So after Tin t2 and hd599 I went ahead and bought Campfire Andromeda 2020 and Senheiser IE600 and sort of skipped the whole mid fi stage.
I really like both of these but it seems from crinacle and everyone who reviews them the Airpods pro 2 and Samsung buds pro 2 both come pretty close and even do better in some aspects than these 2 I have.
Now I'm not rich or anything but music meant a lot to me last few years so I just went ahead and bought a couple of near endgame stuff knowing id end there eventually. I still wonder if I wasted a whole lot money for no reason.
I really like both the iems I have but they're obviously not without flaws, from thin bass on Andro to slightly sharp treble that needs to be eqd on ie600 and it's terrible cable. Maybe by next generation of products tws would start outclassing flagship iems.
As an aside, what's your favourite albums on Andros or ie600?
I had to stop following FOMO with this hobby a long time ago. Every time I did, I was just fucking disappointed (with some exceptions...mainly just the Blessing 2 Dusk's.)
Focal Elear? Sounds grainy as hell and nothing like the HD6x0.f
Thieaudio tri-brids? The timbre of those EST always sounded off and grating to me - the only one I liked was the Oracle v1, and the rest, Monarch included, were just meh.
Campfire Andros (the original?) They were great...out of one dap. That wasn't made anymore. And a pain to use.
Edition XS? They sounded grating and metallic to me. More so than what was sold to me.
HD560S? I mean, they're well balanced, but the jump for 10s of dollars more to the HD6XX was just straight up better to me.
Now I sit here listening to the only non-hyped Hifiman headphone (HE1000 Stealth) that happens to be the only one I like. I could find fuck all in reliable reviews for it, and the Arya Organic (after hearing so many conflicting things about it from Joshua Valour's "It's the best" to Resolves "it's alright, but too fucking bright") FOMO did not appeal to me.
Joshua is a good salesman but not a good reviewer.