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The Nicehck is a Chifi company with a good name for their awesomely priced, yet practical cables and I have used two of them till now for my BLON-03 (you know how blon cables are hehe 
). This is their flagship earbud – The EBX 21 which I am getting a chance to review today!!!
NICEHCK EBX 21
DISCLAIMER- The NiceHCK EBX21 is provided by the courtesy of HIFIGO as part of review tour in INDIA. But this subjective review of mine are my own thoughts and I am not being paid anything to say positive or negative about this iem. That said I want to thank HIFIGO for giving me an opportunity to hear it!!! You can find the store link here (not affiliated, of course LOL)
UNBOXING EXPERIENCE-
It’s a simple one for sure. It came in a nice medium sized Fabric Blue hard carry case. This has a lot of space inside to keep all the accessories and iems completely!!! This was sent to me in this fashion to at least have the min shipping costs and also our country's customs are a big fan of leving good amount of taxes haha!!!
IEMS-BUILD & FIT-
The iems are build solid with a good metal CNC build. I love the blue and red rings for R and L differentiation since with an earbud they look the same both sides haha!!! These have mmcx connectors which I don’t like at all (too many broken iems just because the connectors died ☹) These are a bit on the larger side and hence the fit for me isn’t that good, I have to readjust them multiple times in a single song. To maintain the fit, I used it with smaller silicon tips, but it seems like foamies are the way to go for sure.
CABLES-
The cable is awesome. They feel really supple and do have a heft to them for sure. They are fabric coated and are silver plated copper. The one I got has 3.5mm on the source end but apparently you can choose which connector you want which is really good. What I would suggest though is use this with a warmer source and a good copper cable and you will be set!!!(at least till you try a new one HAHAHA
)
ACCESSORIES-
I just got the tips with it and I used them pretty much!!!
SPECS-
CAYIN N6II WITH T01 AS DAC and topping A30s (modded with burson v5i) and L30 AND XDUOO MT602 on desktop side.
SOUND (This is subjective, yours and mine might vary)-
BASS AND SUBBASS-
The mid bass are nice!!! There’s enough midbass punch with the air around the instruments here!!! The snare drums hits hard and well differentiated than the kick-bass. While the kick-bass has a less energy, the snare drums have more energy and hence its pretty good there. The toms have good punch and sound so different than the others. They all present a little lean tonality and with more air around them. The imaging is excellent overall with good inter-instrumental separation. The mid-bass has good texture and a taller feel rather than a thicker feel to it. The subbass though is not that great, it feels like- it’s just there a tiny bit all together. Even subbass heavy tracks have like very less subbass. Plus, they don’t go very deep hence that rumble feel - Don’t expect it to be there. Plus, this seems like Flipped vertically V type signature with mids completely forwards and everything else back make this worse too. But the best things are yet to come. As a dialogue in our bollywood movies-" Picture toh abhi baki he mere dost"
MIDS-
This is a completely mid forwards earbuds so expect everything to come to you as you are sitting in the first row of a concert!!! The instruments have a leaner tonality overall. There is more air in everything which helps with the guitars and all but makes piano sound dull. The mids are dynamic and textured. There is good separation between all the instruments and everything has good timbre. My expectation with timbre was a bit high but this didn’t deliver on that but it’s there but its fine haha!!! The notes are pretty dynamic with each having different heights every time and hence the endings of the notes do mix up a bit. The beginnings of the notes are awesomely separated 
but more differentiation is present on the body of the notes pretty much (here I am trying to define each successive guitar string pulls or piano key strokes etc.) This doesn’t mean that the instruments separation is bad, which is rather average btw with each instruments having a decent space surrounding them but this doesn’t do good with much busier track with lots going on around. I think the driver keeps up pretty much but the the culmination of mids forward nature and not a wide soundstage hurts it a bit here. This is more of a bright-neutral presentation overall I would say.
Vocals on the other hand have a slightly lean feeling and are pretty much neutral. The airy nature helps with female vocals a lot and add that essence of air when consonants are emphasized or they take a breath in between. The consonants get a tiny bit sibilant but unless the ‘sss’ are not emphasized too much as per different vocalists this won’t be a problem at all. The male vocals on the other hand are a little lean for my taste but they are excellent in every other way possible. The voices have excellent natural feel to them and the driver didn’t seem to struggle at all. There is no grain in the mids at all. The dynamic nature of the vocals comes through easily and the textured feel in some vocalist’s voice like FRANK SINATRA OR ADELE comes up nicely
. The micro details come through pretty easily and are smooth not too much emphasized hence not making them too much clinical. The reverb is excellent when the songs have it and adds a real good feeling to it!!!
