awesome writeup!

always love to read other people's thoughts on the erlky. it is an absolute masterpiece from ve, along with the Elysium.

...and yes, listen to the traillii if you can. The traillii competes much more strongly with the technicalities of some of the other OTE headphones you mentioned...it is remarkable. it's the first iem I've heard since erlky that made me feel equally engaged with the music and equally impressed with its cohesive and detailed presentation.

traillii price is also going up to $6600 may 1 in the US...ridiculous.

Great review of an outstanding IEM!
I agree with your points about comparing earphones and headphones. That said, I always like to go back to my Erlky when circumstances call for a mobile or low noise emitting model.
Regarding the price development in the high-end sector, it would actually be time for us consumers to make a statement by not buying. At the moment, I can't imagine paying the price called for the Traillii. But that has already been said so often...

Not paying was the plan...but when I demoed I didn’t even get my deposit back; just paid the other half, returned the demo with one hand, and took my new pair with the other.

I love the erlky, and almost nothing else has had an impact on me since I got it. The fact that the bird not only resonated with me, but blew me away, made it, for better or worse, an instant buy.

Sounds familiar. Then I should probably not listen to the Traillii if I want to save the money.

If you can, try the code 51 with the Elysium.
You will never find that bass is lacking with this cable

I have conception in mind about metal dragon scale :3 who know.

I share a lot of things with you.