Bravado Mkii Ciems arrived today, they look amazing and fit pretty well. It's my first pair of CIEMs so it'll take a bit to get used to the feeling of them in my ears. The seals a tiny bit finicky and they fit a bit shallow relative to what I was expecting, but that's going to be down to my incredibly narrow ear canals. If nothing else that makes it really easy to get them in and out, and once they're in it's completely fine.
I was honestly expecting them to sound a bit bassier, though it's definitely there and pretty good (though it must be said, I'm about as big of a bass head as it comes). There does seem to be a volume threshold where the bass really comes to life, one notch down and it's not as immediate and visceral. Part of this is also that I listen pretty quiet so volume steps can be quite different (3 ish db's on a lot of devices). Enjoying them a ton so far, not the final word in detail or anything but I'm not expecting an $800 set to compete with the Annihilator or the like. For the price I paid I'm more than happy.
I'll definitely have to play with some of the Cables and sources I have to see how things match up, it was immediately apparent to me that the bass sounded far better off of my Shanling M6 Pro AKM than my Fiio BTR5.
I was honestly expecting them to sound a bit bassier, though it's definitely there and pretty good (though it must be said, I'm about as big of a bass head as it comes). There does seem to be a volume threshold where the bass really comes to life, one notch down and it's not as immediate and visceral. Part of this is also that I listen pretty quiet so volume steps can be quite different (3 ish db's on a lot of devices). Enjoying them a ton so far, not the final word in detail or anything but I'm not expecting an $800 set to compete with the Annihilator or the like. For the price I paid I'm more than happy.
I'll definitely have to play with some of the Cables and sources I have to see how things match up, it was immediately apparent to me that the bass sounded far better off of my Shanling M6 Pro AKM than my Fiio BTR5.