05-Dec-2023, 23:09
I was early adopter for the Gemini 1 - got it at launch.
The sound was AMAZING...but ZERO reliability. Charge all night....wake up, one is at 100 the other at 0.
Tried to get more than a 20% discount on the Gemini 2...they wouldn't budge.
I ended up having my Gemini 1's replaced under warranty.
Got a 'new' pair of Gemini 1's a few weeks ago. Again, sound great! But listened for 7 minutes to 1.5 songs and one ear was down 1-2 percent, the other down 13%.
Same battery issues and zero reliability.
So after spending $350 or whatever for those, just no way I can spend another $450 bucks for something until I see lots of rave reviews.
The gemini 1 sound amazing....but sooooo many times I needed to use them for calls, the batteries were dead, and/or drained insanely fast (I never used ANC for calls or anything).
So not going to spend $700+ on 2 pair of unreliable earbuds.
ALL of that said....I LOVE my Expert Pro 440....and my Phantom Reactor 900 that I got at launch.
I would LOVE to get the new gemini 2 if they were reliable..and the wind noise reduction sounds good too.
The sound was AMAZING...but ZERO reliability. Charge all night....wake up, one is at 100 the other at 0.
Tried to get more than a 20% discount on the Gemini 2...they wouldn't budge.
I ended up having my Gemini 1's replaced under warranty.
Got a 'new' pair of Gemini 1's a few weeks ago. Again, sound great! But listened for 7 minutes to 1.5 songs and one ear was down 1-2 percent, the other down 13%.
Same battery issues and zero reliability.
So after spending $350 or whatever for those, just no way I can spend another $450 bucks for something until I see lots of rave reviews.
The gemini 1 sound amazing....but sooooo many times I needed to use them for calls, the batteries were dead, and/or drained insanely fast (I never used ANC for calls or anything).
So not going to spend $700+ on 2 pair of unreliable earbuds.
ALL of that said....I LOVE my Expert Pro 440....and my Phantom Reactor 900 that I got at launch.
I would LOVE to get the new gemini 2 if they were reliable..and the wind noise reduction sounds good too.
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MAIN: Devialet Expert Pro 440, KEF R11, JL Audio Fathom 112v2, Niagara 1200, Audioquest Monsoon, NRG-Z3 cables, bi-wire Rocket 33.
BEDROOM: KEF LS-50, Nuprime IDA-16, Node 2i, JL Audio e-sub 110, Crystal Cables
GYM: Devialet Reactor 900
EARS: Gemini on order, and custom JH Audio - JH13v2 Pro's
ROON running on 8-bay QNAP NAS for Tidal Streaming (no stored music)
MAIN: Devialet Expert Pro 440, KEF R11, JL Audio Fathom 112v2, Niagara 1200, Audioquest Monsoon, NRG-Z3 cables, bi-wire Rocket 33.
BEDROOM: KEF LS-50, Nuprime IDA-16, Node 2i, JL Audio e-sub 110, Crystal Cables
GYM: Devialet Reactor 900
EARS: Gemini on order, and custom JH Audio - JH13v2 Pro's
ROON running on 8-bay QNAP NAS for Tidal Streaming (no stored music)
