There's no beating the performance of the Topping G5. I've had several for the business. At 10 ounces it's hefty. The Tanchjim Space is the best dongle, the 4.4mm is impressive for its size on power and SINAD.

I usually just EQ some bass in a music player and play games out of the box on most things. There's many good choices you can usually get really close to your preference at affordable prices. If you want pure then the Beyerdynamic MMX Gen1 is flat as a pancake as it's based on the Signum HD400...

I've had dozens and the Kato is fun and the treble has a lot of air and just the right amount of bass when it's called for. Value for money is the 7hz Salnotes Zero:2 hands down though. The original Timeless AE is the best planar magnetic along with the Tanchjim Hannah if you like the luxury...

The easy way is on Peace/APO and also Poweramp is use the Autoeq profiles on your headphones to hear the changes and then I tweak them from there. The YouTube tutorials are great since they show and you can hear the differences. On Audiosciencereview Amir has a lot of videos that are informative.

Kicking the weekend off early: KZ x HBB PR2 13.2mm Planar Driver in Ear Monitor new $26.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C3RBJQ1L/ I just ordered a pair for travel with the phone and Apple 3.5mm to USB adapter. Planar IEMs for $27...wow. I've had them before and like the tuning. The 7hz...

The SMSL DACs that have both filter and color settings are a terrific way to achieve that without equalizing. There is ohm resistors you can plug into, adapters that raise the impedance too. The only DAC filter that rolls off the treble enough I've had was the original AK4499 but that started...

The best way is distilled water which has no minerals or impurities. Just don't load it into a water pistol or your family might get alarmed :)

The Tanchjim Space measures well and the 4.4mm balanced side has really great performance. Its up there with some desktop DACs and I used it with the phone and on the PC. The humble $9 Apple USB to 3.5mm is the value for money winner. I've got two. Also the Creative X1 auto detects and over...

I've got two pairs of Kato and the 7hz original Timeless is really fast for metal but you need a $9 Apple USB to 3.5mm adapter to power them fully, a phone won't do it. The fastest ear buds I've ever heard were the Creative Aurvana Ace 2 I got at Christmas and was one of the first pairs to ship...

I've got those and the Sennheiser IE600 would fit better and excellent imaging. Dunu S&S tips are longer and might give you a solid fit though. I personally have more fun with the Moondrop Kato or original EA500 than the EA1000. The 7hz original Timeless (not the AE version with its dynamic...

A lot of the 120 SINAD amplifiers I have sound almost identical. They use different methods to eliminate distortion but the result is the same. The ones I have and can tell the difference is the SMSL has faster note decay and the Topping stuff is a little fuller or smoother for acoustic...

There's tutorials on how to read a frequency response chart and learning how things sound on the charts is the most important thing to save time and money shopping online for audio. The ones with a Harman curve tuning are the most popular and versatile. For $25 get the 7hz Crinnacle Zero:2 and...

If you avoid wish.com which are almost all fakes you should be ok. AliExpress has fake "DIY" versions so I wouldn't buy high end stuff there unless it's an established store with great feedback for the item.

The best value for money is the Topping E50 for 4 volt or the SMSL DO200 Pro which I just got for a 5.2 volt if your amp can handle it without clipping in high gain. The SMSL DO400 is another I like too. It's a 5.2v DAC but has 3 watts into 32ohm and sounds great on its own. If your amp ever...

The 7hz Zero:2 is much better for $25 new. I've had the Chu II and it was bassy but the mids and treble just wasn't with it, the $10 Yincrow X6 was better for vocals if you like ear bud style.