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Sweden

500+ Head-Fier
Pros: Ability to transform , comfort, build, looks
Cons: You can only wear them with the ear guides, lacking in clarity and sound only average in stock form
It's a bit of a dream to find a reasonably priced product that literally with a switch of a button can sound just as good as some of the best in-ears I've tried out. The plug-in that performs this feat is free and very simple and is called TB-EZQ. The increase in clarity, mid and high detail, soundstaging, imaging and overall tightness, crispness and refinement are extraordinary. I said before it's a bigger change than going from 64 kbps to FLAC, but its more like going from listening to the radio on an old receiver to listening to music from a good DAP. I only have the CKM500 and RE-262 to do a side to side comparisons at the moment and GR06 + TB EZQ is winning every round. Not by small margin, its very clear when you listen to all three at the same time which is superior regardless of music choice. Only problem I have with these are a bit of a mid-bass hump that works better for some music than others. Not exactly a problem that is hard to fix. 
ocstew
ocstew
It sounds great. The thing is, Sweden seems to be always pushing this setup everywhere for some reason, and while it might be awesome his TB EZQ isn't exactly for everyone. So all in all, the GR06 sound excellent by themselves regardless of what he says.
belushka
belushka
is the mid bass hump good for metal?
Sweden
Sweden
They sound pretty good for 60$ without any software, but are lacking in clarity and have sort of a veil over the sound.
I don't believe even 1/10 of head-fiers would prefer stock GR06 before some sort of EQd GR06 in a blind test. If you haven't tried TB EZQ with GR06 than this is a pretty pointless conversation to have.
I wouldn't say the mid bass hump is good in it self for metal, but they sound truly amazing with a song like Dio - Holy Diver. Without software not so amazing, but still decent. The bass is not the tightest nor fastest, but that gives it a certain weight. The bass of a EPH-100 more refined and tighter and overall more enjoyable.

Sweden

500+ Head-Fier
Pros: Neutral, detailed and open sound. Price.
Cons: Cable is a bit flimsy. Pretty heavy. Straight plug.
This is not going to be a long review scrutinizing every aspect of how it sounds or other features. I will try to keep it to the point. 
 
 

Sound 
Very balanced out between the lows, mids and highs. The upper midrange and highs are nicely detailed but possess no harshness or sibilance. Very clear sweet sounding midrange. Not sweet sounding as in colored but transparent. Bass have good punch for an earbud and is nicely layered. I have found this earbud to work well with pretty much anything I have thrown at it music wise. Everything from hiphop to classical is sounding great. The above average size soundstage makes it good for "audiophile" type music. Overall I think it sounds a bit like a HD-600 just not as refined. 
 
 
Comfort 
Some how my left ear is loving these a bit more than the right one but on a whole I found them to be great in this aspect. The solid metal housing and large driver makes them a bit heavy so if you are sensitive to earbuds this could be an extra problem.  
 
 
Quality And Looks 
The heavy duty metal housing induces confidence in durability, but at the same time the cable is tangle prone and a bit flimsy. Hisoundaudio call this an audiophile grade earphone of which I can agree. The cable is however anything but audiophile grade quality. They are also pretty funky looking. 
 
 

Conclusion 
For the price I really believe this to be an excellent and all-round earphone. If this was 150 USD I still think it would be a fair deal.
Lorspeaker
Lorspeaker
hehe...since u brought in the HD600...i would throw in the HE5 blend into the hd600, layered, fluttering, palpable...
geez, what am i saying....just go and buy a pair...a good alternative to an iem to bring along to town really.
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