Yeah totally. I stopped right around the time where the 1-2k iems became the craze. Found that for 800$-1k was the cut- off. Bought a couple of 1-2k and thought they were ok.

"Technicalities" can be "perceived" in the 2k gear, but felt that midfi gear (or sub 1k) reached a fine balance between that and sweetly tuned goodies. Heck a Sundara and the 660s is enough to keep me smiling.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Honestly, I don't look at his rankings at point. I just go and find groups/ forums with similar tastes and go from there. No need to pay/ subscribe for him to give me recs. That said, still respect his overall work.

Data yes, opinions uh with a grain of salt.

YEAH BABY!!!

Aragorn is your man. From recluse ranger to king. Many quotes from Jung and Nietzsche that suggest this. Where there's danger, that's where your treasure can be found. Something like that.

Thanks for honest response. Cheers to your nice setup mate.

Heard them separately but never side-by-side; could you be kind enough to compare the HD600 and the Sundara? The former, to me was champion of effortless, and the latter the balanced well rounded. TIA.

Yeah, I like the positive mindset begets positive outcomes, but I wouldn't rule out "friends" and "family" being obstacles as well. If there's ego and insecurity or let alone envy/ pride gate-keeping, these things are bound to happen to an extent. It's sucks that this is one narrative, but still grounded in the reality of certain folk. Fucking Cinderella's stepmom and step sisters.

It's really poorly explained as who these schmucks are... not enough data.

Who is the average consumer? It's like, you don't believe in God? Look and behold the bible.... it's written in it! Therefore you must believe in God, and obey the writing.

Like people parrot this harman pitch, but bleh, it's just an echo.

The better the gear, the deeper you into go into the rabbit hole, and further reveal details into repressed memories.

"hearing new things in song" = TECHNICALITIES 😆😆😆

Moondrop BDSM Waifus working on the double...

Joke is on you OP. Blindfolds, chains and candles are much kinkier.

Yeah these will do.

Satisfied for ~4 years now, approaching 5.

Bought a couple 2k iems, and it wasn't that much of a serious upgrade over .4k-1k items. Yeah, the expensive stuff are good but they aren't 3x-4x that mind boggling. (And no, the blessing 2 doesn't touch the big boys -- just to get it out there)

I might audition some totl big cans instead. I just find it amusing being in the sidelines seeing people cheerlead and have cult followers bite hard 😆 (while I enjoy my music).

I'm into anime/manga... but like I'm able separate both hobbies. Not too crazy on that "lifestyle" marketing... same way people didn't dig the BEATS thing... not my cup of tea. I find it at times quite cringey.

Quality of the recording.

Miles Davis Trumpets by Monster -- vented and airy, with the bass that can eq'd down. It was my gateway to the hobby. One of the rare occassions where I felt the EQ mod was worth it because it responded well.