flinkenick's 17 Flagship IEM Shootout Thread (and general high-end portable audio discussion)
Feb 16, 2022 at 12:51 PM Post #38,357 of 39,419
I’ve sent my Jewel out to @bigbeans to demo so hopefully he’ll share his thoughts here so there’s more impressions out in the wild.

What to buy now 😈
If you'd like to send it to Ireland......
 
Feb 16, 2022 at 12:59 PM Post #38,359 of 39,419
Centurion Price +25% starting from March....what's happening with all the cable price raises nowadays lol.

Well there’s supposed to be a new cable out soon priced below Centurion. I didn’t think that meant selling the new cable at Centurion’s current price.

I’d still buy the Centurion on classifieds without all the weird trinkets.
 
Feb 16, 2022 at 1:20 PM Post #38,360 of 39,419
Feb 16, 2022 at 2:59 PM Post #38,361 of 39,419
I guess it won’t be long before we hit $10k for an IEM cable
 
Feb 16, 2022 at 3:13 PM Post #38,363 of 39,419
I guess it won’t be long before we hit $10k for an IEM cable
Brimar surely has one already. Those guys are the oBravo’s of cables, except they don’t have the half-excuse of developing an all-new driver for their price tags.
 
Feb 16, 2022 at 3:29 PM Post #38,366 of 39,419
Have you even met this hobby? hahahaha

Overpriced gear is like catnip...in all hobbies, not just this one. The feedback loop becomes irresistible, leading to more madness, LOL.
When the cable is more expensive than the source and the driver I get very confused, how can that be?
 
Feb 16, 2022 at 3:35 PM Post #38,368 of 39,419
Unicorn tears and angel wings don't come cheap, yo.
The IEM does not sound good without a cable that costs twice the IEM, or is it just an expensive myth? At TOTL IEM level I heard differences between cables, so far I never experienced a difference worth more money than the driver itself.
 
Feb 16, 2022 at 3:37 PM Post #38,369 of 39,419
The IEM does not sound good without a cable that costs twice the IEM, or is it just an expensive myth? At TOTL IEM level I heard differences between cables, so far I never experienced a difference worth more money than the driver itself.

That is how it is though, it's never "worth" the difference, I think its more about some people trying to squeeze out the last few %'s of their favorite IEMs.
 
Feb 16, 2022 at 3:44 PM Post #38,370 of 39,419
That is how it is though, it's never "worth" the difference, I think its more about some people trying to squeeze out the last few %'s of their favorite IEMs.
Facts.

Everything in life is only worth what we make it.

But it’s a new day, so this bears repeating.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top