Sorry for your mental health challenges. I hope you have the support you need.
Very interesting looking graph.
Sold for around 350 usd on taobao.
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=943751472568
btw they arent that new, they been around from at least 2022 think their first iem is a ER4 copy.
And their brand name should be translated as ânine fishâ or something.
Yeah I can corroborate this!
They look more different though.
Up to your preferences. They both look good and doesnt seem to have any big issues, except maybe the QUE having similar amounts of upper-treble (overtones) as its mids (fundamentals). With actual instruments you usually have less overtones than fundamentals as they lose energy over each overtone jump.
Personally I probably take the sub-bass on the noah and its upper-treble. But the rest on the QUE.
âRose gold and yellow gold are hand-inlaid into the grooves of the silver panelâ
The remaining $25 was spent on the internalsâŚseems a bit out of touch with the market but I suppose theyâre out there
Actually, if they sell this to me for 100 dollars, I wonât buy it. Terrible tuning. B2 has better FR. Moondrop, are you ok?
Moondrop started to jump the shark a couple of years ago.
Addiction to waifus and Harman tuning may work well in Asian markets, but Iâm not seeing it fly very well elsewhere.
Moondrop used to be a monster of a player in the consumer IEM world. Models like the Starfield, Aria, Chu, Variations and Blessing set industry standards and were very influential.
I canât think of a single market-shaking Moondrop release in the last 18 months.
This is the first review I saw on this iem, totally forgot about it
Eh, anime culture is very popular in the US afaik.
Youâre an anime enthusiast, right? That creates inherent perception bias.
I know NO ONE outside of headphone forums â both in personal and work social circles â who is into anime. Not one.
Everyone has their niche. You keep doing you. I just donât get the appeal of anime one bit!
Yeah I am.
edit: Anime isnt really targeting your age group I assume. Most stuff is made for kids and teens.
Saying anime culture is, in your words, âvery popularâ in America would be the same as me saying IEMs are big in America. Theyâre not.
We may think they are because weâre hardcore IEM enthusiasts. But jump on public transit or walk the streets of any major American city, and TWS earbuds and headphones outnumber IEMs by at least 10-to-1 easily, and Iâm probably being kind.
Anime and audiophile headphones â whether over-ear or IEMs â are niches. Nothing wrong with that.
I would go as far as saying that you are being biased in this due to your own insular social circle and possibly age. Anime is FAR less niche than IEMs or Audio as a hobby in America, we are now only like 2 generations removed from kids who were raised on it like Saturday Morning Cartoons used to be for those that came before. I would argue that between Pokemon and other gateway shows, the more popular series have the ubiquity of things like Nintendo characters or The Simpsons any Marvel or DC characters. Now, there is a difference between people who have favorite creators and religiously follow series versus âYeah, I watched Cowboy Bebop/DBZ/One Piece/MHA when I was youngerâ and the former of those two would definitely fall into a niche. The kinds of people who would gleefully wear Moondrop Waifus in public also fall into that niche compared to people who âwent through a phaseâ, but the overall cultural impact and reach is greater than I suspect that you think it is. Moondrop and Waifus donât get floats in the Macyâs Parade, but lots of Anime characters sure do. Itâs no shade against you or anything, as you say everyone has a niche but just because this one doesnât qualify as one of yours doesnât mean it isnât there with a significant footprint. I have to admit my own bias as I still catch some shows and I got into it very early on when it absolutely was a niche hobby (Back when people still unironically called it Japanimation, fansubs by mail order, the odd shelf in a Sam Goody as your only other source, having to get into IRC or meet friendsâ friends to find out about anything new) but the level of saturation is considerable. I may actually compare it to something like Nintendo or Star Wars, which when I was a kid were absolutely niche interests for kids where now grown-ass people are not only nostalgic for it but their kids get into it on their own almost like a right of passage.
I also have to agree with you that Moondrop are stuck in a rut and spinning their wheels, too. I donât even consider them a major player anymore, despite their ability to seemingly still push releases by name recognition alone.