PsiCore
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Hopefully Westone won't go the Shure route with another 1k$ universal IEM. A UM3X successor? Sure, why not - if they add more clarity in the highs this could be a great IEM.
Well I just got finished reading through the press release, and to be quite honest I feel like this is a product refresh with a new cable system (the mmcx connector) rather than it being a completely new product in terms of its sound. That said the new colors do look appealing..
Agreed. But is this um3x or w3 refresh? The colors and the shell design look like w3, the name seems to suggest um3x
Agreed. But is this um3x or w3 refresh? The colors and the shell design look like w3, the name seems to suggest um3x
The W3 was a personal listening phone. This seems to be the UM's redone so it would be the UM3X.
Lot of marketing speak. I like that it is an "new audiophile connector".Yep, everyone knows how the pin connectors just weren't audiophile but Westone has the answer. Or maybe they are implying that Logitech and Shure's are crappy MMCX but what they use are audiophile
Wasn't the UM1 an MSRP $119 or $139 phone. So, this gave them a chance to up the price a bit. Maybe okay if it is worth it. Earsonics SM1 was $149 but at least it is a single output dual. Better be improved sound-wise. Adding a detachable cable isn't enough esp. when Shure and Earsonics lower models already had them.
Can't say that it looks any more than a 50/50 shot it is just a repackage/slight tweek. Very much a wait and see for me. The new improved UM3X? I know many people are waiting for just that. I guess we'll see!
Normally Id say that press releases are the very definition of marketing speak so this is no surprise, but it worries me they've had no real innovation to talk about. Even shure talked about the four years of r&d that went into the 846s.