Dsnuts
Headphoneus Supremus
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Penon don't price things right away. They ponder on what a fine line of sound value and a competitive price for everything they make. Including EBC80. I am sure they have a ballpark of what they expect them to sell but then there is the reality of competition. The whole VIP thing I know a lot of you guys don't like that not-so-secret way of giving a better deal to patrons of Penon but that's their way of showing some appreciation to folks that are supportive of their products. I think its their goal with every single release they make to try to outdo their competition at the price points. So whatever Penon decides to price the EBC80. It will be competitive and nothing that will be over the top. I will reveal the RP when they are ready to tell me.Price?
That is all good and well, and most everyone expected them to be better than the H60, but you did not answer the question everyone is thinking....BUT HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO THE SHOCK?! *ahem*
I feel they are a higher end sound vs the Shock. Shocks appeal is their tuning ability but the set tuning on the EBC80 is a much higher end H60 in every way possible. The Shocks serve a different purpose, its audiophile bass IEM with a legit ability to tune the sound to your liking and not some gimmicky tuning switch but actually tune them to your liking. The only thing really missing on the Shock was EST implementation. I think for its price, its a very competitive offering. The EBC80 on the other hand are by far their most refined ISN IEM to date. I feel they easily compete with the likes of the Voltage, and prior flagships the Volts rich tonal character, the Legends crazy wide stage sounding even more dimensional than all of them. It's got elements of a lot of their prior offerings including their former flagships. The mids don't quite reach the level of the Impacts but the sheer holography of the sound is crazy. I will have a lot more to say about them after their weekend burn in but for now. I can clearly recognize just how good these things are. Penon is killing it with their use of the Sonion BC drivers.
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