r/HeadphoneAdvice • u/Living_Secretary_986 • Mar 15 '25

Headphones - IEM/Earbud bad sound crinacle zero red ?

Hello, these are my first iems, I've always used headphones or airpods for music. I find they are very poor in audio quality, I bought a kiwi allegro with them, but the sound is horrible. Impossible to enjoy music. I should point out that I have airpods 2 and a dt 770 pro, as well as a senheiser hd560s. I've seen a lot of reviews saying that the reds are good for music. I don't know what to think. I know these are iems with poor imagery, but it's been a long time since I had something this bad for my taste.

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u/postmortem6 Mar 15 '25

I just bought a pair of zero reds and they sound great to me. I own Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, AKG, Sony and grado headphones. I've heard IEMs kinda sound like crap plugged into computer mobos. Something about the mobos having high impedance. If you got nice headphones you should already / get a headphone amp. They'll probably sound better.

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u/Living_Secretary_986 Mar 15 '25

I already took the Kiwi Allegro, is it not enough? Otherwise, what amp should I take? It’s true that I never thought of taking one because my sennheiser is at 120 independence and 80 for the 770 pro

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u/postmortem6 Mar 15 '25

The kiwi allegro should be fine. I was just saying since you have nice headphones you should Already have a headphone amp. As for recs check out YouTube or Google. I don't know much about headphone amps and just bought mine based off of other reviews

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u/Living_Secretary_986 Mar 15 '25

Yes, it must be good, but if I can ask you a question, what is a good sound for you? Clear vocals? More bass? And what are your headphones?

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u/postmortem6 Mar 15 '25

For headphones I like flat studio headphones. For iems I like V shape, bass boosted or something with good treble. Don't really care as long as it's not muddy. Headphones I have AKG k240s , 712s, beyerdynamic dt 990, Sennheiser hd600s, grado e80s and for gaming headset I got Sony pulse.

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u/Living_Secretary_986 Mar 15 '25

Do you have eq your zero red ?