[kmhaynes]

Current 5 IEMs used most the last weeks, as always changes up from week to week. I will try and make a top 10 what I have heard later instead.

1 AüR Audio Aure - Penon Mix cable
2 ISN EST50 - Penon Vocal
3 AüR Audio Neon Pro - XINHS 4core 26 awg copper
4 Penon Serial - Whitecrane
5 VE SiE - Penon OS133

These are some seriously beautiful IEM's! The green Aur Audio Aure is mesmerizing.

 

[teriboomer]

Ranking on a mixture of tuning and technicalities alone, form and fit not considered.

1. Sound Rhyme SR8
2. Elysian Diva
3. Thieaudio Monarch Mkii
4. Moondrop S8
5. Sound Rhyme SR5
6. Elysian Gaea
7. Moondrop Blessing 2
8. Audeze iSine 20
9. Moondrop Starfield
10. Blon BL03

 

[Neithan]

Current 5 IEMs used most the last weeks, as always changes up from week to week. I will try and make a top 10 what I have heard later instead.

1 AüR Audio Aure - Penon Mix cable
2 ISN EST50 - Penon Vocal
3 AüR Audio Neon Pro - XINHS 4core 26 awg copper
4 Penon Serial - Whitecrane
5 VE SiE - Penon OS133

@Leonarfd the Witecrane cable that you are referring in this post is this one?

€ 57,45 73%OFF | NiceHCK WhiteCrane 4 Core Litz Silver Plated Furukawa Copper Upgrade Cable 3.5mm/2.5mm/4.4mm MMCX/0.78 2Pin for Mojito ST-10s
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0Tee8C

 

[Leonarfd]

@Leonarfd the Witecrane cable that you are referring in this post is this one?

€ 57,45 73%OFF | NiceHCK WhiteCrane 4 Core Litz Silver Plated Furukawa Copper Upgrade Cable 3.5mm/2.5mm/4.4mm MMCX/0.78 2Pin for Mojito ST-10s
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0Tee8C

Yes, I have the white crane from NiceHCK and 2 from XINHS. Personally prefer XINHS as he can make them in 130cm for me for my desktop setup, or other configurations you want.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m02cKbW

 

[Neithan]

Yes, I have the white crane from NiceHCK and 2 from XINHS. Personally prefer XINHS as he can make them in 130cm for me for my desktop setup, or other configurations you want.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m02cKbW

I didn't know there were two WhiteCrane cables. In terms of sound, is there any difference between them with the Serial? BTW are they any good with the SR5?

 

[Leonarfd]

I didn't know there were two WhiteCrane cables. In terms of sound, is there any difference between them with the Serial? BTW are they any good with the SR5?

They should give you more clarity and stage over the pure copper cables out there. Both have excactly the same wire and sound the same.

Serial pair really well with them, SR05 is a brighter IEM so I would guess a cable like a pure copper is best. Or maybe the BlackSoul or Penon Vocal to get the mids forward some.

 

[Neithan]

They should give you more clarity and stage over the pure copper cables out there. Both have excactly the same wire and sound the same.

Serial pair really well with them, SR05 is a brighter IEM so I would guess a cable like a pure copper is best. Or maybe the BlackSoul or Penon Vocal to get the mids forward some.

Another great feedback .
It's a matter of time until I get the Serial.

 

[GRIFONE1973]

Ranking update 3

1 Unique Melody Mest Indigo
2 Noble Audio Sultan
3 Aroma Thunder ( Sound great, potentially superior to Sultan but I would have to look for another cable (to open it slightly to mid-high) and I prefer to try something else.
4 Sennheiser Ie 600
5 Faaudio Dark Sky
6 Sennheiser Ie900
7 EE Legend X
8 64 Audio Tia Trio'
9 Oriveti OV8001
10 Campfire Dorado 2020
11 Campfire Andromeda
12 Etymotic Er4 Xr
13 Westone W60
14 Shure 846
15 Audiofly Af1120
16 Ultimate ears Triple.fi 10
17 Ultimate ears Ue900s
18 Sennheiser ie 800
19 Imr Acoustics R1 Zenith

Ranking update 4

1 Noble Audio Kublai Khann
(To date the best ever, superb, detailed, balanced, an absolute delight.
It surpasses my beloved Indigo)

2 Unique Melody Mest Indigo
3 64 Audio U12T
( Some call it boring, but it is an all-rounder excellent with everything.
Very high level even after several year)

4 EE Legend X SE
(The most fun and devastating headphone I have ever heard.
It improves a lot for me over Legend X.
You have to find the right cable and the right tips,then it becomes devastating. Not for all genres of music but very high level).

