I still do that upside down, too...mixing small and big letters...
You should see a woman's reaction who works in administration (University) when she saw my certificate (with green and red letters that I used),
and the request she refused to take (numerous times) because of how I wrote it (as I described it)
The world would be a better place if there were no such strict rules, especially when the kids are involved.
Instead of forcing kids to change, we should change ourselves and accept these things and not judge them as wrong.
But society is not and will never adapt to such things.
I still do that upside down, too...mixing small and big letters...
You should see a woman's reaction who works in administration (University) when she saw my certificate (with green and red letters that I used),
and the request she refused to take (numerous times) because of how I wrote it (as I described it)
The world would be a better place if there were no such strict rules, especially when the kids are involved.
Instead of forcing kids to change, we should change ourselves and accept these things and not judge them as wrong.
But society is not and will never adapt to such things.
Yes, I even took technical writing in school, were they concentrated on user manuals and instructions. That is totally different from Head-Fi reviews. Though maybe some folks write reviews that way, it is great but near impossible for me to do. I have a feeling the teacher gave me the grade to keep my GPA the same. As that is what happens at times, they will feel bad to mess with your average.
Again that adhering to the rules though has a good purpose IMO, so that information can be understood by the masses. But kids who are this way are able to get better, but never fully get over it.
Well, the audiophile industry is no different from other sectors - consumers will slowly wise up and move on to buy things which offer better value proposition.
Indeed, it can be argued that with the rise of CHIFI in recent years, the barrier to entry for joining the hobby is depressed, and consumers can enjoy good sound without needing to sell both kidneys!
When I first started using IEMs > 10 years back, we had to fork out north of $100 USD for a single driver IEM, or at least $300 USD for multi drivers. The usual suspects then were stuff like Shure and Westones, and the sound wasn't that great for the price TBH.
To my amazement, the Shure SE215 is still sold today at a similar price! It was muddy 10 years ago, and is extremely muddy today, and many modern day CHIFI that cost 20% the price of the SE215 murders it in technicalities.
So anyways, it is definitely great for consumers that we are not beholden to big companies, and we can now taste audio nirvana for cheap. Even $20 IEMs can give very decent sound now, great time to join the hobby!
But therein lies the rub - for every company that gives cheap-and-good sound, we have on the other side, companies that do not innovate and rest on their laurels. Those that have inferior price-to-performance ratio are at risk of getting left behind. No hard feelings, just a matter of survival of the fittest.
That's what I am talking about...
We are forced to do many things we shouldn't...just like I was forced to go to the army.
No, I don't have dyslexia. I have liked freedom and creativity...for as long as I know myself.
I felt congested too all my life, living around people who don't get that.
P.S. If you already haven't...read "Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing"
Well, the audiophile industry is no different from other sectors - consumers will slowly wise up and move on to buy things which offer better value proposition.
Indeed, it can be argued that with the rise of CHIFI in recent years, the barrier to entry for joining the hobby is depressed, and consumers can enjoy good sound without needing to sell both kidneys!
When I first started using IEMs > 10 years back, we had to fork out north of $100 USD for a single driver IEM, or at least $300 USD for multi drivers. The usual suspects then were stuff like Shure and Westones, and the sound wasn't that great for the price TBH.
To my amazement, the Shure SE215 is still sold today at a similar price! It was muddy 10 years ago, and is extremely muddy today, and many modern day CHIFI that cost 20% the price of the SE215 murders it in technicalities.
So anyways, it is definitely great for consumers that we are not beholden to big companies, and we can now taste audio nirvana for cheap. Even $20 IEMs can give very decent sound now, great time to join the hobby!
But therein lies the rub - for every company that gives cheap-and-good sound, we have on the other side, companies that do not innovate and rest on their laurels. Those that have inferior price-to-performance ratio are at risk of getting left behind. No hard feelings, just a matter of survival of the fittest.
That's what I am talking about...
We are forced to do many things we shouldn't...just like I was forced to go to the army.
No, I don't have dyslexia. I have liked freedom and creativity...for as long as I know myself.
I felt congested too all my life, living around people who don't get that.
P.S. If you already haven't...read "Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing"
Yes, so many pressures to be a cog in the wheel of the capitalist machine, I get where you’re coming from, you have a point! Cheers!
Though truly if you focus you can enjoy a life even in a giant capitalist environment. I mean look at all these IEMs that are produced in order to capitalize on your ability to pay, so that more IEMs can be invented, better and better.........unfolding into $99 TOTL Flagships..??......well maybe $350 TOTL Flagships!
You eventually get great at reading (at least I did) but spelling is still a chore. I send my reviews to myself and let Google Mail proof read them. Lol
Well, the audiophile industry is no different from other sectors - consumers will slowly wise up and move on to buy things which offer better value proposition.
Indeed, it can be argued that with the rise of CHIFI in recent years, the barrier to entry for joining the hobby is depressed, and consumers can enjoy good sound without needing to sell both kidneys!
When I first started using IEMs > 10 years back, we had to fork out north of $100 USD for a single driver IEM, or at least $300 USD for multi drivers. The usual suspects then were stuff like Shure and Westones, and the sound wasn't that great for the price TBH.
To my amazement, the Shure SE215 is still sold today at a similar price! It was muddy 10 years ago, and is extremely muddy today, and many modern day CHIFI that cost 20% the price of the SE215 murders it in technicalities.
So anyways, it is definitely great for consumers that we are not beholden to big companies, and we can now taste audio nirvana for cheap. Even $20 IEMs can give very decent sound now, great time to join the hobby!
