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My travel audio gear (Patreon)

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2020-10-28 06:55:00
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For those interested what audio equipment I took on our holidays, I kept it rather modest and simple.

I have just the Tribit MaxSound Plus as portable speaker, anything bigger would have been overkill. I like the Tribit because of its neutral tuning and cheap price, in case it brakes it won’t be a big loss and I can always buy a new one.

I use the Lypertek Tevi with the Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro tips. The tips from Earfun Free also sound good but don’t fit into the charging case that well. I like the Lypertek Tevi because it sounds quite neutral and the charging case has no self discharging like most others. I can leave it unused for months and it will still have some charge left. I never updated the firmware though as I heard rumours that the sound becomes worse afterwards. I am not sure if all current units are already updated and if there is a way to downgrade again.

I also took the AKG K361 with me as it’s pretty sturdy and won’t brake when just tossed into some backpack. I can listen with it in bed without disturbing anyone and I can use it for monitoring with my audio recorder.

Tell me about tour travel gear. Do you take your entire DAC/Amp stack with you?

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Andrew Tam

My one must-have travel audio gear is the minirig mini...the size is perfect for traveling...

oluvsgadgets

I think I prefer the Tribit over the Minirig Mini soundwise

Ross Pain

The Tribit Maxsound Plus really is an amazing speaker. This is what i take travelling too! :-D

Andrew Tam

I have both. I got the Tribit after I saw your first vid of it and I agree the Tribit is really good sound wise especially for the price..but for traveling, I do prefer the size of the mini...it’s much easier to pack in a suitcase...

Diudia Moustache

I'm usually carrying my QLS QA360 LE player, which I picked for its neutrality, that's not loosing any "musicality". It is almost close to a good $300-$400 desktop setup and basically it's the best player on CS4398 chip, together with legendary Colorful Colorfly C4pro.

Diudia Moustache

And as for headphones, my favorite pair is IMR Acoustics R2 Aten from drop. That pieso-ceramic driver delivers awesome highs, while everything else is done by basically a massive dynamic driver . You can tune the sound with additional nozzles and filters. Also these are open back iems and while I do have questions regarding their frequency resolve, overall these do sound great. For closed-backs I have FLC 8n, providing frequency response adjustment as well.

David Zecua

Hmm, for travel, I prefer in-ears for the convenience. And for me, it's the Etymotic ER2XR with the Redstone ES100 or Sony MH1 w/MMCX mod if not Etymotic. And for wireless, it's the Jaybird X3, as they now have a stable connection on my device and are usable, I've been eyeing the Lypertek Tevi but I've just stuck with my X3s. And if I'm able to take an over-ear, it's either the Creative Aurvana SE or Earfun Wave. I don't really use speakers much, as I just have the Soundcore Motion Plus

Elwin

The Tribit is the portable king. However, I usually take the Minirig 3 in stereo with me. And as a headphone I take the Beoplay H4, although it’s probably not as tough and rugged as the AKG.

Alex Listener

In past I used JBL Flip 4 for travelling, now I use Vifa City.

Jose Santos

Last year summer i took my dockin speaker and tribit headphones, although most used was the speaker actually in the car it had some powerfull sound indeed. But now i replaced it for stockwell 2 its even my daily driver on the go because of the 'even' response even if won't be as powerfull listning experience is better for me.

Thomas Wesolowski

If I visit my dad in Vienna I always take my Marshall stockwell 2 with me. It looks really funny in the x-ray at the airport security checkpoint. As headphones I use the apple airpods.

Marioragcurtain

I always carried the maxsound plus in my backpack and recently i replaced that for 2 stormbox micro or 2 xsound go if i need more battery life. For tws earbuds i use the tribit flybuds 1 and flybuds nc because they are just really practical in use and cheap to replace if lost or broken, but i also carry my er2se and fiio btr5 for when im in the mood for more serious listening.

Richard

I use the Lypertek Tevi, also with original firmware, haven't updated. According to one review after the update "the bass is boosted and the upper-mids and highs are way less elevated." https://www.scarbir.com/tws/lypertek-tevi-review My guess is they boosted the bass to appeal more to the general public who probably expect/want a more bassy sound. I'll definitely be keeping the original firmware in that case!

Jonas Schoultze

I know the Soundcore Motion Plus is bigger and heavier but how does the Tribit compare to the Soundecore soundwise?

Diudia Moustache

I saw that review and here's what I have to say. First of all I recommend you to watch the record of the headphones.com live with Crinacle - he's definitely hearing things in his own way, headphones he names neutral, I name bass heavy ). You also can watch the review of iems under Crinacle's brand from Currawong. Crinacle's favorite iems are Sony's flagships - and Sony is doing a heavy v-shaped frequency response on all their new models. Regarding Aten's - IMR is a let's say boutique manufacturer, so there are some quality control challenges they encounter. But their owner Bob is super-helpful in solving any issues. Aten's sound is a very interesting phenomenon. I'd say there is some weird stuff happening around presence region in their frequency response, but everything else sounds very good. Being open-back (yes, open-back iems) they're offering awesome staging. Dynamic driver is big and relatively fast for an iem dynamic, but all the magic happens in highs - that pieso-ceramic thingy is making its ways to a lot of headphones and imho it does highs better than anything else, be it multi-driver armature in any price range or a dynamic driver in slightly higher price range.

David Zecua

It was a seller on ebay who makes them and sells them

oluvsgadgets

Thanks, I ordered one as it’s still one of my favorite IEMs but I hate the original cable

Matt Abbott

I also just purchased the Maxsound Plus from your reviews and have been loving it. I don’t think I saw it in any of your videos but you can actually tilt it upwards and it balances perfectly to get a more upward firing sound if you need that depending on placement. I also have minirig 3 and minirig mini 2 which sound great but left me wanting stereo sound and waterproofing. Hope you enjoy your holiday ✌🏻

who, me ...

I use a Fiio M9 with Fiio FH5. Both small but verry effective.

Slapo

Mostly for my commutes (or at least when that was a thing): M-Audio HDH50 Etymotic ER2SE with a Bluetooth receiver (several, actually, in case they run out of juice). I used to use Beyerdynamic Custom Street, but ever since the original pads fell apart, I've had trouble finding replacement pads that would offer comparable isolation while maintaining decent fidelity. :-/

David Zecua

Following up on the Sony MH1 modded, have you received them and how are they?