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Originally Posted by MusicalMetal420 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I don't understand all the buyers’ remorse regarding the recent announcement of a model higher than the JH13’s.
First of all, what did we all expect? That that was it? The JH13 was going to be the top-of-the-line IEM for the rest of eternity? It was never going to happen. Let’s say for arguments sake that the 16’s are way better than the 13’s, so what? Your JH13’s were the best thing in the world to you 5 minutes ago.
I think the problem is that by definition, people who buy expensive IEM’s such as JH13 are people who want to know they have the absolute best. Even if the 13’s turn out to be better than the 16’s, the combined psychological aspect of a higher model number, a higher amount of drivers and a higher price point will still play on the minds of JH13 owners.
It’s beginning to sound like JH13 owners have never bought any other products in their lives besides for IEM’s! What about cars, fridge/freezers, computers, MP3 players, televisions (to name a few) etc? I can guarantee you that if you’ve bought any of those products recently, it was out of date by the time it hit the shelves. Every manufacturer in the world is already working on the next in line by the time any given product is released.
The only solution is to never buy anything.
Or, to be mature enough to realize that just around the corner, inevitably, a better product is already being worked on.
(I generally follow the ‘buy one, skip one’ rule when it comes to upgrading. I buy when I need/want it, skip the next upgrade but then buy the one after that. So I’ll be getting the JH17/18/19/20, whichever number marketing research tells JH Audio to name their next product!)
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I don't believe anyone who has purchased the 13's felt it would never be bettered. Obviously, as you've stated, technology does move on, and rather too quickly in some fields. However, I don't feel any 13 owner thought that it could (possibly) be bettered just six months or so after its introduction.
I recall reading somewhere in the JH13 appreciation thread (I believe) that indicated that there was nothing in the works for improving upon the 13. And out pops the 16s.
So anyone who's jumped on the 13's after following the long thread, reading all the glowing reviews, and realizing that there was nothing in the works for an improved, better version of the IEM, might feel a bit misled, and quite possibly even betrayed, though that's a bit of a stretch, I admit, that there is an offering now that just might be better.
And no matter how many times anyone reads JH's comments concerning the two, those who feel the way they do will continue to do so because before the introduction of the 16's, they had in their possession what was, by all indications, the best IEM on the market. The 13's may very well still be...but it might not. I think that's the bothersome point for some folks. And for those who just recently pulled the trigger on the 13's, I can definitely understand their angst. Were they aware such a new product was in the works, the trigger probably would not have been pulled quite yet.
Wow, that's sacrilegious of me. My humble apology. post corrected.
