I learned to drive there and I was driving since 13, I could drive through China Town with my eye closed, well simply because the traffic goes at about half a mile an hour, 
The last few times I went back and drove there I got into fender benders every time. Funny, each time they just look at the scratches and just wave it off, people are so generous there. One time I side swiped a motorcycles and he went down, he got up and picked his bike and just rode on, WTF.
This is the reason Asia will dominate the world one day (if not already) 
Sounds a lot like driving around in downtown Naples. I’ve been to Thailand too and yeah… whole different level. Even as (or especially as) a pedestrian you need to be both assertive and defensive at the same time. Especially of the motorcycles. Americans aren’t really built for that.
New Yorkers In Manhattan, or Queens maybe, may be, home grown Los Angeles drivers have no chance, 
@Whying_Dutchman check this out, just got mine a couple of days ago, it’s quite awesome. I paid $41 for it on Linsoul.
It has this acoustic labyrinth to passively cuts bass signal at 200 hz to create a clean separation to lower mid you get very good signature. I’m very impressed. Great cable as well although only available in 3.5mm
The Kiwi Ears Cadenza II
They sound really interesting, but I will not purchase any new head phones / earbuds this year.
I have everything I need … and still enjoy the Fiio JT7 tremendously, thank you!
Every time I listen to a well known track, I discover new stuff with them, and that’s one of the best compliments I can make for audio equipment. In this respect they are even better than my Focal Bathys, and that’s really hard to admit.
Ok, I will get new TWS ANC earbuds soon, but that’s a different story.
I will send back my B&W Pi8 next week … and hope that the new Sony WF1000XM6 will be good enough…
The Pi8 are ok, but OK is not acceptable in my world…
Don’t thank me yet the new JT9 is coming this Summer. FiiO told me I might get an early look at it. Did you see the JT7 in Champagne Gold?
Ha ha. You’ll love it. This is a fascinating tech. It’s probably the cheapest Meta tuned JM-1 IEM you can buy right now.
Why is it that something I don’t need is now lying on my table???!
EDIT You were right - again - they sound very very good!
I thoroughly enjoy the sound: it’s detailed, neutral but with subbass, and its stereo stage is impressive for earbuds.
That was a great buy!
And now I don’t want to know anything about any head phone or earbud anymore … until 2027, at least!
I’m not kidding, I wish you are my neighbor, well maybe not Nextdoor but next street over. I’d have TP’ed your house once a week,
For general use, airpods. For playing bass, I already had Steel Series Arctic Nova 1, and they work perfectly fine. As an absolute beginner, I’m glad I didn’t spend and extra $250 for something I wouldn’t notice.
Bluetooth?
Naw, I have the wired ones. AFAIK wired is the way to go unless you get specific bluetooth cans that are made for playing. Apparently the wireless delay can be bad, but i have never tried. I did buy a longer wire though for like $10 from Amazon.
I would not underestimate those. They don’t stand out in anything, but also they are not really bad at anything.
This was the only Apple product I used I recent years: as my earbuds for playing in the park. They were perfect for that!
Just a bit lack of seal therefore slightly off on bass tone. When I use ear buds I noticed that I turn up my bass EQ. Similar but opposite when I wear a well seal IEMs vs no earphones of any kind and straight off the amp.
I checked them out after my last post and realized I did know about them and just forgot the name. I follow crin and his initial Meta release too.
I ordered the Daybreak (they arrive monday) and a fiio K11 dac for work
Oh, no no no I don’t play with the airpods, just the Arctis Nova 1s. Airpods are my daily general use.
I take the cord and plug it into my beats pill to tune it. I figured I’d try and avoid spending more (after overspending on the bass) and see what happened. Everything seems fine so far.
