ThieAudio - Origin

Agreed! Got the Origin a few days ago and they are fun, bass-oriented but still detailed sound. Never heard the Mega5est, I’ve read great reviews on them, but cannot compare how good Origin is vs M5E. Origin has big shells, very big.

I Third this. The Origins has excellent bass/tuning if you're like me and don't like overly warm bassy tunings. The Punch is also good for the price but has thinner mids than the origin which was a deal breaker for me.

This is quite the naive sentiment (which is ok). There is no "best" in this hobby, it is more than likely what you "prefer" for the type of music you listen to and what you value from said music. Having listened to both the pLTD and Origin, and being able to comfortably afford both, I agree they are a "great" value for the price considering what many flagship IEM's go for, but someone with a tighter budget would probably disagree with us. Overall I think you made a great choice and I'm sure you're very excited about your purchase.

Have you tried the Thieaudio Origin? I have both and prefer the Origin when portable but Titan wins at home on proper gear. Great iems indeed, highly recomend powering them properly since they do like a bit of power to come alive, what amp/dac do you have?

I found the Thieaudio Origins mindblowing, and I also found my VE 10s mind-blowing. I did not find the noble Ragnars or the UM multiverse mentors mindblowing. What illustrates here is not the price, but rather what you like that will determine what is mindblowing, as such an experience will require an iem that does what you like exceptionally well. It just does help that expensive iems tend to be able to fulfill this requirement. As for a more direct answer, hard to say. Around the 1000 range is when things get really competitive, and around the >4k range is when it gets really impressive as these iems are very good at almost everything

Don’t forget Thieaudio Origins as an edge case. Those are incredible imo

That’s interesting because I don’t get that from my set. Just deep, controlled, splendid bass, smooth mids, and an incredible soundstage. Only downside I can relay is they are some CHONKy boys.

Go for flipears Legion\~Aegis , thieaudio origin is more balance than legion. all 3 is very good with big soundstage, incredible bass and clarity. Plus they sound better than many flagship IEMs.

There are many cables that you can get that work well with all your IEM's why do your care if a IEM comes with a good cable. To answer your question I'm very happy with the excellent cable that comes with the Thieaudio Origin.

I say go with prestige Ltd. Read my review post made a few days ago. From my experience even though thieaudio support sucks their higher end IEMs are made with quality in mind it’s just sucks to get it serviced if you need it. I’ve own Thieaudio hype 4, monarch mk3, origin, and prestige Ltd and haven’t had a single issue with any of them but I could just be lucky. The prestige has a very clean natural sound that overall plays everything quite well. One of the best things I love about thieaudio IEMs is the fit and comfort, after maining the monarch mk3, it’s been my go to for fit — fits my ears like a glove and the prestige Ltd is no different. I’d say the prestige is slightly more comfortable being that it’s slightly smaller than the mmk3. Only other IEMs I’ve been considering over the prestige is the ziigaat hbb Jupiter and cadenza 12.

Hello fellow bass-head :) Highly recommend the Thieaudio Origin for a combination of satisfying bass/sub-bass and slam/thump (for an IEM) AND overall strong technicalities & detail. PS. I have no idea what a 21"x12 system would sound/feel like... what is that on the richter scale? lol. I only have a SVS SB-3000 (13") and that already rattles my living room.

Happy it helped! I think pro gamers double up to block out crowd noise haha. I'm just thinking of CS pros, so my knowledge on that is limited. >Drivers, what are the pros and cons of single, dual, hybrid, etc.? I'll give the **pros** for each first. So the most common driver for IEMs out there is the balanced armature (BA) driver. It was the first major alternative to dynamic driver (DD), and allowed makers to put multiple drivers into a small form factor like the IEM. Each driver than concentrate on a specific frequency range instead, given the manufactured cared enough to put enough crossovers and tune them. Otherwise you have a bunch of drivers doing the exact same thing, defeating the purpose of having a multi-driver setup. These days it's hard to find an IEM without BA involved. Hybrids typically refer to a combination of BA and DD. One *seemingly* weakness of the BA design is its bass. Actual "weakness" is interesting and not an actual auditory weakness: [/u/oratory1990 made a great post about it](https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/comments/nk243a/comment/gzdlw80/). DD is far more forgiving, so you can have it handle the bass while the BAs handle the rest. Tribrids are usually DD, BA, and electrostatic (EST) drivers. EST on paper is very accurate which translates to great detail retrieval. DD for bass, BA for mids, and EST for highs. More recently we have quadbrids. Uncommon so multiple flavors. Usually begins with the tribrid, then adds bone conduction (BC), piezo (PZT), etc. All have their quirks in terms of sound, but I wonder if that's inherent to the drivers themselves or not. The outlier is planar magnetic drivers. On paper planars are extremely fast, can reproduce the entire spectrum very well. These days they're typically packaged in tribrid and quadbrid flavors. Of course there are other driver combos, but these are the most common. Now, the **cons** of each. In terms of sound? Nothing. There are fantastic IEMs for every driver configuration out there. 64Audio U12T is all-BA, Sony IER-Z1R is a hybrid, ThieAudio Monarch Mk. II is a tribrid, and ThieAudio Origin is a quadbrid. I think it has less to do with what kind of drivers and more to do with how the manufacture designed/tuned it. Also it depends on your preference of sound. In terms of fit? All BA tend to have few fit issues because the drivers are tiny. Hybrid/tribrid/quadbrids can have fitment issues due to the large DD--some of the most uncomfortable IEMs feature the DD (IER-Z1R, Monarch Series, etc.) Planars are large, too. Single DD IEMs tend not to have fitment issues, either. Price is an issue. EST and planar drivers are more expensive, and it reflects in the price. **Original post category examples:** Not a comprehensive list, just rattling off the top of my head. - neutral tuning: Etymotic ER4XR/ER4SR, Hidition NT6 - mild-V/U+V/U tuning: Sony IER-Z1R, ThieAudio Monarch Mk. III, Symphonium Crimson, UM MEST Mk. II - bassheads: Sony IER-Z1R, FatFreq Maestro SE, FatFreq Grand Maestro - trebleheads: Letshuoer S12 (I think people don't like "spicy" sounds...)