ZiiGaat - Cinno

I'm probably in the minority here, but I have no complaints about a company releasing a ton of options with branded Knowles or Sonion BAs instead of bellsing crap. People have no idea the price difference in branded BAs is sometimes an increase of 10X over drivers companies like Aful use. If you are at all familiar with graphs and how an IEM diverges from JM-1 (neutral), plus the different properties of certain driver types (Dynamic vs. BA vs. Planar etc) you can usually guess 90% of what it sounds like. I like options. My only complaint is their shell shape creates a pressure point on the top/back of my ear. Ziigaat's shells are the only ones I've ever had a problem with. CHANGE UP THE SHELL SHAPE GUYS.

Take a look at the ZiiGaat Cinno. Kinda under rated, IMHO. Only $50 on sale most places. A proper bassy alternative to the Hexa, IMHO, that avoids the high Pina Gain and 8k peak of the Hexa. ALMOST hits JM1 target in the upper mids and treble. Doesnt extend super high either, so it comes off warmer. Its different. And for $50, not a bad pick up. If you want the mids a little more forward without the treble shock, the Explorer is really the only option for that sound signature where the Pina Gain come in below 1k. Otherwise, perhaps your only other alternative, would be the new ZiiGaat Lush. It is more of a "traditional" popular tuned IEM, slight bass tuck, gradual treble roll off, middling pina gain just under the Harman curve. https://audioamigo.squig.link/?share=Harman_Target,Ziigaat_Cinno,Truthear_Hexa,AFUL_Explorer,Ziigaat_Lush

InAwaken Dawn Ms or Kefine Klean. I prefer the Dawn. The Artti T0 is also solid, but I find it super uncomfortable, as I said above. There are also some outliers in the sub $60 category. Like the Ziigaat Cinno, which is usually 50% off at <$50. The KiwiEars Singolo is also a good set. But it needs different tips, and it needs a different cable. The stock tips and cable are literally EWaste. Total junk. If you have an extra cable, great, extea tips, your golden. But if you have to buy either, it kills the price proposition. And the Dawn is a little brighter, and better accessorized. (Both are based off the same shell) The TRN Shell is also really solid with an amazing accessories package. Unbeatable value. If you are curious in a hybrid with EW300 like tuning, without the EW300 ear mode issues.

I don't think your ears like anything with the JM-1 style tuning. Ib would look at the S08, the Explorer, the Defiant, hell, even something like the old Ziigaat Cinno might be up your ally. Lush, as recommended, is also a good choice. It does follow the JM1 curve, but the pina gain is pushed a little higher in the frequency range, which can make it have a little less feeling of ear gain and fatigue overall. But, at twice the price of the Hexa, it might be a bit out of your price range.

La verdad es que los Ziigaat Cinno tienen una relación calidad-prestaciones-precio de las mejores del mercado

Obviously the ZiiGaat Horizon looks interesting as it's their first foray into planars. I've always quite liked the ZiiGaat Doscinco and the ZiiGaat Luna. Only ZiiGaat iem I currently own is the Cinno.

Ya there is amazing stuff in the 200 to 300 dollar space, really, like the latest run of Ziigaat stuff, Odyssee comes to mind.. And Doscinco.. There is also the Dunu Davinci.. Juzear 61t..we are having our little brains blown out the ear holes at this point. Going up further in price, the tuning seems to get very specific and unique. You really need to know very well what you want. I think most people could stop at something like Odyssee

there are 5-10 great IEMs in 230-530 price range which I wouldn't say one of them is better than the others, rly depends on your tuning preference, actual difference to these would be 800+ IEMs, those Ziigaats fall behind a bit in soundstage compared to Volume S, Tea Pro, maybe not Variations but they are all still good just there are better ones for that

Part of me thinks: *You’ll have fun with almost anything you pick, just choose one and enjoy the music.* This is actually the truth. 5+2, volume S, 12 different ziigaats, hype 4 mk1/2, etc, etc, they all rock and you will be happy unless you can back to back them and pick them apart otherwise 99 percent wouldn't be able to find any real flaws, not to mention the 20 planers I didn't include.

ZiiGaat and AFUL have more of the unique tuning approach and are the Chinese brands that I liked the most on my journey so far (less treble than typical Harman and interesting eargain handling for ZiiGaats, characteristic upper-mid plateau for AFUL)

My favourite IEMs are the ones I have now! The ZiiGaat Cinno. I am absolutely loving my Cinno’s and have been looking for an upgrade for a couple months now. I listen to tons of music from a variety of genre’s but I mostly use my Cinno’s for gaming. I am a competitive shooter gamer!

Funny I come across this post as I'm on my way home from an audiophile store after trying their entire price range of IEMs, as well as their expensive DACs and DAPs. Like from $20 IEMs all the way to a $4000 Forte Ears Macbeth they had. Here's what I concluded as a non-audiophile just gaining interest in this hobby. Diminishing returns for IEMs kicks in hard after $300. Sweet spot seems to be around $200-$250. I really liked the Moondrop Kato and a lot of the Ziigaat IEMs they had. Fit and sound quality felt much better than the Zero Reds I currently have. I feel like once you go above into the upper hundreds into thousands USD range it's more personal preference tbh. Favourite one I tried today was a Campfire Audio Clara. With DACs I felt that as long as it could sufficiently power the IEM, it really didn't make a noticeable difference. Couldn't notice a real difference between my JM6 Pro dongle and their $200 ifi DACs, even on the expensive IEMs. And the Apple dongle is pretty bad. It couldn't drive most of the IEMs I tried. Even the ones it could drive they didn't sound good. Just use a JM6 Pro it's even cheaper than the Apple dongle (at least it is in my country). I did notice a quality difference with DAPs though only with the expensive IEMs. It sounded kind of cleaner but honestly not too big from my perspective. For most people you could probably just go up to around the $200-$300 range with an IEM that fits you comfortably with a preferable sound signature, and get an entry level DAC-AMP dongle and just leave and save the rest of your wallet.