IEM Advice

The avioms won't have any impact on your monitoring experience like the buds will. Since you'll not get much in the way of customs for $400 or less, you're stuck with universals. There's some darn good ones out there - as long as you can keep the seal. That's the conundrum with universal fit buds.. keeping the seal. If those work for your ears, then you have the choice of the "cheap but good" ZS6 and AS10's all the way up to the Westone UM30-Pro ($399).
Whatever you choose, I highly recommend triple (or more) drivers, so you can boost the bass as much as you want without the mix turning to mush and distorting.
By all reports, the Westone's are GREAT buds.
That said, if you're a noob to iem's, start with the ZS6/AS10 Models (~$60) and see how you like them. Bassists should STAY AWAY from single driver models.

 

+1 on ZS6

 

I got these for drumming at Church, and am considering going direct with these for bass as well. The other drummer liked them enough, he bought some too. Very clean and clear sound. Same maker as the other budget buds in discussion.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L6DCCB5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

If I could use universal fit buds, I'd have gone with those, the ZS5, ZS6 or AS10's a long time ago

 

There are a few companies that do custom mold iems under the $400 price point alclair alien ears, cosmic ears, Bgvp, Eartech, fearless audio, and im sure im missing some my personal pick would be the Bgvp dm7 set they are about $350 and have 6 Knowles and Sonion drivers per ear very well tuned excellent instrument sepperation and clarity. I currently own two universal sets from them the $150 dmg and $200 dm6 sets and both sound excellent you may be able to find both those sets even cheaper now too .

 

Any idea as to how one gets pricing from BGVP? Nada on their website.. and they are Chinese so perhaps their prices have risen due to recent tariffs and USD exchange rates?
Email I guess ?

 

contact Linsoul or Bgvp on their facebook page the base price on the dm7 is $300 but custom fit is an upcharge and they offer some upgraded faceplates finishes logos ect.too even with all the upgrades added should still be less then $400. Ill eventually be ordering a set I just need to catch up on bills abit I will report back when I order a set.

 

Thanks... it was mostly for reference purposes. I have 2 sets right now... 64 Audio’s A8’s and Qi’s a backup set. I doubt I’ll upgrade to the newer N8’s... too pricey for me, but whatever I do, it will be a multi-driver set of customs. I can’t use universals due to small ear canals.
Thx again.