only if the product can withstand the test of time… and this is something, even china has to be patient..
eg watches… china has been producing excellent quality watches for decades…one of the top brand is seagull… goes back a long way, with some achievements and with quality… however little is known in the real world..

because the pitching noise is like trump.
everytime they see any speaker made in china, they will come and tariff them.
No need fact, just refer country of origin.

It seems XM2-5 have different profiles
So far I heard 4 is the best

I have an xm3 earpong and it's actually really good anc also good. But sadly it's battery got issue already one side always die early.

But imo, it's quite bassy...I prefer something more neutral

The sound gone already...and never encountered it since. Not even on the new one

thought u wanna compare sony with fiio, hifiman, moondrop. see see go compare with edifier and wht the hell is qcy?

lol.

Marantz got produced top quality cd player. Always won in hifi reviews in the late 90s. I still got mine - a CD63 MkII KI Signature

Samsung is getting fucking everything, fuck samsung

I lup my moondrop space travel, best rm100 spend

My Xiaomi instant water boiler worked only 4 months and then kaput. My online seller auto AI reply said warranty for 3 years but when asked how to send back no reply

what is pitching sound?

never heard of this term before in hifi.... lol


check out hifiman, fiio, shanling, etc to name a few of the high end audio. there are tons of products not exported out and we have not heard of them

https://hifiman.com/#1

What brand bookshelf speaker recommended?

I know got many but i think you know better

so you buy speakers based on country?
I hate how speaker seller says this speaker is made in country xxx.

proves that the price gap does have a sound different

how much are the one u just listed?

that's like saying RM150 vs RM400-800 vs over RM1k
there will be difference but it all depends how much u spend....a RM100-150 will never have the sound profile of a RM400 ones

Xm3 with me for 6yrs. Battery still good and long hr.

But the ear pad already change twice. Don't buy those lousy China ear pad. Can't even last 1/2 yrs.

Next I would like to try the Bose series or XM5 or Sennheiser Momentum?

i think XM4 is better than XM5
and i saw on used market, XM4 is holding it's value better than XM5...maybe that's an indication
but that's just me after hearing it

XM5 has better call function

previously yamaha av left malatsia, now this? damn sad.

I tried Edifier S3000 Pro before and it is worth the money if bought at 2K during promotion and better than most generic brands (Samsung, Sony, Philips etc) at a similar price, plenty of reviewers praise it as well.

I have switched to Hivi H8 (a different color version of M5A) that I bought through TaoBao which cost me RM 4K all in. A leap upgrade from S3000 Pro and personally I think it is better than my father-in-law's Bowers & Wilkins 607 S2 that I hear often.

wtf do they need so many sound brands?