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I know people complain about price, but custom in-ear monitors for musicians are on the same scale of price as hearing aids. Good in-ear monitors like good ear
by bsder 5y ago
I know people complain about price, but custom in-ear monitors for musicians are on the same scale of price as hearing aids. Good in-ear monitors like good earphones are expensive.
I suspect, like the earphone market, this is going to become a marketing-driven race to the bottom that swamps any genuine technical improvement.
- munk-a 5y agoTechnical improvement has been pretty stunted since the 90s anyways. The hearing aide market is insanely marked up and ends up costing an extremely significant chunk of change whenever you need a replacement. I also would mention that custom in-ear monitors for musicians apply to a really niche market as well - so we don't really have a broad market to compare either of these to.
- rjzzleep 5y agoActually CIEM balanced armature drivers were originally made for hearing aids. They're conceptually very similar, but most of the market is consolidated to 2 main manufacturers Knowles and Sonion(+ some niche manufacturers). If anything the Chinese are disrupting this market, in price, volume and choice. Just like they're doing with cheap lenses such as omnivision.