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JZKallday t1_it2koec wrote

Reply to comment by TomasJ74 in My 1 and a half year experience with the Arias (and other headphones) - A slight letdown by TomasJ74

Ehh it's not that I don't care about quality, I just don't expect 80 dollar iems to hold up well over time, I've had plenty of iems and they seem to break after ~2 years even with replaceable cables, I've had the same pair of senhesiers (hd598) for 9 years and they have literally been tossed off my head onto the floor. In general iems are gonna be more fragile, especially under the 100 dollar mark, they use cheaper components, that wear out faster on the low end, I had a pair of bose iems that barely lasted a year around the same price point, it sucks but it's not a qc issue, most companies know their lower tier products are going to die sooner rather than later, that's where all the money saving comes in. If I didn't care about quality I would keep buying cheap iems made of cheaper materials.

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TomasJ74 OP t1_it3huyn wrote

80 dollars is quite the sum for some people. I wouldn't consider myself poor in any way, but still, 80 dollars is not a small amount of money to shell out on a hobby. While you can spread it out into value over time spent using the product, it's still not that cheap. I haven't used it that much, as I said, 200 hours isn't a lot. That's like.. I dunno, 2 months of commuting and office use? 80 dollar headphones usually last/should last (imo) way more than that. My old gaming Logitech headset would still be working now, if not for my dog running through them while I was vacuuming. The drivers would still be intact. I dunno man, think about it. We can't get used to products dying after a year.. Imagine the damn waste that would cause, the unnecessary spending, it's just dumb.

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Andrewskiii t1_it4ebf7 wrote

I’ve had Final Audio e3000’s ($50) that have lasted 4+ years, Blon Bl-03’s ($25) that still going strong 3+ years, Fiio FH1s ($70) still working over 4 years, the only IEM that crapped out on me were my Moondrop Starfields. It’s definitely a QC issue that’s been happening with their filters

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FastGecko5 t1_it8x0sl wrote

My first IEMs were the Shure SE215, they cost me about the same as an Aria. They didn't sound that good compared to what's out there now but they lasted me half a decade of hard use, and still worked perfectly when I sold them. It's absolutely a QC issue, or if you prefer, a TQM issue. Inexpensive IEMs can still be durable, and letting manufacturers think it's okay for IEMs to be "wear items" is only doing a disservice to ourselves as consumers.

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