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The Aperio was magnificent across the frequency spectrum. The Bravura was outstanding as well but has slightly less impactfull bass.
I am clinically deaf and need to adjust balance significantly to center sound. This means that volume to the left channel is +18db (technically-18db adjustment to the right channel). The good news is that my primary auditory nerve is healthy so if I get enough volume I hear 99% of frequency range.
Although the folks at Warwick acknowledge that the Amp section could be more powerful. Normal hearing folks were at 80% of volume.
I ordered a Stax x9000 as it was the best of the bunch. The crbn struggles with bass and is a little rolled off in the highs. I'm sure you can assume I tend to brighter headphones for insight. For musicality and enjoyment though I love my Meze Elites and the Dan Clark Expanse. Expanse I bought on the spot at canjam socal.
I also bought the LTA Z10E Amp on the spot as well. Just a superb Amp with incredible transparency and tight bass, crystal clear mids and airy treble with great harmonics. I will use my Chord TT2 Dac with mScaler as the dac input to the Z10e.
I also own the Focal Utopia.
For my TV I use the Sparkos Aries II amp with the ifi zen blue as my Bluetooth streamer from my TV. My headphones forvTV use are the Meze Lirics.
For portable use I use the Chord Mojo2/Poly, Roon Arc App, and a pair of empire ears iems.
My home network has a Roon Nucleus connected and my internet is running at 1.2gb speed.
I agree with a lot of your experience. i also thought the aperio was better than the bravura. the volume is what bothered me too. while i don't listen at high volume, every now and then if there's a song I want to jam out to, then it's nice to know I can. outside of that the stax x9000 was the most impressive headphone for me as well. I liked it in the wooaudio room. I have to agree with you on the Z10E as well. I heard the Z10E with another attendee's Sennhieser HE60 (aka "baby orpheus") and that was also very impressive. Great purchases!