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pinkcunt123 t1_j631kjj wrote

If Apple sold you a product where every second customer gets a lemon, media and consumers alike would clown on them and tear em apart.

If an audiophile receives a lemon, they just rma it until they get a good one.

Are our standards really that low? I thought we were supposed to be the picky ones?

Maybe, if people stopped buying and recommending Hifiman, they would have an actual incentive to improve their quality.

Then again, people also keep buying Focal even though their headbands snap and pads cost upwards of 200€, so I guess the tolerance for bullshit is unreasonably high in this community.

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206Red t1_j63qv7i wrote

We're the Alfa Romeo buyers of audiogear :(

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pinkcunt123 t1_j63zdca wrote

I had to exhale forcefully through my nose after reading that.

This is way too accurate

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MisterPotat OP t1_j6405kk wrote

That hurts, because I definitely make fun of Alfa Romeo buyers. I think I'll keep my sanity, or what's left of it, and return & replace. Just need to decide what. I know The Senn 6x0 are good, but need to find something with a little more sub bass oomph.

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omarccx t1_j64afm6 wrote

I sold my Giulia before it burned me, just like I sold the HE5se and HE500 lol

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Almost_Ascended t1_j65dnl6 wrote

But but but they sound good, that's all that matters! /s

And this is what I disagree with crinacle's ratings the most, the fact that his only criteria is sound, and not the QC, build, comfort, etc. Personally, the best sounding gear don't mean a damn if they don't fit your head/ear, you can't wear them for 30 minutes without pain, or they just outright break.

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maXXXjacker t1_j65gred wrote

As a single dude running a database of hundreds/thousands of audio products, QC, build and comfort is not something that makes sense to keep up with when you have reviewers out there that can get into that stuff individually. His work is impressive for what it is. Honestly everyone is different and Crins manly sized head isn't the gold standard to judge comfort of a headphone on. I don't see anything wrong with Crins site knowing that he's just there to judge sound above all else which to some helps weed out a lot of options assuming you share similar listening preferences.

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