Insane price for IEMs

Keiko
Keiko Posts: 764
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I started a thread about the Kiwi Ears Cadenza IEM and for only 35.00 I like them a lot.

Doing some research on IEMs since I bought the Cadenza's and found out quickly that some of these things go for an outrageous price IMHO. Now to be fair, I've never heard/owned any IEM or headphone that even comes close to this price point and they might be worth every penny. Regardless, still too rich for my blood.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/U18t--64-audio-u18t-18-driver-universal-in-ear-monitors

There's a discussion on the forum about these that retail for just under 5k.

https://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio_visual/headphones/yh-5000se/index.html

Unless I win the lottery or someone on here decides to have a generous Karma, I'll be staying with my lowly Cadenza IEMs, my Yamaha RH5MA and JVC HA-RX700s. All budget models and all Keiko approved.

Since buying the Cadenza's, I am looking into other budget IEMs and want to get maybe 2 more pair just to compare and play around with. I've heard good things about the QoA Gimlet and the KZ ZS10 Pro and upgraded Pro X. Tons of choices for budget IEMs and I've given these a hard look for a possible purchase later on down the road. I first want to upgrade my Goldring E3 to the E4 stylus, but that's another topic in another thread. ;)

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,551
    I have been more and more into headfi lately. It seems that the consensus is that what you used to get for $1000 in IEM in the past, can now be found in $200 IEMs, so that's apparently the sweet spot. Not these $5000 ones.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,878
    Aptly named product. Just need a “$” in there … YH-$5000SE.

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,631
    In ear monitors that are expensive are usually molded to your ear which can add alot of cost
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  • gyosa
    gyosa Posts: 749
    I have a few pairs of these …
    Out of production now , but I really like them …
    They’re itty-bitty , teeny-tiny and sound great !

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