After playing around with some lower-cost IEMs against the Sennheisers and finding that the Sennheisers were actually beating some of them, I kind of got scared for a moment. If they defeated or were even close to my $1,000–$2,000 IEMs, what would my life mean? Well, that answer was found, and boy, was it a complete, manhandled destruction of the Sennheisers. There is nothing Bluetooth could do against my Solos by 64 Audio or my Valhallas by Thieaudio. It was a complete embarrassment. It was like a child playing Nerf basketball and thinking that meant they could go play in the NBA. It was that kind of destruction and result.
There is a reason why the Valhalla is the endgame of IEMs. So it is not a big surprise that the Sennheisers could not keep up with that kind of performance. It was not even fair for me to ask that of them, I know. This really does not mean anything against the work of Sennheiser, but it does remind you that a true difference and limit still exist between Bluetooth and wired IEMs when it is time for them to show up with the best versus the best. Plus, there is a huge price difference between $299 and $2000. Even my Solos by 64 Audio destroy them at $1200, as they should. So, I have finally landed on earth again and come down from my high about the Sennheisers, now that I can once again hear that they are still a flawed format with limits, as they should be with Bluetooth. Even if they are the very best in sound for Bluetooth, there is still a ceiling.
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