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Here are some recommendations under $50 or can be found most of the time under $50. KBear Rosefinch 7hz Elua (not ultra version) QKZ HBB Hades (you say you don't care about details, stage etc but you may regret your words after hearing this.) 7hz Legato (if you can stretch like $10, this one has the most dynamic and engaging bass among my recs.)
Hades makes every other cheap basshead set feel like God's grace. Take any other basshead set and do you think it's muddy, bad vocals, has no mid, treble, stage, resolution etc? Hades will make you eat your words. It has extremely stupid amount of bass with no texture, it's dark, overly muddy, boomy, congested. Legato bass has texture, hits very hard and pleasant. Other frequencies are very acceptable for the final purpose. I have seen reputable reviewers criticizing Legato with vocals etc but personally I find those takes immature and ignorant of its purpose. It wasn't tuned as a pure basshead set only but trying to give the feeling of old, classic subwoofer sets. And it succeeds very much if you ever have been familiar with that sound. (that might give ideas about your age also.)
I have the Rosefinch, Legato, and Hades. The Hades sucks. I mean I think it *technically* it has the most bass but it's not as good as the other two imo I've been eyeing the Diablo and Armor for my next basshead step up
As bassy as Rosefinch? sadly none, if you can wait for a Sale, QuietSea II (which is $70 stock). We bassheads really are starving out here in the $50 price range. Now, if you want only bass, no exageration, like literally only bass, consider QKZxHBB Hades.
It really depends on each people ears and taste in music. Basshead or normal people usually like v shaped iem, even if it's cheap one like qkz hbb they gonna pick it over 64audio u12t for example
For hip-hop, my go-tos are the QKZ x HBB pair. Less than $20 and quite good at that price. The Chu 2 DSP version does quite well with hip-hop tracks also. I test with “Stir Fry” from Migos, “Kick Push” from Lupe Fiasco, and (if an IEM can handle those two), “How Low” from Ludacris. The QKZ x HBB passes all three levels with flying colors. The Chu 2 DSP is quite good as well (and better than the regular Chu 2 to my ear). Hope that helps.
Ok. Cool. Good rec because I’m looking for a better basshead IEM than the QKZ x HBB. I don’t listen to a lot of newer Rap but Old School Hip-Hop is my jam: De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Common, and The Roots in particular.
Will you plug them directly to Dualsense? Be aware there will most likely be loud hiss everytime the sound plays. Mostly noticeable when navigating through dashboard for example but not noticeable while playing a game actually I have qkz hbb and tangzu waner and both do the same. Only on dualsense.
Might as well get the teas as you will have the itch to see what’s better… speaking from experience as I’ve gone from Qkz hbb to supermix4 to…. Probably tea pros or siigaat crescents
It seems the Chu 2 is a highly regarded iem here, well if you go outside your comfort zone, I mean see outside the box there are many better budget options to consider, here 7hz Salnotes Zero 2 is a slightly more bassy version of the Chu 2, a good allrounder Blon Z300 is basically a very balanced set with good sub bass and a clean unspicy treble, comes with a decent 4.4mm balanced cable QKZ xHBB is my fav budget basshead, it can produce immersive reverberating sub bass rumble with the right matching eartips (Spinfit CP100 for me), it also has good soundstage and imaging, with clean vocal and treble clarity too The KZ Saga is a rare KZ with a very well balanced neutral tuning, not lacking or boosting any part of the frequencies, with the right matching eartips it can qualify as an budget audiophile quality basshead, especially the bass version CCA Trio can be considered as a small upgrade from the Castor Bass with less overwhelming bass intensity and a more balanced set with a clean un-muddy sub bass focus Truthear Zero (blue) are mostly balanced sounding, with good imaging and soundstage, has good bass punch and texture
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