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It drives me nuts when people complain about the price, or want to know who they're working with. MD's history alone dictates they know what they are doing. Yeah you can get lower priced multi-BA options out there for cheaper. Yeah you can find prettier IEM's for cheaper. But I don't walk around asking everyone "hey check out my sparkly pink super high-end in-ears cause they look cool". I could care less what these look like. The end goal is great sound. I buy high-end audio because it sounds great, because I know the designers put in their blood sweat and tears to give the community (and themselves) a product you'll want to use day-in, day-out because the sound quality ringing between your ears makes you smile.
People need to keep perspective. I believe the PLUS is worth every penny of $300 because of the love and engineering that went into them. When you have active HeadFiers praising them, MD obviously did it right. If $300 is too much for your audio selection, you're the playing in the wrong sandbox to begin with. I applaud MD for being active, confident, and even progressive. Keep up the good work MD, those of use who really appreciate pure audio design are with you.
How about "to each their own." ;-)
its not even about the $300 dollar tag which obviously isn't a lot in the IEM space. It's a kickstarter on massdrop. Instead of taking a risk and getting them made standing confidently behind their product they want the community to foot the bill. A few people have heard them, people I don't personally know or trust. You really take the word of people like Jude of Head-Fi or Marv of SBAF who clearly profit from endorsements (not necessarily MD but in general). I don't.
Seeing as how massdrop wants the consumer to fund their kickstarter for these IEMs I think people have the right to be critical. They are ugly, how is that something you think people shouldn't be allowed to say?
Take for instance the new Vibro Earphone. Those will look like giant black jellybeans shoved into my ears once I receive them, but I won't care at all as long as the output is blissful. If they don't sound great, then I guess I blew a bunch of coin. However, I trust Luke (@VibroLabs) to be a fantastic audiologist, and yet I've never met him. And yes, I absolutely put my trust into audiophile community members because without them what do I have to go off of? CNET reviews?
I've done nothing but take leaps of faith when it's comes to my personal audio gear selections based off community reviews. I bought a set of Noble Djangos at $1000 price tag at the same time I purchased my U4-SE's off MD. The Djangos are beautiful compared to the U4-SE's but I felt the A64's way out-performed Noble, so I returned the Djangos. I'm now settled into a set of Noble Sage's (2 BA's) which I think outperform the 4 BA U4-SE. Audio is a funny thing; everything sounds different to everyone. I just think it's silly to criticize an earphone assembly as long as they sound great to me.
If you wanna do the same then you're wise to hold off, I don't see how Massdrop going for different capital sources or selling tactics affects you... The whole site is an alternative to the typical consumer norms so some experimentation shouldn't come as a shock.
I'm not sure how low profile IEM can look much worse/better tbh, once they're in your ears the cable up or down style and the cable itself is more noticeable than the faceplate or a tiny bulge on it anyway.