CrinEar Daybreak

Daybreak was my first IEM. It was like cataract surgery for my ears. My favorite musical has never sounded so crisp. I can finally make out that subtle acoustic guitar and beatbox in my favorite tracks. Thank you Crinacle!!

Best IEM I've owned so far

have not been invited to review the dongle from the bundle so I’ll give my impressions here.
Daybreak are great, good comfort, build, sound is also very nice, compares well to my Mega5EST, with less bass but more controlled and more accurate, very happy with that. I hope the build issues are fixed (glue) and it will hold up, time will tell but nice to see this young company addressing issues quickly.
Protocol max is more of a mixed bag. It sounds good yes but not so powerful compared to even smaller and cheaper options, still powerful enough for all IEMs. More marginal with demanding headphones if you need headroom for EQ (HD600).
Issue with linear volume on IOS, where you need to be almost maxed out to have volume and then volume adjustment is too coarse, so probably apple users not the priority here.
PEQ function is very clunky to operate, with only one preset at a time and you need to be connected to your pc to even deactivate it. So basically not practical if you use it with more than one IEM. I know it’s a rebadged unit from another manufacturer, and it just feels like a quick add on on top sold a a defining feature but in real life it’s not great. Hope that can be changed in updates.

I was expecting these IEMs to sound good since the reviews I watched all praised them. I will confirm these sound incredible actually better then I was expecting even with the high reviews I saw. Can't wait to see what's next for Crinear.

I do not know if am a proper audiophile as i am still trying to find my preferences but with this iem i was having a hard time trying to find excitement from it no matter what genre i threw at it (using protocol max dac amp). I even used the wide bore tips. But after a few days it seems to be the only iem i gravitate to and have started appreciating the tuning. It truly is a pleasant listen like everyone says. I cannot fault it for anything except soundstaging. It doesnt really have a sounstage, everything is just “inside your head”.