Obvious comparison to the Starfield here: yes, they areā¦ very similar. Itās honestly hard to tell between the two and if I do itās clearly not by tuning, but rather the subtle differences in how each presents their respective images.
The Starfield has slightly more narrow soundstage but more precise imaging, whereas the Aria can get impressively wide but at the cost of positional accuracy.
Otherwise yeah, another solid budget DD from Moondrop. The Aria and the rest of the DDs are definitely suffering from Same Face Syndrome at this point, but I canāt really fault it especially when it all comes with a price cut. If anything else, Moondropās embodying the whole āif it aināt broke, donāt fix itā philosophy to a T.
More redundancy into the lineup thats already has a lot of redundancyā¦
True maybe Iāll pick them up for just to hear the starfield for cheapā¦ when I have the money. I just spent money on a used Dt 770 pro, pads for the shp 9500, and a replacement headband for my m1060cās. Itās probably only like $200, but right now Iām a little broke. Iām guessing youāve listened to both the tin t2 and the starfields at one point. How do they compare in terms of clarity and sound signature?
I meanā¦ Yeahā¦ I understand finding ways to make things cheaper, butā¦ Some change or innovation would be great. Something to make me feel like it would be great to pick up the new thing to try it out, and not find myself with a different colored and cheaper version of this thing I already had.
Exactly. If they already got a working model, then why release essentially the same thing? That comes across as just a cash grab IMO. They should release stuff thats different from their existing iems, that way they can grab more people and avoid redundancy.
Given that they have (from my understanding) 4 IEMs that are basically samesies. KXXS, KXXX, Starfield, and now the Aria. This isnt to mention the SSR and SSP.
Cash grab, maybe? I wouldnāt doubt that filling in a price bracket. Theyāve got $40, $120, $180, ect sets, now a $80.
Not that I donāt mind it. An $80 Starfield-like IEM sounds like a good deal to me. One of the issues with the Starfield right now is that it doesnāt really compete in itās price bracket in terms of values alongside FH3, T4 and others. It just seems weird. I think it would have been a better deal to lower the price of the Starfield and then introduce a new $120 IEM. But that can degrade brand appearance.
Thereās also the idea of them phasing out the Starfield and gonna release a new $120-150 IEM soon.
$80 starfields with a ābetterā cable (moondrop gets plenty of flack for their cables apparently) doesnāt sound bad to me. Too bad itās their 4th clone. Hope they donāt continue with this in their higher price brackets.