TREBLE-
Lower treble coming from the upper mids have a good amount of energy!!! They are textured and have a good amount of timbre here. They are full of details but felt a little congested with lots of hihats and cymbals going on. Yet the differentiation was there but just missing on the space. This might get bright for some but not for me, I am okay with this much sparkle (Don’t expect to use this for long time
). The crash cymbals might sound a bit metallic but those are made of metals so haha!!! But if you don’t like it, you won’t like it at all. The electric guitars sound awesome but they here have taken a back seat to the mids but have that energy, it’s just their essence is felt a little on the lower side. Flutes are excellent with good air and these are not ear piercing either, trumpets on the other hand wew!!!
(Have reducing volume to these). It’s a little too bright for my taste but my father doesn’t agree much with me since he likes the trumpets to be a little sharp since they are meant to do that. The tonality is perfect and doesn’t take a hit at all, the treble is good enough extended and microdetails aren’t lacking rather they have a big striking presence. The notes bodies are mostly distinguished the best, but the ends and beginning lack a bit. This is really neutral with an airy feeling here, my only major complaint being mids overpower them a bit. Foamies can help with reducing the brightness a lot. You will need them anyways since they are on the bigger side and hence will keep them in ears unlike me where I had to readjust them every 2 mins haha!!! (Fit is very important in the case of earbuds).
HEADSTAGE-
Unlike other earbuds I have this was different. It doesn’t have a wide headstage but rather a taller head stage
. No real depth feeling but stage depth is pretty good and helps also to make us feel the staging more. It’s a mid-forwards earbud for sure with bass and treble taking a back seat (a Vertically flipped ‘V’ shaped sound signature it felt like mostly).
IMAGING SEPARATION AND RESOLUTION-
The imaging is pretty good with good headstage position of instruments. It feels like placement of instruments have a decent place; too busy tracks don’t seem to hamper this at all. But the instrumental separation is pretty good too but they don’t have a space around them as described above rather they nearly touch other hence seemed a bit congested especially in Metallica tracks. The inter notes separation on the other hand is decent in the lower mids, upper mids seems to be decent not as good as the lower mids are. The resolution is good enough since it has that bright- neutral tonality which helps it a lot here.
COMPARSION-
NICEHCK EBX21- Everything is better; soundstage could be more balanced.
VETALA 2- Better bass and fit.
SUMMARY- Great earbuds with a neutral to reference (a little lean) tonality and mid-forwards sound signature with good bright treble. This would be a good recommendation for classicals if you get the fit correct and use earbuds with foam tips and can handle a little bright signature. But this is their first try so i am really hopeful for the best, for the next iteration of this.
). This is their flagship earbud – The EBX 21 which I am getting a chance to review today!!!NICEHCK EBX 21
DISCLAIMER- The NiceHCK EBX21 is provided by the courtesy of HIFIGO as part of review tour in INDIA. But this subjective review of mine are my own thoughts and I am not being paid anything to say positive or negative about this iem. That said I want to thank HIFIGO for giving me an opportunity to hear it!!! You can find the store link here (not affiliated, of course LOL)
UNBOXING EXPERIENCE-
It’s a simple one for sure. It came in a nice medium sized Fabric Blue hard carry case. This has a lot of space inside to keep all the accessories and iems completely!!! This was sent to me in this fashion to at least have the min shipping costs and also our country's customs are a big fan of leving good amount of taxes haha!!!
IEMS-BUILD & FIT-
The iems are build solid with a good metal CNC build. I love the blue and red rings for R and L differentiation since with an earbud they look the same both sides haha!!! These have mmcx connectors which I don’t like at all (too many broken iems just because the connectors died ☹) These are a bit on the larger side and hence the fit for me isn’t that good, I have to readjust them multiple times in a single song. To maintain the fit, I used it with smaller silicon tips, but it seems like foamies are the way to go for sure.
CABLES-
The cable is awesome. They feel really supple and do have a heft to them for sure. They are fabric coated and are silver plated copper. The one I got has 3.5mm on the source end but apparently you can choose which connector you want which is really good. What I would suggest though is use this with a warmer source and a good copper cable and you will be set!!!(at least till you try a new one HAHAHA
)
ACCESSORIES-
I just got the tips with it and I used them pretty much!!!
