TRUTHEAR - Rosefinch

Martilo, Pilgrim, Diablo. The Volume S can do it. The bass is good...a more balanced presentation for hip-hop. Explorer is bassy and smooth. But they're balanced for hiphop in almost the same way as Volume S. The Legato and Rosefinch are good...but some tracks...all you hear is the sub-bass. In terms of actual hip hop...I'm basing my choices on hip hop from the 80s and 90s with a sprinkling of the 2000s. East Coast NYC, West Coast Gangster, G-Funk, Miami Bass Wars, Southern Trap....etc.

I would recommend buying some cheap pairs to figure out what you like then going from there. Personally I have the SM4, Explorers, ARTTI T10, and Hexa for inside use. Outside my house I have the Wan’er, Rosefinch, and Cadenza. A lot of people are going to blindly recommend the Explorers for everything and while I use the Explorers the most for day to day music because they’re relaxed and warm theyre not something I would ever consider using for a competitive shooter. Price for performance I still think the best on the market is the ARTTI T10. If you’re in the US you can get it off Amazon for $56 right now. The shell is plastic but that’s really the only negative I have for it.

My other IEMs are the Hidizs MP145, KZ PRX and ZAR, Rosefinch, Zero Red, Zero 2, and ancient Ety ER4S. I mostly just listen to the Punch, MP145 and ZAR for portable. I love classic rock the most like Grateful Dead, Steely Dan, Beatles, Dylan, Zeppelin, etc. But I listen to everything, love classical and jazz, and EDM and Hip-hop and bassy pop, soul.

IMO, the QKZ HBB is the best of the three, but they all have a quite different "flavour" so it depends what you're looking for: * The Rosefinch is the most "basshead" with the most sub-bass (rumble). The downside is it has very peaky treble which can limit how loud you can comfortably listen to them, although to an extent that depends on how sensitive you are to mid-high treble. * The Castor Bass has the most punchy, aggressive, hard-hitting style of bass, with the least sub-bass of the three. Overall pretty well tuned with some minor issues in the treble but nothing as bad as the Rosefinch. * The HBB is more of a very-warm, laid back sort of tuning than a true basshead tuning and has the most natural timbre with fewest tuning issues. But it also volume scales very well, so you can turn it up quite loud if you want without any part of the tuning causing issues - just be careful not to damage your hearing if you plan to do that.

The Rosefinch is terrible. Looks great. Sounds like shit

TinHiFi T3+. The other was a KZ 12 pro x, something like that. It’s impossible to remember their model numbers, and it’s been a while. A Rosefinch wasn’t far behind. The T3+ found an appreciative home, the Rosefinch went to someone else, but outside of an initial thank you, I never heard about it again, and KZ12 whatever went straight back to Amazon for a refund. And it wasn’t a cheap KZ IEM, it was in the upper level of their budget pricing.

The bass on the new Blue 2 is supposed to be good if you use foam tips, but has very mixed reviews. The Delci has good bass, but not really basshead levels. The Rosefinch is very inexpensive but is a true basshead set, just not well rounded. More, ti me, a one trick pony. The Castor Pro Bass edition always gets mentioned, but honestly I don’t find the bass that impressive for the hype. It’s there, just not quite what I’d expected. So while not full on basshead, I’d still put the original Delci out there for good bass but not sacrificing the rest of the music. All of those are available in 3.5mm cables. I would advise, however, on a PC is a dongle of some sort. Even an $8 Apple dongle will do. The audio out on most pcs are almost afterthoughts, have a high impedance which can be unbalanced for sensitive IEMs, and pick up too much RF noise off the motherboard.

I have a few bassy IEMs. Namely my Rosefinch and the very cheap QKZ ZXT. But I am starting to like the amount of bass my EDC Pro has. It's bassy, but not anywhere near a true basshead IEM level. Even the PRX's bass is growing on me. It's funny that I started my journey into IEMs two months ago as a basshead. The more bass, the better. But over two months, finding myself wanting a more neutral sound, or at least a relaxed V shape. Even in my Subaru with the good sound system, I find myself turning the bass down now. Let me evolve a bit before choosing another.

You need bass. 7hz zero 2, castor pro black, rosefinch. You need a dongle if all u got is lightning. Apple dongle is enough for these afaik.

For me? I'm just getting the **TRN Rosefinch**. I have high hopes for it as a treblehead.

Ignore everyone here Get the Rosfinch for most bass I have a Scarlet mini fyi