Very close to neutral bass, good sub bass. Just tad under the neutral mids, high mids are boosted. Extreme exaggerated higs; rather big peak on 5 KHz with huge one 10 Db at 10 KHz still this ain't something what is that hard to iron out with EQ. Sound stage ain't anything special but separation is rather good. All in all pretty good. Got them on outlet for 25$. Second gen is only refined first gen so if you can grab first one with discount they represent much higher bang for $.