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IAmAgainst t1_ja40gxn wrote

I don't feel I'm missing anything with the Aryas but if I ever upgrade it will be for those ones. With their price, there's no reason to buy the Aryas when the HE1000 are so close. I paid €1000 for the Aryas but if I were to buy them new I would save a little bit more and go for the HE1000.

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ProphetNimd t1_ja3xl3j wrote

Used to lose my dirty buds occasionally back in the day but ever since I've started buying "real" earbuds/IEMs, never once. They're either in a safe place or I use them so often that they're in a prominent place like my desk or bedside table. I rarely crinkle them up in my pockets anymore.

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covertash t1_ja3w22i wrote

Congrats!

Yeah, I came to very similar conclusions over long-term listening between these two as well. The HEK v2 is a wonderful all-rounder that is easier to listen to without fatigue - and this was even doing comparison listening across multiple combinations of source chains as well.

I was able to take advantage of a trade-in for my Ananda to upgrade to the HEK v2, and have no regrets. So I'm heavily considering doing a similar trade-in for the Arya SE to go up to something else, otherwise, they'll likely end up getting sold later this year.

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