DUNU - DaVinci

I can not stand the Harman tuning even though this tuning is very popular with many people. My tuning preference is very similar to the HBB tuning. I prefer the HBB tuning's 8 dB rise for the simulated pinna gain in the upper midrange since the Harman tuning's 10 to 11 dB rise for the simulated pinna gain in the upper midrange is too sibilant for me. I also don't like how the Harman tuning decreases the lower midrange. Right now my two favorite IEMs under $300 are the Aful Performer 7 and the Dunu DaVinci. The Performer 7 simply is an improved version of the Performer 5 across the board. I still love my Performer 5 IEMs. At first I didn't like the DaVinci's powerful sub bass relative to the mid bass, but I found some eartips which fixed this issue such that the sub bass is in balance with the mid bass. I have some other favorite IEMs at lower price points. I was very surprised by how much I like the Kima 2 which Dunu sent to me. I knew that the Kima 2 uses single dynamic drivers, yet when I listened to the Kima 2 I could have sworn that there must also be BA drivers in the mix since the macro and micro details are very well defined. For example, the Kima 2 performs much better than the Thieaudio Legacy 2. It also dawned on me that the Kima 2 is tuned very similarly to the original Moondrop Starfield which was my first IEM, yet the Kima 2's technical performance is so much nicer to listen to in comparison to the OG Starfield. There always a very slight veil to the sound when I listened to the OG Starfield, and the Kima 2 totally rips any veil away. On the budget side, I really like the Simgot EW200 after I easily added some self adhesive mesh filters to shift the overall tuning from Harman to HBB. The transition after adding the mesh filters was splendid. The thing is that after adding the mesh filters to adjust the tuning, I was able to really appreciate the quality of the EW200's dynamic drivers. I hope that the above helps you with your research.

My two favorite IEMs are the Aful Performer 5+2 and the Dunu DaVinci. Perhaps ask if either of these IEMs work well for metal.

The Dunu DaVinci is tuned very similarly to the Tea Pro. Both have a 6 kHz dip in the upper midrange to remove harshness in female vocals and to make the upper midrange sound a bit more relaxing. I have the DaVinci and the Performer 7 and both of these IEMs are endgame IEMs for me. The DaVinci has more bass than the P7. The P7 has a slightly early rise for the simulated pinna gain. I listen to the DaVinci when I want more bass and a more relaxing upper midrange. I listen to the P7 when I want a somewhat more energetic upper midrange. I pick one or the other to listen to depending on my mood and the genres which I want to listen to. So for me, the DaVinci and the P7 are somewhat yin and yang IEMs to each other. I like being able to pick up a pair of IEMs to listen to depending mostly on my mood. I have never looked at the iemrankings website until hearing about this website from your post, so I don't know what to make of this website. I can say that the P7 and the DaVinci are on a similar level but with differences. The Tea Pro is potentially the third endgame that I want since I think that its tuning will fit between the DaVinci and the P7. Although the P7 is really good and punches above its price, I find it hard to believe that the P7 is better than the Tea Pro.

I really liked the Hype 4. I have only had a chance to audition it during a live YouTube chat with Joyce. She auditioned all three of the Hype IEMs. The Hype 4 sounded to me like the best bang for the buck. This also was the general consensus. I also really like the white shell color which you chose to purchase since I realized that the metal flakes reflect the colors of surrounding objects. I currently have two favorite IEMs which are yin and yang pairs of IEMs. I really enjoy the Aful Performer 7 for its very nice details which require me to have an alert mind. Yet when I am tired, I prefer the Dunu DaVinci's relaxing sounding upper midrange which still has very nice details. Amazingly, I am able to enjoy the DaVinci's more intense yet still amazingly layered and textured bass even when I am tired. I really like your very simple question since your simple question can open up avenues for discussion, such as yin and yang IEMs, one of which is preferred during daytime, or another of which is preferred in the evening when being more tired.

I own Tea Pro and Dunu Davinci, the DaVinci sound lo-fi compared to the Teas IMO. Much better subs and mid bass clarity Have not had issue Tea Pro they are just GOAT I reckon

I appreciate the Tea Pro for a lot of things, but for me the treble presentation was enough to make one or both of my ears ring at different times during the period that I owned them. The BA timbre was also a bit much through the high mids and lower treble for my taste. For gaming they were absolutely amazing for competitive play. I could hear everybody and pinpoint them exactly where they were. I've never run across better. However, I couldn't justify keeping a $360 pair of headphones just to play competitive games every now and again. Got the Dunu DaVinci and I gotta say... 90% of everything the Tea Pro is good at, the DaVinci also is... and then the other 10% it's better. The mids are more natural on the DaVinci, and I love that kind of accuracy, plus I could make out more detail (a good recording displaying guitar string fret rattle or the skipping of a bow across double bass strings) over the Tea Pro. I'm glad that you found something that you enjoy, though. For many people this seems to be a very very good set, and I had similarly high expectations when I purchased them for myself.

