• kvpop@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    What’s the pricing on this? Their tweet indicated that it was releasing this month lol

    • P3asantGamer@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think so, none of their stuff is sold in limited quantities where if you don’t buy it right now it’ll never he sold again. As far as I know most of their products stay in stock, not like sneakers, mtg cards or fortnite skins.

      • toadstreet@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        No need, they know no one will be buying them after people move onto something else to hype up anyway.

      • Avatar-san@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Correct me if I’m wrong, but they do have limited editions like the moondrop beautiful world or their collab dap with shanling and some others.

        Also when they get around to making another version don’t they stop making the original? Thus encouraging you to buy the current version in case you might not like the new version and forever miss out on the original.

        • TheSingularity42@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          Isn’t that just how a general product cycle works… You have to remember that headphones and iems are a massive exception to product development as a whole.

          Also the limited runs that they have done, as far as I am aware, have been purely aesthetic, the products themselves have always been available.

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      1 year ago

      honestly, they still take their time back in starfield/ssr/ssp days but after they got hyped up in the Aria, they just released whatever they can find in their basement

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        1 year ago

        in their basement

        Oh that reminds me of the limited cable fiasco they had. Their boss was clearing out the storage and found a bunch of old silver-plated cables he’s forgotten from waaay back. It was discolored but the end result was a super beautiful pink-blue. Since there wasn’t many, so he decided to do a limited sale on Taobao just to clear the stock (what’s left of them at least, after his employees went through them, lol). Condition was you buy Lan, there will be an option to add ¥25 or something to get the cable as an accessory. There was about some hundreds in number.

        He forgot about scalpers.

        So nobody really got the cables. They refunded the 25. I haven’t checked how much the scalpers are reselling them.

  • Quartzcor@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Are Aria 1’s actually good? I’ve been looking at them for a week now and I kind of like them, but I am not sure about their longevity and wearing comfort

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      1 year ago

      They are really pretty fantastic, I think. They were the first IEM I tried that blew me away. I have the Blessing 3 now, but I almost liked the Aria tuning better. They had a bit more mid bass, while the Blessing 3 has more sub bass, but superior detail in the treble. Aria had a nice warm and sweet sound and I quite enjoyed it.

    • _QuantumEnigma_@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Sound wise they are great, the build quality is great, but the finish not so much. Your milage may vary, but the paint will eventually bubble and peel. For some it only lasted a few months, for me about a year. I seen someone onhere sand them down to bare metal and the looked good so not a bad idea, I might do it myself

  • dankmeeknot@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    no paint chipping? maybe time to replace my one and only iem and very old 3% paint left aria.

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    1 year ago

    something i don’t see mentioned a lot but i wish they were more ergonomic. might just be me but i tried the first ones and they weren’t very ear-shaped especially for their weight.

    they sounded REALLY good tho! i just would’ve liked them to be more comfortable to listen to longer.

  • chezzzombie@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I recently got the Aria Snow edition as a replacement for my og SE215’s.
    Been liking them so far, metal can be a bitch on the ears in winter however…