The Budget King Returns in the Moondrop Chu 3, But The Market Has Changed.

For years the Moondrop Chu 2 was the budget king for lots of people. With a smoother v-shaped sound signature, the Chu line helped to take the budget IEM realm and drag it kicking and screaming from cheaper, less reliable IEMs into legitimately good sounding sets worth the price. So, lots of people are excited about the release of the Moondrop Chu 3, but is it an actual upgrade, or has Moondrop lost their way and forgotten what made them innovators in the first place? Are they even living up to their own hype of claiming they tuned to the JM-1 target, or is it too similar to the Chu 2 and not worth it? Let's get into it. My Squig Link: https://dvewlsh.squig.link Moondrop Chu 3: https://amzn.to/4h7RqwM See the graph: https://dvewlsh.squig.link/?share=%E2... Social Patreon:   / dvewlsh   Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/dvewlsh.com Discord: dvewlsh Instagram:   / dvewlsh   TikTok:   / dvewlsh   All content created by Dave Walsh, without the use of AI-generated anything. Graphics, script, video, music, etc. I use Amazon affiliate links and may get a small percentage from any purchase made through the above link. 00:00 Intro 01:35 Is the Chu 3 a JM-1 IEM? 02:55 The Budget Market Has Lapped Moondrop 04:00 Build Quality 04:45 Value Proposition vs. Chu 2/Bad Cable 06:50 Is it worth talking about the sound of budget single DDs? 07:30 Should you buy it? 08:30 Conclusion