Even better idea: Get an old LG G7 phone. It has a decent ESS DAC/amp built in (better than most cheap DAPs), flawlessly supports AptX HD and has a very good bluetooth range. Plus, it's a smartphone. So you can actually run apps like Spotify and Tidal decently on it.

It's noticeable, but fine for me. Different people have different sensitivities in the treble range. Mine is around 8khz. Everything from 10khz is fine for me, which is the reason I really don't mind the infamous Beyerdynamic treble, but cannot stand most asian-style-tuned IEMs

Cleaning your ears too often/rough/thoroughly will irritate your ear canals and cause swelling. Be gentle to yourself :)

Exactly. When moving around or doing sports, microphonics and environment will drown out any bass on neutrally tuned IEMs. You absolutely need a healthy bass boost when being out and about and actually want to enjoy the music you're listening to. Neutral is for critical listening at home.

You know... Some people actually like bass.

Review's up! As always, you may ask me any question in this thread or via pm. https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/etymotic-evo.25225/reviews#review-26184

I've only had half an hour with these, but I was utterly unimpressed. They sound decently spacious for closed-backs with a surprising amount of stage height. Bass was shockingly average and had a tendency of becoming a one-note blob. Midrange tonality was completely off, at least for my taste...

I've never heard the AT models, but the Z1R get their ass handed to them by most 500$-ish headphones.

The EVO certainly like that extra power!

Man @OspreyAndy you're a quick one! Good work, though. Unfortunately, I won't finish my review (and continue the tour) before next week. My work schedule is hell this week. Meanwhile, here's a nice photo :)

Fedex just managed to catch me at home, so the European tour is kicking off!

This. And several measurements prove that. They have a pretty downslope signature with strong bass, voluminous and warm mids and soft, almost recessed treble. It would take a lot of modding to make them sound v-shaped.

The only difference I can hear between 320 and flac is high frequency stuff, like cymbals and staging/imaging. The difference is very minor, though. I just recently have Tidal another chance, but I'd rather sacrifice the 1% loss in sound quality in exchange for the superior curated content and...

Musical, dynamic and rhythmic don't tell you anything about how these buds actually sound. In fact, these are just fluff-words words you'll find in 99% of the reviews out there. Most "reviewers" actually don't know what they're writing about. I'm even having a wild theory in my head that most...