The Flip Tip: Creating Big Widebore Tips From Reversing Starlines
In May 2019 I came up with an idea that I had never seen anywhere before. It involved turning a KZ Starline silicone eartip inside out, in what I dubbed the “Flip Tip”.
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Music For The Masses
Budget
Products up to approximately $100.
TriAudio I4 Review (2) – The Schizophrenic Debutante
Nicely machined, with a premium feel and look; tangly cable is nonetheless ergonomic and free from microphonics.
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TRN V90 Review (2): Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?
The TRN V90 is a well-tempered, warmish, and homogenous sounding earphone with a tendency towards neutral…and with good air (with Spiral Dots).
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Semkarch CNT1 Review – Carbon Nanotubes For The Masses
More and more I’m convinced that at least in the budget realm, well-realized single DDs like the CNT1 are a better pick than the multi-driver monstrosities flooding the market.
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TRN V90 Quickie — Losing Its Virginity To The Tiger?
Ok, ok. People are running my door in for a few words…go crazy…
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Revonext QT5 Review – Get Your Steampunk On!
Pros: – Striking shell design – Excellent sound for the price – Premium build quality Cons: – Thin cable gets
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Photographed: The Blon BL-03
The $40 Blon BL-03 is an interesting single dynamic-driver earphone made of zamak (a Zn-Al-Mg-Cu alloy) that is awaiting my analysis.
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Photographed: The TRN V90
This pair of the TRN V90 earphone including the new TRN T1 8-core silver-copper cable was received unsolicited from TRN
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Yinyoo D2B4 Review Update: Revisited & Reloaded
A simple exchange of filters and tips plus a price drop turned the Yinyoo D2B4 from an ugly duckling into an attractive white swan.
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NiceHCK NX7 Review (2) – Master Piezo?
Pros — Good depth and dynamics; relatively coherent image; small earpieces; responds well to micropore modding. Cons — Too bright/fatiguing
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NiceHCK NX7 Review (1) – Another Piezo My Heart
The NX7 immediately registers as a very bright, very detailed phone which, like the N3, has a treble-forward, reverse L-shape which deemphasizes lowend…
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DZAT DR-25 Review – Shrill Bill
The DZAT DR-25 single dynamic-driver (DD) earphones have an odd take on the old-school V-shaped sound as it booms on one end and screams on the other.
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Photographed: The Anatomy Of The NiceHCK NX7 Earphone.
The $75 NiceHCK NX7 hybrid earphone features four balanced armature drivers, two dynamic drivers, and one piezoelectric driver. Here some pictures of its interior.
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