Pixie beryllium dust from Hogwarts, x10000000000000 more rigid than steelHere it is! Should be called CCZ PLUMMET instead of plume.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2386473901653225/posts/2689516551348957/
Oh and fake drivers or not, the CCZ Plume sounds bad BTW. Generic V shaped, big bloated undefined bass, with the DD driver being much slower than the BAs (incoherency). Technically sub-par for the price too.
There's many other tales of fake driver claims in CHIFI-land, we have the KZ sagas, and BGVP had a fake beryllium scandal: https://www.facebook.com/BGVPaudio/...4X8p8AaWfj7PZcKq1QKn4dQBKQceckugzDGYSTDnXSNYl
Well even Campfire and JH use Bellsings in their TOTL models:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...s-in-Trade-Secret-Theft-Case-Against-Bellsing
https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/cxqlje/knowles_files_claim_with_us_trade_commission_to/
Perhaps it is just that nobody has the guts (or money) to open the shell of a kilobuck IEM to verify the drivers inside are correctly soldered and that the materials/brands used are legit. Who has the finances to routinely destroy a 1K IEM for the sake of science?
I know some will say, so what if the TOTL IEM uses cheap drivers, as long as it sounds good? But well, that is like paying for a Ferrari and discovering the engine is a Cherry QQ engine internally. Yes you will get from point A to point B with it, but if they can cheat with one thing, can they be cutting corners in other areas like QC, safety etc? How much profit has been fleeced off lay-consumers by using these cheaper drivers?
I think there are surely many more exaggerated or fake claims with regards to drivers in IEMs, it is just that nobody has spectrometers or equipment to objectively quantify it, to call out the manufacturers. Those marketing claims of beryllium drivers or uranium or pixie dust drivers, can consumers prove it 100%?
Thankfully, with more people having measuring rigs and opening shells, I hope this will serve as a warning to potential scammy manufacturers to remain honest when it comes to certain marketing claims. Everyone wants to stand out from the cut-throat competition with bigger and bolder claims, but I think in the long run, consumers will respect manufacturers who keep their word. If all else fails, and the manufacturer cannot differentiate itself from the dime a dozen Harman tuned budget IEMs, using a waifu anime girl on the packaging is a sure-fire way to success hahaha!
Actually I think CCZ are not related to KZ/CCA. Yeah the ton of alphabet soup brand names and IEMs in CHIFI-Land is a bit confusing.
But yeah KZ had their own scandals in the past.
Can recreate the 4D Dimensional space of an IEM bla bla bla.
It's funny just how much nonsensical marketing goes into IEMs, especially the really cheap ones.
That being said, some marketing like DUNU's Eclipse tech is probably real.