded songs or those with alot of cymbals/snares/ high hats. The nozzle on quintet has a weird curve and if you have smaller ears it can bump the inner canal. If you have any questions, Im free to answer any.

jks has the best iems i think. He's used Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite, Letshuoer S12, Ziigaat Arete and now Ziigaat Odyssey. Edit: He is a follower of Fresh Reviews on Twitter

Hi. Generally you don’t need an amp with IEMs. An apple dongle will be just fine for almost any situation. You might end up like me that the volume steps will be too large on your phone. I bought a dongle dack with physical volume controls, but it was more of a feature thing than SQ issue. I causually game on a PS5 with the “edge” controller and it’s 3.5mm port is more than capable of driving all my iems. With my orchestra lite it hisses however so I had to use an adapter which solves the issue. My other IEMs do not hiss when directly connected to the port. What you should choose depends on what your priorities and tuning preferences are. I’ve tried all my IEMs for gaming and when playing competitive shooters, their characteristics highly influence how easy it is to accurately pinpoint the direction of audio clues, like footsteps. If you dont play shooters, how immersive the IEMs will be will be mostly a tuning thing. If they are close to your taste they will be good! I own the trutheat Zero Blue, which is quite good for gaming alone, but for music it has it’s limitations. Not that it’s bad - but with complex music I find their midrange to be not cear enough. My Orchestra Lite is better when gaming - and also much better for music. Again, it’s tuning makes it ever-so-slightly bass shy for some parts of my music library, so I kept on looking. My latest purchase - the Tea Pro’s seem to be a great allrounder. They do well with all kinds of music for me. I don’t feel I’m missing on anything, and they are quite good for shooters. You can clearly pick out the audio clues and tell their direction with pinpoint accuracy. The PS5 controller drives them fine.

Only iem I've tried in that price range and it's the kiwi ears orchestra lites and I recommend them. Above that the xenns mangird tea pro. That being said this youtube has a lot of iems you could demo. https://m.youtube.com/@GlennGaneAudio

Haven't tried many in the price range but I would say the Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite. Vocals sound phenomenal on them and I'm not much of a bass head so I wasn't bothered by the fact that it's not bassy. I like u shaped and balanced tunings.

Kiwi ears orchestra lites and even though I liked them I returned them and got the xenns mangird tea pro since fresh reviews said they were better for gaming.

Tea Pro or Top Dusk Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite I love the Tanchjim Origin too but it's more of a vocal centric IEM