Today had the pleasure of visiting e-earphone in Japan. Listened for a couple hours to the Hex2, elear, PM-1, night owl, Hd-800s, Audeze El-8, ether 1.1, and Pioneer Se monitor 5.
The last headphones i owned were the Z1r, alpha primes, hd-6xx and sines.
For my taste which is on the warmer/relaxing side of things - the two I enyoyed most where the hex V2 and Elear - both with really good bass and oomph for my taste. I think elear had a little more sparkle. But I really like how light the HEx 2 felt. I could live with both. I also liked the PM1 and the 800s- I was scared of the treble on the 800s after listening to the original - but they were not bad- I wish they had a tad more bass.
This was my first experience listening to so many headphones- wow what an experience- I didn't see utopias, LCD-4 or ether flows on display - but I still had a lot of fun- i think I will probably get the HEX v2 soon