Moondrop - CHU (Gen 1 / V1)
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Last updated: Sep 4, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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1
"it blew me away that the sound was better than on my 250$ buds."
"VDSF Moondrop is my favorite budget tuning. ... Gets me just as happy as thieaudios monarch line!"
"The original Chu is pretty close to flat"
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4
"Snugs perfectly in my ear due to its small size."
"Moon Drop Chu and Chu II work well for me"
"which is more comfortable to wear"
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"VDSF Moondrop is my favorite budget tuning. ... Gets me just as happy as thieaudios monarch line!"
"The original Chu is pretty close to flat"
"When Chu 1 came out there was like the last time any company made an actually tonally neutral IEM."
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0
"I find if you want to hear footsteps in gaming you want something with a bit of an upper mid/treble emphasis. ... Under $20 I think the ones that do this best are the Tangzu Wan’Er, the Original Moondrop Chu, and the Original Salnotes Zero."
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0
"better build quality ... yes, built quality, for the housing"
Disliked most:
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1
"Chu 1 has a horrible cable with a really stupid earhook design which proved to be unusable for me. ... Seriously, who came up with that thing? ... it was simply not worth it for me for how terrible the cable is."
"And it's non-detachable too."
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"the fit is horrible for me"
"Chu 1 has a horrible cable with a really stupid earhook design which proved to be unusable for me. ... Seriously, who came up with that thing? ... it was simply not worth it for me for how terrible the cable is."
"it’s not comfortable"
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2
"Anything that requires any bass will IMO not be satisfying enough."
"i don’t feel as if I’m missing any with them like i sometimes did with the first chus"
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"I only ever tried the OG CHU and found it's treble to be incredibly fatiguing."
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"even at peak volume, it ’s does not get loud enough"
"Anything that requires any bass will IMO not be satisfying enough."
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