Tea 1 had a DD that was destined to fail. Always the leftā¦donāt know why, but I had two sets fail.
Tea 2 uses a different driver and no failures reported (that Iām aware of).
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planned obsolescence to get you to buy the Tea 2. 
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Oof, the left side of my pair got really quiet a while back, seems like this DD issue is probably the cause then. Mine are out of warranty by now, is there any way to get it fixed/replaced, or do I have to bite the bullet and get the tea 2?
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My original set failed while under warranty, so I was able to send it in for replacement. The second set then failed out of warranty, so SOL.
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There is adly little chance you can make it repaired. 
No need for a Tea 3
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I am a huge fan of both the Tea and Tea 2. I am always torn on the TOP, mostly because I think I would miss that scoop from 4-8k. I think for the extra $$ I would rather have the UP ( $530 vs $700 ).
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You can find the UP for less than the Top now
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it will depend on the songs you listen. ups has a warm neutral graph and top has a u shaped one. i personally would buy top for genres with lots of subbass like hip hop, pop or mainstream songs in general but i would pick up for genres with percussions like rock and metal.
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Does mangird tea 1 count as META tuning IEM? I think its frequency response is close to the target
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If you mean āmost effective tactics availableā then probably not. The OG Tea was tuned very different at the time of its release. All of the treble was below nearly everyoneās target, yet the IEM had all of the details to make people happy, and it accomplished that by not having too much bass.
Today the flatter treble is still not very common, but we have a few sets that do it. The Aful Explorer, but it can be too dark for some folks, and the Letshuoer S08 stand out in the current crop of IEMs.
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