Excellent review! I'd only slightly disagree with you in that I think the U12t is special in every single category - perhaps it doesn't score 100% but compared to almost every IEM bar that $3K+ crazy units, it outdoes most $1000+ IEMs in every department, possibly with the exception of DD bass specialists, as you mention. Considering the U12t out-resolves one of the world's most resolving headphones (HD800), and beats it handily for bass response and weight, any suggestion that resolution 'suffers' is only by comparison to those overpriced flagships that squeeze every bit of resolution from their treble response at the cost of the smooth, warm sound that makes the U12t so versatile - and unique - among the flagships.
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