I hear ya, I’m a broke med student myself so I know all about penny pinching. Most of what I have was either thrifted/salvaged, given to me, or bought at the absolute lowest price I could lol. Performance isn’t a big deal to me, I just grow for personal use and gifting, so as long as it works it works. All I know is that these little 96s pack a lot of wallop in a little package. The only reason I went with the 350R is that I got a great deal, it was cheaper than getting 2 more 96s and drivers. To me, chasing performance is futile. Every few months the next “best” thing comes out. As soon as you buy something, it’s already well on it’s way to being “obsolete”