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Jasonā¦I busted your chops on Chrisās threadā¦just having a little fun
Iām mischievous that wayā¦ hopefully no hard feelings between us
Happy New Year to you and yours
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No worries here, I was just tired of all the negativity that was being spewed by Chris about me and my FG group, and choose not to engage.
I give zero FKS and happy as a clam for it.
Lots of people have open eyes & lost a tonne of respect over the last few months.
Oh and yes I have been approached for colabs but choose to help the hobby with providing feedback behind the scenes instead of trying to make a profit.
But hey everyone needs to eat and feed the kids I get that but letās not kid ourselves and at least be honest and not say colabs are good for the hobby to boost awareness and bring the costing down that smells like BS to me.
The only people who benefit are the seller and the colaberator. Certainly not the average Joe who has to pay the commission with a higher cost built into the price.
Colaberations should be like tuning switches and just go away!
Thatās my $0.02 not sorry for the rant needed to be saidā¦
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Said like a true gentlemanā¦respect 
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I preordered on Nov 23rd and it arrived on Dec 26th. It looks like a pretty early production unit, my serial number is 1010.
I definitely agree! Collaboration is not necessary for companies to make good IEMs. Itās just shillers and nothing else. In the last year, things got out of control with the prices of āgolden collaborationsā, I even stopped following HBB, it smelled like money to me. Lately, every āinfluencerā in this hobby is losing their identity, at the expense of more dollars. Yes, everyone has a family, butā¦ I donāt like everything being so money driven, like weāre predators. No, this is not for me! 
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Everything is always money driven though. You may not like this particular angle used, but you canāt fool yourself into thinking all of this isnāt about money, because if it werenāt there would be no forums with people hunting the next, best IEM like itās gonna change their life.
Weāre all here cause weāre always chasing the next fix, so thereād always be an angle to hook us in. Not that they need much to do that
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Well said I still enjoy the hunt , this CCKLX 1+4 that just came out looks suspiciously like the PULA PA02.
Our group KD bought the Hype10 so looking forward to hearing that one.
Still might pick up a Hype2 but some of theese bangers for $150 are killing the should I spend $249 vibe.
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Chifi power creep in a nutshell 
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CCKLX wat now?
Welp, that should put a double tap on the brakes for the Pula train.
Maybe more like F@#$k?
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Have to hear and compare the two I have asked seller more information on the tuner and background of who these guys are as well.
Faceplate Shells donāt as fancy but exciting times for sure for the hobby.
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Oh aye - just a little good-natured kidding from me.
It does seem that every time I get settled in with a target or a new acquisition something reliably pops up to upset my apple cart, and it feels like that is a common feel, lol.
As an observer on this round, I am enjoying what looks like a favorable shift in price performance ratio. Later this year when Iām ready to dive back in, I look forward to immediately realizing that whatever my choice might be, it will be near certain to be undercut nearly immediately 
Which, of course, will be just fine bc by then Iāll have the GAS3ā¦
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Iām sorry but I donāt get the point of these videos. Mind shedding some light?
Generally speaking - comparing tonality, general assessment of bass and treble as much as possible. These videos are not meant to be a review or serious comparison of two IEMs, but to give some general information. But youāre generally right that they donāt make much sense for heavy audiophiles with multi-thousand dollar IEMs and sensitive ears 
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yeah, it does feel like comparing TV screens based on the recording from CCTV
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Ccklx???
Typo? Canāt find anything with that name
Iām sure TDF can comment with the straight story, but yeah, very mysterioso - only thing I can find is a post on the Chifi Hopes and Driams FB group from yesterday passing on a solicitation from the company for reviewers. Never heard of them or āSliivaā the name emblazoned on the iem pictured in the post. Iām not on FB so I canāt direct link to the post, but itās on the front page of the public groupā¦
Did find a Sliiva listing for another +500 dolla iem on AliXā¦
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