MoonDrop Aria vs Shure SE215

There are cheaper options like the aforementioned IEMs and more expensive options like the Empire Ears Odin, but from a purely value standpoint, these top the charts. Thanks for reading my review.

I can't even hear the aircon sound, I open some door, right now outside, and I can't even hear the outside window noise and stuff, the fan is running,...

This time the right channel made a soft pop. Now the earphone that I do have barely gets to a listenable level at full volume on my phone and has the same tinny-ness as the left. The quality control of these units is awful and the process of getting anything about it fixed at all is more of a hastle and wait than I am willing to go through again (keep in mind it's been three months since I've recieved the headphones and not only are neither working properly anymore, but half of that time was spent with only one earphone anyway). Update: The company happily and swiftly issued a refund at request after a breif explanation, so it is at least easy to get refunds/replacements, and for that I give them credit

These sound very decent, but just that only decent. For this price category (these were purchased for $250, they go on sale at around $200) there are much better options, my top recommendation being the Sennheiser TMW3 wireless earbuds which have the best sound quality of any pair that I've tried so far. Battery Life: For the size of these earbuds with the attachment that hooks over the ear you'd think they'd have a big battery in them, but they do not with a fair but unimpressive battery life of about 8 hours or 32 total with the case going off of what they say in the product details (though its realistically usually an hour or two less than most products advertise). Something like the TMW3 has 6 hours and is smaller and more comfortable to wear

Basically, when I'm wearing them, only the tips are in and not the body, so I'll be sending them back. Before I purchased the T3 Plus, by the bunch of reviews and comments I've heard and read about the Moondrop Aria's, they seem like a good upgrade from the Blon's because of the similar warm balanced tuning. However, I'm still concerned about the fit since their size looks similar to the T3 Plus' and definitely those paint chipping issues.

There is no discomfort when wearing these even for very long periods of time. Now the last thing I want to talk about is of course the sound. A lot of...

If you are going to find any decent in-ear/earbuds, it's worth to give this a try blindly if you don't know anything at all, I bet you won't regret about it. The only one small thing that maybe different from one to another, is that the comfortabilty. I'm not sure what causes it, but this can't stay in my ear at a long time, compared to the Moondrop Quarks, which is one of the smallest and cheapest In ear, but it has a muddy mid which I don't really like. But since it's has a really good price, I can't complain about this at all

Comfortable and if you go down models to the XM3 or XM2 you can get a pretty good deal. Sound is good enough and overall very enjoyable. If you want IEMs, I find the Shure brand the most comfortable for long periods of time. I would check out the Shure SE215