Need new Earphones under 2k

Hi Guys,

Planning to buy new ear phones under 2K.
Currently I have selected RHA MA390 universal due to its good reviews.

Let me know which are the best ones.

Signature Acoustics C-12 V2.0
It is a wooden earphone. Well within your budget. Try it, it's good. Have been using it since a year. They are offering 18 months warranty on it.

Hi Zangetsu, did you already purchase the headsets? If not then do check Jay's headset on headphone zone, it's in your budget. Also, @Hrishi have used RHA MA390U and he wasn't impressed, he posted about it here in this forum.
But it looks like we do not have much option nowadays in this budget.
@Minion and @SaiyanGoku might be able to suggest some good headset from AliExpress.

I'd suggest Soundmagic E10c at 1.4k. I've been using it for more than 1.6 years now.

SaiyanGoku said:
I'd suggest Soundmagic E10c at 1.4k. I've been using it for more than 1.6 years now.

I have it used for 3yrs now. and the wires are all popping out

no change in Sound Quality though.

TheSloth said:
Hi Zangetsu, did you already purchase the headsets? If not then do check Jay's headset on headphone zone, it's in your budget. Also, @Hrishi have used RHA MA390U and he wasn't impressed, he posted about it here in this forum.
But it looks like we do not have much option nowadays in this budget.
@Minion and @SaiyanGoku might be able to suggest some good headset from AliExpress.

In reviews they said RHA MA390u is much better than E10C

Zangetsu said:
In reviews they said RHA MA390u is much better than E10C

Actually MA390U will be overall better in terms of music cause of balanced output when comparing e10c which is bass boosted. Also, the price of MA390U is significantly more. Did you see online reviews of Jay's?

So, I ended up buying RHA MA390U

I was about to buy Sony XB55-AP as I like Bass, but bought RHA instead...lets see though the build quality of Sony is strong

Zangetsu said:
So, I ended up buying RHA MA390U
I was about to buy Sony XB55-AP as I like Bass, but bought RHA instead...lets see though the build quality of Sony is strong

Post your review later.,

Yes. Do post about it. Because the reviews on headphone zone looks exaggerated.

So, after using for couple of days here is my impression.

Build Quality is superb, in fact much better than my E10C the 6063-grade aluminum looks great and feels top-notch. No body would believe these are $30 earphones.
The headphone jack is not L-Shaped which could pose a problem for some in pocket. Not a problem for me though
Mic is not as good as E10C and many claimed it is not that good.
It has only one simple button which does play/pause/next/previous functions, volume controls is missing which is present in E10C (but again E10C had no next/previous feature)

Sound Quality is excellent, and these are Bass Heavy earphones (but they don't look like they are) much heavier than E10C but obviously less than Sony XB55

Mids are perfect and also the lows, now these are not meant for extreme audiophiles though who would generally prefer AT, Shure, Beats, Bose etc etc.
Nose isolation is good, while traveling they work perfectly by isolating the external sound.

Now, they are fresh and need some hours of burn-in after that the Sound Magic (not the brand name) will start

Overall they have a Balanced Sound signature, where as E10C has V-Shaped sound signature.

P.S: I have tested without any EQ settings

+ Excellent SQ
+ 3 yrs Warranty
- Mic quality
- Volume controls

So, I would give them 8/10

^^ I know I am bumping a 4 months old post, however wants to say that E10c supports previous and next feature as well.works fine with poweramp

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rijinpk1 said:
^^ I know I am bumping a 4 months old post, however wants to say that E10c supports previous and next feature as well.works fine with poweramp

I think @SaiyanGoku got something from abroad that matches e10c quality at much cheaper price.

whitestar_999 said:
I think @SaiyanGoku got something from abroad that matches e10c quality at much cheaper price.

Yes, I got KZ ED9 from Aliexpress and am seriously impressed by the sound quality. These respond well to the EQ settings on poweramp as well.

rijinpk1 said:
^^ I know I am bumping a 4 months old post, however wants to say that E10c supports previous and next feature as well.works fine with poweramp

Is it ?
Let me check

SaiyanGoku said:
Yes, I got KZ ED9 from Aliexpress and am seriously impressed by the sound quality. These respond well to the EQ settings on poweramp as well.

Any Customs charges?
Any tips to avoiding Customs charges?

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shreeux said:
Any Customs charges?
Any tips to avoiding Customs charges?

None unless you are very unlucky.Technically you don't have to pay any custom duty on products below 5k value(value as per customs official & not the attached bill).

shreeux said:
Any Customs charges?

No customs charge. And they were delivered in 23-24 days. That's about half as compared to last time I ordered IEMs from aliexpress via China Post.

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SaiyanGoku said:
No customs charge. And they were delivered in 23-24 days. That's about half as compared to last time I ordered IEMs from aliexpress via China Post.

Probably because of new restrictions mostly genuine/complying with rules people are ordering compared to earlier when people were actually ordering quantities in kilos/expensive items far above 5k limit to resell in Indian market.

whitestar_999 said:
None unless you are very unlucky.Technically you don't have to pay any custom duty on products below 5k value(value as per customs official & not the attached bill).

I like this product...They will charge?

SMSL M100 Audio DAC USB AK4452 Hifi dac Decoder

or

SMSL Sanskrit 10th SK10 Hifi Digital Decoder

@SaiyanGoku

Only China Post is good for free customs?

shreeux said:
I like this product...They will charge?

SMSL M100 Audio DAC USB AK4452 Hifi dac Decoder

or

SMSL Sanskrit 10th SK10 Hifi Digital Decoder

@SaiyanGoku

Only China Post is good for free customs?

Like @whitestar_999 said, it all depends on your luck and customs office. Mine falls under Mumbai Customs. Small items usually don't face any issues.

They generally spoof it by pasting a product price much lower than the Custom Tax limit. like $5 or $10 etc

Zangetsu said:
They generally spoof it by pasting a product price much lower than the Custom Tax limit. like $5 or $10 etc

SaiyanGoku said:
Like @whitestar_999 said, it all depends on your luck and customs office. Mine falls under Mumbai Customs. Small items usually don't face any issues.

To make a note to seller for lower invoice...They will create or not?
Customs will know the details of all the prices?

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shreeux said:
To make a note to seller for lower invoice...They will create or not?
Customs will know the details of all the prices?

Creating low invoice is standard practice but some sellers may not accept because now customs officials check more carefully(just typing these products name in google give results for amazon.com pages where price is easily $80+).

It depends upon the dimensions, weight of the package box, earphones are generally small package which they don't bother searching for.
I once ordered a ladies handbag from Chinapost and no customs were charged for it.