DaveStarWalker
Headphoneus Supremus
Easy.I will say this… despite loving my MMii’s a great deal, people ask me all the time where they can get that magic for less $. To which I always say “You can’t really, I wouldn’t tell you that they are magic and then try to tell you that you can buy 50% of magical”.
But… when pressed, I usually agree that $1k is a tough place to ask folks to go after spending $100 or $200.
So my two answers today are:
- Campfire Andromeda 2020 (accuracy, realism, tonal balance, speed)
- Moondrop variations (tone weight, spaciousness, timbre, driver integration, organic heft)
Neither comes totally close, but if the two had a kid and raised it just right with the right nutrition and education, it might be the MMii. And some people I know prefer one of these two to MMii due to comfort or because they prioritize the things that one does best over the other. And I’m not saying they are specialists and MMii is a generalist. But their presentations are very very different. The $500 range is very interesting, in part because the sub-$50 range is getting so much better so quickly. I expect that the $200-$500 range will provide some more real competition to the MMii in 2023 given the rate of change. But for now they are my king of the hill.
Not sure how many folks here read the discovery thread, but this is a good example of what’s going on sub-$100. I haven’t heard the Truthear Zero or Hexa, but so many people make this point:
Post in thread 'The discovery thread!'
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-discovery-thread.586909/post-17328277
Very easy :
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fii...ced-armature-iem.960580/page-48#post-17327278
The full team presented here (see my signature)... this manner :
Tips : https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/CWU-GECL-Eartips-Isolating-Prevent-Enhanced/dp/B0991RL358?th=1
Over filtering for the vents (3MM 500 mesh) : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005...t_main.73.3dde5e5bBPS8TQ&gatewayAdapt=glo2fra
Cable : https://www.fiio.com/newsinfo/674648.html
= TOTL time.
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