WicKeDHi all,
Wanted to address a couple of things here. First of all we've reached out to Ultimate Ears and gotten a lower price for this drop which should be updated any minute now.
Once we start receiving impressions we'll be sending them in batches every other week starting Friday 5/6. We'll do this three total times starting Friday 5/13. If we haven't received your impressions by then your order will be cancelled and your dollars refunded. This is a bring your own impressions party only, please don't go get scanned at an Ultimate Ears dealer and then buy from us xD.
When the drop ends (on 4/30) we'll need everyone who purchases to give some additional info in the google form linked in the drop page (will also be linked here when the drop ends) within 48 hours. This is all just to make sure we have a smooth process from end to end for this drop since it is a custom product and quite complicated.
Extended this out a few days as well since we had a bit of a false start here. Please don't hesitate to let us know your questions, thanks!
nicpopeYou guys should drop the price more to right under $1,000 and I'd buy. It's $100 more than last time. If you do that I'll buy one/join drop immediately.
UltraAudiomeh I thought better about it. tired of companies charging so much just because it's 6 more drivers. the difference between 3 and 6 drivers shouldn't be 500 dollars when the cost to add three more drivers is negligible and almost moot. Really companies just take advantage of the marketability. Also with 6 armatures you really got to question the sound quality. Dynamics sound twice as good in the bass region than any armature can do. I like relatively neutral cans with a bit of sub-bass punch. These don't have it. I'd pay 600 euro but no more for these because they are great but not perfect.
dialac1Hi all,
I know this will be disappointing but after talking with UE and running the numbers back and forth there simply isn't a way to bring the price down any further for this drop.
We'll be working closely with UE to offer something really compelling to the Massdrop Community in the future but for now we're going to close this drop.
Thanks for the feedback.
nicpopeMan, it's a shame UE wasn't wiling to work with you more on the price. I've been wanting these things for a long time now, but knowing the markup on custom IEMs I refuse to pay anything even remotely close to full price. Thanks for trying @nicpope! Your efforts are much appreciated and hopefully UE will workout a more compelling deal in the future!
mdmoatsI've been researching the economics of CIEM's for a while now and the reality is the amount of labor that goes into them is very expensive. Especially to achieve the level of fit/finish that UE does. I have three sets of CIEM's and the UE's are just another level IMO.
Once you combine that with the amount of coordination it takes to receive/check impressions, combine them with the correct order details, and send to UE we just weren't able to offer a low enough price on this one. Not UE's fault.
It's definitely a problem we want to crack because the difference between universals and customs really blows you away but the barrier to entry is still huge at the moment.
nicpopeA real shame the drop was pulled. I purchased a pair of UE18s during the last drop and was not disappointed!
Yes I got mine for under a 1000USD but for those that held back on this drop for the difference of $100… well what can I say.
I would be VERY interested Nic if you could convince UE to put up their UE7s CIEM for all the Drummers, Bass players and DJs out there.
Cheers
Lindsay
nicpopeHey errr the new drop requires me to get it by nov 23. Could I have the location in advance cos I live really far away in Singapore so Im worried it won't make it on time