About This Project:

Welcome to a community-driven hub for in-ear monitor (IEM) enthusiasts. This project aims to collect, structure, and present honest user feedback on IEMs – from entry-level models to high-end gear. Whether you’re an audiophile, a casual listener, or someone simply curious about the world of portable audio, this site offers a data-first approach to exploring sound.

How it works

• Every IEM can be rated in detailed categories such as bass, mids, treble, technicalities, and overall tonal balance.
• Comments are anonymous by default, but actively moderated. Both AI and humans review content for quality, relevance, and tone.
• Users can also suggest or edit metadata like driver configuration, tags, tonal descriptions, and more.
• Cookies are used to enforce rating limits and ensure one rating per person per IEM – to keep results trustworthy and free from manipulation.

What does "Trending" mean?

When you see an IEM labeled as 🔥 Trending, it means the model is currently receiving a lot of attention – fast-growing in visits, recently released, or highly rated by users.

Our Hype Score is a dynamic indicator based on several factors:

• Number of recent visits
• Amount of user ratings
• Average rating score
• Recency – newer IEMs get a slight boost

It’s designed to surface models that are gaining momentum, not necessarily the best-rated overall. That’s what makes it fun – sometimes hype is real, sometimes it fades fast. We just track the pulse.

Why it matters

Audio preferences are subjective – but with enough collective input, patterns emerge. We believe in crowdsourced insight that’s transparent, respectful, and useful to all.

This project is independent and community-driven. There are no paid placements or sponsorships influencing the data or rankings. However, some pages may include affiliate links (e.g. to Amazon) to help support server costs and development. These links are clearly marked and do not impact visibility, scores, or rankings in any way.

Who is behind this?

This project was started by me, an audio enthusiast and hobby developer who wanted a clean, modern platform to explore IEMs without hype or marketing bias. It’s built with modern tech, fueled by curiosity, and open for collaboration.

Want to help?

There’s a lot more to come – support for images, direct comparisons, better sorting, and deeper analytics. But feedback matters now more than ever. If you want to:

• Report an issue or bug
• Suggest a new feature
• Contribute to the codebase or moderation

…feel free to get in touch.

Send Feedback

Use this button below to provide feedback of any kind.

Support the Project

If you appreciate the platform and want to help keep it running, you can support it through a donation.

50% of every donation will be forwarded to charity.
I will run a community poll to decide which cause to support. It will be monthly at the beginning of the month, if there are any.

Donate via PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/svtreel

My Roadmap

There are a lot of things i want to integrate here. Here is a list what i have in mind, will follow in the nearest future:

• ALWAYS ON MY LIST: Some final touches to every corner :)
• Comparing two IEMs on one page
• Adding IEMs to the database or requesting to add more
• Enhanced sorting options
• Watchlist feature
• ....