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t1_itoudgw wrote

One is tuned "bassy" (really V-shaped), one is tuned "balanced" (sorta Harman with a bit more V), and one is tuned "reference" (even closer to Harman but on the shouty side apparently)

I think the point is just to get 3 different tunings for the price of one. But idk why you wouldn't just buy a single better IEM at that point.

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t1_itnivdl wrote

I wanna try these but I can't find just the Balanced model anywhere for cheap. Like all the sellers on AliExpress want almost as much for the single set as the three pack costs but I have no use for a three pack of IEMs lol.

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t1_it8x0sl wrote

My first IEMs were the Shure SE215, they cost me about the same as an Aria. They didn't sound that good compared to what's out there now but they lasted me half a decade of hard use, and still worked perfectly when I sold them. It's absolutely a QC issue, or if you prefer, a TQM issue. Inexpensive IEMs can still be durable, and letting manufacturers think it's okay for IEMs to be "wear items" is only doing a disservice to ourselves as consumers.

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OP t1_it3hbcv wrote

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Interesting insight, thanks.

Just to be clear, I wasn't implying expensive single DD IEMs are BS or a rip-off. It's just interesting to me that there is actually RnD and improvements to be made to 1DD IEMs, to the point that 1DD Halo products exist at all.

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OP t1_it2h08v wrote

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> I find cohesion and timbre are far more important to me than pure detail retrieval.

Same here. DD IEMs sound much more natural IMO. Although I have been impressed by single BA à la Etymotic.

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