jmills8
Previously known as bmiamihk, jmills2
And UE was the second company which started making custom iems. The first was Future Sonics.When considering price things become more complicated because you would have to take into account more than just the sound. This shootout was never meant to be a "bang for the buck" type of shootout, but rather one purely about sound. That is why I ignore the price and look more at things like the Warbler's single BA driver, Dita's single DD driver, 64 at 18 BA drivers and AAW with their hybrid design. I like seeing how innovative different manufacturers have been to reach a certain sound signature and push its performance. And one signature might be more challenging than another. A more specialised signature will focus its strengths in one area with a trade-off in another, possibly causing a lower overall score.
Like I have said before, this shootout has not chanced my opinion of the Custom Art H8.2, it in fact further verified that its signature is something I would like, and it has added to that the UE18+ Pro, which apparently does what I like a little bit better. It is interesting to see that Ultimate Ears does it with fewer drivers, but the again, they are a very different company.
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