Hey guys I'm interested in either the Savant or the K10's but need some help with my direction. How does it compare to say the Layla's? I now have the Roxannes but I think the Layla's are the best I heard so far (no I did not hear the Savant or the K10) so the Savant interest me as it seems similar......-ish to me
Well... that's a little bit of a loaded question given the Layla's adjustable bass profile. I'll speak from my personal preference, which is to dial-in the Layla's bass around 9:30. Let's start with the K10.
First of all, I agree with you that the Layla is the best IEM I've heard so far. In terms of overall balance in FR, coherency, staging, spatial imaging, it is fantastically good. I find it to be much better than the Roxanne, which I find too warm (and a little stifling) under the best of circumstances. I would recommend the Layla easily, while I would not recommend the Roxanne at all.
If someone wants more warmth and the musicality than the Layla, I would refer them to the K10, but not the Roxanne. The K10, while being on the warmer side, still retains excellent detail. The K10 also scales very, very well with amps. I'm running it with the Cavalli portable prototype, and it is fantastically good as part of that rig. BTW, here's a recommendation for all K10 owners: try it with the Cavalli portable when it comes out, you can thank me later. Now, IMO, the thing that makes the K10 truly special is how it handles upper mids and highs. It's an undocumented feature, but there are tiny unicorn horns in the K10 through which the upper frequencies flow. As a result, the K10 automagically takes upper mids and highs right to the limit of energy and detail, without letting them get harsh or strident. It's like it knows each track, and acts as an automatic anti-stridency filter. Okay, I'm on a tangent here. Basically, to answer your question, the K10 is between the Roxanne and Layla, but much closer to the Layla.
The Savant is very different from all of the above. If it weren't for the fact that the bass response is effing fantastic (fast, impactful, just warm enough to not be "technically-proficient" bass), one might call the Savant a little clinical... especially those with treble sensitivity. Now, what makes the Savant special is how clean it is. If it were at all dirty or distortion-laden from the mids on up, it would be a hot mess given how much energy is being output there. But because it's so clean, it winds up sounding majestic and angelic. Notes ring true, percussion is stunningly realistic in shimmer and decay, and it's oh so open and airy up top. Basically, the Savant is so clear that you can hear your own thoughts.
It's hard to say which is better because I don't know how you feel about the Roxanne. But if I had to guess, based on what you've said so far, I think you'll need to A/B the K10 and Layla to see which you like better.