Hard disagree. Quarks DSP has better FR but almost no technical ability to speak of. And the DAC in it is super wonky and hisses .

>quarks dsp

lol that one's so disappointing. Poster child for "good FR =/= good".

Considering the reasons you didn’t like the 600, I’d go out on a limb and say you should just avoid that whole series because they are all far more similar than different, and they all suffer from the same things you disliked about the 600.

Why is Chu irrelevant if you loved it so much?

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The 600s sound best on tubes. 650s are my pick w/solid state. The 660s are a touch bright for me (as are the the 560s). The 660s are the most technical of the group, but offer less bass than the 560s.

That came out 2 years before the zero

it's a bullet style, so there is nothing to support it, as it doesn't sit on the ear. It's not bad but it's just not for me.

Interesting. To me there is pretty much nothing there to make it any more or less uncomfortable than the tips you have on it.

the quarks are just too uncomfortable for me

That's how products work in-general though, they're all competing on price point and since it's "just" $20 there's a large audience which won't mind buying them just to see what they sound like.

Then why accuse me of always hyping the new thing? For me the Zero was irrelevant on arrival and the Chu actually is irrelevant for someone who wants to buy the best $20 IEM today.

I'm not terminally online so I don't know who you are

Just saying "X is irrelevant because of Y" is rarely the case in audio

I have 7Hz Zero, Chu and OG Quarks.

OG Quarks is the best tuned, Zero has decent technicalities, and Chu is straight garbage.

That is my opinion though, you're entitled to having a different one. Just your previous comment really ground my gears lol.

False.

I hyped the Chu as the best at $20 (and just good at any price) because it was and I slagged off the Zero for being inferior.

Now I hype the Quarks DSP because it is better than the Chu. It doesn't mean the Chu is trash and you should throw it out. It does however mean that you shouldn't buy the Chu if you are just looking for the best sound for $20 and the USB-C connector works with your use case.

It also means that if you have the Chu already and want better sound and have $20 to spare and are ok with the USB-C connector then you should buy the Quarks as well.

Yea probably

Always hyping whatever new set comes out and acting as if the previous one is completely irrelevant.

Don't worry. The only winner in this game is Crinacle.

What problem?

Thanks for the link! Fantastic idea on customizing them. Well done.

Zup

As opposed to all the stuff you buy?

So many people here bought both of these. Can we possibly entertain me again that these companies and their marketing strategy and their YouTube affiliates, are finding clever ways to convince us to keep buying new s***?

It's only a matter of time before there's a new $20 IEM they will convince you to buy.

I'm not okay. There's nothing wrong with it. It's still only 20 bucks but... It just seems a little convenient that every two or three months there's a new $20 budget. King and everybody just buys it.

And then 3 months later, the hype dies down and something replaces it.

I don't think so, but this subredded is filled with a lot of Americans/ apple enthusiast. 90% of Americans under the age of 30 using iPhone and there is a bizarre cultural obsession with that company.

That's a good point. But these budget IEMs are great for newcomers to find out what they like or dislike.

His fans want to have it both ways. He gets all the credit when things go right and when things go wrong it's everybody else's fault. The truth is we do not know the exact nature of his relationship.

He has distance themselves from the KZ project, talked about how he's increased his collaborative efforts in other projects.

At the end of the day, he is effectively being paid for his brand, more so than his expertise.