I wish their were more reviews of the Melody out there! If I knew how to decently make a video, I'd throw it out into the ether

Highly agree, I'm using the medium wide bore tips off my truthear hola and I can certainly say it completely changed the cadenza's for me. Exactly as you described, while there was a small loss of bass I found it evened the rest out

S12 is a trash, so agreed with you.

Which 1 is better for gaming or music

​@@KINGNEXUS. The Quartet is better for gaming with the right switch config. The cadenza is amazing for music!

@@GawainDragon What switch config is good for gaming?

You and me both though it's been more like 2-3 months for me, the cadenza's have been absolutely amazing. Am receiving my kiwi quintet's tomorrow and am very excited to test them out due to the driver setup and similar tuning. Ordered a pair of the Forteza's for my sister as well and am very interested to see how those hold up too

​@erogaki how are the quartets? I know they are very different price ranges, but how do they compare to the cadenzas?

While reading your comment im using my green cadenza.

EW200 is pretty nice. Got a set on Friday and have burned it in as it was pretty harsh out of the box. spending some time with it today. Need good tips and the ones that came with it are ok to start with. Treble area around 3k showcases singers and guitars. However, plugged in another cheap set the QKZxHBB and those are pretty nice as an entry set. We have two sets of Cadenzas and they're nice too but I'm not drawn to them to listen often. Graphs only tell one story. I find the material of the shell and cavity within can add or take away from IEM quality. Next step is to try to mod some of them with foam inserts and filter changes.

Really? Im new to iems. So how long does it take for an IEM that costs 1K to be available for half the cost?

​​​@@radiofreealbemuth Depends. If the $1k popular and recognized iems has the best sound quality like Monarch MK2 and U4S, then you might not be able to get it down to half the price even though 10 years have passed. But if it's a $1k iems that's less popular, you're unlikely to get it at half price, because it usually won't continue production. Maybe you will get a cheaper price by buying used.

@@thomasdanny7717 ah yes, I've done more research since, and it seems like preexisting iems don't drop that much in price. Of course, there are exceptions, but it's mostly the newly released iems in the more budget friendly category that push the envelope of price to performance ratio.

Go ToneKing ShockWave 3, this will be waste of time exploring them, thunderous bass intimate mids , sparkly hi, only need a good cable this is an endgame iem.

Burn in is your brain getting used to something, nothing more. If you try and set and still don't like it after a few hours, return it. Don't make the same mistake I did and buy an amp with "more power" and run the headset a few days strait. Nothing changes. Crin is right, I wish I saw his videos a few months earlier. And even if 200 hours actually improved a product, why should you, the consumer have to shoulder that burden? All the while it's conveniently outside the return window. That's not acceptable anywhere else but some audiophiles eat it right up. A lot of "advice" in this hobby is copium. /rant Oh, and I remember Zeos saying he does it for those who believe in it. Probably to keep his comments section free from "why didn't you burn it in?"