How does the Q5K sound like the ES100?
How does it compare to UP4?
I don’t like the ES100 sound, so I got a Q5s which has the (‘thick mids’?) sound I really like. However, the Q5 is broken and now I have a UP4. Except the UP4 sounds how I remember the ES100 (‘thin’?), and UP4 configuration is mostly laughable.
Should I expect the same ‘sound’ and ‘body’ from the Q5K as the UP4? How does it differ in comparison from the others?
The HW it looks like almost identical. Maybe I prefer the AK4493 ‘tuning’ over ES9218? Although ES100 is AK4375.. any 'tuning' affects appears to be from secondary component design decisions anyway.