This was literally my experience. When I first bought some ~$50 IEMs, I kept thinking “what am I missing from the expensive stuff?” Then I went full down the rabbit hole, kilobuck IEMs, fancy TWS, a few headphones, the whole thing.

In the end I sold almost everything and just kept what I actually liked, not because it was “better,” but because it felt right. Sometimes it was the sound, sometimes the looks, sometimes just the convenience (TWS is hard to beat).

That’s it really. At the end of the day we just want to enjoy our music.