Hey
obsidyen, you know what feeling I got when I first received Velvet? "Sorry
obsidyen but what?". You were the one who was promoting Velvet since the very beginning in Velvet thread saying how soft and fluid they sound. I use them for the first time and i have that "Sorry
obsidyen but what?". I know exactly what I mean and I know a lot of people who get the same feeling from these IEM. They are unlistenable on average volumes in every mode except warm. They are unlistenable in warm mode because there are just too much bass for any music.They can be either listened very quiet in 2 other modes or more or less average on warm but they are overly unbalanced in any of these modes.
IE800 sibilance levels are on pair with Velvet (except unlistenable warm mode when you get bass instead of music).
No offense mate but I am telling the truth. I've had a lot of different earphones and I know that JVC HA-FX750/850 sound more or less soft, Audio-Technica IM04/50/70 sound pretty soft, Earsonics SM3/SM64 sound pretty soft, Sony Z5 sound soft and so on and so on. I am too lazy to count each and every one.
Of course source make a big difference but I have tried Velvet on Fiio x5/Shanling M3/Hum pervasion/Hifiman 60x/Hifiman 802/Sony A15/ibasso dx90 and maybe I have even missed something and not a single of these devices can make them listenable on average to loud volumes in balanced or tight mode. Warm mode is listenable on some of these devices but again the bass quantity is simply ridiculous. In warm mode there is actually not a big difference between Velvet and Beats.
Sorry for derailing this conversation one more time but I felt that I have to let people know. Maybe this comment will save some guy's money and that guy will audition Velvet before buying them.