Over the past few years, I have bounced from iem to iem. Most of them were around $20, so I just replaced them when something went wrong (and I couldn't fix it or had to buy something to fix it). However, I had a recurring problem after about 2-5 months of daily use. The left channel gets super quiet. This has happened on every single iem I have owned over the past 3 years (except for my er2se which got stolen very quickly after I got them). This happened recently to my Arias, which I do not want to replace ofc.

I have tested the device or dongle, and they are good. However, I do not have a spare cable, so I cannot figure out whether it is the cable or the actual items themselves. I have been storing them in an iem pouch from another fallen iem. I have coiled the cable up every time and have kept it mostly in my pocket. I have also cleaned the nozzles of the iems, and my ears. Should I buy a new cable, or is there something else I could try to fix the problem?

I've been playing a lot of music that is very high recently, up to altissimo A. I noticed after playing this section the inside of my lip hurts because I am biting so hard. I can even see an indent where my teeth were.

Is there anything I can do to relieve this pain. Would moving up a reed strength help, or is a habitual thing I need to fix? My setup RN is either a Vandoren Blue Box 3s or La Voz Medium (jazz) on a Vandoren B45 mp and Vadoren Optimum ligature

This deck is at the top end of what I would spend on cards, and some like Lorien Revealed and Time Stretch where chosen because I already own them. I might want to cut down on the price, so budget alternatives would welcome.

The goal is to put down permanents that reward me for drawing a stupid amount of cards. The main wincons are mill effects like psychic corrosion and sphynix's tutelage, damage effects like nivmizzet, along with life gain effects and mass token creature creation. The idea is that once I get my commander out, the game ends a few turns

I tried build the deck so I can survive until I can cast my commander, with some protection provided by the counter spells, but I feel like that might be a weak part of the deck.

Deck List

[COMMANDER] 1 Arjun, the Shifting Flame

[PLANESWALKERS] 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim

[CREATURES] 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
1 Goblin Electromancer
1 Chasm Skulker
1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
1 Haughty Djinn
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Murmuring Mystic
1 Oneirophage
1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
1 Urabrask // The Great Work
1 Psychosis Crawler
1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1 The Locust God

[ARTIFACTS] 1 Spellbook
1 Sol Ring
1 Arcane Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Talisman of Creativity
1 Thought Vessel
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Decanter of Endless Water
1 Alhammarret's Archive
1 Venser's Journal

[INSTANTS] 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
1 Brainstorm
1 Dispel
1 High Tide
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Shock
1 Arcane Denial
1 Censor
1 Counterspell
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Pyretic Ritual 1 Reality Shift
1 Blue Sun's Zenith
1 Cancel
1 Counterflux
1 Disallow
1 Drown in Dreams
1 Cryptic Command

[SORCERIES] 1 Ancestral Vision
1 Earthquake
1 Jeska's Will
1 Irencrag Feat
1 Lórien Revealed
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Time Stretch
1 Enter the Infinite

[ENCHANTMENTS] 1 Jace's Erasure
1 Ominous Seas
1 Imprisoned in the Moon
1 Psychic Corrosion
1 Sphinx's Tutelage
1 Teferi's Tutelage
1 Jace's Sanctum
1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
1 Arcane Melee
1 Metallurgic Summonings
1 Cast Through Time

[LANDS] 1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Fiery Islet
1 Frostboil Snarl
20 Island
1 Izzet Boilerworks
5 Mountain
1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
1 Shivan Reef
1 Spirebluff Canal
1 Steam Vents
1 Stormcarved Coast
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Training Center

Advice and suggestions are welcome

Edit: fixed formatting issue, thanks to [email protected]