I enabled a VPN set to the UK and I see several options with free shipping. In the US AliExpress has coupons/discounts at the beginning of the month as part of "Choice Days". I think they do this in other regions as well.
About a week ago, I observed that there had been a change, and there are now options for the Artti T10, which ship to the UK. Sometimes I wonder - are the representatives of these companies reading our posts on ASR?. Cos it was not long after I posted the observation, that the Artti T10 became available on AliExpress, for shipping to the UK.
Believe me - about two weeks ago, I searched frantically on Ali-Express and there was nothing available for me to order, at that time.
The challenge I now have is, the CCA CRA, has been a total revelation, an item I bought on a whim, cos the price at the time I bought, was impossible to ignore. I am pretty happy with it, and it gets harder by the day, to justify any further purchases of IEMs, especially any in the Artti T10's price bracket.
It has changed my appetite to spending on IEMs. I also am revising (until I listen to one), my expectation of the benefit of planar magnetics. From what I have read, it's not all plusses, cos each transducer technology, introduces its own issues. With the CCA CRA, I could afford to be displeased with it. I generally am not the kind of person who would return a low cost item, if I did not like it, unless it had a serious flaw contrary to the product description. - i.e the manufacturer or seller lied to me.
The Artti T10 is about £55 (when the VAT which will be charged, is added), and shipping is free - at this time. I'm tempted to wait for either the Chinese version of Black Friday or the Western Black Friday, cos I think I can now afford to wait, when hopefully one may get this at a bargain. It's become a nice to have, rather than a MUST have.
Thankfully I tried some memory foam tips on the T10's, got a good seal, and was able to hear their sound.
