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For the audiophiles. Anyone tried it? It's not even a very new phenomenon apparently.
I met up with a mate who had got a small player and some headphones from AliBaba and was very satisfied with the extra high quality for such cheap prices - he said that there's a sweet spot around $50 where you're getting kit that is as good as fancy overpriced stuff that costs 10x as much (so it exists, it's not just an internet hype! though it seems to play out on forums like a meme)
This pretty much tells it like he told it https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20943377/chinese-hi-fi-audio-chifi-fiio-hifiman-tin-audio
I kind of like the egalitarian, undermining brandism and western trade models aspect to it, though there are other stereotypings and bullshit involved instead to some extent...
More
https://www.forbes.com/global/2007/0129/058.html#3530b69c32d5
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/review-kz-ate-hi-fi-earphones/
and some amazing and weird looking stuff here https://www.lifewire.com/best-chi-fi-products-3134940
I met up with a mate who had got a small player and some headphones from AliBaba and was very satisfied with the extra high quality for such cheap prices - he said that there's a sweet spot around $50 where you're getting kit that is as good as fancy overpriced stuff that costs 10x as much (so it exists, it's not just an internet hype! though it seems to play out on forums like a meme)
This pretty much tells it like he told it https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20943377/chinese-hi-fi-audio-chifi-fiio-hifiman-tin-audio
I kind of like the egalitarian, undermining brandism and western trade models aspect to it, though there are other stereotypings and bullshit involved instead to some extent...
More
https://www.forbes.com/global/2007/0129/058.html#3530b69c32d5
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/review-kz-ate-hi-fi-earphones/
and some amazing and weird looking stuff here https://www.lifewire.com/best-chi-fi-products-3134940