[yaps66]

Funnily enough, I've been trying to buy a pair of Subtonic Storm since the first week of January. I had a couple of folks reach out asking if I'd pay $10k for them. Yeesh! I'm willing to pay a decent "finder's fee" beyond retail cost, but double the price? Seems a bit silly.

Punters! Sheeshhh! Don't feed them!

 

[salwani8888]

getting organized with the gear I want to demo this year. What under 2k MUST be in this list that I am missing?

Acoustune HS2000MX Sho (mk any), Madoo 821, custom arts (all of them), VE Eve20

 

[nihalsharma]

getting organized with the gear I want to demo this year. What under 2k MUST be in this list that I am missing?

Dunu Mirai
Kinera Verdandi (could be a mini-Loki but impressions are still not out)
7th Acoustic Supernova (loved by everyone who has tried it)
SoundRhyme SR8 and DTE900 (especially to figure out the price-to-performance ratio on these)
Nightjar Crimson (very well-tuned, unbelievable for a 4BA driver set)
Canpur CP54E (at 2000 USD, one of the friends here says they are TOTL-level iems)

 

[salwani8888]

Recommend the Diva. Why is the Supernova so hard to find? Everyone I have tried either does not have it or it is out of stock. Is it special order?

They are a small boutique firm out of Indonesia and only recently have been getting some recognition globally.

 

[Deezel177]

Also wanted to add, I just see occasional mentions of the Vision Ears VEX on here. It seems to be another contender for a musical engaging sound, good bass, but with also good technicalities in the upper ranges. But it's not often mentioned along the likes of RN6 or Anni, any reason?

It’s because they’re still relatively new. Dealers have only had demos for a couple weeks, and they’ve only gotten stock this week. Rn6 and Anni have been available for almost a year, so almost everyone here’s probably heard it.

By most accounts of those who’ve heard it, the VE X is one of the best (if not the best) warm-tilted IEMs on the market right now. I’m itching for the custom version, myself.

 

[stacey]

getting organized with the gear I want to demo this year. What under 2k MUST be in this list that I am missing?

Monchaa. I didn’t care much for Trailii but I highly recommend Monchaa

 

[metaljem77]

Monchaa. I didn’t care much for Trailii but I highly recommend Monchaa

I’m aligned with you. I think it’s underrated, need some time for the DDs to burn in (if there is such a thing).

 

[PixelSquish]

It’s because they’re still relatively new. Dealers have only had demos for a couple weeks, and they’ve only gotten stock this week. Rn6 and Anni have been available for almost a year, so almost everyone here’s probably heard it.

By most accounts of those who’ve heard it, the VE X is one of the best (if not the best) warm-tilted IEMs on the market right now. I’m itching for the custom version, myself.

I'm glad I asked because I had no idea, and it all makes sense now. Thanks!

 

[stacey]

Funnily enough, I've been trying to buy a pair of Subtonic Storm since the first week of January. I had a couple of folks reach out asking if I'd pay $10k for them. Yeesh! I'm willing to pay a decent "finder's fee" beyond retail cost, but double the price? Seems a bit silly.

Either they’re scammers or scalpers. Either way they’re getting burned by this time next year thanks to production picking up.

 

[Scubadevils]

Landed… 1TB of music loading - then the decision is what IEM to try first!

 

[theintention]

Dunu Mirai
Kinera Verdandi (could be a mini-Loki but impressions are still not out)
7th Acoustic Supernova (loved by everyone who has tried it)
SoundRhyme SR8 and DTE900 (especially to figure out the price-to-performance ratio on these)
Nightjar Crimson (very well-tuned, unbelievable for a 4BA driver set)
Canpur CP54E (at 2000 USD, one of the friends here says they are TOTL-level iems)

Very nice list thank you. I need to add the Supernova for sure, hope they can pick up production soon but I’m not in the market yet so they have time

Monchaa. I didn’t care much for Trailii but I highly recommend Monchaa

I just got my Sza and I am now making a point to try every Oriolus release. probably one of my favorite headphones, ever. Def excited to listen to Monachaa

 

[Scubadevils]

Dunu Mirai
Kinera Verdandi (could be a mini-Loki but impressions are still not out)
7th Acoustic Supernova (loved by everyone who has tried it)
SoundRhyme SR8 and DTE900 (especially to figure out the price-to-performance ratio on these)
Nightjar Crimson (very well-tuned, unbelievable for a 4BA driver set)
Canpur CP54E (at 2000 USD, one of the friends here says they are TOTL-level iems)

I’ll have a demo Verdandi by early next week. I’ve heard that it’s a smoother, warmer signature compared to Loki. Looking forward to hearing for myself!

 

[piotrus-g]

I think MMCX are a lot less prone to breaking the housing connector (not the connector in the cable) than 2-pin. So far, I rarely see Campfire IEM having broken MMCX connectors

MMCX is the most unreliable system for IEMs there is. The situation like with @emdeevee is one in a few thousands, I've seen connector pushed into the IEM maybe once before. It's just bad luck

 

[fejnomit]

Landed… 1TB of music loading - then the decision is what IEM to try first!

Given what I have learned of your tastes over the course over the years, you will no doubt fall in love. Don't forget to play around with the filters too (and get the Joe Bloggs filters available on the dedicated RS8 thread), along with the MSEB settings and the plug-ins. Really a lot of fun to tailor the sound to your needs. Congrats!

 

[RetroE83]

Karoline Polachek makes good music and perfomes incredible live. Maybe pop music can be saved after all

I never listened to any of her content post Chairlift. I will have to give it a listen in the near future. She was great live with Charlift when I saw the in 2012 (if I recall) at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto.