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Hi all, just ordered a set of these so let's hope they come soon! (I'm in Singapore so it's local delivery, should be fast as long as they dispatch it early). There's a coupon code for the lendmeurears site, LMUECUST gives 15% off.
Hope to compare it with my (just broken) Xears TD4, Nuforce Ne-6 and (broken - 2 pairs) Crossroads Mylarone X3i. Of all of these, i only really liked the Crossroads for their great soundstage. Let's hope the GR04 Flagship don't disappoint!
Just got my hands on them 2 hours ago! The initial sound quality was actually quite disappointing to me, with nearly no bass and not much detail/soundstage. However, just an hour or so of burning in appears to have made a difference and things are looking up! The bass has definitely come in, although it feels slightly light for now. Details is certainly better too. Not good at describing stuff, but even after 1 hour of burn in, they seem to have my previous earphones beat. Perhaps in 50-100 hours things will be perfect! Am very tempted to get a pair for the gf right now.
Edit: By the way, if you ordered in the 7 days or so, expect a few delays because of a public holiday we had over the last weekend
Edit 2: Within the first 12 hours of burn in or so, bass tightened up significantly, resulting in a much faster bass than I've experienced with my previous IEMs. Impact is great and there is plenty of quantity, at least to me. Much better than my basshead type Nuforce Ne-6's.
Burning in the 30 hour mark gave better detail and treble, again, better than anything I had experienced. Up this point, I actually didn't feel that that it was mid-forward, as the focus had been on the bass and treble.
After 30 hours, I seemed to notice the mid becoming more forward, and understand why people describe it as slightly mid forward. Vocals are emphasised, and clear, but don't drown out detail at all.
At the 50 hour mark, the sound stage, which had previously been quite 'in my head', appeared to be expanding. Imaging is far better than the TD4 and Ne6, although I can't say for sure it's better than the X3i (been quite a while since I had those).
All in all, I've been really really pleased with these, and keep taking them out to listen instead of studying for my midterms. LOL. Also ordered a pair for my sister and she's enjoying them. Interested to see how they develop from here, as I've had IEMs burn in further than I want, and hope these don't mellow off too much/lose detail, or loosen up and become too slow. Would be very pleased if they could just freeze right here, at this current stage, but would also enjoy even better imaging/sound stage, if it could happen.