I've been playing live for over 10 years and also work as a FOH engineer. I ordered these based on the many many great reviews, thinking they couldn't miss on a price tag so high.
These are honestly one of the worst pairs of IEMs I've tried. Contrary to the reviews:
- They have little to no bass (tried with all rubber & foam fits). Was taken aback by this as all reviews said the bass is heavy.
- They have a horrible splashy high frequency boost (5-6K) that needs heavy EQing, and no 'air' or presence.
- They are flat as can be, even flatter than my HD650's mixing headphones. They sound like the heapdhones you get to use on an airplane.
I can't believe it, I am not saying this lightly: I am EXTREMELY dissapointed.
For this price tag I expected stellar sound. I honestly can't believe it and almost feel like I've gotten a different or malfunctional product from what's been advertised. They sound worse than my 100EUR Shures that have a nice rounded bass. Hell, they sound worse than my Anker bluetooth in-ears or the 70eur cheap chinese pair of IEMs that own.
I just can't explain this.
The only thing that these have going for them is really really good isolation and comfort. Build quality is also good.
Will return these ASAP.