SPECS-
- Impedance-32 ohm
- Sensitiviity-121db/mw
- Large 14.2mm Dynamic Driver Unit.
- Japan’s LCP (Liquid Crystal Polymer) Diaphragm.
- CNC Machined Ear Shells- they are pretty light though and made of some metal alloy it seems.
- Silver-Plated Copper Tinsel Cable – To be honest, I love the SPC but using a copper cable made it so much better. It just adds more while removing that too much bright feeling sometimes!!!
- PRICE- 219$
CAYIN N6II WITH T01 AS DAC and topping A30s (modded with burson v5i) and L30 AND XDUOO MT602 on desktop side.
SOUND (This is subjective, yours and mine might vary)-
BASS AND SUBBASS-
The mid bass are nice!!! There’s enough midbass punch with the air around the instruments here!!! The snare drums hits hard and well differentiated than the kick-bass. While the kick-bass has a less energy, the snare drums have more energy and hence its pretty good there. The toms have good punch and sound so different than the others. They all present a little lean tonality and with more air around them. The imaging is excellent overall with good inter-instrumental separation. The mid-bass has good texture and a taller feel rather than a thicker feel to it. The subbass though is not that great, it feels like- it’s just there a tiny bit all together. Even subbass heavy tracks have like very less subbass. Plus, they don’t go very deep hence that rumble feel - Don’t expect it to be there. Plus, this seems like Flipped vertically V type signature with mids completely forwards and everything else back make this worse too. But the best things are yet to come. As a dialogue in our bollywood movies-" Picture toh abhi baki he mere dost"
MIDS-
This is a completely mid forwards earbuds so expect everything to come to you as you are sitting in the first row of a concert!!! The instruments have a leaner tonality overall. There is more air in everything which helps with the guitars and all but makes piano sound dull. The mids are dynamic and textured. There is good separation between all the instruments and everything has good timbre. My expectation with timbre was a bit high but this didn’t deliver on that but it’s there but its fine haha
!!! The notes are pretty dynamic with each having different heights every time and hence the endings of the notes do mix up a bit. The beginnings of the notes are awesomely separated but more differentiation is present on the body of the notes pretty much (here I am trying to define each successive guitar string pulls or piano key strokes etc.) This doesn’t mean that the instruments separation is bad, which is rather average btw with each instruments having a decent space surrounding them but this doesn’t do good with much busier track with lots going on around. I think the driver keeps up pretty much but the the culmination of mids forward nature and not a wide soundstage hurts it a bit here. This is more of a bright-neutral presentation overall I would say.Vocals on the other hand have a slightly lean feeling and are pretty much neutral. The airy nature helps with female vocals a lot and add that essence of air when consonants are emphasized or they take a breath in between. The consonants get a tiny bit sibilant but unless the ‘sss’ are not emphasized too much as per different vocalists this won’t be a problem at all. The male vocals on the other hand are a little lean for my taste but they are excellent in every other way possible. The voices have excellent natural feel to them and the driver didn’t seem to struggle at all. There is no grain in the mids at all. The dynamic nature of the vocals comes through easily and the textured feel in some vocalist’s voice like FRANK SINATRA OR ADELE comes up nicely
. The micro details come through pretty easily and are smooth not too much emphasized hence not making them too much clinical. The reverb is excellent when the songs have it and adds a real good feeling to it!!!
TREBLE-
Lower treble coming from the upper mids have a good amount of energy!!! They are textured and have a good amount of timbre here. They are full of details but felt a little congested with lots of hihats and cymbals going on. Yet the differentiation was there but just missing on the space. This might get bright for some but not for me, I am okay with this much sparkle (Don’t expect to use this for long time
). The crash cymbals might sound a bit metallic but those are made of metals so haha!!! But if you don’t like it, you won’t like it at all. The electric guitars sound awesome but they here have taken a back seat to the mids but have that energy, it’s just their essence is felt a little on the lower side. Flutes are excellent with good air and these are not ear piercing either, trumpets on the other hand wew!!!(Have reducing volume to these). It’s a little too bright for my taste but my father doesn’t agree much with me since he likes the trumpets to be a little sharp since they are meant to do that. The tonality is perfect and doesn’t take a hit at all, the treble is good enough extended and microdetails aren’t lacking rather they have a big striking presence. The notes bodies are mostly distinguished the best, but the ends and beginning lack a bit. This is really neutral with an airy feeling here, my only major complaint being mids overpower them a bit. Foamies can help with reducing the brightness a lot. You will need them anyways since they are on the bigger side and hence will keep them in ears unlike me where I had to readjust them every 2 mins haha!!! (Fit is very important in the case of earbuds).HEADSTAGE-
Unlike other earbuds I have this was different. It doesn’t have a wide headstage but rather a taller head stage
. No real depth feeling but stage depth is pretty good and helps also to make us feel the staging more. It’s a mid-forwards earbud for sure with bass and treble taking a back seat (a Vertically flipped ‘V’ shaped sound signature it felt like mostly).IMAGING SEPARATION AND RESOLUTION-
The imaging is pretty good with good headstage position of instruments. It feels like placement of instruments have a decent place; too busy tracks don’t seem to hamper this at all. But the instrumental separation is pretty good too but they don’t have a space around them as described above rather they nearly touch other hence seemed a bit congested especially in Metallica tracks. The inter notes separation on the other hand is decent in the lower mids, upper mids seems to be decent not as good as the lower mids are. The resolution is good enough since it has that bright- neutral tonality which helps it a lot here.
