It’s true, price doesn’t always equate to a better smoking pipe. But it also depends on someone’s tastes/likes. Because if someone is smoking a simple blend, or one dimensional, then it’s not going to matter much, unless someone had an extremely bad pipe for whatever reasons. Or someone’s palate isn’t very refined to appreciate the complexity of a complex blend.
And, very important, depending on the blend, you might have to adjust the preparation, drying packing, and changing the smoking cadence.
As an example, blends that are delicate, subtle complex blends, have to be sipped/smoked slowly easily, and keeping the fire heat to a minimum.
To much fire/heat destroys complexity, this is the reasons I don’t keep my pipes lit. Barely lighting, a few sips, letting it go out, cool down and repeat, will yield maximum flavors in complex blends. You have to be like a Wine Taster, sipping and hunting and going slowly.
