If you don’t have a lot of tips get maybe waner sg 2 jade dragon, good set with sancai wide bores and nice silicone magnetic pouch. Or if you’re looking just for Iem I’d try to score Truthear pure with some heavy promotions. If you have explorer you can just tune it tbh, it’s resolving and you can play with eq. For 50 you’ll be rather disappointed and it’s better imho to just stack the money for a truly better set
If you don’t have gear allowing for eq maybe try to score trn black pearl.
I recently picked up the dunu kima 2 as my upgrade to the Chu 2 / wan'er. I shell is pretty compact and fits my small ears very well. The sound signature seems to be quite similar(based on squiglink at least).
I can't really compare the soundstage as I don't own a pair of mp145 but the soundstage is pretty decent for an IEM, way bigger than the Chu and wan'er and the imaging is very precise.
The soundstage does not compare to headphones like the hifiman Ananda like at all(but those are over ear and open back, so not a fair comparison I guess)
*I'm quite new to the whole IEM thing so take with a grain of salt*
I previously used tangzu waner sg headphone zone collab . It was very uncomfortable and lacked bass . I was waiting for tangzu waner sg2 red lion . Now after seeing this post iam confused whether I should wait for the restock or buy this . Tell your opinion 😅
i only have experience with CHU II, Wan'er SG, crin's Zero 2, idk bout the others, but chu II is prolly the most comfy, its light and sturdy, u should go for chu II, crin's zero2 is just good, nothing else, good is just the perfect word to discribe zero 2, wan'er sg early batch that i got (black&white) build quality isnt so great, the green one is the newer one, u can also go for the studio version, its better
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Budget gaming pick, but poor cables and polarizing bass.
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