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Regarding bass (lows) you say: 'they were present and hit hard enough, just not at the level a true basshead might be looking for. The Life of Pablo by Kanye followed in a similar fashion, and songs like “Waves” and “Famous” didn’t leave me asking for more' but do they accurately portray what you hear live?  With headphones (open, closed and IEM's), I find that acoustic bass notes are portrayed accurately, relatively speaking, but electronically amplified bass never seems to accurately compare to what your hear live at a concert.  I know part of that is, at a live concert you feel, viscerally, the bass in addition to hearing it but with cans it just doesn't seem to sound the same in intensity.  Just puzzled why acoustic and amplified bass have such disparity when listening through cans.  I can't be the only one who experiences this.

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Thanks for the response @cvbcbcmv!  I would love to listen to the Dulce Bass model but finding a brick and mortar establishment where I could try to listen to a universal close to where I live is near impossible.  I know I could order a universal to listen to and return they if they didn't fit my need but I just find that not the most honest thing to do.  Also, I can never get a proper seal with universal IEM's so I'd have to go custom.  Unfortunately, the Katana is out of my price range at the moment.