5 Noble Audio Sultan

6 Aroma Thunder ( Sound great, potentially superior to Sultan but I would have to look for another cable (to open it slightly to mid-high) and I prefer to try something else.

7 Sennheiser Ie 600
8 Faaudio Dark Sky
9 Sennheiser Ie900
10 EE Legend X

11 64 Audio Tia Trio'
(I had listened to it straight through.
In my opinion with the right cable and the right tips it could climb the charts and not just a little).

12 Mmr Thummin
(Technically impressive,holographic sound of the highest level.
Superb design and materials.
It has too dark a sound setting for me.
Matter of taste).

13 Oriveti OV8001
14 Campfire Dorado 2020
15 Campfire Andromeda
16 Etymotic Er4 Xr
17 Westone W60
18 Shure 846
19 Audiofly Af1120
20 Ultimate ears Triple.fi 10
21 Ultimate ears Ue900s
22 Sennheiser ie 800
23 Imr Acoustics R1 Zenith

I still have the Sony truewireless off the charts that I continue to adore and listen to like bread.

 

[LisaShayBrown]

Ragnar are my #1 even with stock cable.

agreed

 

[om letap]

I like classic rock , 90s hip hop
Progressive house ,

1 Unique melody Multiverse Mentor:
beast! SOO much better then anything on this list!
2 Fatfreq maestro SE :
3 Jewel
4 noble KK
5 VE phoenix best fit for me
6 mest OG
Fourte
QDC V14
Mest mkii
U18t
Trio
U12t
VE EXT
Noble sultan
Clairs
Ie600
Mext
Maestro Mini V2
Maestro mini V1
QDC VX
Ie900
Elysium
L4

 

[pseudomagick]

1 Unique melody Multiverse Mentor:
beast! SOO much better then anything on this list!
2 Fatfreq maestro SE :
3 Jewel
4 noble KK
5 VE phoenix best fit for me
6 mest OG
Fourte
QDC V14
Mest mkii
U18t
Trio
U12t
VE EXT
Noble sultan
Clairs
Ie600
Mext
Maestro Mini V2
Maestro mini V1
QDC VX
Ie900
Elysium
L4

Thanks a lot.
And where is IEM Noble Viking Ragnar?

 

[phiemon]

1 Unique melody Multiverse Mentor:
beast! SOO much better then anything on this list!
2 Fatfreq maestro SE :
3 Jewel
4 noble KK
5 VE phoenix best fit for me
6 mest OG
Fourte
QDC V14
Mest mkii
U18t
Trio
U12t
VE EXT
Noble sultan
Clairs
Ie600
Mext
Maestro Mini V2
Maestro mini V1
QDC VX
Ie900
Elysium
L4

Is Noble KK really that good?!

 

[GRIFONE1973]

Nice ranking congratulations.
I am still missing a few headphones from your list to try, but to date I have found peace with Noble Kk.
Later on I would be curious to try Mentor and FatFreq Maestro Se

 

[ikoster]

hifiman re 272 > everything out there past/present/future
The end.

I am serious too


edit: this deserves more info

I can rank some from the most enjoyable to the least just for music enjoyment/listening:

re272 (ancient but still the n.1)

> re600 v1 balanced
(it is "colored/equalized" but with the transparent tips come closest to re272 type of sound it has a bit more details does sound a little darker than 272s)

> re600 v.1 SE
(just for that SE bass kick with the stock black tips)

> re600 v2 BAL (THESE REQUIRE LONG BURN-IN for the low end to open up but they dont go that low as the SE version or it is a different "softer/metalic" bass impact midrange and highs are about the same on the v2 BAL as on the v1. SE)

> RE800=EX800ST (ex800st is great for rock very massive energetic and intense "bass/low end is stretching it goes pretty low" with huge soundstage put some Guns and roses - spaghetti incident? on and be amazed lol)
For the re800 from hifiman these are for bass heads they have neutral midrange but for my liking the bass is too present both in amount and tonality that I dont like them at all they sound a bit mettalic too think they have V shaped sound.

> AK ZERO1 these are BAs and since I don't care for that anymore I can only say that they have that high-end technically perfect sound with treble planar driver that adds clarity to the rest of the spectrum

> ER4SR > ER4XR not much to say but the SR in BAL is great for forensis analyses of sound (daps, amps, dacs, cables etc.)

 

[pseudomagick]

Is Noble KK really that good?!

Yes.
KK is second best sounding IEM I´ve heard.
No. 1 is Viking Ragnar.