Posts by bobeau

Quote: Originally Posted by marone   I have 5 of these low end DACs sitting next to me and more, and reviews, are on the way.   Quote: Originally Posted by marone  Good question. I have a few...

Quote: Originally Posted by marone  I disagree. There is a large contingent of members here who have very limited means to acquire gear and value is something that many of them appreciate. Many, I would estimate...

Quote: Originally Posted by marone  How about we just listen and see which has better value for price?   If that were the only metric by which people made their decisions here, it would invalidate the purpose of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Krutsch    That's good to hear.  It's possible that mine was simply defective, but the distortion at max volume was not subtle.  To AQ's credit, they immediately...

Quote: Originally Posted by PFKMan23  A couple of years ago I was in a discussion with a protorietor of a business involved in another hobby who basically said to me that a statement product isn't necessary there to...

I too agree that the R&D argument is a bit weak.  I just don't know if the R&D costs for something like this substantially outshone for instance the development of the original 500, with its funky PTH module,...

Quote: Originally Posted by fuzzy1969  id say UE, Shure don't do customs although sensaphonics do custom 'sleeves' for the 535.   As pricey as they can get, I'm kinda thinking customs are a fraction of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marburger   But Shure is "big" enough to give other companies a good run.      Is Shure not the biggest player in IEMs?  I'm thinking it's between them and UE...

Quote: Originally Posted by m0nask8  if this new price trend is happening with uiems it will eventually happen too with ciems so im guessing new custom flagships will start around 2.5k?   I believe FitEar...

Quote: Originally Posted by eke2k6    5 years ago, would you have believed it if someone told you that there'd be mass produced iems costing so much money?   Sure, for the same reason why there's...