As a fellow raw black metal enjoyer, I'd love to know as well. I've yet to find a pair of headphones (within my budget at least) that performs similar to the low-pinna iems I own - AFUL Explorer, DUNU Da Vinci, Final E5000 - as these have sound profiles I find to be perfect for black metal. Everything is too bright or anemic with little bass.

Ya there is amazing stuff in the 200 to 300 dollar space, really, like the latest run of Ziigaat stuff, Odyssee comes to mind.. And Doscinco.. There is also the Dunu Davinci.. Juzear 61t..we are having our little brains blown out the ear holes at this point. Going up further in price, the tuning seems to get very specific and unique. You really need to know very well what you want. I think most people could stop at something like Odyssee

I love them. But I really don’t know if they are good for gaming. I am not gamer, I just play GTA online and I don’t use earphones I love the bass and the voices are great

Not sure i agree with this. My Hifiman xs and HD650s are preferable to my Dunu Davinchi and Hype 4s for me. I like IEMs but they are not better, different sure.

Congratulations! On your new purchase. Dunu Davinci which I can suggest,which has good overall sound presence. I use it with Fiio m21 . Before buying google all of your options.😊

I just went on this exact same hunt with the same genres lol, I went with the davinci. I'm not trying to tune a dusk. The base analog sound of the dusk was called thin pretty often, dsp mode was better but I need 4.4 for my toys. The davinci was the number one choice for complicated electronic music due to the 5 way crossover. Can't argue with having the dynamic drivers play 2 different bass lines. Dusk DD pair is on one frequency.

My first experience that got me REALLY into music was the kz zs10. I could hear all the drivers and the music had seemed so much fuller, but now when I compare them to a better iem like the dunu davinci which isn't considered highly technical the zs10 just sound like a handful of speakers all playing the same song where on the davinci the crossover is done so well that it sounds like there are very special drivers for each instrument all played together like an orchestra. Not just a lot of noise on top of each other. Had I never upgraded I could have died happy with my 50$ iems instead of having spent 1000's of dollars on audio Too late though

My only regret is the few hundreds I spent before my first "nice" one. I didn't learn much from them, and I now just hang them on a wall as decoration. If I could go back in time I'd spend 200-300 and get something like an aful performer 5+2 and be done with it all. I own the dunu davinci and FOR ME they are exactly the type of sound and detail I want for my whole collection of music. I've also learned iems can be uncomfortable but if you power through the first week they just work and don't bother you anymore.

Exactly, I just recently got an RSV mk2, a 700usd iem, I was and still am incredibly impressed, but when i went back and compared them to my dunu davinci i realized that without the new set the davinci would have been end game material for MY taste. And thats less than half the cost. There is noticeable differences, but over time your set becomes your default and "normal" I have 8 sets and they all sound pretty great after using one for a few days, even the 100-dollar stuff No matter what you get, the +1-1 db here and there in tuning probably won't matter if its close enough to what you want and for "quality" they are all going to be awesome.

I have a 100s of hours on mine. I got bad news for you. There isn't anything I don't like. Just little things that I'd like improvement on. Treble can sometimes sound a bit grainy, soundstage could be a little larger, it's all stuff that they reserve for a model twice the price. I think they play at loud volume better than my new rsv mk2

Dunu davinci ❤️❣️ I absolutely ADORE mine. I describe it as a beautiful lush sea of bass with all the other notes rising from the bottom. It's incredible for symphonic hardcore, trance, pretty much anything with a lot of low end rolling bass lines. Honestly 🙏 so good. At 700 the RSV is like an omega explorer, loud volume never sibilant still pulling out all the details I could ask for and enough bass to end a small child. But only when a song asks for it.

I have watched every single English review and read a few dozen more on the dunu davinci. And in person I found it even better. My music library is edm and metal. I found the bass more than articulate enough to impress me. In my opinion it's best fear is how it brings mids and mid bass to life. Synths are incredible, I actually use them in my daw when making music to get a better idea of how these frequencies will sound irl. I will say it is very detailed but the details aren't brought to the front, it's a little too musical to be analytical like that. But the everyday use of a set like this is fire. The p5+2 would have been my pick if I were to aim for technical power over raw enjoyment.

Eh you'll feel that all the way up the hill, I have a DUNU davinci and from everything I've read it's like a bigger aful explorer lmao at 2.5x the cost. The mega5est is "better" so should I move forward to that and replace my davinci? At 1.5x the cost? And the monarch mark 4 is better than that at 2x the cost....and so on I've learned that unless you CLEARLY identify something specific you want that your current iem doesn't provide, not to worry about it.

I would love to tell you my davinci is such a fantastic set (and it is) that you should upgrade, but the tuning philosophy is the same. Neither set is designed for critical listening and it's only worth the upgrade if that tuning style is your "daily driver" you'll get a small boost to things like high hats and some definition in the bass, but for casual listening it's not anything you'd notice. The 5+2 outperforms the davinci on a technical level according to all the sources I trust. And both have more technical chops than an explorer. i personally have never heard a review or seen a comment about the 5+2 being uncomfortable. Unless you need long heavy and slow decaying bass the 5+2 is the way to go. For me the davinci is my absolute favorite because it aligns to how I would eq something anyways lol

I own a pair and love 'em