Meze Alba IEM Review - The Ultimate Daily? 

Thanks man! Your review was awesome as well!

Thanks! I hope you get and enjoy one as well!

Update .. received them and I can actually wear these for more than 20 minutes. I needed XL tip in left ear and L tip in right. The included dongle is a plus but my iFI Go Link brought the Albas alive from my iPad.

You should try penon liquere orange xl tips. damn good tips.

​@@Hijynx87Thank you so much!! I haven't heard of them

aaayeee

Pls stop yourself entering into rabbit hole. This hobby is largely a scam promoted by reviewers. EM6L is more than enough to enjoy music. I myself went upto monarch mk 2 and finally settled with few 100 to 150 dollar iems

@@shakilmohammad9731 thanks for the advice and don't worry, i'm not one to enter into rabbit holes. i'm a person who knows what i want, take my time to research and have good resistance to temptation on new things. will definitely be using my EM6L for some time until the circumstances / needs changes before i look for something different

Sound isolation is very similar to most IEMs. The port being there doesn't seem to open up additional leakage beyond traditionally vented IEMs. Sorry for not mentioning that

@@GadgetryTech thanks, cheers.

You should get an ikko oh10 or kefine delci.

enjoy your new toy

I recommend the simgot supermix 4 but beware the wait times for shipping for Amazon delivery is insane at this time.

These are warmer and smoother in the mid range, with more upper treble extension. Biggest improvement is comfort. If comfort isn't an issue for you on the Red, then the only reason for this is if you want warmer mid bass and EQ isn't giving you that on the Red

For sure! For the money I can’t really fault it for anything. Just if it’s your type of sound signature or not

Hello! The Arete is still a great IEM and with the right tip for your ear can be very comfortable. Nothing wrong with using that. 2 - No real suggestion. Any decent 3.5mm extension cable should be fine. I can't imagine anyone noticing a real difference. Just don't buy junk. 3 - Use the Schiit combo, as it will work better than the Rodecaster Pro II for IEMs. Apple dongle will likely sound better/cleaner than Rodecaster pro but it depends on your ears/content too.

@@GadgetryTech Thank you for the answers!

A great review and introduction to this equipment. Thank you so much, but I'm enjoying my VZRs with new pads at the moment, so no iems in the near future. Take care, Sir.

Maybe! Sennheiser never responds to anything I send so I may just end up buying them at some point

Can you message how they sound? I also ordered the simgot.

@@nickb365 yeah I’m picking up the Albas tomorrow I’ll let you know let me know how the simgots turn out

@@nickb365 so I picked up my meze alba yesterday. I listened to them pretty much the whole day. I’m not a reviewer or a iem collector so it won’t be professional & it hasn’t had a chance to burn in yet. First experience: real solid build. Zinc & aluminum isn’t really the best choice but I like it better than resin & plastic. The size is super small like idk the size of the SM4s but the albas should be atleast 20-30% smaller from my guesstimate. Mind you this is only in comparison to pictures I’ve seen of the sm4s. These fit amazing I put them in my ear & only knew they were there because of the music & not used to wires. They just fit in my ears perfectly. like all the reviewers say it’s just great how comfortable they are. Some annoyance I had was from the eartips once taken off it’s really hard to get them back on or change tips. But you know they won’t pop off in your ear so good ig. Cable was decent it feels alittle too thin for my liking though but that’s my personal preference. It coming with the dongle DAC was great but I have an iPhone so I need an adapter now. Now for most likely why you asked. The sound. The sound is great the vocals are up front. the detail is good. The sub bass is alittle lacking but I’m not into the thumping bass unless the song calls for that. It’s got great separation of left and right. The soundstage is surprisingly good for iems. Overall because I use these while I work and go shopping I’m always traveling so build quality & comfort is king. If you are like me & constantly on the move I’d go with these and listen to over ear or speakers at home. If you’re more stationary and want slightly better sound quality especially in the bass SM4 is probably the better choice. But all this is just only from my 1 day experience with the albas & the reviews I’ve read & watched of the SM4s I could be wrong in terms of the sound since I haven’t personally experienced them.

always our reasoning

apple dongle is fine. otherwise I like the fiio k11 for desktop/console.

One more question lol would fiio k11 be better then gen dac 2 i have or sound blaster g6

This is for ps5

You can use the DAC with the KSC75 yeah, but the IEM itself is a totally different way to listen

For me, they are. Both are comfy though

Would you say it's a dead zone?

Often better value than headphones, usually tuned better, more convenient to use (on the go or sitting around without any amp)

Actually IEMs are better for non audiophiles who want to just buy cheap audio stuff. But I think your problem may be that you could've used the wrong ear tips which would've leaked out all the bass, which was my first iem experience. I wasnt an audiophile then, and don't think I am one now either, but I was geeky enough to identify what went wrong and tip rolled to get a good fit and get all that bass, which made me put down my then daily driver Sennheiser HD599.

@@DistortedDan_ Interesting, it's hard for me to imagine picking up iems over Bluetooth earbuds when it comes to convenience.

that’s understandable, I’m looking into getting these because I have a Hifiman edition xs and liquid spark system but I want something pretty good that I can use on the go or just sitting on my bed however I’m sure you’d be much more interested in the features of wireless iems for this price Edit: I actually have a soundcore space a40 that I use a lot as they sound surprisingly good after considerable EQ

​@@TheQuickyouknow I mostly use IEMs for certain situations where I'm moving less (riding the bus, watching media) and bluetooth setup at work where I'm moving around more. I will say that KZ brand BT adapters are the best setup with IEM, however those adapters are prone to dying because they are not water resistant.