I’ve not heard this personally though i have got the CCA12. Which I quite like. They aren’t bad at all for the money.
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Excellent review, as usual, great music selection !! Thanks!
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Beautiful review Nimweth! Amazing work!
Thank you very much!
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I’m glad you like it even though it’s quite different from your experience!
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I’m pleased that you enjoy my take on things! Thanks
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I always respect others opinion, even though your experience was different from mine, I still enjoyed the quality and writing style of yours =)
Just because your experience was different doesn’t make your review bad 
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That’s a very mature attitude. We all have different ears and ear configurations, sources, cables and musical preferences and hear things in our own way. We can learn from others’ opinions, too.
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Not sure if everyone was aware but Moondrop SSRs have been delayed about a month. They posted on instagram that initial qc was not up to their standard and they stopped orders at the moment. Most websites I saw with order options are down now.
A recent review from Super* Review gave it pretty good praise and indicated he would pick them over bl03s and T2s.
Audioreviews gave it a less positive review but he seemed to only really compare it to a higher end moondrop and low end moondrop (Spaceship) and then noted he only had a highly modified bl03 for comparison so I take this review with a grain of salt because it does not compare them within the same price range.
I look forward to one of your reviews of the SSR
Maybe they may add in a little bass?
Or at least provide a rope to climb the mountain
Graph from AudioDiscourse
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My review is 80% done. I think they are good for the price and competes with tin t2 and blon but sounds different than both of them.
They are kind of in between the two in sound.
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Is the frequency response as exaggerated to the ear as it looks in the graph?
Its audible but probably not as shrill as i would expect if you can get a good seal. Foam tips help too. The warm punchy low end does help balance it a bit but it’s more bright in that area than neutral for sure.
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Your description “between a BL03 and a T2” sounds very interesting, as that is probably where I would be happiest.
Anyway, I look forwards to the review.
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The BL03 does sound like a very interesting pair of earphones
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Just ordered Revonext QT5 on Amazon for $14.33.
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Not Ultra Cheap, but the KBEAR TRI i3 is an amazing pick. I won’t be flooding this thread with the review, but if anybody is interested (~170 USD price), they can read it here:
I personally love them 
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hi i read (most) of this thread with great interest. thank you for making it! cool stuff! i’m an audio skinflint so searched for ages for some cheap iem’s. i wasnt expecting much but have actually be quite pleased with this purchase ( CSL - EP Power Bass Aluminium in ears heaphones NEW MODEL - Resistant aramid cable - Flexural protection - 10 mm transducer EP Bass ) . these perform better than my old “creative audio earphones”. better than these which are lovely looking, sound actually really good but suffer distortion on this track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aEUakKMLBs “poor lonesome me” sometimes when the artist sings “poor” or “ohh” what should be raspy is not handled by the earphone and instead turns in to noticeable distortion. a real shame i really like the look and build quality of the sephia sp3060 but it distorts with difficult sounds and i HATE that. the next are these future sound lab fsl-zinc-zn30 these are really good and have good vocals which have some presence and are a bit forward in an engaging way which i really like however there is just a hint of distortion on the raspy bits of the test track which means i don’t really use them. but for certain music they might be ok. this leads to the final ones and winner of these 3 iems which i bought to replace the creative audio ones. as an aside they all outperform the creative audio ones which are old and came with a creative zen mp3 player 10yrs ago. so the final one and winner! https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07G784R32/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 these guys. are really cheap. have a really comfortable fit for my ears after i got the right size silicone buds and to me sound great! i would characterize the fsl ones as having slight “presence” in the vocals but these i would say are “smooth and articulated” all have acceptable bass to me but im not a bass head. i suffer a little from tinnitus in the right ear and these csl ones dont set it off so that’s a huge plus! i haven’t tested the fsl ones enough to say on that issue yet. but suspect they don’t really but would do so earlier on certain tracks because of their slightly better mid/highs. all these are under £7 or $10us? and so can qualify as ultra cheap!!! 
there are similar ones like the csl ones on amazon but csl seems to be a larger company so i suspect that they have better quality control and in my case i have no complaints :-). so if you want some super cheap ones that i think are good (probably not as good as kz ones but these are less than 1/2 the price) and are solid and aluminum. 32ohm!!! (i much prefer 32ohm as i use for a laptop) then try these :-). p.s if anyone buys these and can make a frequency response graph of these earphones especially the fsl and csl ones that would be great!. anyway its a long rambling semi good review of three earphones. hope you enjoy!
