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[Early look] KZ x Crinacle

[Early look] Meze is goodn't

[Early look] I ranked ONE THOUSAND earphones

[Early look] Upgrade any headphone FOR FREE

[Early look] DON'T TRUST THE RATINGS

[Early look] THE WORLD'S BEST (planar) IEM

[Early look] Painful "Audiophile" TikToks

[Early look] I unbox WAY too many IEMs (feat. MOONDROP KATO, MELE)

[Early look] AVlog #1: Singapore's "Headphone Café"

My most ambitious video by a country mile. Nearly 40 minutes of vlog content.

ask me anything: Full 53 minute cut

Original YouTube cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdhT8ZC7USw

Final update before public release

Public release in roughly less than 24 hours.

Early look at the upcoming Headphone Ranking List update

(Again, I don't think I need to mention this but I'll reiterate anyways: please don't share this link. Everything is WIP and highly subject to change, so I don't want to deal with salt from the outsiders before everything's settled and done.)

All 412 new entries to the IEM ranking list have been ranked.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTRpfHsf-qupU3QWxzb4YbnMZPREIZFXBhYxGDqcjbpbIgQ4rRMY2rDXhw_7hQDX4Nyjx7VdVnijS5s/pubhtml?gid=955278575&single=true

Still somewhat rough around the edges still, but the general ballpark is there.

All that's left now is to...

Raw IEM Ranking List for new entries

As stated in my Reddit post, here's the raw IEM Ranking List that will be updated with new ranks for the new entries in the next few weeks.

It can get a little hard to read since I have to add in some html code into the cells themselves, but the ranks are colour-coded to ease readability. I won't be posting updates on Patreon so you can just chec...

(16/09/20) More headphone measurements

Added the following to the graph tool:  

• Audio Technica ATH-A990Z 
• Audio Technica ATH-AWAS 
• Audio Technica ATH-AWKT 
• Audio Technica ATH-M50xBT 
• Audio Technica ATH-MSR7b 
• Audio Technica ATH-R70x 
• B&O BeoPlay H7 
• Bose QC35 II (Active/Passive modes) 
• Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 
• E-MU Walnut 
• Focal Listen Professional 
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2020-09-15 17:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Early access to the headphones graph comparison tool (ALL patrons!)

Yep, ignore the splashpage for now. As long as you are an active patron, you should be able to access the page once you log in. 

Happy comparing!

Raw GRAS measurements update

The .mdat data for the following models have been uploaded to the raw measurements database.

• Audeze LCD-1
• Audeze LCD-2 Rosewood
• Audeze LCD-2
• Audeze LCD-2 Classic
• Audeze LCD-2 Closed Back
• Audeze LCD-3
• Audeze LCD-MX4
• Audeze LCD-X Fazor
• Audeze LCD-XC Fazor
• Audeze Sine DX
• Audio Technica ATH-M50X
• Beyerdynamic Amrion
• Beyerdynamic T1 3rd Gen
• Beyerdynamic T5 3rd Gen
2020-09-10 14:45:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Data for new GRAS measurements are now being uploaded to the raw measurements database.

As you may already know, I've received the last few components for the GRAS 43AG-7 and will soon be going full-force into building up the headphone measurements database.

However, uploading and publishing the graphs themselves to a consistent format (with the watermarks of top crowdfunding contributors and all that) along with updating the Graph Compari...

Small cleanups on the headphone ranking list

 https://crinacle.com/rankings/headphones/ 

More or less happy with the current rankings at this point, should not be any more major changes from here on. Just need to add the comments, double check the final placements and the public release should be good to go.

Preliminary headphone ranking list update + Disclaimers

https://crinacle.com/rankings/headphone/ 

The headphone ranking list has been updated with the new grading system of tonality/technicalities. 

Now I'll address some concerns brought to my attention and put up some disclaimers that I never thought I had to.

• The Headphone Ranking List is a work-in-progress. If you're offended by the fact that it is unfinished, don'...
  2020-05-01 03:56:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Preliminary Headphone Ranking List

Expect changes. Still an early draft, but closer to public release this time.

List of important links that you're probably looking for

Now that Patreon finally allows me to pin posts to the top of my page, I can finally pin this "starter post" for new patrons.

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Tentative ranks
November archive
July archive 

2019-12-13 10:28:48 +0000 UTC View Post

An update.

 https://www.reddit.com/r/inearfidelity/comments/e4v9nv/

TWS Buyer's Guide update: sneak preview

Current link: https://crinacle.com/guide/tws/ 

Updating the guide with some new additions but the formatting is pretty hard to navigate through, so I'll only be done tomorrow or the day after. I'm literally doubling the number of entries in the guide, so thank you for your patience.

Here is the abridged summary of the upcoming update for you loyal patrons:

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#15: Audio Technica ATH-C...