COMPARSION-
NICEHCK EBX21- Everything is better; soundstage could be more balanced.
VETALA 2- Better bass and fit.
SUMMARY- Great earbuds with a neutral to reference (a little lean) tonality and mid-forwards sound signature with good bright treble. This would be a good recommendation for classicals if you get the fit correct and use earbuds with foam tips and can handle a little bright signature. But this is their first try so i am really hopeful for the best, for the next iteration of this.
Disclaimer:-
The NiceHCK EBX21 was sent to me by HiFiGo.com as part of a review tour in my country, in exchange for my honest opinion. I am neither paid by nor affiliated with HiFiGo or NiceHCK in any way and have no incentive whatsoever, for writing anything positive or negative about these earbuds. The views shared in this article are my personal views based on the week or so I spent with the EBX21.
There has been a renaissance of sorts in the earbuds segment with several companies launching buds in various price segments that can give far more expensive IEMs a run for their money. Personally, though, I find it hard to enjoy earbuds primarily because I’m used to the passive isolation of IEMs. Having said that, I will try my best to keep my review of the EBX21 as an earbud while setting aside my bias towards IEMs.
The EBX21 is a flagship earbud from NiceHCK which has a 14.2mm LCP (liquid crystal polymer) based dynamic driver. The unit I received was unboxed, hence, I won’t be able to cover anything in terms of the retail packaging or the unboxing experience itself. The earbuds come with a detachable MMCX cable and a bunch of tips made of rubber and foam.
NiceHCK has included a cool-looking denim/jeans material magnetic carrying case. The cable included is quite unique as it is a silver-plated copper cable with 2 fabric braided wires (tinsel) woven as a twisted pair ending with a premium connector that is available in 3.5mm SE or 4.4mm balanced termination options. The cable is soft and looks and feels premium in every way. Although, I’d like to mention here that this type of cable is more suitable for headphones since the weight could be a problem for some people. In my case, I did not have a problem with the cable per se and would love to get this cable for my Shure SRH1540 headphones (MMCX FTW).
I had a difficult time trying to get the buds to fit my ears properly, but I’d assume that is because I’m more accustomed to IEMs and have a real hard time figuring out how to get a good fit with earbuds in general.
Sound:
Bass:
Like any other pair of earbuds I’ve tried, the sub-bass on the EBX21 seems to be missing. The mid-bass, however, has a good slam but not much in terms of punch. This again is probably because earbuds in general don’t offer the kind of isolation that IEMs do. Overall, the bass is good and doesn’t bleed into the mid-range.
Mids:
The mids sound natural and opulent. Be it instruments, male or female vocals, everything sounded clean without any screechy spikes or sibilance. The wide soundstage of these buds along with clean vocals make it an ideal candidate for those who enjoy operas. Symphonies sound life-like as the buds provide a large sense of scale (something that IEMs often fail to do).
Treble:
The treble is well extended and detail retrieval is excellent. Given the neutral sound signature, this provides for an airy listening experience, which makes it sound lush and well detailed. Fortunately, the EBX21 is not too bright or fatiguing making it a suitable candidate for longer listening sessions.
Overall:
Given the massive soundstage and neutral signature with a laid-back presentation, this is a pair of earbuds that provide excellent scale (everything sounds lifelike, not like a bunch of action figures performing in your head
). The imaging is good too. As mentioned earlier, symphonies sound life-like.
