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Best value IEM phones for travel use from Android.

Just looking for ideas and suggestions from actual users of IEM head phones.

I travel..... A LOT!
Even in today's troubled times.
I get emails twice a day from Drop.com and the choice of IEM seems to be staggering and bewildering.

What do I need?
Relatively efficient.
Being driven by a Motorola Android phone only.
Relatively small tips, had some that just did not fit in my ears at all!
Budget... $150 tops.

Thank you and stay safe!
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uberwaltz OP
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I did buy the Tin Hifi T4 iem from Drop.
They have now shipped and should be here Saturday so we will see as I fly from Jax to MSP Monday morning and that will be their first test.
soix
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Congrats!  Be interested to hear your impressions once they break in a bit. 
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stringreen
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Its often true you get what you pay for.   If you have a good source, it would be a shame to devalue the sound with a headphone that might not be up to the job.   I know Grado, Shure, Sennheiser in ear models...all good.
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The Tin T4 showed up today and first impressions playing them through my main system head amp are very favourable indeed.
Very efficient and a lot of nice solid bass without being one note boom, boom bass.

Using my phone which is how they will be used on the plane they did lose a little of that bass impact but hardly surprising tbh.
Overall pretty impressed for $79 shipped from Drop. 
soix
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Not sure I’d be too quick to judge them.  Even my cheap Sennheiser buds took a bit to break in and sounded much better after a few days of play time.  Be interested to hear your thoughts after 100 hours or so. 
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