I've been listening to the Au-Glamour AG-R1. Not much to add to Twister6's excellent review, which I agree with an all fronts. I wouldn't be able to do a review like that anyway, but I hope it's OK that I reposted the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/accessories/review-auglamour-ag-r1-ear-headphones-t2962825
Bass is a little hard to discern, even compared to the neutral sound of the Havi B3 Pro I. I like the instrument separation on them, though. They seem to separate mid-range textures well. Listening to some metal, with some of the guitar parts I had the image of those kinds of colored drawings where objects of a solid color are separated by a black line separating them from one another. It's a cold and somewhat vibrant type of separation, but nice. Like the bird on the left, as opposed to the one on the right:
Yesterday I was enjoying listening to them lying down in bed. Then I had to get up to go down to the laundry room and move clothes to the dryer. At that point the lack of bass becomes an issue. What I can barely make out lying down in a silent room becomes totally inaudible when I'm up and moving around outside, even though it's very quiet. The bass seems to drop out, and this was the case when I wore them cooking, too. It's an issue for me with IEMs: what sounds good when listening in my quiet home (where I might as well listen to my over-the-ear headphones) doesn't sound so good when walking outside or while doing things indoors (washing dishes or whatever). Loud streets and public transportation are contexts where I wouldn't even bother to listen, because I have to turn up the volume to levels I consider harmful. Still, I would like to find IEMs that worked for quiet streets, or hiking on a trail, or washing dishes. The bass on the AG-R1's can't seem to overcome these small amounts of atmospheric noise. But it's only been 10 hours, so we'll see.
The wire design has changed for the better since T6's review, as you can see in Penon's current page for them:
http://penonaudio.com/Earphones/In-ear-earphone/AuGlamour-AG-R1
It's kind of like one of those cloth cables, but with a thin rubbery shrink tubing over the outside. Maybe someone who knows wires and cables better than I can say what it is exactly. But it's not as kinky as as the braided design looks to have been. It's soft and floppy enough, with a slight texture to it.
