Yes, concur. It does seem like the QC issues have been with the Bell-Ti series only and our Chinese comrades over on erji.net have intimated that to me as well.So....wonder if the QC problem that they seem to have on the ti model, is only limited to that specific shell? While the other bells dont have any particular QC issues? (I havent seen any other QC reports on their other buds.)
I be lying if I said I wasnt interested in the bell-blue after hearing the LBBS.....
After my nightmare right driver and cable double-whammy failure with the Bell-Ti 120Ω (thankfully repaired by Wong @ Blur) I do kind of wish I had bought the slightly cheaper Bell-Blue instead as it had a far more robust and supple cable on it than the fragile thin one that came on my Bell-Ti 120Ω. I was also quite impressed with the sound of the Bell-Blue aka "The Smurfs" except something in the lower treble was slightly "fatiguing" to me though I wouldn't call the Bell Smurf bright, it is still a rather warm earbud. The Smurf has a nice sparkle in the treble. So again I wouldn't categorize it as being bright or even sibilant but rather maybe a bit "excited". I might have adapted to it after a week or so using them; hard to say.
I did finally have the opportunity to listen to both versions of the 2020 - K's Temperament 白铃 Bell-We 158Ω aka "New White Ling E", Standard & Bass Editions, about a month ago and I wasn't that impressed... I would say to either buy the cheaper LBBs or save up for the Bell-Blue instead.
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