Sony - IER-M7

I suppose there is the switch replacement issue, but I haven't had any issues with my Drunkdeer A75 as a daily driver for gaming. It's not as nice as my custom keyboard but it's not bad for what it is. I was merely mentioning that 75%, HE, volume knob keyboards have been available for a while. I got tired of waiting for the Geon Venom and didn't care for the Wooting 60he i had so I bought the cheap stopgap and haven't moved on for gaming. I think if I were buying today for a ready-to-go product, the Inzone H75 would be my choice as well. For what it's worth, I do think the Sony Inzone stuff looks really good and if I were buying a mass market HE board, I would get the Sony one assuming the software is good for it. I've had good experiences with Sony stuff in the past like the M7 IEM. One thing I appreciate about Japanese companies is they seem to commit to whatever they're doing. Either they are going to do it well or not do it at all. Hopefully they stick with this project and release more mice and peripherals.

There aren't that many once you've ruled out Etymotic. Honestly at that 'lower than Studio 4' price range you might as well go for the Studio 4. Aful Performer 5+2 / 8: Relaxed pinna gain at 2-4kHz means reduced vocal bite; speech and 'breathiness' is sacrificed slightly for a more relaxed, pleasant presentation. Not neutral. Anecdotally, I've heard the Performer 8, the soundstage is wide but centre image is weak. Moondrop Dusk: crinacle's house sound = big bass shelf. No go for neutrality. Moondrop Blessing 3: Upper-mids/lower treble emphasized (4-6kHz) beyond neutral. Supermix 4: Harman, i.e not neutral (bass and upper-mids emphasized) Thieaudio: U-shaped is their house sound from the Hype 2 all the way to the Valhalla. Extra bass and spicy treble. Not neutral. I would add that the Hexas aren't neutral either, they have too much bass for it, it's simply masked by the fact that its bass is sloped, not a shelf. All the 'Meta' IEMs out so far also fail in the neutral bass department by having too much of it. This includes the KE4, Volume S, Mega5EST and even CrinEar's 'Reference', if his chart is to go by. Graphs are worth looking at for reference. So you only really have the Studio 4 left. That, or an IER-M7 if you could get it for cheap.

Legend - MDR-R10, Qualia010 Classics - MDR CD3000, SA5000 Studio classics - MDR 7506, V6, V7, CD900, CD900ST Modern Studio - MDR M1, MV1 and M1ST Modern flagship - MDR Z1R In-Ear monitor - MDR EX800ST, EX1000, IER M7, M9 Modern In-Ear monitor flagship - IER Z1R

i kinda want to get the IER-E9 after one one bud of my IER-M7 broke lol even tho its a gaming iem im interested in its music and video streaming performance