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Great thread! I really like the concept behind it. I've gone through a whirlwind of buying/ selling over the past 2+ years, and it has been pretty fruitless, never finding an IEM which seems to 'have it all'... and I probably over-extended a bit by going through all the following ones... These I've either sold or returned at some point (from most recent to older): Dunu Glacier // HS1790Ti // Diva '23 // Svanar (briefly) // Mezzo LE // Spartacus (briefly) // FH9 // OH700VB // Bonneville // DTE900 // Mentawai // Camelot // SR8 // Aur Aurora // 64 Audio U4s // Maestro SE // Trifecta // Supermoon // Cerberus // VE EXT // MEST Indigo // Aroma Audio Thunder // MEST MkII // Turii (orig). Some were kept and enjoyed for a fair time, others really didn't click, and got sold right away.... The two that I probably enjoyed most, and were closest to being 'it' were the Mentawai and Aroma Thunder.... maybe DTE900, but eventually that proved a tad too hot for me.
Not that long ago I lucked into a 2nd-hand pair of S12 Pro Glamdring (this opened my eyes [& ears] again to the coherence of a great single full-range driver). Also got the MP145 (same ballpark), and finally the Shanling MG800. The MG800 is not an inexpensive IEM by any means, but I feel that even in the 700-800 ballpark it is a massive bargain, because to my ears it significantly overperforms that price. Coming back around to the the recent past sets above, the MG800 just makes me forget about any of them, regardless of their retails. It sounds so right across the whole range, and leaves me wanting nothing. To me, this is the spirit of this thread - finding gems at a still fairly reasonable price. The Glamdring and MP145 are both so good that they'll be sticking around too. So that's the stable of 3 I've got these days. I am finally content, and not searching anymore. I'm good to just kick back and enjoy my music, and new music, especially on the MG800. It's a nice feeling finally....
Not that long ago I lucked into a 2nd-hand pair of S12 Pro Glamdring (this opened my eyes [& ears] again to the coherence of a great single full-range driver). Also got the MP145 (same ballpark), and finally the Shanling MG800. The MG800 is not an inexpensive IEM by any means, but I feel that even in the 700-800 ballpark it is a massive bargain, because to my ears it significantly overperforms that price. Coming back around to the the recent past sets above, the MG800 just makes me forget about any of them, regardless of their retails. It sounds so right across the whole range, and leaves me wanting nothing. To me, this is the spirit of this thread - finding gems at a still fairly reasonable price. The Glamdring and MP145 are both so good that they'll be sticking around too. So that's the stable of 3 I've got these days. I am finally content, and not searching anymore. I'm good to just kick back and enjoy my music, and new music, especially on the MG800. It's a nice feeling finally....