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Is investing in an expensive iem worth it? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by PringlesWithBuzzCut@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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Begginer here: and when I say expensive I mean 150$. I don't know if it's worth it to put it all in one iem (ie200) them I have +2 year warranty and maybe upgrade the accessories along the way

Or-

Just buying an ultracheap chifi (10-20$) and just switch them out when they break

Is the quality and sound of an expensive pair worth the money? Also what if for some reason I'll just stop liking how they sound?

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[–] yoursarrian@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ive had the 1More Quad Drivers for like 5 years now and the little fuckers are built like a tank, refuse to die (and im NOT nice to them). I think they were $120. The sound is 75% of the way there so i just tweak the eq, and theyre comfortable.

Before that tried many, many sub-$60 iems and none of them lasted me more than a year and none sounded as good.

Only other quality iems i had way back in the day were ER4s and they also lasted years.

nowadays tho, i think most mid-level iems sound like shit. I wouldnt pay 30 bucks for most of the weird tunings ppl seem to like on the $200-500 range. Theyre either bass bloated or super tizzy most of the time.

So i would say absolutely try before u buy. Theres far too many options to choose from compared to 10 yrs ago.

And if u dont like the sound of what u got eq can only take u so far. My rule of thumb for eq is: if i can tolerate the sound it can be fixed, if i absolutely hate it no amount of fiddling will.