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Depending on the game, the \~100$ options are the Simgot Supermix4, Simgot EM6L, Kefine Delci AE, Kefine Klean, Truthear Crinacle Zero (blue), and my favorite (for PUBG) Tripowin Vivace.
The frequency response seems to better fit my ear audiometry, it seems to better match what I need with my slight hearing damage in the upper frequency range without doing any EQ.
i'd consider kz am16 balanced. high value set, nicely detailed and technical set nice for pinpointing footsets but has a nice amount of bass for immersive games and your music genres which tend to like some bass boost
if those are out of budget tripowin vivace are a nice set for fps and should do everything else pretty well too
gates are pretty meh for gaming
for roughly that budget go for tripowin vivace, if you can stretch abit then kefine kleans are some of the best bang for buck in terms of price/quality for fps performance
Here's what I know from personal experience:
1. The chu 2 suffers from paint scratching issues.
2. The zero:2 had a cable that I hated and even though I think they've changed it, the current one doesn't look amazing. I've also had a freak manufacturing defect on one which was a pain to get replaced under warranty.
I'd probably go with the cadenza or the vivace
my first were moondrop chu 2. loved them to bits, but if i had to i wouldn’t get it again purely because of the moisture issue with the filters (i live in a high-humidity area)
more recently got a tripowin vivace and am really liking it so far, so much so that i didn’t bother to autoeq or just even eq it in any way, because it sounded pretty much perfect to me stock
I think the Tripowin Vivace is a good alternative. The driver quality is a little higher and has good tactility for the price range. There is really no "better" inside of a price range, just different, unless something comes along and blows the price range open, there is a lot of mildly different flavors of the same thing. You can't chase them all, so eventually you just need to pick something, and try it, and find out for yourself. So you can narrow down what you like.
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.
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