Got my Jewel (or my Sapphires as I call them) today. They will share head-time with the Z1R. The Traillii go back to their daddy.
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Those are absolutely stunning. The price tag scares the hell out of me, but regardless, lovely set!
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You are right about the price. Nothing justifies it. Fully exaggerated. They sound amazing, though.
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Shamelessly, I can say that if I had that kind of coin, I’d definitely be buying sets of this price point, don’t get it mistaken. At that point, it’s not about the sound, it’s about the exclusivity of the set. I work in the luxury automotive space and I can get it, trust me.
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I absolutely did not take your first post as an attack/offense of any kind. Please don’t justify yourself.
The Jewel are a tremendous sounding set of earphones, but I happily could live with the IER-Z1R, which I find more adequate for some genre or even the Timeless, which I adore since day 1.
I am deep down in the rabbit hole, but it’s cozy down there.
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The rabbit hole is indeed cozy, my friend. I definitely don’t want to come off as someone who judges anyone who drops that kind of coin on a set! I get looks from my friends circle for spending what I spent on my Monarchs, little do they know that’s literally the tip of the iceberg 
The timeless is absolutely a phenomenal set. If I wasn’t so into this journey and hobby, I probably would of stopped there, but I had to get a taste of what the top is all about. I’m happy I did. I’m settled for sure. I definitely live vicariously through you guys!
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I like where this is going…
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I wonder if it’s single or multiple DDs 
Oooh. Is this the Monarch Mkii like planar??
Hmm not quite there in the sub bass for that??
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@hawaiibadboy I was looking at the graph between the P1 MAX, OG Tea, and Tea 2 and they seem similar. As an OG Tea user, would you rec the Tea 2 or the P1 MAX? What’s your opinion regarding these 3 in terms of resolution? 
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how is it compared to the P1 standard… i have a P1 standard and the annoying way to get the power needed (remove from MMCX cable, put in phone, play something, then put them back in so they are on high output) is super frustrating. and when i had it on a song like so appalled by ye (which seems to be bad on a bunch of IEMs because on blon the bass drowned out the rappers), the vocals felt almost scratchy… like it was trying to sound correct but failing
Sorry late reply. I’m on vacation/extended holiday
On sheer res it is P1 max.
Not bassy, scooped, shouty, rolled. Cleanest slate that has a planar in it.
The TEAS have more natural bass
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No worries man. Enjoy your vac 
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@hawaiibadboy didn’t you try Ace?
Arrived yesterday and I think it’s a fantastic iem, best full BA ever heard and better than Trailli also IMHO
My Aroma collection is growing and i think I’ll buy Jewel also 
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wow those are some pretty iems. guessing they’re outside of my budget 
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I know those are some crazy $$$ sets because I don’t really recognize most of em 
they look beautiful, man. Awesome collection
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First pics:
Oriolus Trailli blue, Aroma Thunder blue with green logo, purple/light blue QDC DMAGIC 3D, green Aroma Duet, Dark blue metal Faudio Dark Sky, Solid steel Acoustune HS1677ss
Second pics:
All Aroma IEMs, Red gold foil is ACE, abalone blue is Thunder, green carbon fiber faceplate is Duet, Ferrari red is Star
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Awesome looking glad they give you a sound you like. I agree I will probably never know.