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Instead, it was the options from existing headphone makers that really stole the show for me.
Its the high cost of dynamic drivers that headphone makers have been known to complain about.
xMEMS had a 3D printed earbud prototype of the Cypress solid-state drivers being demoed at CES 2024.
In the IEM industry, I would not say quality is becoming more affordable.
The trouble is, the drivers are expensive.
Not least because the price of the Aurvana Ace is $129 / 134 (approx.
This is how small the three generations of xMEMS' solid-state drivers are, from Montara and Cowell to Cypress.
AU$200).
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