I’ve been contemplating this for almost half a year now. I recently moved back to Android from Apple and first I thought I’ll just get another wireless set of earbuds. The more I thought about it though my mind has gone more towards maybe doing a portable DAC + a pair of really nice sounding wired buds.
The absolute max I think I can spend on the buds themselves are around $300. I can be flexible but I am not looking in the Sennheiser 600 ballpark haha.
So if you have any recommendations, experiences or just have some tips to what to look out for please share them with me!
Crinacle’s list is a great place to start. https://crinacle.com/rankings/iems/ If you’re in the US Amazon has the Moondrop Blessing 2 on sale for $279. That would probably be what I’d try in the $300 range.
Thanks for the suggestion! Crinacle completely slipped my mind haha, yeah the Moondrops look mighty inviting that’s for sure!
I’ve had the blessing 2 dusk for about 2 years now and nothing has really seemed like a worthwhile upgrade to me. I’m sure you’ll find a lot of praise for them on the internet so I’ll give you what I dislike about them.
On top of that I would also recommend the Abigail/Pro dongle from VE as it sounds really good for 10 bucks
Ooh, thanks for that one! Do you use that dongle with the Blessing2’s?
I don’t since I don’t own a Blessing2, but I do use them with my Aria SE. It’s a nice, clean DAC/amp that has plenty of power for 99% of IEMs
Sounds like just the thing I need then :D