DIY: making your own classic wired earbuds
Flatheads are among the easiest and cheapest DIY earphones to make — but if you’re planning to get serious about it, don’t expect it to stay simple and cheap. Honestly, that’s yet another rabbit hole you’ll probably tumble into....
How to make your flathead earbuds sound much better?
Flathead earbuds are very sensitive to fit, just like the IEMs. To get the sound right, you need to have a perfect seal. A bad fit will affect bass, treble smoothness, staging, and imaging. That’s why two people can...
TGXear releases Totem 2
Canada-based TGXear has just made the Totem 2 available for order on their e-shop. The original Totem earned a remarkable reputation for its ‘reference-leaning but musical’ tuning, characterized by a highly resolving, technical sound, natural timbre, and an expansive...
Valphonics Lander 20Hz – when you just need a little more bass…
Not so long ago, a post on Reddit reated quite a buzz: Valphonics, a talented earbud maker from Northern Ireland, claimed to have successfully designed a flathead earbud that boosts sub-bass using a Helmholtz resonator. The post even caught...
TimeEar introduces its titanium flagship flatheads NH60 & NH80
Alongside the recent wave of titanium-focused flathead releases, TimeEar has quietly introduced a new high-end model called Nian Hua (年华) — a titanium-alloy flathead earbud available in two impedance versions: 60Ω and 80Ω, named respectively NH60 and NH80. Translated...
Moondrop drops a surprising budget realease: Nice Buds
Right on time for the Black Friday Moondrop released the Nice Buds – their newest flat-headed earbuds which they had announced on their social media a weak ago. That’s quite an unexpected move from Moodrop which has been focused...
New flagman from Yincrow: RW6000 OX-Ti
Yincrow recently introduced a new addition to its “bull” family: the RW6000 OX-Ti. The new set appeared on Yincrow’s Taobao store with an introductory price of 5,882 yuan (roughly USD 850), which is a remarkably steep jump compared to...
Flathead Society’s Earbuds Ranking List updated: Flathead Audio STUDIO & Ksearphone Temperament DM7 rated
Yesterday, the earbud community-driven Flathead Society’s Earbuds Ranking List was updated with Flathead Audio STUDIO and Ksearphone DM7 rankings. DM7 earned an honorable place among 5 other flathead earbuds in the ><-CEPTIONAL category. The STUDIO went straight to the top...
Flathead Audio releases two new models: STUDIO and Pear
Last week the Flathead Sanctuary server on Discord was buzzing like a beehive — Flathead Audio’s new STUDIO and Pear flathead earbud models were finally expected to appear on the AliExpress marketplace. After the successful debut of the FH-01,...
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