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Welcome to InsertDeeperAudio, my personal audio-related blog. You'll find reviews, impressions, photo dumps, rants, articles, and everything else I write about! 

My background in audio started since I was a child and was exposed to music in all forms: live concerts, small intimate venues, boom boxes, and some loud and frankly absurd car speakers that should never have been that loud around children (but hey, here we are!). 

My Review Style

For my reviews, I divide it similarly to other reviewers in the space. I start and try to go in as much detail as possible with the non-sound topics such as comfort and looks. The nature of IEMs being worn devices raises the importance of such properties to a very significant degree, much more than what other reviewers seem to be doing. 

After all that,  I tend to place emphasis on the objective aspects of an IEM which I then relate back to what I hear. Comparisons are always a priority for me since they allow the reader to position themselves relative to the reviewed device but also position the device in the market. 

My Experience

I also have (limited) professional experience in many domains related to audio, from being a musician to doing live stage work and also audio mixing/mastering for a local studio. 

For IEMs specifically, I have been involved in the hobby since way before the big Chi-Fi boom that happened around 2016. I still remember reading the usual blogs and magazines, those sure were some good times. Now I'm back and in better shape than before, with little hearing damage to my surprise (wear hearing protection folks).

Lately, I have been more interested in the technical aspect of audio and acoustics. I have provided advice, written content, and also measurements for the IEM EQ guide, and I have a few technical and academic articles I plan on writing and posting here.

My Gear 

I currently own a few dozen IEMs and cycle frequently between them: around 3-4 different sets will get some listening time per day. However, I do have some staples that I have abused used quite a lot.

Speakers:

  • JBL 305P MkII with some small corrective EQ and no subs, positioned and listened to in nearfield. Stored them away since I don't have much freedom to use them for the past few years.

IEMs: 

  • Etymotic ER2XR with EQ, very useful for commuting. Reliable EDC.
  • EPZ Q1 Pro with EQ, super comfortable and on the cheaper end. Good beater set.
  • Tangzu x Azla Noirblanc with EQ, sounds good and the perfect balance of everything else.
  • Tanchjim Origin, best looking and feeling IEM I own.
Headphones:
  • HD58X with EQ, I preferred this to the other 600 series headphones. 
  • Hifiman Ananda (OG), still haven't found another Hifiman quite as competent.
Sources:
  • Apple dongle, reliable and cheap.
  • Tanchjim Luna AT Edition, the laser engraving is great and it has so much juice.
  • Tanchjim Space, surprisingly small and carriable.
  • Snowsky Retro Nano, replaced my now dying Qudelix 5K. 

My Music 

I have an extensive local library of CD-FLAC quality files; these files are also playing on a server and Internet radio, both of which offer lossless or transcoded OPUS playback.

I listen to many genres but I have a soft spot for hip hop, electronic, and folk music. I would say that rock is my least listened genre not because I dislike it, but rather because I have too much music to listen to properly dive into it. Would love to hear recommendations!