Next audio upgrade?

[ShadySocks]

For a few years, I have been buying audio devices which appear to be good deals, including

Sennheiser HD579

Superlux HD681 EVO

Brainwavz M100

Brainwavz Delta

 

However, the $6 QKZ DM6 I prefer over any of those.

 

Furthermore, after custom building (and designing  ) some speakers which blew them all away in every way (except for soundstage width and of course portability), I don't know where to go next. I liked the $50 Final Audio E3000, but it was a small improvement over the DM6 and is nowhere near as good as my speakers. I enjoy owning lots of audio devices and comparing them, however the $6 earbuds' performance has made me reluctant to buy anything over $50. The fact that some people claim $50 headphones are better than $200 headphones, and I think $6 earbuds are better than my $80 headphones only makes things worse.

 

Right now I am perfectly happy with the DM6, but would something better would be cool. I prefer IEMS so far because they have better sound and isolation than over-ear and on-ear headphones. Right now I think my best bet is buying something portable because I don't think I can spend a reasonable amount of money on home audio and gain any improvement.

 

tl;dr:

$6 earbuds embarrassed my other audio equipment, custom speakers are amazing

 

Right now here are my ideas:

1) explore chi-fi and buy lots of cheap earbuds, learn my preferences

2) buy stuff for my speakers, like sound tiles, amps, etc

3) buy a sub for the speakers

3) save for some really nice headphones

 

Thank you

[tetenteten]

buy a used active sub or save.

cheap earbuds are cool but €/$ +-300 cant are way better than cheap earbuds. 

i got the monoprice m1060 and they are way better than my €20 earbuds.

or save for a dac/amp and headphones. you can use a dac for your speakers.

 

but all this is your choice 

[vertix]

Please don't get any of those.
If you want cheap, really good sound that you can take out with you, then the Koss KSC75's would be a great choice. 
There's also the Creative Aurvana Live which are much better than every headphone listed above sound-wise. (M1060's included)  Now-now, if you want IEM's there are a bunch of good one's to pick from. Here are some that I know of
BGVP DMG, Tin Audio T2 and Vsonic GR07. Here's a ranking list you might like and find useful for picking out IEM's.

If you'd like, I could recommend some more headphones if you could give me your exact budget.

[ShadySocks]

On 2/8/2019 at 6:51 AM, vertix said:

Please don't get any of those.
If you want cheap, really good sound that you can take out with you, then the Koss KSC75's would be a great choice. 
There's also the Creative Aurvana Live which are much better than every headphone listed above sound-wise. (M1060's included)  Now-now, if you want IEM's there are a bunch of good one's to pick from. Here are some that I know of
BGVP DMG, Tin Audio T2 and Vsonic GR07. Here's a ranking list you might like and find useful for picking out IEM's.

If you'd like, I could recommend some more headphones if you could give me your exact budget.

I don't have an exact budget, but I ordered the senfer dt6. It hasn't shipped yet, and I am thinking about cancelling it for the Tin audio T2