But therein lies the rub - for every company that gives cheap-and-good sound, we have on the other side, companies that do not innovate and rest on their laurels. Those that have inferior price-to-performance ratio are at risk of getting left behind. No hard feelings, just a matter of survival of the fittest.
I remember getting the Shure SE215 when I was little. I saved up just to get it because cheaper earphones I bought before didn't satisfy me, and there's not much info about these readily available back then other than a few tech reviewers from news sites that hype it up. I was severely disappointed after hearing it.
64 audio Vlur could is a loan, but I love it. Anni is definitely mine. I love it but still find myself enjoying something with a more Analog bass at times. Full review coming. But it’s hard when products aren’t new or whatever.
Himalaya:
So I kinda look at this attainment of treble details as the inspiration for the name, as it is chilly here atop this here mountain and quite possibly cold, yet fresh and new. New like from an idea of being in a natural place like the mountains, being of purist timbre. They fit with the best of placement and I can use a number of ear-tips. Yet my favorite is wide-bore Silicones and that totally works to make the stage the biggest. Funny part was I was able to get great results from any source, and while the Himalaya showed the tonal differences of various sources, it wasn’t finicky to needing any one source? At the moment I’m using the new Penon Type-C Dongle with the ISN GC4 cable, though I’m sure the included NiceHCK cable will be super great, I’m trying that tomorrow. How do I even know it will be good? Because already every single one of the cables I have used has been great. I’m still burning this sucker in, but I can’t believe how it could get better?
Just a wide stage, where there seems to be emphasis is how the midrange is developed and positioned? Allowing for both a width and size tallness, even front to back here. It is an audio microscope which has you question the reason why you would ever use any other IEM. Like since the Himalaya mountains are big and tall, you have finally climbed them and don’t need to look any longer for any where else to go, you have reached the top of the mountain, and you are a part of this thing, this wild DD detail thing?
Each tone is highlighted and these now show the details only thought of coming from BA drivers, except they are here now with a DD, minus the off timbre, so I have a feeling that while not perfect, this is one of the best IEM replays you can find at any price. It was that the F1 Pro had the bass and special power lower mids, then this Himalaya tone takes care of the rest. With that said this is a far walk from what the F1 Pro was striving for, simply because the stage is more open than a planar can do. Yet there are transients that put the pants on almost everything under $600? Those transients combined with the exact tone here make for (somehow) never ending fun. I mean it has been a while since I have been blown away this far from an IEM, like maybe three days? Ha yet here is very different personality than I have ever encountered before. Like the timbre is totally correct yet the thing that gets me are the subtle, correct and vibrant way the cymbals are done, and not just the cymbals but the actual reverberated echos in the room (from those cymbals) and the wholesome placement of how everything is completely connected and true to form. Now if there is a color here it is a slight upper tonal boost, yet that’s what makes it new and fun, like I’m in the actual Himalayan mountains? And the added theme here is watch-out as you are 100% guaranteed to hear a new sound from an old recording that you never heard before. As such that sound may be a single cymbal hit that the producers wanted itemized into the stage, but you never had IEMs that could actually do exactly what the Himalaya does, so you simply never heard it before? I know I sound like I’m high or something, but (I had only) only 1/2 a glass of Lipton tea? Wild, rarely am I ever moved by such a new IEM, though it is probably because I have never heard such details before, and I am thrilled and in awe of such things. As such even piano chords and guitar bar chords are clear showing the harmonic complexity and sheen held by the instruments in use. What can I say, this is like a whole new world, for me?
64 audio Vlur could is a loan, but I love it. Anni is definitely mine. I love it but still find myself enjoying something with a more Analog bass at times. Full review coming. But it’s hard when products aren’t new or whatever.
Indeed, you can grab a sub $500 pair of headphones and enjoy them as much as those $4k ones.
I am a massive fan of Monolith M1060C; I paid for a new pair at a discounted price of $250 (and it's not an isolated example).
Obviously, you can hear the difference, but pleasure, if you are a music lover...is the same.
And with IEMs... that is even more expressed.
You can grab $100 IEMs and enjoy the music just as with $3k or whatever.
And with good-sounding IEMs...for $300, you are over the Moon
Seriously, I spent the whole night just listening to them just now. They are one of my most favorite IEMs ever. Just that this technology is truly moving ahead. Single full-range DDs are now moving into BA separation and with that included is perfect timbre. Those together are the solution to what we are after, or at least part of it. I have been experimenting with a few Dongles and DAPs, ear-tips too only because this needs to be throughly understood and enjoyed. Though really it is good out of a number of sources and cables. Not really too particular, though that doesn’t mean there isn’t a favorite and that favorite does sound slightly better, to me anyway. I am not familiar with Titanium IEMs, never seen one in person, but they don’t scratch at all, you can not scratch them. And these are heavy at 12 grams a piece. But they fit beautifully and are real lookers. But I mean what gets me are the textures of reverbs and how the decays are very well separated. There are in fact micro nuances of small little parts in music that I have never heard before, yet playback is totally correct and balanced. Though it is on the slightly brighter side, only because that treble detail is going off. Plus I actually like the Himalaya played back with more neutral sources as it seems to become even clearer. There is a closeness here, a fondness for hearing simply deeper into the signal and with that comes actual 3D sonic statements that are generated by a finer pen nib. So simply better detail of pictures are drawn, truly this is maybe the best IEM I have heard this year, and it’s relatively cheap to buy. This may be the IEM that makes me a single DD person, where in the past I have always liked Hybrids better. But I just can’t stop listening to these? More reviews will come and this will be the ultimate hype train, you will see.......mark my words. I simply can’t get over them?
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