Unique Melody - MEST Indigo

Oriolus Isabellae. U4s. UM mest mkii indigo (and UM DSiii as gateway drug). Hope 3 not too much.

I wouldnt say any of the Trailli nor MEST have a neutral tuning…they got really bloated bass

It really is. I’ve gone through about 15 IEMs over the past year and got completely caught up in the hobby, trying models from $400 to $2000. The MEST is still my favorite of them all. It’s crazy how, even five years after its release, it still sounds better than many newer and more expensive IEMs. Definitely a great deal for $900.

Tried a bunch and I like the stock tips - xlastic crystals. I do sometimes use wide bore divinus velvets

Can't say anything about other sets, but honestly, i would remove the Mest from that list.

Mest are great, just not what i would call a basshead set.

The glacier, mainly cause it's more comfortable than the mest and sounds just as good.

I was in Japan last week and I got to go to E-Earphone and I managed to try the MEST and a bunch of other IEMs. Man these are so cool. They make my U12T sound compressed somehow. They're nuts. I bought a used pair for $450. Should supress my desire to buy gear for another year.

On your IEM journey, this is the place to rest, after all they do say: MEST is best Still one of the best kilobuck sets out there even if its a bit older now.

Nice observation I too am having buyers remorse after trying something like the Thieaudio Origin Aful Cantor Dawn X UM MESTs when my Hidizs MP145 and 7hz Timeless can have similar performance at only under $300 wtf. Also I remember listening to my old Sony IER Z1R and am impressed by the timbre and bass

I wholeheartedly disagree with that take. I've never seen clrrelation between driver count and gaming ability. In fact i've only seen clear step ups with better made products, that clearly show what the intent is when the product is made and with stats to back them up, IE distortion over frequency graphs, better engineered drivers, etc. I enjoy multi driver iems as well, but for gaming my single dds have always been superior to even my Pilgrim noirs or even the Mest i tried

The liquid silicone style works the best with the MEST, imo