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Welcome. From one skinflint to another. Tightwads of the world unite! (providing it doesn’t cost anything)
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TRN VX…
The VX name seems to be popular amongst Chinese brands for earphones. This is now the third VX-named product in the past couple years – the Moondrop VX earbuds, the qdc Anole VX, and now this, the TRN VX.
While the qdc Anole VX is the flagship and my favorite IEM on the market that I’ve tried so far and retails for over $2200 USD, this VX from TRN comes in at a much more budget-friendly price of around $75 USD and comes in black and green shell options.
The TRN VX was provided to me for review by Linsoul and can be found on the Linsoul site directly at http://www.linsoul.com.
The VX is a 7-driver hybrid featuring a single dynamic driver and six balance armature drivers. Like some other TRN IEMs I’ve tried in the past, the shell is a nice feeling metal design that also fits very cleanly and well in my ears without any pain or discomfort. The box is rather simple and only contains the standard TRN cable which isn’t really great, and a few tip options.
For this review, I opted to use the default silicone tips along with a 4.4mm cable made by Kinboofi. The connectors used on the VX are 2-pin 0.75mm style and is quite common and easily replaced.
Sound
Like many other TRN IEMs I have tried, the VX is somewhat of a V-shaped IEM with a brighter treble range. The VX itself is probably a bit more balanced and perhaps closer to a U-shape than other iterations.
In general, the VX has a nice tuning with a warm lower mid-range, bass that doesn’t overly muddy anything and is elevated but not too bloated, and a nice pinna gain, however its biggest flaw lies heavily in the treble region, where there’s a spike past 8KHz that can be rather sharp, fatiguing, and just unpleasant in music that has some emphasis there.
The problem definitely shows its ugly head in watching YouTube videos, especially ones where recordings are not well done, and likewise, shows up in poorly recorded music too. For the most part, it’s not noticeable in most rock music, but there are exceptions.
Song Selections
In Pearl Jam’s “Breath”, which appears in the fantastic early 90’s soundtrack, “Singles”, as well as later re-issue of Ten, the cymbal crashes have this tingy character to it that can have a sharp attack that can be abrasive. Unfortunately, that sound is scattered and littered throughout the entire track. Eddie Vedder’s powerful voice seems a little tamed down, and the basslines are missing a tad of power, but the VX does come across otherwise reasonably ok.
In “Kora”, a new track from GoGo Penguin, the VX seems to excel a bit more. Bass notes have good power and punch, while the drum hits have good weight to them. It’s a song that doesn’t focus too heavily on the cymbals which can be fatiguing, and really stays towards the lower end of the mid-range. Piano notes sound nice and generally accurate, and performs well in the VX.
A song with a more mixed result is “20 Years” by The Civil Wars. The guitar rifts by John Paul White sound really nice and full of detail, but the duet vocal of White and co-singer Joy Williams, are a bit too forward and there’s this edgy sibilance to many of their words that can be jarring.
A song that features a lot of hi-hat strikes that didn’t sound totally wrong was “Ceremony”, the first track from New Order, following the death of Ian Curtis and the end of their prior band, Joy Division. Stephen Morris’s constant drum attack doesn’t come across as fatiguing in this track for whatever reason, and Peter Hook’s melodic signature bass carries the song with authority. This is another track where I feel like the VX’s sound signature shines, though it still does sound a small bit on the bright side.
Overall
Name conventions aside, I think the VX is a modest IEM with an almost ideal warm balanced sound signature that is really broken by its upper treble sharpness. This, in some ways, ruins the tonality and smoothness on many songs I listen to, despite having a very pleasing sound signature, otherwise.
Just to answer any snarky questions in the future, the VX from TRN does not trump the VX from qdc. Not even close. They actually do sure some similarities in sound, but are miles apart in overall smoothness and technical performance.
The TRN VX is probably my favorite TRN IEM to date, and they seem to get better with each iteration, so I am hoping the next set cleans up the harsh treble that is inherent in each TRN set to date.
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