This thread is indeed very quiet, I think mostly because so little is known about Kumitate Lab outside Asia. I was lucky enough to catch them at the Indulgence Show in London last year, but only had time to demo the Lakh and admire the beautiful designs.DIdn't know this thread existed - here's a photo of my Sirius I got last November and have been using pretty much daily since. Went into the purchase blind, which may have been a bad idea but 3 months in I still have 0 regrets about this purchase
They accept overseas orders, you just lose out on the option to get Raden designs (which are super limited even for people in Japan). I think they're growing in popularity though, stuff like the Corona/Meteo/Sirius/Ref/Lakh is almost always listed as out of stock on their site. They usually announce restocks on Twitter but they sell out super fast again, I assume to keep the workload manageable for himself.
Yup, and they're all made by Itou himself, which is why supply is so limited. I got my Sirius in about a month but afaik someone who ordered a Raden design before me has not yet received theirs.
I can't say I've heard the Ref, but the Sirius has some of the best vocals that I've ever heard in an IEM. I think it beats out my previous favorite, the Fitear TG! 334 for vocals. There's a reason why the Sirius is always sold out. In fact, they opened pre-ordering for the Sirius since orders are gone as soon as they are available.
thats great to hear! do post some comparisons / impressions if you manage to get the Ref cause I'm interested in these 2 IEMs but this brand isn't available anywhere near me for me to try it out.
