Finally getting home network to where I want it. Prior owner had this 1990’s phone PBX system as part of their home office in the garage that I finally got around to ripping out. Then switched over a Unifi system and got rid of Ring and put in a Protect NVR and cameras. Initially just had things mounted on the wall temporarily until I got the rack up. Still some work to do cleaning up wiring in the rack as I’m waiting on a rack mounted UPS.
Sibling found my original NES and SNES consoles. Cleaned them up and both work just fine. Both completely originally and probably hadn’t been touched in 20-25years. I fired up Super Mario Bros 3 in the NES and my progress was still saved. Had fun introducing my kids to these.
Looking at custom iems. Play drums and typically play in a cage so isolation is one of the top priorities. Initially used my everyday pair and then switched over to etymotic which offered better isolation (using triple flange tips).
I understand moving to custom molded IEM (at least non-ported one) will not offer any better isolation than the etymotic pair, and at least by their rating slightly less dB isolation, BUT would moving up to an IEM with multiple drivers offer much more clarity and allow me to keep the volume lower?
For those musicians here what has your experience been in moving from a universal IEM to custom?
Have had a little tinnitus lately and now that I’m getting back into playing regularly (1-2x a week) I really want to focus on protecting my hearing so isolation and being able to keep the volume low seem like top priorities. I’m not sure if going higher end with more drivers would necessarily be better for this goal or not.