The hype around it is definitely deserved. It's one of the few gadgets I've bought recently where the enthusiasm of the people that made is glaringly obvious.
coalbus
joined 1 year ago
I'm hesitant to call anything endgame, lest upgraditis bite me in the ass. But the U12t has definitely earned it's place on my "keep forever" list and it's the IEM I've been using the most. It is as I've seen others describe it: Excellent at almost everything but not exactly the "best" at anything. I think it has the least compromises of any IEM I've used thus far.
As for LDAC vs AAC on the 5K, I actually haven't tested that yet but I plan to. I have an Android DAP that can do LDAP but I've been pretty happy with AAC off my phone, which is much more easily pocketable than my DAP. When I do get around to doing a side by side comparison I'll definitely post about it here.
I hope they add compact view. I like knowing the exact boundaries of each post or item on the feed. With the way that posts get expanded based on whether it's a text post, image, or link, it makes it hard for my lil brain to digest.
I think this comment convinced me. Because you're right, on Reddit there were always offshoot communities that were essentially the same exact thing just of different sizes and run by different people. There'll probably always be the "most popular" one, and then several offshoots for the same topic but perhaps a better sense of community because it's hundreds or thousands of users vs millions or tens of millions of users.
Remembering the exact instance and community name combinations will take a little extra effort, but not significantly and subscribing negates that mostly.
I daily a KSC75 on a headband because it weighs almost nothing and I spend a lot of time at the PC. I don't use it as much for pure music listening but daily computer stuff it's all I use.
Can't beat Koss' mod-ability. I babysat a kitten for a few days a while back and he was in my lap and bit right through the left side wire like it was nothing and I luckily had a spare ready to go, just popped them on the headband and good to go in 2 minutes. Saved the broken pair, desoldered the wires and put the drivers into an OH2000 from Aliexpress. Sounds great there too.
As I type this, THX 789 -> U12t.
In general, my favorites are U12t, Letshuoer Z12, Diana v2, and Koss KSC75 on a headband.
Recently got the Qudelix 5K and am impressed with it's absurd feature set and sound quality even over AAC.
Great band! Found them recently too and immediately added to the rotation.