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
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I wonder how many Katana owners would agree that the sage or the savant is better than the katana?
The X's are really good, but when you compare side by side, it's obvious why the Encore and Katana's are priced the way they are.
But if you're reading this, odds are you are probably able to swing $250 for a pair of IEM's.
With that said, you really have to compare the X's to what's out there for $250 or less. While I have not heard a lot of competition, I have heard a few of the much less expensive IEM's like Xiaomi's, iMore, VE Monk, etc. I think many of the really inexpensive IEM's can give you remarkably good sound for the price, I think at $250, the X's are worth the extra money. Are they 50 times better than the VE Monk? ;-) Probably not, but that's not how audio gear works. It's not a linear relationship.
If you can afford $250, the X's are really good for the price. One person mentioned that Noble made the X's too good for the price! They definitely perform higher than their $250 price, IMHO.
If you can afford to save up for a pair of Katana's or Encore's, then sure, they are definitely better by a wide margin, but they're not 7.4 times as good!
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