Odyssey 2

Odyssey 2 for me... God I love the design of it.

From my personal experience ziigaat Odyssey 2

I'm trying the Odyssey 2, amazing pair for 191 eur

Some tips: 1, Get a good seal, stock tips are often good enough, but you most likely will need to buy third party tips of various sizes to see what works for you. Most people will swear by tips like Penon Orange, Dunu S&S and Spinfit W1. 2, Some IEMs need wide bore tips to let through all frequencies, while some need small bore tips to accentuate the bass and calm the treble. You'll have to see what you prefer depending on how treble sensitive you are and how the IEM graph looks like. For example my Ounch Audio Portazo really sounds bright (too much treble) if I use a wide bore tip, but when I use a smaller bore tip like Penon Orange or the included foam tips, suddenly it's one of the best IEMs in my collection. The eartips are crucial and make all the difference. 3, You will eventually get a new set of IEMs, and you will have to base the new purchase on some factors. Did you like the sound of the Aful Explorer? Then get a similarly tuned IEM, or take a gamble and try something new. I loved my Explorers, then switched to other stuff and loved it more, so now I gave the Explorers to my little cousin because I wasn't wearing them anymore. Some people have different IEMs for different genres. I for example love the Ziigaat Arete for gaming and PC use, Punch Audio Portazo for classical music, low frequency heavy music and sound stage, and Ziigaat Odyssey 2 and soon Aful 5+2 for commuting and all kinds of music. 4, Use AliExpress, it will save you a ton of money on things like eartips, DACs and more. With their coins system I just have to login every day through a phone widget and claim daily coins, then I can use them to cut the cost of what I buy, every day the discounts change so I can sometimes find a pair of eartips for like 60% off and build my collection for much less than on Linsoul.

If you can afford the MKIV, it is truly amazing, metal shell, tuning switches that make it a very close MKII tuning or a MK3-LTD. If not that I would say the tea pro or odyssey 2 for less bass, I personally regret and truly hated the top pro, I loved the vocals but there was in fact some weird warm. And the 3D shell IMHO was a downgrade from resin builds, felt like I could crush it. Could be a pro for you if you really hate the weight of IEMs. The RSV MKII looks nice and graphs amazing but for a 5BA set, 700$ seems a little much tbh. Dawn X looks great, but the only thing to consider is if you care about bass it definitely is more balanced or reference tuning, so is the MKIV but has 2 options if you ever want to tone it up or down. PLUS, it doesn’t have a lip on the nozzle so tips could get stuck in your ear every now and then. I'll end by saying that the MKIV is basically a better top pro, with rumble off it graphs almost identical, and has ESTs. Top pro has a very noticable mid bass scoop and thats what most reviewers dislike when they say it doesnt have enough bass. If you want something more affordable than the MKIV while being like the top pro I would look at the NiceHCK Rockies, for the same 500$ you get more for your money (BUT doesn't have a lot of bass, tea pro would be the better alternative).

Haha, I mean I would say 700$ is pretty much “on the higher end” for the majority of people. Which is why as the other person mentioned, companies need to push each other, 5 drivers for 700$ is too much. When it comes to 500$+ driver count and namely branded driver count is one of the bigger determining factors, no one said it’s the single biggest. The RSV mk2 is a 4 way crossover (crossovers also matter) but more times than not, the quantity of branded drivers kinda impacts the technical abilities, you can’t replace pure displacement. I would say the mega5 with the sonion ESTs (well know brand), should more times than not, be better at separation and imaging.

50$ - Zero 2 Sub 100$ - Truthear Pure (bit too soft but very good) (Edit) 150$ - Sound rhyme SR5 Sub 300$ - Dunu Davinci Bit above 300$ - Softear Volume S Sub 500$ - Sound Rhyme SR10 (My end game) 1000$ range - Prisma Lumen Much more than 1000$ - Canpur 622B I own SR5 and SR10 and any other one is Demo and try from Canjam 2026 I like warm sound, forward vocal with a bit of relaxed treble, This is pretty much upgrade path for someone who looking for the same signature lol. Honorable mention Sub 400$ - Crinear Ref (using for palette cleansing when you demo a lot of stuff) 250$ - Ziigaat x Hangout Odyssey 2 (help me found out that I prefer JM-1 target) There's many more that I can't remember so If you ask and I ever heard of it, I can give you some opinion.

From my note about them when I tried them at Canjam 1. Hercules Noah \- Clean presentation in bass, still have good body but not as thick as Volume S. \- Body are more to the clean side rather than full side \- Forward vocal, some people may call it shouty but not for me, they're in the right amount. \- Treble are present and compete with the vocal to be up front but not sharp or too much. \- There's an Air present but not sharp or piecing. Overall Fun IEM, nice presentation with nice build. 2. Yanyin Baker \- There's a Bass texture, not present upfront but enough \- Body are more to the clean side rather than full side \- Bit forward vocal, I think they're in the right amount \- have an "Yanyin" treble character where they feel a bit pillow'ish and soft, not sharp and decisive. (Pretty much happen to a lot of them to the point of become their signature) \- still have an Air sharpness but not that much to the point of distraction. 3. Hype 4 Mk2 \- I can't remember much about them because it's many month ago that I tried them, but I do remember that I don't like them that much because of Treble energy (I just don't like big treble energy that's all) Both of them are not really comparable to the Volume S and SR10 because they have different characteristic, feel like compare pizza to the corn soup.