Conclusion:
Earbuds in general, are a difficult zone to conquer. NiceHCK however has managed to create a pair of buds that provide an open-back headphone-like experience in a small form factor. The buds are well suited for longer listening sessions thanks to their non-fatiguing signature. The 14.2mm drivers could be a challenge in terms of fit. For the asking price of 219 USD, this is a wonderful pair for those who love mids and are not too keen on deep hitting, rumbling bass. I’d again like to mention that the cable is fantastic and the carrying case is one of the funky ones I’ve seen in the recent past. Perhaps the bass (especially sub-bass) is one place where this pair can be improved. But that’s a challenge with earbuds in general.
The NiceHCK EBX21 was sent to me by HiFiGo.com as part of a review tour in my country, in exchange for my honest opinion. I am neither paid by nor affiliated with HiFiGo or NiceHCK in any way and have no incentive whatsoever, for writing anything positive or negative about these earbuds. The views shared in this article are my personal views based on the week or so I spent with the EBX21.
There has been a renaissance of sorts in the earbuds segment with several companies launching buds in various price segments that can give far more expensive IEMs a run for their money. Personally, though, I find it hard to enjoy earbuds primarily because I’m used to the passive isolation of IEMs. Having said that, I will try my best to keep my review of the EBX21 as an earbud while setting aside my bias towards IEMs.
The EBX21 is a flagship earbud from NiceHCK which has a 14.2mm LCP (liquid crystal polymer) based dynamic driver. The unit I received was unboxed, hence, I won’t be able to cover anything in terms of the retail packaging or the unboxing experience itself. The earbuds come with a detachable MMCX cable and a bunch of tips made of rubber and foam.
NiceHCK has included a cool-looking denim/jeans material magnetic carrying case. The cable included is quite unique as it is a silver-plated copper cable with 2 fabric braided wires (tinsel) woven as a twisted pair ending with a premium connector that is available in 3.5mm SE or 4.4mm balanced termination options. The cable is soft and looks and feels premium in every way. Although, I’d like to mention here that this type of cable is more suitable for headphones since the weight could be a problem for some people. In my case, I did not have a problem with the cable per se and would love to get this cable for my Shure SRH1540 headphones (MMCX FTW).
I had a difficult time trying to get the buds to fit my ears properly, but I’d assume that is because I’m more accustomed to IEMs and have a real hard time figuring out how to get a good fit with earbuds in general.
Sound:
Bass:
Like any other pair of earbuds I’ve tried, the sub-bass on the EBX21 seems to be missing. The mid-bass, however, has a good slam but not much in terms of punch. This again is probably because earbuds in general don’t offer the kind of isolation that IEMs do. Overall, the bass is good and doesn’t bleed into the mid-range.
Mids:
The mids sound natural and opulent. Be it instruments, male or female vocals, everything sounded clean without any screechy spikes or sibilance. The wide soundstage of these buds along with clean vocals make it an ideal candidate for those who enjoy operas. Symphonies sound life-like as the buds provide a large sense of scale (something that IEMs often fail to do).
Treble:
The treble is well extended and detail retrieval is excellent. Given the neutral sound signature, this provides for an airy listening experience, which makes it sound lush and well detailed. Fortunately, the EBX21 is not too bright or fatiguing making it a suitable candidate for longer listening sessions.
Overall:
Given the massive soundstage and neutral signature with a laid-back presentation, this is a pair of earbuds that provide excellent scale (everything sounds lifelike, not like a bunch of action figures performing in your head
). The imaging is good too. As mentioned earlier, symphonies sound life-like.Conclusion:
Earbuds in general, are a difficult zone to conquer. NiceHCK however has managed to create a pair of buds that provide an open-back headphone-like experience in a small form factor. The buds are well suited for longer listening sessions thanks to their non-fatiguing signature. The 14.2mm drivers could be a challenge in terms of fit. For the asking price of 219 USD, this is a wonderful pair for those who love mids and are not too keen on deep hitting, rumbling bass. I’d again like to mention that the cable is fantastic and the carrying case is one of the funky ones I’ve seen in the recent past. Perhaps the bass (especially sub-bass) is one place where this pair can be improved. But that’s a challenge with earbuds in general.
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Great Review. Do you had chance to compare them with Vmonks ?
