[freelancr]

found his engame as Bravery

Nice graphs, but I think we can all agree that the Elysian Acoustics X ist the best IEM of all time that we mere mortals never listened to
So it's only to logical to buy it's clone for 4.5% of the X's price ($4500).

 

[pevinkarker]

(PIC stollen from Facebook)
New iem and a dongle from truthear

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Interesting search results on Amazon

Very tough competitive offer 33,404 reviews and almost half the price of Allure, KiiBoom is facing a challenge for sure Bum Bum Brazilian Cream

 

[AmericanSpirit]

(PIC stollen from Facebook)
New iem and a dongle from truthear

Truthear’s waifu has consistency, entry-level = youngest, Zero = low teen, Hexa = high-teen

Trivia:
Shio = Japanese 汐 = Tide
Hola (not sure why spanish) | 赫 = very uncommon words, a brightness mainly caused by flames .


Now they may really gonna make big boob ones for HEXA successor

Waifus aside, interesting offers, Truthear’s entry-level IEM may collide with Moondrop’s Jiu!

 

[Surf Monkey]

Allure is a good buy for technicalities at $100, though the relatively slower bass, treble scoop at 6-8k, and upper treble roll off make it a very warm set.

Yes, it’s quite warm. I like it. It has an analogue sound to it. A little like the TRI I3 Pro.

 

[427951]

(PIC stollen from Facebook)
New iem and a dongle from truthear

I knew it. 4 letter names.

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Nice graphs, but I think we can all agree that the Elysian Acoustics X ist the best IEM of all time that we mere mortals never listened to
So it's only to logical to buy it's clone for 4.5% of the X's price ($4500).

Yea but 4EST+4BA+1Dd for 4,500USD is simply put ridiculous.

For the qdc tuning Maybe Aur Audio Neon Pro is a dark horse
DUNU SA6 (6BA) and Aur Audio Neon Pro (10BA) on the same scale

DUNU SA6 (6BA) and See Audio Bravery (4BA) on the same scale

Bravery and Neon Pro has almost identical tuning, performances not yet verified

 

[o0genesis0o]

Yea but 4EST+4BA+1Dd for 4,500USD is simply put ridiculous.

For the qdc tuning Maybe Aur Audio Neon Pro is a dark horse

Are you interested in the Thieaudio prestige? It’s a high end unit that I am eager to try. Monarch was very good but lacking a bit of “3D” to the stage. Hopefully Thieaudio can fix that.

 

[PhonoPhi]

Unfortunately, I am not in that market.

The sound worth a fortune is my child laughing, that makes me happy. Soppy, I know, but that is me.

I am very much with you.

For me it was always below $150 for IEM. Perfectly sufficient.
After seeing a lot of threads with bragging and trashing all these "TOTLs" as KZ, I feel no point being there. Then two or three different IEMs for different genres/preferences are much more cost-efficient than a single one.
The music is much more important, and a lot of good old classical music recordings are way more limited than transducers.

As for this $9.3k, it was close to the amount we happily spent comissioning a new violin with a local luthier

 

[o0genesis0o]

I am very much with you.

For me it was always below $150 for IEM. Perfectly sufficient.
After seeing a lot of threads with bragging and trashing all these "TOTLs" as KZ, I feel no point being there. Then two or three different IEMs for different genres/preferences are much more cost-efficient than a single one.
The music is much more important, and a lot of good old classical music recordings are way more limited than transducers.

As for this $9.3k, it was close to the amount we happily spent comissioning a new violin with a local luthier

You play violin?

Mine is a AUD$400 one. The luthier said if I can hear the difference in blind test, then I can jump up the violin price bracket since my skill has improved. I’m stuck with the same violin for 4 years now

 

[DynamicEars]

Are you interested in the Thieaudio prestige? It’s a high end unit that I am eager to try. Monarch was very good but lacking a bit of “3D” to the stage. Hopefully Thieaudio can fix that.

How is the monarch mk2 bass quality compared to mest? Put aside everything, i know mmk2 will sounded more natural to unnatural steroid mest (i keep the mest because of the details and layering imaging, and pass my bass quality requirements which is very picky, with clean bass shelf, then safe pinna gain, and extended upper treble with great technicalities).

I also eager to try Prestige since the pinna gain level is more to my preferences rather than prone to shouty mmk2 (yes like you said, jpop tends to mix mids area a little bit forward and my main genre is jpop)

 

[ChrisOc]

I am very much with you.

For me it was always below $150 for IEM. Perfectly sufficient.
After seeing a lot of threads with bragging and trashing all these "TOTLs" as KZ, I feel no point being there. Then two or three different IEMs for different genres/preferences are much more cost-efficient than a single one.
The music is much more important, and a lot of good old classical music recordings are way more limited than transducers.

As for this $9.3k, it was close to the amount we happily spent comissioning a new violin with a local luthier

Music is always top for me. Yes, I have spent way more than I should on gear. Yes I am sure there is a set somewhere (looking at you Z1R) which would make me want to sell a kidney, but music comes top for me as well. I do not hear a transducer, I hear an orchestra, a group, musical instruments, voices, even folks clapping in a well thought through musical composition takes me elsewhere!

 

[AmericanSpirit]

Are you interested in the Thieaudio prestige? It’s a high end unit that I am eager to try. Monarch was very good but lacking a bit of “3D” to the stage. Hopefully Thieaudio can fix that.

Maybe sometime in future, Thieaudio (except their legacy 3) is pretty trustable brand, never slapped reviewer’s name on top of their brand, which is worth a respect.

Their offering price is also realistic and honest, not like those we see offering for 4.5k or 9.3k usd.

 

[ChrisOc]

You are cordially invited to attend the annual voting gala for all In Ear Monitors you have ever known. From bargain basement to TOTL, they will all be vying for your vote.

The 2022 Head-Fi Members' Poll begins at 0.00 GMT on the 7th of January 2023.

Venue: Thread 'The Head-Fi Members' Poll for IEMs - 2022' https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-head-fi-members-poll-for-iems-2022.966386/

Come dressed for fun, and bring your own popcorn.

 

[AmericanSpirit]

How is the monarch mk2 bass quality compared to mest? Put aside everything, i know mmk2 will sounded more natural to unnatural steroid mest (i keep the mest because of the details and layering imaging, and pass my bass quality requirements which is very picky, with clean bass shelf, then safe pinna gain, and extended upper treble with great technicalities).

I also eager to try Prestige since the pinna gain level is more to my preferences rather than prone to shouty mmk2 (yes like you said, jpop tends to mix mids area a little bit forward and my main genre is jpop)

Not sure if MEST uses same driver as MEST MKII, but MEST MKII’s dynamic driver is a class or two superior to Monarch OG’s.
Thieaudio mentioned they updated the dynamic driver for Prestige, if Monarch MKII uses same latest gen DD, like the one you can find in Allure/Elixir, maybe it will get close. But still MEST MKII’s dynamic driver’s bass is the best dynamic bass DD I’ve ever tried, a full bodied and natural bass well defined.