I wouldn't call it ''a dark sounding earphone'', but mid bass section makes lower mids a bit thicker and overall presentation a bit weightier/bolder.
In sum, I would say that it is better than Harmony 8 Pro.
I got my Legend R in March. I only really started to use it in July which was when I felt satisfied with the effects of the burn in, and hardly used it during that time period. Usually, I'll leave it to burn in for a week, listen to a few songs to evaluate changes, then change the burn in playlist depending on what I head. Rinse and repeat.
But I admit to being rather extreme and very particular about this. And also because I've heard one CIEM, and 2 demos that had such stunning clarity which made my experience with the legend R, prior to this point, a pain to listen to.
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Surely people have different tastes, no argue on this, but as you can guess, there is a level difference even between flagships.
When technically compared, additionally to your impressions, Omega has slightly better separation and mid detail. Also Omega's tonality is better than H8P; and H8P's treble is sticky even if it has a bit better extension. In my opinion, H8P's only advantages are stage dimensions (personally, I would say that this is about preference) ,airier presentation and faster low-end. All these difference make Omega better than H8P in terms of techniques, let's say technically superior, in place of ''better''
Again, this doesn't mean that people should choose Omega over H8P.. Tastes after all and H8P is a good monitor in its class..
I'll be frank, in that I would like to beg to differ and say that one can argue for technical superiority between IEMs based on the single criteria of clarity, or the lack of that 'veil' which you hear in your IEMs at times.
Till date, I've only heard 2 demo production units, and one personal ciem from another company, that has clarity which surpasses my current legend R. Throw this against other 5 driver or 10 driver flagships and, based on what I've heard, the legend R (and prehaps omega) should still stand above them in its technical performance without any sweat. Those units had jaw dropping clarity, and as mentioned were also very, very revealing, just the way I like it.
That said, I must stress that the legend R is VERY picky on the source used. If you are going to use songs from youtube and spotify to judge the legend R, or an amp that is too strong, then the legend R will give you nonsense, as a reflection of the source fed into it. IEM to source matching is important, and especially so for an extremely sensitive iem like the legend R. The legend R reflects what you give it, and do not mistake this against what some other iems do, which actually mask details in a bid to make poor recordings from phones sound enjoyable.
Tonality however, of course is highly subjective, and hence not something I'll argue for. But if its to claim that one CIEM is 'better' than another? No problem. Its possible to create an objective list.
