[ER4S]

  I just contacted with CS of Shozy and it seems there'll be no more Alien after Gold Edition. They're working on new player and I bet it'll be screenless too..

 
Update: It seems they're thinking/working on player that having a screen..
 
Also, they think they priced Alien too cheap, so next one can be little bit pricy..

 

[H20Fidelity]

Great, nothing like a good price increase..

 

[mochill]

Looooool

 

[musicday]

Nothing wrong with a higher price for a top of the range player with native DSD playback.
Shozy has great potential on the audiophile market.

 

[RedJohn456]

Nothing wrong with a higher price for a top of the range player with native DSD playback.
Shozy has great potential on the audiophile market.

I am curious to see what's their take on a flagship quality player with a screen. With a larger budget they might be able to work around the technical downsides of including a screen.

 

[ER4S]

Maybe "little bit pricy" is wrong statement. Of course price will be higher than Alien.
Let's change it as "not has price/performance ratio like Alien".

 

[mochill]

Seems legit

 

[H20Fidelity]

I actually have my old Alien here atm, sitting right beside me. The exact unit I ranted about last year in this very thread. I was going to purchase it back but the hiss with Tralucent Ref.1 is a little too much if I'm searching for perfect pairing.

 

[NLNH]

I actually have my old Alien here atm, sitting right beside me. The exact unit I ranted about last year in this very thread. I was going to purchase it back but the hiss with Tralucent Ref.1 is a little too much if I'm searching for perfect pairing.

probably depends on what you believe actually....
say
low impedance sensitive iem/ciems with a low OI dap with no noise
OR
A higher impedance iem with something like Alien........
 
synergy is always the most important thing but most iems are quite forgiving (on bg hiss) nowadays....

 

[H20Fidelity]

probably depends on what you believe actually....
say
low impedance sensitive iem/ciems with a low OI dap with no noise
OR
A higher impedance iem with something like Alien........

synergy is always the most important thing but most iems are quite forgiving (on bg hiss) nowadays....

I believe I hear hiss, simple as that, little snakes in the background with Ref.1.

Fidue A83 acceptable hiss.

If I'm spending $1600 USD on an earphone I don't want any noise.

 

[ER4S]

I actually have my old Alien here atm, sitting right beside me. The exact unit I ranted about last year in this very thread. I was going to purchase it back but the hiss with Tralucent Ref.1 is a little too much if I'm searching for perfect pairing.

 
Maybe you should try Gold Edition (it's already only option now), everybody say that there's significant less hiss than earlier Aliens.

 

[mochill]

+1

 

[H20Fidelity]

My Alien days have been. I've contributed more to this thread than my own garden lawn.

We came, we hyped, we were successful.

Maybe shozy's next DAP.

 

[mochill]

Nooooooo, come on uncle H2O

 

[ER4S]

We came, we hyped, we were successful.

 
Oh god, no!
 
Keep us updated for comparisons etc.