Meze Audio - Alba

Buy the alba i got it couple months age for the same need and it is crazy good in every term especially for movies

I have small ear canal syndrome, so I can relate. My fave for size is the Meze Alba. They are $159 but do come with an excellent cable and a decent usb c to dongle dac adapter. It's worth saving up for in my opinion.

Adding my experience here. They are really good, imho. They have punchy bass just the right amount, drum pedals and bass guitars sound full. Mids sound natural. They then have energy up top that make plucks sound crisp but shy of any sibilance. As comparison, my Moondrop S8 are way more resolving, but they lack a tad bit of mid bass and impact that makes the Alba great fun.

P.s The subtonic are not worth the price and the alba are 20$ max stuff

because they are designed and built like 20 dollar iems, try the truthear gate if you want that sound

I'd say the meze alba they have one of the most unique designs I saw on an iem with the bicolor scheme of Ecru and grey

Here’s my review of the Meze Alba review. A key finding in my review (at least to me) is that the Meze sounds better when paired with sources with lower power output and higher output impedance. Although it may be objectively better with more powerful sources, I find it to lose bass when paired that way (graphs in review). In general, the Meze is a great warm and smooth sounding IEM with great comfort. It performs great already with the stock USB dongle and are easy to drive with non dedicated sources. Disclaimer: Meze provided the Alba for review in exchange for my honest opinion.

I found that the Meze Alba in ears work great with my iPod 5.5 Gen, when using the "Loudness" EQ setting. I have used many in ears and bigger headphones but I came across this combination and for my ears this works brilliantly.

I have small ears and the most comfortable have been the ie200 and meze alba.

Fair points! And that’s why the Meze Alba is my “endgame” practical IEM.

My ears are small too, after trying multiple iems, this is what I think are some comfortable iems for small ears which i have owned. Sub $20 - Get Truthear Gate over salnotes zero Sub $150 - S12, ie200 Sub $200 - Meze alba (Most comfortable iem i have ever tried) Sub $600 - Symphonium meteor, ie600 Kilobuck - 64 audio

I second this, they are the most comfortable pair I've ever worn. They come with a free usb c dongle aswell

I actually had been eyeing up the Origin for a while so I appreciate your input here a lot. Never heard anything bad about them. I'm seeing a deal on the Alba's for only $238 right now though so these might be the ones I end up going for since that seems like quite a deal! The shipping price isn't too bad on them either. Hmmm decisions, decisions!

I took your advice and ordered the Alba's. Have never heard a bad word about Meze and the deal was damn good so now I await them to ship. Thanks for the advice! I'll let you know how I enjoy them once they arrive 😁

Just finally received my Alba's today and after listening to just one song all I have to say is WOW! Talk about a wide soundstage, absolutely love the bass and treble they are excellently tuned. They also fit my ears perfectly. Thanks a lot for the recommendation I'm definitely glad I picked these up. Taken my listening to a whole new level =) Stock tips seem just fine like you said but I might consider getting some Spinfits for them also.

Thieaudio Hype 4--believe the hype! Endgame for me. Picked up a pair of Meze Albas also--darn good for the money. I can keep the Hype 4s for when I'm critically listening or listening wired, and then use the Albas when I'm on the go wireless (with FiiO UTWS5 2025 adapters).

For headphones I would say the Hifiman HE400se // potentially the Edition XS -> or if you want/need a more comfortable headband potentially the Sundara, Ananda. All these are quite close together while being very enjoyable with good clarity. Hifiman doesn't have the best build quality out there, but it does have a great sound performance for its price I would say. For IEM it would be the [Meze Alba](https://mezeaudio.com/products/alba?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=35&affid=171) \- great price/quality/performance + coming with a decent DAC/AMP included.

I love my Meze Alba but they are useless to me when using NYC public transit or on a plane. For those situations, I need the ANC of my AirPods Pro 2.

Oh yeah, hard to beat IE200 or final E4000 for comfort. Meze Albas is another one known for comfort. Apart from that look single driver iems like S08. For cheaper ones Chu II's are fantastic. P.S - most iems you find will already be smaller than mp145, I find them too big (helps the Soundstage though), for ex: Nicehck f1 pro has the same driver in a much smaller shell.

Meze Audio Alba... Pretty sure the set I was demoing was likely broken. First time hearing a set of broken DD IEMs. Someone told me the set has issues with power, that it loses bass the more power you give it. Not sure if that's true but it sounds like there was something wrong.

Meze Alba, Sennheiser IEX00, Moondrop Chu/Chu2, etc. There are also plenty of hybrid/tribrid IEMs that are not tiny, but still very appropriately sized. I find DUSK to be pretty comfortable despite being a 6-driver tribrid.

Meze Alba for comfort.

I recommend checking The Honest Audiophile on youtube. His detailed reviews & tierlist helped me to find IEM's for orchestral music. I went for Meze Alba! 👍

I don’t think there Will be any better iem for you than meze alba and i don’t understand why people aren’t talking about it. Looks like they are outdated.

Little out of your budget but the most comfortable small iem I've ever tried is the meze alba. One of my friends who can't do iems at all could wear them comfortably and loved them. The stock tips are pretty good, but I personally prefer spinfit W1 or divinus velvet tips for it.

I don't remember what material the alba uses but I'm pretty sure it's a lighter metal because it's quite light.

Meze alba and Tanchjim Origin are two of the widest sounding iems in this price range imo. I once did some a/b testing and the albas beat both my Elysian pilgrim and moondrop dusk in soundstage, being pretty much on par with my I\O Volare. The origin iirc is a little wider than even the alba which is pretty crazy.

The albas are great! Probably my favorite iem under 4-500usd. They're really comfortable because of their size and they're built really well. They are also tuned really well and sound amazing. I personally like the spinfit W1 tips with it but the stock tips are just fine.

Meze Alba = confort + design Nimic mai mult, și la suprapreț 

I second this, have them and they sound great, easy to wear long periods too.