NiceHCK EBX21 Review
Disclaimer
NiceHCK EBX21 earbuds have been provided to me for review purposes by HiFiGo. I am in no way related to them, and all impressions shared by me are subjective to my listening capabilities and gear used. You can purchase EBX21 from HiFiGo for 219$ from the link provided below
https://hifigo.com/products/nicehck-ebx21-flagship-flat-in-ear-earphones
About
EBX21 is latest flagship offering from NiceHCK, housing large 14.2mm dynamic driver with Japan LCP(Liquid Crystal Polymer) Diaphragm, High-precision 5-axis CNC machined ear shells, professional acoustic structure. Earbuds are well built and feel solid in hands. Features detachable MMCX connectors and provided a high quality silver plated copper cable. One can have this cable in any termination they want from 3.5mm SE, and balanced 2.5mm & 4.4mm options. The one I have with me has 3.5mm SE termination. Earbuds are on the larger size and having exact fit is a bit of concern. With none of the provided tips helping in this matter, at least for me. NiceHCK provided a very good carry case for the earbuds.
Sound Impressions
EBX21 sound very neutral, with natural tonality and with excellent clarity all round. It really impresses with its tonality, especially in mids.
EBX21’s bass sounds neutral. Sub bass rumble is decent. It has got decent mid-bass to make music enjoyable. Bass decay is fast and doesn’t bleed into other frequencies. Overall, EBX21’s bass is smooth, and has very good quality all through.
Mids take the cake here. Very natural, detailed and clean. Male vocals sound natural and energetic. Details, separation are top notch. Female vocals sound lively and energetic.
Soundstage has got very good width and depth make it sound very open and spacious. Instruments are neatly separated and portray good space between each and every instrument. Imaging is very good.
Treble is lively and energetic. Has got very good extensions. Details are excellent. Because of these, sound is airy. There’s no harshness or sibilance whatsoever. Cymbals are crystal clear. And so does notes of each instruments, they are portrayed with excellent clarity.
Verdict
I personally don’t prefer earbuds due to their fit issues and not able to sit in ears as any IEM does. Even though EBX21 doesn’t do anything in that regard, it did impress me by its sound. Wish, it had better fit for me. And hence, just a 4-star rating. EBX21 is an excellent neutral sounding earbuds, with natural tonality, clear mids, sparkly treble. Yes, it’s at premium end of earbuds, in both sonically and cost wise too. An easy rec.
Disclaimer
NiceHCK EBX21 earbuds have been provided to me for review purposes by HiFiGo. I am in no way related to them, and all impressions shared by me are subjective to my listening capabilities and gear used. You can purchase EBX21 from HiFiGo for 219$ from the link provided below
https://hifigo.com/products/nicehck-ebx21-flagship-flat-in-ear-earphones
About
EBX21 is latest flagship offering from NiceHCK, housing large 14.2mm dynamic driver with Japan LCP(Liquid Crystal Polymer) Diaphragm, High-precision 5-axis CNC machined ear shells, professional acoustic structure. Earbuds are well built and feel solid in hands. Features detachable MMCX connectors and provided a high quality silver plated copper cable. One can have this cable in any termination they want from 3.5mm SE, and balanced 2.5mm & 4.4mm options. The one I have with me has 3.5mm SE termination. Earbuds are on the larger size and having exact fit is a bit of concern. With none of the provided tips helping in this matter, at least for me. NiceHCK provided a very good carry case for the earbuds.
Sound Impressions
EBX21 sound very neutral, with natural tonality and with excellent clarity all round. It really impresses with its tonality, especially in mids.
EBX21’s bass sounds neutral. Sub bass rumble is decent. It has got decent mid-bass to make music enjoyable. Bass decay is fast and doesn’t bleed into other frequencies. Overall, EBX21’s bass is smooth, and has very good quality all through.
Mids take the cake here. Very natural, detailed and clean. Male vocals sound natural and energetic. Details, separation are top notch. Female vocals sound lively and energetic.
Soundstage has got very good width and depth make it sound very open and spacious. Instruments are neatly separated and portray good space between each and every instrument. Imaging is very good.
Treble is lively and energetic. Has got very good extensions. Details are excellent. Because of these, sound is airy. There’s no harshness or sibilance whatsoever. Cymbals are crystal clear. And so does notes of each instruments, they are portrayed with excellent clarity.
Verdict
I personally don’t prefer earbuds due to their fit issues and not able to sit in ears as any IEM does. Even though EBX21 doesn’t do anything in that regard, it did impress me by its sound. Wish, it had better fit for me. And hence, just a 4-star rating. EBX21 is an excellent neutral sounding earbuds, with natural tonality, clear mids, sparkly treble. Yes, it’s at premium end of earbuds, in both sonically and cost wise too. An easy rec.
