First of all, for the first time, I had to have privilege of the ignore button. I really needed this and I'm really sorry to say that.
Going back to the subject, During the black friday, I came across with the headphones from a brand that I've never heard which I put the link below.
C1 Monitoring HIFI
https://a.aliexpress.com/_BTmkc7
The comments looked promising and I actually liked the design so I decided to pull the trigger for it and it turned out to be great. Seriously great.
Well, I'm not that experienced with the headphones because I mostly dealt with the IEMs for many years. However, I'm a really good critical listener and this guy gives me a great pleasure to listen to the songs.
First of all, it needs power. The more power you give the better performance you get. The build is really good and well above my expectations. The two way metal part on the top not that symmetrical to each other but I can ignore that. I should also mention that it didn't come with the retail package. It came in a black box which has an average quality and with a average cable. But I don't see any need to change the cable for now.
My first notice is that the imaging and timbre is very very good considering the 50$ price I paid for it.
The bass is the fun part. I believe its wooden body contributes to that sweet timbre. I have this experience with the speakers but I felt it the best with one of the oldest iems I have which has also a wooden body Jvc Ha-Fx700. C1 hits punchy and sub bass extension is also very very good. It's quite controlled most of the cases. Great with the bass guitar.
I think it's slightly u shaped having the mids on the background but just a little. Not that thin though and in the right place for me. I like both male and female vocals.
When it comes to treble the extension is also good. I thought it'd s... at that part but no. Technicalities surprise me on that guy and I hear many details.
If you play with the equalizer, it's quite responsive too. Handles it very well. Having it closed back might make you think the scene is not that big. However, that's not true either. The scene is three dimensional. I see it locates the instruments on the horizontal level, vertical level with a quite good depth which is my favorite part of having the drummer on the back side hitting dum tissss. There's a small ventilation hole on the top side for each the driver and it surprised me with the soundstage. Of course don't expect anything like hd800 level. This guy's just 50 bucks and might be a really good choice.
Comfort is also very good. However, the air circulation is not good as you might expect. It starts tickling me in my ear after using it more than 40 mins. So, I take it as a warning to give a break.
Hoping that they don't have qc issues, I totally recommend. Seeing others in the feedback satisfied on AE doesn't surprise me now. And one more thing: if you don't like the sound you can change the drivers. Imho, it's even good money for the design.