TRUTHEAR - MT1 Pro

I enjoy my TRN MT1 pros for listed genres, either these or Koss KSC75’s when I’m feeling like I want to listen some cheap but excellent sound.

A little backstory for me and maybe this might help. I was in Japan for a month and a half at the end of last year and went hard on headphone hunting. I was at a large electronics retailer 2-3 times a week taking time with any headphone IEM that caught my interest and spending time with them I tried quite a lot. More than I can remember to be honest. Some days would be overears, some days IEMS, and Id be there till I needed a break. The IEMS that stuck out that I tried: KiwiEars Quartet KiwiEars Quintet ATH CKR100 ATH CKS1100 Moondrop Blessing 3 JVC HW01 Various SEE audio offerings I think the SImgot EA500's Final E5000/4000 Final A5000/4000 At the end of the first 2 weeks and about 6 or 7 visits I surprisingly ended up purchasing the Audio Technia CKR100's. Despite being the most dated of the bunch, they were the only ones that gave me that "wow" factor. With a fairly large sound stage, they presented in a way that the others struggled to do so. The best way to describe the way they sound really sounds like you are sitting in an acoustically tuned living room with really nice 2.1 floor speakers pointed at you. They have a very spatial feel to them which I really enjoy. They do have a warmer sound signature to them, where the mid and sub bass come through really well but stay very well in their lane unless listening to absurdly loud volumes. They are also mid and treble forward (I EQ more treble into them and they take it like a champ) and Instruments and both male and female vocals honestly sound pretty spectacular to my ears. They have a very organic and natural timbre to them. As a result not the snappiest, but I mainly listen to Jazz, Instrumentals, Classical, Downtempo rock, and old school hip hop and house music that are sample heavy. For these genres they are fantastic. They felt the "roomiest" out of them all with the presentation feeling the most spatial "3d" out of anything I sampled. Fairly large for IEM's 13mm dynamic drivers, huge titanium housings, and a very organic feeling timbre to them that can be felt through the whole range. It was a fairly easy yes for me. The reason why Im looking for new IEMS is to see if I can find anything that can match and improve upon the CKR100's sound signature within a $300 USD budget. After some hefty research, I discovered that the Simgot EA1000 and the Intime Miyabi Mk2 might have the spatial quality according to all the reviews I have read in both English and Japanese. Several Japanese review's indicate that they both have a natural timbre and tonality to them and are great for the genres I primarily listen to. I think Im going to start with the Intime Miyabi Mk2's as the sound profile and general DNA have some similarities and then possibility also get a pair of EA1000's. Both are described as having sparkly sound signatures with great lower and mid bass representation and having that "holographic" sound profile to them. Edit: As a side note, I have several ChiFi's, I have not gone overboard with buying them up I have a few of the staple ones. One pair that I own that goes pretty heavily under the radar but are cheap and I think absolutely stellar are the TRN MT1 Pros. They have a similar spirit to the CKR100's at a fraction of the price. They also EQ really well. I think they are 22 on Aliexpress at the moment.

Here are some under $15 iems that I think are amazing: SGOR Venus, ND Venus, KZ EDC Pro, TRN MT1 Pro. All are solid, have good separation and a V or U shaped tuning.