The point of MQA is supposed to be to deliver the music in the state of which it was created. From recording to mixing to mastering to the final product. The Problem however is that depending on who's music you're listening to, it's more fluff than properly utilized. Recoding and proper mixing...

I distinctly remember $269 a few months ago the best on ebay, which I turned to because Amazon was sold out. So na. As for the cobalt I wouldn't be surprised to see a hike of $50 at least

Already pulled that up and as I pointed out, that's only because this new product has launched (on their own store front so anomaly for sure). I can assure you i wasn't imagining those high prices over the past year

Here in the US I've looked between ebay, amazon and a few others over the past year and a half. Would be nice to see a Red for 200 and below but not here bud. Pretty sure with the launch of the Cobalt it might stabilize but..... Yep, NOW it's 199.99 on Amazon and that's with Audioquest's store...

I've NEVER found it for below $250 anywhere. I do remember it being hard to keep in stock at intervals as well so idk. Seems on the mark as far as our specialized audio gear goes (not that I fully condone some of the pricing but I digress) I liked the Red but hearing descriptors like "smooth"...

Hmmmm..... Just hmmmm. When I did have the Red I do remember the hiss. If that's fixed I may look towards the Cobalt. (My IEM game is sorely overdue for an upgrade though that's neither here nor there) Also to those complaining about the price...... How nice it must be to forget that the Red...

You know what I also noticed.... the ue500 gets very coongested. If you listen to anything that goes beyond the basic ensemble (symphonic death metals in my case) the drivers fumble. They just cant keep up with all that's going on. Things tend till pop in even at times. Thank goodness these are...

I love this thing! Got the Black with Crutchfield's speakercompare rental kit and omg! So resolving and energetic. It make my S8 actually work while as a portable player (finally beating the S4 with viper.) I'm attacking e-bay to gift myself a red within the next week.

Dude, 1Tb cards JUST released. Avoid like the plague!!!! While amazon has been having sales that one will be up there for a while. SanDisk, Samsung and Transcend are all good.

I was intrigued by the overall specs of the player until I read what chipset. While the the Snapdragon 400 series is literally perfect (and the lowest tier) for any sorta power device in this day the 400 chipset (note: chipset or better SoC) has notorious radio degradation over time.... as has...

I was thinking this lol, but no dice. Just loud and lifeless :triportsad:

Not even the flagship player yet intrigued I am. And they've greatly course corrected by going with Samsung for SoC this time around. Real support that should last unlike the Rockchips nonsense. Will have to see how this plays out.

Finally caved to my long standing curiosity and purchased the UE 500 (also because I wanted to stop abusing my IM-70 in the gym lol) What can I say? Well to me they are infuriatingly flat. Very speaker like with an interestingly wide soundstage. Everything seems to have room to do it's thing...

I guess the IM series was a test model to see how certain things would work before making something more widely available. Over here in the Americas at least we only officially got the IM-02. I'm centrally on my IM-70s as a daily and want to add to my collection. That LS200 id certainly in my...

I was hoping ATs CES offerings would be found hear lol. I wanna try these, as well as some of their new IEMs

Of course a "good" microSD card is always gonna work. My point is that it's short sighted to remove internal storage just because. It usually take the absolutr best of microSD cards to match that "pricey" internal storage. On threes kind of devices that speed make a difference at the OS level...

Transfer and access speeds. Those huge lossless files aren't just magically summoned and read from the nether realm you know. And I hope the other guy isn't serious about streaming............

           

^ I picked that up a while back. It is simply too tame for my tastes. Perhaps a grower of I give it time.

YYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! I'm seeing them when they come to Baltimore Next year.

Sheesh, all these IM50 lovers here. I in love with my IM70s however I'm gonna need some new cables soon. Hows the market for custom cables for these beasts?

        

So how are them replacement cables coming? Whats come out since launch?

lol

I'm committing to one of these. Just beautiful