I recently purchased the ibasso it03 from penon. Have had them for about 8 days now and I find them to be extremely uncomfortable. I have normal sized ears, but the way the housing was designed causes them to hurt my ears. If the outer facing shell wasn't bulged, and instead flush with other half, then it would not be a problem. I am hoping the pain eventually goes away, but so far no dice. Anyone else experience pain and did your ears eventually get used to it?
@oldmate I was in the same boat. Went through 2 fender fxa6's. Both had mccx connector issues on the left monitor. So far the ibasso's connectors are much more solid. They also dont rotate as freely and are pretty hard to disconnect. The stock cable where it forms around your ear is pretty stiff and not as comfortable as the fender cable. The fender is way more comfortable which seems to be the only issue I am experiencing.
The mids are better than the fxa6, the mid bass isn't as good and the soundstage is slightly smaller. The sub bass is on par or slightly worse. I can equalize it though, which on the fenders a bass boost did pretty much nothing.