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Because you want good passive isolation, you are going to want to avoid the Gate, the Bunny, the LAN, and the Wan'er. While i am a BIG fan of the Bunny, they might as well be open backed. Same with the Gate. The Wan'er also has a LOT of sound bleed. The Vivace is a little better, followed by the Cadenza, the Zero2 and the Chu 2. Overall, isolation wise, the Chu2 is the best on that list. But i would caution that, if you are going to be in the worship band, sweat is an issue. And 1: Metal Shells and Sweat usually means corrosion. 2: The Cadenza nozzles are WELL known for their corrosion. So...sadly, dont do that. I would look at the Cadenza, or the Zero 1, not the 2. As they have a flatter bass profile, and a little more upper mids presence. Which will fit into the vocal range a little better for actual live monitoring. Some other options i would look at are the TRN MT5, the Simgot EW100p, the BLON BL-03 II, Kinera Celest Wyvern Black, the Remix version if you want more vocal forwardness and less bass, and most importantly, tips tips tips. Get yourself some memory foam tips, and use them, this will GREATLY improve isolation and fit while playing. Or some foam filled silicone tips. To help reject outside sound.
Those are bad IEMs and I see you're using them with super bad eartips, so it's no surprise you preffer the earbuds. Rec: you need good eartips that give you the best seal posible, I'd start with tangzu sancai. For a better IEM I'd recomend 7hz zero 2. Both IEMs you mentioned have peaky treble, at least the edc pro, I hated it, I expected it to be decent but I couldn't listen to it for more than 3 minutes. So, resuming, try 7hz zero 2 or ew100p with tangzu sancai. It's just the start of what IEMs can deliver, but trust me, it's a much better start
If you're really tight on budget, wired iems are the way to go. Can get decent enough sound for 20-30$, with a mic cable included, and would last a long time (providing you don't drop them). Tangzu Wan'er, Simgot EW100P, Truthear Gate, 7Hz Zero:2 are all popular, I have heard and can vouch the sound for, and have good track record of being sturdy. KZ has bad reputation here (it's a long story), can't speak for their sound as I haven't heard most of them, but I bet most of their stuff is sturdy enough too For a tight budget, I wouldn't bother with cheap wireless iems (TWS). Almost all of them sound bad (too much bass and treble) and there's no guarantee on the build quality or longevity, as they're battery powered and so many more things can go wrong (even cheap wired iems have a year's warranty from reputable sellers, plus the cables are replaceable)
honestly most IEMs are going to have too much sub-bass for COD but out of the ones I can think of right now, the simgot EW100 is pretty good at an even lower price, only issue is it might have a bit too much in the 2k-4k region which could make it sound "shouty" and end up being unpleasant with gunshots. Truthear Pure might also be good, mostly because it's just generally a warm-neutral sounding IEM which is a tuning that just happens to be good for games. If I'm being completely real, don't bother spending too much on IEMs unless you also want something that's good for music, you can check the pinned posts for what's generally considered good by the community here but better "gaming IEMs" aren't going to make much of a difference in your overall performance in game.
https://preview.redd.it/0nu9f7trun0g1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f0d6cde26eabcfb35eced2f293af73936e50a9a Ew300 for myself, and the Ew100 for my mom!
IEMs I love in the $20 range: Wan'er Jade 2, AGA Sound Aga 1, Wyvern Black Re-imagined; Simgot EW100 $50-$75- In Awaken Dawn MS, Artti 10, Simgot EW300, EPZ Q Pro, TRN Shark $75-$110ish- Meyer-Audio Sliiva SLA3s, BGVP Feather (my favorite IEM without respect to price), Siivga Que UTG, Azla Horizon 2. $150-$300ish Meyer Audio CKLV D62; Letshouer Cadenza 4; ivpQ Conch V12 New IEMs I like a lot: KZ Duet (weird but sound great) Photon Pro 2 (weird but sound great), EarAcoustic STA-PRO, and **LETSHUOER D02**, maybe the most comfortable IEM I've ever put [in.my](http://in.my) ears.
The Wyverns and the EW100s are better than anything in that range- the SGOR Adonis is very good too.
Simgot sounds like shit.
Simogot is super bright or horrible with vocals. Fuck Simgot lol. This includes the Supermix4 too. Bright as shit. lol
People said simgot gonna be good but I feel the opposite. I’m not treble sensitive and I couldn’t use it for more than 2 minutes because of pzt driver. Em6l would be less bright I assume but every ears are different. Just have in mind that u need to choose between good sound quality or good positioning so decide which games u gonna play.
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