[Tildey]

I’m curious if the chi-fi market will take over headphones in the coming years.

IEMs are a bit easier to be competitive at, not having to worry about acoustic effects of ear/head shape, ergonomics/comfort is much simpler with IEMs, etc.

But clearly good headphones are still working on a massive margin.

[csdvrx]

> I’m curious if the chi-fi market will take over headphones in the coming years.

For me, it already has: more choice, better quality, unmatched comfort - and that's fully leaving aside the costs.

My favorite brands are SIVGA and LINSOUL.

[jorvi]

Going by Crinacle the current king of chi-fi is Moondrop.

Personally I own Moondrop Aria IEMs for on the road, and for home Shure 840a cans with 1540 pads to kill the extreme treble. My cans before that were Audio Technica M40x with felt mod + new pads.

I’m excited to see if chi-fi will be able to dethrone either of those bang-for-buck kings.

[criddell]

How’s the battery life and noise cancelling?

[coffeebeqn]

It’s already getting there because the margins on things like planar headphones and anything else novel has been completely bonkers