Just got these babies last week and i am pretty happy for it.
These are my first pair of headphones...........both open or closed.
So i just had iem's to compare this to and i used vc1000,vc02 and b3pro1 for this.Sad to say that it clobbers the vsonic vc1000 in everything except the bass quantity not the quality.
Bass---These have a great texture and layering and all depends on the recordings u have got.In a nutshell do not except boomy or hard hitting bass from these.So people listening to edm,pop,rap will be disappointed with this.
The bass is actually awesome for rock music drums and classical and good recordings of pop music but nowhere near the levels that even my vsonic vc1000 does and by the way thats considered a bass light bright iem,lol.
MIDS----Amazing is the freaking word here,the presentation is so natural,u will check ur source or track many times to see whether its working properly.Thats what happened to me going from vc1000,the difference is really night and day.VC1000 sounded downright muddy in mids with much more warmer.But the mids of vc1000 are more intimate and meaty probably due to superb isolation.But they sound totally out of league vs hp200.Comparison with b3 pro 1 was a joke,,i gave my b3 pro1 to a friend of mine after that comparison,not joking by the way.
Highs----The only weak point if the tracks are bad,recording is not good enough.The clarity is astounding and extension is great however its sibilance prone on some artists so u may end up not able to increase the volume even if u want to.But this problem was mainly apparent for female vocals,,,,,only on a small number of tracks.
To put things in perspective they are as sibilant as vsonic gr07,remembering from the memory but brain burn in will probably blunt the effect.Thats a plus and a negative depending on the track.
ADVICE
Bassheads,pop lovers,edm and rap lovers should look for something else.Not that bass is poor,its not but u will find the quantity to be slightly less.
Now i am yet to get my e17 which will be coming in a week or so but i will test hp200 with bass boost on to further refresh this short impression.
TRACKS USED
Piano lessons,porcupine tree--24 bit flac
Even less,porcupine tree------24 bit wav
Say it right,nelly furtado------16 bit flac
All good things,nelly furtado---16 bit flac
Maneater,nelly furtado--------16 bit flac
Time,pink floyd----------------24 bit flac
Comfortably numb,pink floyd---24 bit flac
Koi aane waya hai,strings------16 bit flac
Thriller and beat it,michael j----16 bit flac
The court of crimson king------16 bit flac
Epitaph,king crimson-----------16 bit flac.
SOURCE
Unamped fiio x1
Lumia 730