Your mi3 dented ? You don't have case ? How about the screen, intact ?

Mm...Before I use the inbuilt adapt sound in S4 that automatically fine tune the iem, Piston does not sound very good on S4. However after that, its superb like what I've mentioned. Not the best with its weakness but very good for its price and all around performance.

Bass is not too strong nor weak (tho my sony IEM is much stronger and cleaner), its just right for average leisure listening that I'm currently using it for my mobile usage (taking it everywhere in my bag). I personally like it quite a bit tho its not as good as the other 2 more expensive IEM in their respective strength.

Maybe you just got different expectation and taste in the audio quality that this IEM is just not suited to your ears. As for refinement, ya, actually my 2 other IEM is better in their respective listening pleasure, ie the bassy one for more rock like music and the BA IEM for instrumental and those music that don't have need bass to begin with.

Haha. Good to know you satisfied with this phone. Give him abit care la 

Maybe it all comes down to codes, imbuilt software, codex and hardware that is why Xiaomi can go very affordable. They might have skimp out somewhere and this might be it.

@andrekua:

Good active studio monitors have an EQ built into the speaker. And for my speakers there's an accessory that is specially designed for the speaker to make the sound even flatter than it already is... 41-20000 Hz at -3dB, from relatively small bookshelf speakers. It's put between source and amplifier (actually should be between pre-amp and amp, but that's too fancy for my budget), and it really works.

In theory Xiaomi has done the same, in practice somewhere along the way something went wrong.

As for being the most robust phone? I don't think it is anywhere near. I have a Motorola A925... the screen (plastic) was recessed by something like 5mm! That thing was impossible to kill, though I really tried (I got angry with it... a lot, but smashing it into the wall etc. couldn't hurt it). My HTC Magic too was impossible to kill. Parts are missing from the back, the back is cracked, paint is missing everywhere, the phone dropped countless times, on concrete, asphalt, tiles, even down some stairs (tiles), all without a casing and without a screen protector. There are no scratches on the screen, let alone a crack. They just knew how to design phones back then!


In terms of form factor maybe my favorite phone ever. All the necessary buttons, a nice cursor, nice to hold, and because of that curve the glass screen could never ever touch the ground.

didnt tried any poston ear piece,

but i did use samsung note 2 and ace 3 ear piece for my mi3, sound is good for me,.. 

Is the screen easily scratchsince u use it naked ?  No temper glass protection too...

I also plan to use it naked....(I heard back cover slippery)

hello guys..
just broke my s2 so i need new phone.

a few question please.
-what will i miss from samsung if i buy this phone? from samsung s2 to mi3

planning to get used s4, some of s4 features, air gesture, the waving etc looks cool
but someone pointed mi3 to me in the recommendation thread.

-does mi3 availability like mainstream brand?
i need it by this week if possible.

use mainly, instagram, whatsapp, 9gag, and navigation.

thank you very much

Here is a Complete Burn In guide to teach u guys how to unveil the real potential of your piston~

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=3337204&hl=

Enjoy!

but I do feel noticeable difference on my piston after 48 hours of burn in. 

I even let my friends to try on two different set of piston (1 burned, 1 new) without telling them which is which.

Everyone agree that the Burn In one sounds better.

its already very good for the price.
burnin juz made it slightly better. or depends on ur ear

But we've already knows of your sentiment and extreme disappointment with Piston, so you no need to say anything also we know lar..

Anyway, these past 1 week, I've been using Piston extensively on my S4. It does sound great for its price that actually sounds good on wider range of music vs my XBA (clear sound, no bass) and RM199 dynamic driver (good bass, sound not as sharp). It has become my de facto IEM rather than the other 2 (good for their specific types of music but weaker the rest). Have to admit, part of it, its the price, cheap thus can take it all over, if spoil also can replace easily.

Notice it getting better but also notice the placement of the IEM earpad is more tight now with more comfortable angle (found the right spot), that makes the IEM much more enjoyable. Still weak on high end sound (cracking a bit) but overall, its good. I do notice that music produced from my S4 via ttpod somehow sounds so much better than the ttpod (with same setting) from MI3.

Not as sharp and clear as XBA lar but sharp enuf to enjoy the vocals (not clean like XBA tho).

Both of my other IEM are noticeably better in their respective field but as mentioned, at this price, both of them have their weakness (meanings not balance enuf for both clarity and bass). For layman ears (not audiophile), Piston sound sharp enuf, adequately clear (not those superb clear lar).

Ya, its "bright" with "sparkles" or should I say "breaking" when turning it loud. So at high range, it's quite bad but at mid range and low end, not bad and covers a wide range of music adequately.

Maybe my ears and tasted in IEM is not that particular sensitive, but keep thinking at RM50, its giving me the best bang for bucks for the balance of audio and bass it produced. Currently I prefer it over my other 2 IEM unless I specifically listen to a whole range of certain types of music only (ie...instrumental ->xba)..

Honestly it sounds the same to me when I compared them when I first tested Malaysian version. I did not compare it for long before I chunk the china version back into the chocolate smelling box.

Wonder is it placebo effect for those that think both version sounds differently?

you should get a OTG pendriver,. 

the pendriver which come with dual head ( normal usb + micro usb for OTG )