Maxvla
Headphoneus Supremus
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I'm never conducting a trade with a member with no feedback again unless I can see and touch and feel and taste their face. In that order.
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I'm never conducting a trade with a member with no feedback again unless I can see and touch and feel and taste their face. In that order.
Not quite; it's more like shared ancestors, like us and chimpanzees...
Okay, so it's more a case of an OEM who doesn't owe anyone loyalty?
Not trying to be a negative nancy today. Honest.
Isn't that a former employee of Tralucent Audio basically taking their R&D and trying to undercut them? Or am I totally off-base in my understanding?
NEVER. So. Close. To. Supremus
Tonight I can't seem to make up my mind between gear. I find myself going back and fourth between my M-100, K240, Q701 and 4A's.
I myself just ordered one of them newfangled RE-400 thingies with those filters for the Heaven C.
3. I'm never conducting a trade with a member with no feedback again unless I can see and touch and feel and taste their face. In that order.
The whole Rhapsodio/Tralucent thing is that they had a shared "master" designer of IEM products --- like an OEM, if you will. There's also another company that uses the same "core" hybrid product, called Ranko. Since the old 1Plus2 and the old RDB V1, they've all since gone their separate ways. The new 1Plus2 sounds different from the old 1Plus2 and the current RDB+ 2V1, as well as the Ranko RIE-1020, which actually shares a little more in common with the new 1Plus2, though the two are still different, especially in the bass response. The new Rhapsodio products are different from the original as well.
It's all just very confusing. I wouldn't say that Rhapsodio is "fishy" per se, it's just that I think Tralucent didn't count on them setting up a website and selling to overseas customers, instead of just being a shop inside HK. Still, I don't know what legal implications there are in this whole fray. By the way, this is all my personal conjecture, given the little bits and pieces that I do know. I never bother to have people give me the whole dish on the history of things.
Okay, so it's more a case of an OEM who doesn't owe anyone loyalty?
Ooh, happy for you there! While it's not paradigm shift good, I think you'll like it enough to maybe use it as your back-up IEMs instead.
Damn, my proximity pretty much rules me out then.
The whole Rhapsodio/Tralucent thing is that they had a shared "master" designer of IEM products --- like an OEM, if you will. There's also another company that uses the same "core" hybrid product, called Ranko. Since the old 1Plus2 and the old RDB V1, they've all since gone their separate ways. The new 1Plus2 sounds different from the old 1Plus2 and the current RDB+ 2V1, as well as the Ranko RIE-1020, which actually shares a little more in common with the new 1Plus2, though the two are still different, especially in the bass response. The new Rhapsodio products are different from the original as well.
I think that the whole smorgasboard of TWFK IEMs out there demonstrates that there's a big market for everything under the sun.
even the average audiophile has heard of the term "TWFK",
careful, some lovemaking involved in the video
Yeah I'm looking forward to the RE-400. Started my head-fi journey with the staples, the RE-0 and M50. Never been disappointed (except when my RE0's fell apart in my fingers).
Anyway, you have feedback! No tasting for you.
Lol, some? Was there anything other than that in the video?