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Moondrop Blessing 3 - A redemption arc?

Ever since the release of the Chu which ruled the the budget market for a grand total of 2 months, Moondrop has not been in the spotlight since. The long standing issue of Moondrop only having the Blessing2 and Blessing2 Dusk (not tuned completely by the company) as the mid-tier price entries pretty much meant that these products were competing with newer products that could offer more or similar for less. Coupled with mediocre or even subpar releases, alongside the company's tendency to overmarket to the anime-loving community, it was really difficult to recommend any of their under $500 products. And then the Blessing 3 came about - a hybrid 2DD + 4BA promising to improve upon the already decent DNA of the Blessing 2. There was no question, it was time to see if Moondrop can keep up with the other audio releases in such a fast-moving market. I was glad to see that there was not really a price difference between the Blessing 2 and Blessing 3, which meant it was a serious product t