Yeah sorry
was going for ugly
but did hear they are not the most comfortable either
I guess this is an āif you knowā¦ you know momentā¦ā
Perhaps I donāt have a suitable wardrobe of peacocking Phillipe Plein, gold swans as my bathroom faucets or drive a mansory edition to appreciate the attraction of gold electroplating
For for me - If you are not an arms dealer, Arab Sheikh, Oil Baron or Donald Trumpās stylist itās going to be hard to pull this off without direct unwanted attention be it from thieves, middle aged women with too much plastic surgery, shittalkers or the fashion police.
Plus i would run the risk of my grandmother thinking itās an earing to match her gold bags & shoes so - theft risk all aroundā¦
I Vividly remember the first time I tried e2xr. DAYMM !! It was very grewsome and Terrifying experience. I put it in, and it just violated my ear holes. Nothing went that deep in my ears. And when I took them out , you can understand what I am trying to say. I never touched another etymoic since then. The sound was excellent but canāt justify the fit.
Iāve never had much of an issue with Etys, but I found the ear canal can get irritated/itchy feeling with time. Iām still a big supporter of the ER2XR as an all round great IEM.
But I can completely understand the feeling/concept being much more repulsive to other people, makes sense for sure.
I saw some Kiwi Ears KE4 for $120 so was sort of looking at some review videosā¦ and they just looked so blandly ugly in the videos I stopped watching them, I knew however they sounded I wouldnāt be happy with that plain brushed metal with a glossy blob over it in my ears. Itās not even that repulsive like something that steps far wrong, but itās not doing anything right at all to my eyes.
I wish they werenāt so ugly, uncomfortable, odd to wear, and tuned so weird stock, because with EQ, the STAX SR-003 mkii (or SR-002 by another name) are hands down and by a colossal margin the best āIEMsā Iāve heard in my life. If they were more normal in shape and fitment, I wouldnāt use any other set.
Theyāre so absurdly good. The CES-A1 closed back kit in the picture I posted with some equally measured amounts of cotton fill and EQ is the only IEM Iāve heard stage like an open back and that includes weirdo sets like the LCD-i4 and Monoprice M350s that were technically really open lol. They take a nearly infinite bass shelf and are one of the only sets I can think of that can slam with raw impact and retain the amount of clarity as a properly powered HE6 with mods and a fat bass shelf. Theyāre a truly unique set that will take whatever you throw at them and theyāre extremely detailed and have shockingly good timbre once you EQ out the tuning wonkiness. But they fit like shit and suck to use lol.
