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Sep 4, 2015

So I received mine today, and I'd like to give my thoughts on these in detail. Firstly as most have already mentioned, the unboxing was quite a task. Don't get me wrong I'm not the impatient one, rather I love the unboxing experience, but this one was just too arduous. Too many tapes, too delicate parts and box in box kind of stuff. Anyway for me it was still fun and I love the amount of detail they put into it.
Coming to Sound, first experience was good, not great. They sounded a little hollow, with projection a little scooped out in the mids and lows. A few hours into burn and they began to show their true color. Sound is detailed, very accurate, I was surprised by the fact that some parts of music where there was too much layering sounded new, with subtle details I had not noticed before. I'm sure they'll get better with more burn in time. Coming to filters: Gold : Very good sounding airy, with lot of high end shimmer. No sibilance at all. However, as the guide mentioned, it is mostly suitable for classical music or A Capella kind of music unless you just love that extra treble. Silver : Very accurate right mixture of all the spectrum. I'd prefer them for reference monitoring. Black : Extremely fun sounding, gets you that little extra bass. Loved listening on these for a couple of hours. However, as I mentioned, I'd still go with Silver as they are more accurate and neutral.
Supplied ear tips didn't give me an accurate seal so I changed to the white ones. Once I had spend enough time with the filters and decided which one I wanted, I swapped the silicon tips with the supplied memory foam tips and they give pretty damn good seal.
They do have some weight, but they rest in the ear very well and I don't see them coming off unless you are into parkour.
In comparison to Shure se215, I'd say the only difference between these and se215 is the bass. se215 doesn't pack so much bass punch however it's bass is very accurate nonetheless. For the price they definitely beat se215 easily and to be very frank if I were going for a BA headphone I'd prefer something that has multiple drivers.
I'm pretty sure they'll beat se215 in the long run after about an 100 hours of burn in time, and I'll definitely try both side by side then.
TL;DR: I received my set of iems today in perfect condition and they sound kickass!

Sep 4, 2015