On this point, who makes the cable for the Z300 ? and do they make a 2-pin ?
Well, you have this very unbiased and fair review! Had my eye on it and pretty much all reviews Iāve seen say itās very good. I withheld for now since I already have two big shots on the way, but it seems like a great IEM
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Thanks for the trust. It has the best drivers of any collab I have done. It āshouldā be good. The market and public will decide in the end.
Thanks as always for the trust. 
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Lol, yes they are very good. Good enough, that they are already going in the āI need two pairs of thoseā club ( Mele and Olina are the other two members ).
The EW200 sounded rough when I put them on, after listening to the Kailua, and the 200 might be the best driver in a cheap IEM currently. The Kailua has such a clean sound to it, I got my DIY tube amp out and was really enjoying the combo.
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So, Akros got some shit cuz an Aur Audio wasnāt the best thing in his video?
I find that interesting as fuck.
So you want him to be a brand loyalist over an opinion giver?
You prefer he were predictable?
Thatās facinating ā¦itās almost like the company and seller talk about narrative controlā¦is true.
Which it is.
Been in this hobby longer than most.
These companies are not your fucking friends.
They got you wrapped up in their Discords a captured audience waiting to con-sooom the latest product.
1/2 the folks on forums daily are likely affiliated with a chifi company.
When an earphone deviates from Harman it gets canned despite everyone claiming fatigue at having 10 versions of the same thing.
When a reviewer says a brand dropped the ball and that guy never gets that brands set again. (Me for exampleā¦) nobody says āWaitā¦yo wtf?..this is message controlā
That Facebook screenshot from me in June was because despite KZ dropping the ballā¦a fuckingā¦gain..
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Most posts were company apologists..
Excusing a company that just unilaterally switched stuff up, took your money, and it was apparently everybodys fault but theirs?
That really fucking happenedā¦a fucking gainā¦
BTW they threw all their influencers under the bus for no good reason. That company you think respects you and you are getting over on them? Jokes on you. They make tons of loot of your allegiance and can replace you in line in a second.
So yeah, the company is explaining to me how they control and guide narratives on platforms like Reddit, Youtube and Facebook. (those 3 were mentioned I am sure it applies everywhere)
Wowā¦no shit?
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Then the post here, every video of Kailua, multiple FB groupsā¦just like the Company said.
I must be trippin..
Let me go check
So ..KZ and HBB canāt go wrongā¦it has never gone right ffs..IT HAS NEVER NOT BEEN A DISASTER
The follow up after getting folks hyped musta been interesting since it failedā¦right?
Riiiiiight??
There was no follow up, not about the set, the sound, the cluster fuck of rando tuning changes
And heyā¦gimmie props for capping that sinceā¦ohā¦I dunno? Itās fucking GONE and scrubbed
A ha ha haaaaa.
This is the hobby.
Good luck to everyone trying to get not guided info. Iām serious. Good luck.
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Thanks for the reminder. I had Celest PhoenixCall on my radar but not something I was going to worry about getting. Then I looked at the wild graph again and remembered this is the stuff I WANT to give a chance.
So yeah, good call there!
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Nah thatās the hustle 
ā¦The āHobbyā 
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I was following the thread when that happened and it was wild to me. Itās insane that they were trying to imply Akros is being paid by hifigi and that he needed to be using the $1200 cable or else his opinion is invalid
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ā¦send us the pic/linkā¦
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Itās even more than $1200!! Thatās almost 3 times the Aurora
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Post in thread āAĆR AUDIO IEMsā AĆR AUDIO IEMs | Page 112 | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org this is the post. Generally fun to read thread 
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Had to go over there and stand up for Tony, hate when reviewers get called out for posting a less then positive review.
We dont deserve it.
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that thread reads like watching grade schoolers playing āTop Trumpsā.
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Iām so close to getting unproductive over there and posting:
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I tried, regretted it and now Iām
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IIRC Chris you posted a year or so ago 
that HFGF would take over as ātheā forum for music loving audiophiles to discuss their passion for transducers, hardware or just good olā music from Head-Fi and god dang you were rightā¦honest music loving folks are now leaving that sinking ship in drovesā¦
R.I.P Head-Fi
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so i listened to couple of tracks here and the only differences i could tell was
- monarch has better treble, it sounded more realistic, more shimmery and metallic while appearing to be more boosted despite them graphing very closely. (monarch has a few db more from 12 to 14k maybe thats the reason)
- monarch had slightly better sense of openness of the sound due to its air being better than the top, at least that what im hearing.
so @hawaiibadboy can you approve this too since you have both sets on your hands? the main difference of a 500$ and a 1000$ set are this minimal?
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MKIII has a more realistic top end (treb) than the Xenns.
The Bass sounds better on MKIIIā¦because 2DD face to face iso or my placebo/bias in knowing that?
I dunno? But I like it better on MKIII
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