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With the default stock tips at 0 hours burn in, they were too bassy and warm, making the midrange veiled.
Tip rolled with chinese foams T400 and KZ starline tips. Eventually settled with KZ starline as it somehow removes the veil on the midrange.
After a few hours of driver/brain burn in, the bass is definitely the star of the show. Big bass and punches hard, sub bass extension is nice but can be extended further I believe. Bassheads will like this good chunk of bass.
Midrange is smooth and lacks bite. There is a slight lift in the upper midrange giving female vocals slightly more presence but is still smooth thus lacking that vocal sibilance "bite".
Treble has the least presence in the whole frequency range and lacks airiness and extension. Cymbal hits aren't in your face type as it is soft but it is still audible and doesnt just die in the song mix. Personally I like non airy highs so its a +1 for me.
Sound staging is slightly intimate due to that mid bass hump of warmness and lacking high extension but is not as congested as a shure se215. Sounds like in a studio sized room, pretty impressive considering the highs lack extension. Maybe its just how BA driver works when presenting the soundstage.
These are just first impressions. Tbh when I first tested them with the default stock tips I was utterly disappointed but changing tips did the trick. I feel that for 160USD it is a good buy but for the configuration of 6BA +1DD, it was a let down. But these are still first impressions, will continue the "burn in"
