Hey everyone, I own a pair of IE 200 which I like (no mods, yes, people like me exist) but they started to bore me a little, I wanted to go for another more "spicy" or at least more promising iem to me than my current IE 200's, which I have found to be the Sony XBA-A3. I've already made a post saying "How do they compare against my ie 200's and won't I be disappointed by them?" but since noone replied I figured it might be a pretty tough question to answer, so I'm going to ask in a different form.
Will late 2014 $500 iem's be at least the same level or outperform 2023 $150 iem's? or should I just give up and keep my money
And how do IEM's or audio-gear age in general? I've heard about old gear being great, but not always, probably because of the competition or just losing because of the older hardware and technology used?
I mean, just on paper, the A3's are miles better at technical abilities having a huge 16mm dynamic driver along 2 BA drivers compared to one 7mm dynamic sennies driver, but does it really sound better on practice?
P.S. I've looked at countless frequency response curves, I'm okay with A3's response looking at how they "might sound"
Will late 2014 $500 iem's be at least the same level or outperform 2023 $150 iem's? or should I just give up and keep my money
And how do IEM's or audio-gear age in general? I've heard about old gear being great, but not always, probably because of the competition or just losing because of the older hardware and technology used?
I mean, just on paper, the A3's are miles better at technical abilities having a huge 16mm dynamic driver along 2 BA drivers compared to one 7mm dynamic sennies driver, but does it really sound better on practice?
P.S. I've looked at countless frequency response curves, I'm okay with A3's response looking at how they "might sound"
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