I'm upping a bit of bass on all of my earbuds, so I see no problem here. "By mistake" EE combined PT15 with cheaper over ear silver cable, so with  foams earbuds stay directly in to ear canal, and so bass is just enough. I'm not used to wear earbuds this way, but like with ES100, it gives best...

I wouldn't call it hot After a week of playing with them, I wouldn't say that burn in added any extra bass, more or less they are the same.  Treble are emphasized , but not hot, as PT15+silver cable not suffering from sibilance or any kind of distorsion, they provide clear and high...

Real, real :) do not worry

Thank you!

I'll glad to see the link to comparison originak knowles BA with "identical". I.Valux, Dodocool, **** etc hybrides using noname noseless BA.  Sellers of **** DT4 on Ali using Photoshoped pictures of original 30042  

  except for statements of the sellers, I have never seen evidence that there is truly Knowles BA inside. I think it is some kind of substitute

Inexpensive little wonder - Kinera BAS02, bassy single armature earphones for $18

Few weeks ago I bought from ebay "Genuine Apple ME186ZM/A", should be double armature driver eaphones, but received fake single driver chinese version. Be careful with purchases of "genuine Apple" earphones on ebay.   By the way, does anyone know what kind of driver it has inside...

I've spent some time with Dodocool DA36, and I don't feel like they are dark or bassy. A little bit V shaped, with surprisingly sharp and detailed trebles... but for the price of $17.8 they are cheapest hybrides up to now    

Just a bit over your budget, but much better then Joyroom - MusicMaker TW1  ...

MusicMaker TW1  

Monks are good $5 headphones, but unfortunately, they are not even in the same league.

They are good and I enjoy listening them. A little bit V shaped sound signature with plenty of bass and treble. they are loud and clear with topping NX1

http://www.head-fi.org/t/726119/review-vivo-xplay-3s-xe800-mobile-audio-perfection/435

Do you think there is any difference between MM T61 and T71?