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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I have given up on portable musical electronic until I can find something that isn't defective, because my old source, best buy all became defective in 2021. All headphones I've ever gotten have been defective cheap garbage, made with miniscule little wires and cheap connections, as if it's unforeseeable the cord would get yanked.

It's not like these are all cheap products either, paying 30 dollars for headphones, I expect more than 50 cents worth of raw materials. I don't even know why we have forced labour factories overseas if we are paying more than we did back when we made our own quality products.

Wall Street is a fucking joke.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Most of the good audio gear is coming from niche channels direct from China. Moondrop and Fiio/Snowsky are probably the two biggest brands that you'd potentially find in your nearest city if there's an audio shop with a chi-fi bent.

    Getting iems with removable cables also helps. I resoldered my Porta Pros with MMCX jacks so that I could replace the cable. It is shit that you can't get anything worth having unless you arguably know too much about the category, but it is out there.

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