Libra

Paul wasabi, an iem reviewer, pointed out rightly that the kz libra are better for gaming due to its ability to highlight game cues.

I got both the Kz gale and Libra X and imho Libra x is still the king for budget gaming set cuz they sound cleaner (irrc Paul Wasabii said the same), gale/edx pro 2 is better for music cuz the Libra x's bass is kinda weak/neutral. 

Quando eu entrei nesse hobby levava a sério esses reviews e tier list, eu era bobinho e achava que era tipo igual review de gpu onde rtx 4070 era melhor que rtx 4060 e ninguém discutia isso até eu gastar uma grana com esses fone iem e discordar completamente dos reviews e fui pesquisar e vi muita gente na mesma situação aliás li absurdos de que reviewer A afirmava que fone X tinha ótimo "soundstage" enquanto o reviewer B afirmava que o mesmo fone não tinha nada e eu ficava "wtf"? Depois vi que isso é mais gosto do reviewer do que qualquer outra coisa e tem ciência por trás disso (no yt tem videos sobre pinna gain e anatomia do ouvido que varia pra cada pessoa), enfim tu só vai saber se gosta do fone após colocar no ouvido! Os fones que vc citou tem assinaturas muito diferentes, sinceramente eu compraria antes um monte de kz baratinho com assinaturas variadas e só depois de saber o que tu gosta gastaria em um fone top mas se for só pra jogos procura um com grave bem limpo (kz libra X já basta)...

 Harsh brightness and peaks? Maybe you're talking about old af KZ or the ZSN lineup.. Cuz for me was the complete opposite i tried a bunch of recent cheaper kz where my main iem was a Zero Red and i found the KZ Libra X was more neutral clear and natural sounding than Zero Red for a fraction of the price. Also a KZ PRX EQed to fix the metalic 10 Khz+ would blown away Zero Red and cheaper too but the right side of my set started dying with only 5 months of usage so yeah pure crap.. Nowadays i think both Red and Blues are overhyped and overpriced just looking at the graphs prob a GK Kunten would sound better for idk 5 bucks? I still don't like KZ but it's not about their recent sound signature (which is good tbh) but my experience with KZ is that they are disposable iems...

I 100% disagree with you, a gk kunten, a kz libra x and a kz zsn pro 2 or edx pro they sound NOTHING alike and you can cleary see that in the graphs that you linked! Btw Libra X sounded cleaner and more neutral to me than a hyped zero red! Anyway ik most ppl that trash KZ iems on this sub most prob live on a first world country where u$300 are pocket change right? Let's try a simple emphaty exercise: Here on Brazil a "sweet spot" u$300 iem that you guys love so much can cost after tax almost as much as a >>median wage<< while a GK kunten costed me less than a fkn cheap pizza! Heck even my u$50'ish artti t10 from Alie costed me ~9x the price of a GK kunten, it came with a bad driver flex and idk if it'll even sound better than the kunten while a chu 2 oxided and failed on my hands with 6 months of usage!

My kunten is still stuck on custom/postal service but just looking at the graphs and reading reviews i already kinda regret the Artti T10 tbh i rly hope Kunten will sound worse but let's see i'll update soon.. KZ i tested so far: D-fi (no switch), ZVX, Castor Silver, Carstor Bass, Libra X, Gale, ZSN Pro 2, EDC Pro, EDX Pro and PRX, KZ-like iems QKZ HBB and Sgor Adonis and non KZ ones Moondrop Chu 2, Truthear Zero Red, Tangzu Fudu, TRN V10 Pro and Artti T10. The KZ that i liked the most "stock" was Libra X it was very clean neutral and "correct" sounding but the bass was lacking while a EQed PRX with -2dB 8Khz and -10dB high-shelf on 10 Khz+ was insane good sounding and no worse than my EQed Artti T10 but the right driver died on me with only 5 months, i can confirm QC and build quality of KZ is kinda crap (brittle QDC connectors, exposed tunning filters) but as long as i'm paying less than a cheap meal for them it's fine cuz even if Kunten last me 6 months i can buy 9x Kunten (i.e: 54 months) with the price of an Artti T10 and idk if the Artti will even last 1 year!

But the reason I want flat or reference is because I'm using neural DSP and when setting up amps and recording and stuff I want to actually hear what the settings im choosing are rather than coloration from iems with a specific tuning. There's some super cheap iems that punch way above their weight it's called kz Libra x angle ears. It's a single dd with a good freq graph

KZ Saga was on my shopping cart but I went with KZ Libra X in the end. It honestly sounds like a $50 IEM to me.

I have the KZ caster Pro, KZ x Angel ears, KZ × HBB DQ6S, TRN Conch and the TRN V10 Pro ♥

I got a set of each and I could still not fit them, sadly and they were not the smallest I had found either. I got a random cheapo pair off AliExpress and they're about half a millimetre smaller, but still not small enough :(

Past like $300 preference is all that matters. The top ten most liked would split opinions a lot. There are IEMs suggested here that I would take a $7 KZ Libra over.

Not the Gate for sure. KZ Libra balanced is really good, but a bit still bright leaning with some harsher passages.

They're kinda mid. FT1 is fantastic. For something comprable Chu 2 DSP or KZ Libra (balanced). Better stuff you might find around $100 depending on preference.

KZ Libra is good for gaming.

Massively so. I'd take a $8 KZ Libra (balanced) over most TOTL TWS from Sony, Samsung or Sennheiser. Airpods Pro 2 sound okay, but a dozen sub-$100 options I've heard soubd better.

Those are my favorite ultra budget sets atm, for 10 usd or less you can't go wrong with these Iems, better than the Libra X, so much better than the EDC Pro or the EDX Lite

With EQ you can boost that Libra X bass, I got mine modded with a low density tuning foam, for its price it's absurdly technically capable, maybe that's right, it's better for gaming, but I prefer the EDX Pro 2 and Gale, definitely the trifecta of ultra budget kings