Excellent review, and a very pleasant read too. To me, their natural competition would be iBasso's IT04, same configuration, same price. Have you had a chance to try them, and, if so, what's your take? Thanks

Wish I could say that I have.I have not had the pleasure of the iBasso's as of yet. I still pull out the EM5 as a break from my "review critters" quite often! Thanks for the compliment, as well. Cheers and good audio listening to you!