Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
Again I wouldn't have such an issue if they hadn't made such grandiose claims. I paid similar amount for a blah pair of Brainwavz from massdrop that I'll probably never listen to. But I knew buying them was a crapshoot and took the chance like I've done with many IEMS and headphones. But describing these as audiophile was irresponsible and frankly dishonest (yet another example of hyperbole in the headphone community). It makes it difficult for me to trust this company. Unfortunately this type of misleading hype seems to be the norm (especially with headfi which massdrop seems to be closely connected to).
I RARELY comment on any purchase I make b/c I find the banter back and forth annoying and counterproductive (and there's little to be gained by playing the "I have a bigger dick" game). BUT, I commented on these b/c of the absurdity of the hype--which was exacerbated by the ridiculous amount of time it took to get these (which further built up the anticipation). I am growing tired of the corporate BS that is deeply entrenched in the headfi community (and taints MANY reviews in that forum). Given Massdrop's connection to headfi, I am frustrated to see that culture invading yet another forum/marketplace for audio gear (watch Jude's review of the Fostex TH-X00 for a perfect example of this).
While the re-00's were relatively inexpensive, they were marketed as "entry-level audiophile" IEM's. Given Massdrop's non-existent return policy, their descriptions are especially important--since the customer has no recourse if the product doesn't fit the hype (note btw that Massdrop is offering a refund on these citing the missing case as a reason....kind of unusual given their policies....perhaps they recognize the problem with these IEMs, but are hiding behind production issues). These are NOT anywhere near audiophile quality and thus my comments.