So there I was talking about the VE5 and Lionheart, and what do you know... Vision Ears kindly sent me the VE5 on loan again for my upcoming classical music review series! Obviously I immediately took Lionheart back out of secure storage, paired it with the VE5 and it is still every bit as good as I remember it. Even better now that I have a higher end source with the Lotoo PAW6000 and Shanling M8. Will need to listen to the pairing with the M8 more soon because I suspect violin solos will sound amazing with that and the VE5/Lionheart.If we are talking about excellent pairings, then I would have to list the Vision Ears VE5 with Lionheart as one of my all-time favourite pairings. Lionheart makes the VE5 sound incredible natural by adding just a little bit of warmth for very accurate sounding instruments. I always wanted to do a direct comparison between that pairing and the Phantom with Eros II 8W to see which of the two pairings would fit my own definition of "natural" best. It was actually that pairing that has kept the VE5 at the top of my wish list ever since I heard it.
