KLBR supremacy!!

new IEM day! after being a generational dunce and losing a pair of sennheiser ie200s, a tripowin zonie AND a moondrop dawn pro im a changed girl, the only others than them that've left the house in the past couple months being some random kz iems my friend had spare

figured that i'd want some to come with me to the gym as ive started going to supplement just bodyweight exercises, after a bit of hunting i've landed on the moondrop chu 2s and some kz bt15 hooks, as it'll only be a £50 hit if i lose them, comparatively a much lower toll than my other sets

first impressions with the stock cable & tips and a dawn pro playing some flacs off my phone, the chu 2s sound pretty nice! definitely not too neutral and not that interesting, but given the immaculate build quality they're a steal for £18, definitely a little better than the 7hz zero:2s for about the same price.

the bt15 pros are more of a mixed bag -- the case doesn't feel amazing in the hand as it's extremely light and huge, the hinge is uniquely flimsy, but the hooks themselves are just fine. the short cable is pretty stiff (hairdryer'd them and bent them to my ears to make them slightly more comfortable) but they fit quite well. i'm not too sure how long the battery lasts, but i've had them in for about two hours now and my phone reports 80%, so it must be pretty alright. they stay in when aggressively shaking my head, running and doing a cartwheel, so they'll be fine for the gym. the issues start to show here though -- they kill a lot of the detail of the chu 2s, add about a half second of latency, the buttons for the controls feel mushy and weird, and there's a small blue light that constantly flashes while they're in use. they really kill the sound of more expensive iems like the truthear hexas, so i likely wouldn't buy these again.

not as if i can go elsewhere seeing as the only city neighbouring mine that isnt full of metric cunts and stabbings on the daily is 20 minutes each way on gwr with some arsetwat gobbing on about his fairy tales while im just trying to relax

except for THE FUCKING TUBE. OH MY GOD.

anyway here's some photos i took on my phone instead of my camera because i forgor or something idk

yeah um kind of random lmao, all my actually passable photos weren't on here

the cheapo amazon gmk clones strike once again, almost happy with this board

- Keychron v3 iso w/ knob

- Tape modded pcb and stabilised keys

- GMK Mecha-01 clones (sorry not sorry im not justifying £150 on plastic caps)

- holee modded stock stabs

- gateron milky yellows w/ an oil king under the spacebar and enter, hand lubed and filmed

- pe foam from some packaging added

- keychron wrist silicon rest (i wouldve liked wood but i got it as a gift)

- flashed w/ vial becasue via is all fucky with librewolf and nixos

all in all i figured id give my first proper mechanical keyboard some extra love as i still use it for gaming sometimes / lend it to my dad on occasion. sounds awesome but i cant get anything resembling a clean recording with my fan on and if i turn it off i might die

all in all these are some 7/10 clones! line thickness is a little inconsistent between keys like shift and caps, the € on the four is far too thin and the spacebar's stems grip suuper tight onto my stabs, but aside from that they feel fine. it'll be interesting to see how they hold up to use!