I know I've said this before about inexpensive Chi-Fi but it is simply amazing what one can get for little to nothing that clearly destroys my old UE/Shure, Creative and Sandy's of old at 1/3 or even 1/4 the price. This little S5 is almost too powerful for the street monkeys Pretty dependable rig for less than $50 bones
Whist I agree a lot of Chi-Fi stuff I’ve heard has been quite impressive it wasn’t anything special.
IMO the really good sounding stuff starts at half way up the ladder not at the first few rungs. After experience I think it’s worth saving and spending your cash on the high tier stuff where all the resolution, technical ability and refinement is.
Whist I agree a lot of Chi-Fi stuff I’ve heard has been quite impressive it wasn’t anything special.
IMO the really good sounding stuff starts at half way up the ladder not at the first few rungs. After experience I think it’s worth saving and spending your cash on the high tier stuff where all the resolution, technical ability and refinement is.
Some Chinese earphone are worth the hype I just stay away from the Chinese market because move to fast
everyday there a new earphone and every month there a new brand or company trying to make a name
With the big brand you get to enjoy that headphone model for a few years even more then a decade
Whist I agree a lot of Chi-Fi stuff I’ve heard has been quite impressive it wasn’t anything special.
IMO the really good sounding stuff starts at half way up the ladder not at the first few rungs. After experience I think it’s worth saving and spending your cash on the high tier stuff where all the resolution, technical ability and refinement is.
My apologies @Deftone , I knew the point I was making would get lost in the more for more! My intent was that I paid years ago close to $170 for a 128MB Nomad and and a pair of Shure E2c's and for less than $50 my Urbanfun's and S5 put the other combo to shame at least for my money and ears everything being subjective and all
I do agree more gets one more as well as evidenced by this little ditty
Or even more with this one
As I've gotten older and spent more on better gear I'm not so sure the ROI is worth the difference in these two options here other than bragging rights of what one has spent and a name, mind you this is just one old farts opinion but I can't help but think there is a large amount of truth in it
Guess it boils down to what one can justify in ones own mind I mean is a $7500.00 DAP and CIEM that much better sounding than the $600 Opus # 1/ LZ A4 above and how can it really be proven? I do know that 99.9% of the planets population could care less
Xperia Z3 (Bitperfect transport) > SMSL IDEA (Sabre 9018Q2C) > JDS Labs C5 > Monolith M300. This relatively inexpensive, yet beautiful warm and detailed combo is awesome. Had thoughts on a Chord Mojo, but doing a comparison, wasn't enoige of a difference to warrant a $200 pay to upgrade, let alone $500+. Dumped my dragonfly red in favor of the battery draining IDEA, but 7-8 hours is plenty of time.
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Pretty dependable rig for less than $50 bones
I mean is a $7500.00 DAP and CIEM that much better sounding than the $600 Opus # 1/ LZ A4 above and how can it really be proven? I do know that 99.9% of the planets population could care less
For sentimental reasons, don't have the heart to get rid of it!
