JBuds J5 Earbuds-Style Headphones (Black Pearl)

With DAC ONLY
Pros:

1. Best sounding headphone so far.   Sounds well balanced.
2. Comfortable to wear and lightweight
3. Mids – Cleaner and neat – (7.5/10)  
4. Highs – Not too overbearing – Clean but not crisp. Ok for long listening sessions. (6/10)
5. Bass – Quality of bass is best I have heard so far - still average. (6/10)

 
Cons:

1. Right earbud makes a clicking noise (that some earbuds make, when applying slight pressure to the earbud while it’s in your ear).  I notice some cheaper earbuds do this.  I think it’s the membrane inside flexing due to air pressure. Left earbud does not do this. Odd.

 

 
DAC & AMP (Tube) – Additional Comments
Pros:

1. Warmth of Amp flattened sound again – But the headphone still sounded balanced.   This is the first headphone to handle the AMP warmth decently.
2. Bass – still clear but got boomy – Handled as low as 30hz decently.  It is happy around 30 – 65hz.  It loses it around 20/25hz.   [actually got the earbud to shake a bit in my ear] (7/10)
3. Highs – Stayed about the same – 6/10

Cons:

1. Mids – Got lost a little with the warmth but decent still – 7/10