I'll be using prices in China:
~$10: SGOR Adonis (¥93)
~$20: TRN Conch (¥150)
~$50: Sivga Que (¥400)
~$100: EPZ P40 (¥849)
~$200: Xenns Mangird Tea Pro (¥1914)
From here on out these are the ones I don't own
~$500: I'll cheat and put AFUL Cantor (¥5,000)
~$1,000: BGVP Solomon (¥7,699)
~$2,000: Palavox Dark Knight (¥16,800)
~$5,000: EF Annihilator Prime (¥31,999)
~$20,000: Brise Audio Ibuki/Fugaku (¥49,800/¥157,999)
Moondrop Chu 2 siguro.
Wide soundstage, not too bright trebles, tapos warm ung bass nya without mid bass bleed. Generally, you want V shape pag alt rock eh.
Imo, pinaka ideal ang TRN Conch tho di ko alam if meron sa shopee.
Kefine kleans have a great look, excellent build quality, quality cable, nice sound but are slightly quiet for me when comparing to zero2, simgot ew200,trn conch, chu2, kz edx
I recently bought the TRN Conch (w/mic) to use to talk to friends while gaming, etc, but when testing the mic quality of recording software like OBS, the mic had a TERRIBLE interference noise in the background, horrible, and nothing I did with software could 100% get rid of it (even if friends said they didn't notice anything on discord even without the software), so I decided to buy a DAC USB-C adapter, also from TRN, in hopes that it would solve my problems, the noise is definitely less but it's still there and I don't have any damn idea why or how to solve it, and it isn't just OSB since Audacity also detects it.
The noise only seems to occur when the IEM is connected to my laptop, because the mic quality was okay when I tried it on my phone, could it be that the Conch is just too sensitive and my laptop is too beefy/poorly isolated? (RTX 5060 Max-Q, Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 155H, I'm not trying to gloat, I'm grasping at straws).
If someone can help me solve this I would be very thankful because it's driving me crazy.
Kefine already have some of the best accessories. But other than them, TRN tend to be very good. But most TRN IEMs sound like crap. The Conch for example has an [excruciating treble peak somewhere around 12kHz](https://pw.squig.link/?share=TRN_Conch_Red,IEF_Comp_Target) that sounds incredibly harsh & stabby.
The only TRN I would recommend is the Shell, which while it's not perfect (it has a slight issue with vocals seeming to vary in volume in some tracks), it overall sounds good, looks good and is pretty well made (solid metal shell etc.). Comes with a good modular cable, really good case if you want a hard one (not the most pocketable but great for travelling, for maximum protection) and 4 sets of tips including a full set of T-Tips (which are some of the best tips you can buy - they're actually surprisingly cheap on their own, but there's no multipack, so it's a pain to just get one of each size to try out). I got my Shell for $40 on sale and at that price it's one of the best bargains in audio right now. I also prefer it, in terms of sound quality, to the Simgot EW300, which has a lot of similarities in how it sounds (but more flaws IMO), costs twice as much, and doesn't have the same accessories.
The Juzear Clear if you can find it on sale for around $20 may be worth buying just for it's cable and case. However, the IEM itself has some [really bad QC problems](/r/iems/comments/1insj4z/some_thoughts_on_the_juzear_clear_and_myer_audio/) so it's hard to recommend unless you really want the cable it comes with. It does sell for around $20 separately so it's literally a free IEM & case, if you were planning to but the cable anyway.
The iBasso Klee isn't the absolute best in terms of accessories, but at around $40 (ostensibly $80 but it's been on perma-sale since about August) it's one of the better 1DD IEMs (similar, possibly the same, driver used in the Simgot EA500LM and Dunu Falcon Ultra). The one accessory it has is a surprisingly good modular cable in an unusual shade of purple. You can't buy that cable afaik, nor you can you buy another cable in the same colour (there are lots of purple cables but they're usually much brighter). It comes with a few sets of tips but they're all quite generic. I got the blue Klee, so the purple cable doesn't really match it, but it does match some of my other IEMs, so I put a blue cable on the Klee and I'm using the Klee cable on something else.
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Budget gaming pick, but poor cables and polarizing bass.
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