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Not ordered the Comply tips yet, however even without them, I'm really impressed with these headphones. I am not an audiophile, but what I notice massively about these headphones over other headphones is that I feel the "real" sound is reaching my ears rather than some sort of passive equalizer being applied through the driver design or bud shape. Is that the point of IEM design?
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I'm no audiophile either, but I think that's supposed to be the point of balanced armatures, as opposed to regular dynamic drivers.
This site seems to suggest that you'll get more 'detail' and faster response with BAs, but less bass than dynamic drivers. I think I'd agree with the first bit, everything just sounds... clearer, I guess?
I also feel that there's less bass unnaturally added to what I'm listening to, and bass can definitely be EQed in.
I guess I've got weird ears because I couldn't really get comfortable with any of the stock tips, but once I got Complys they became my favourite headphones for sure.
TurtleRecall
@NurseHolliday Ah great! Let me know what you think of them once you've got the Comply tips on there. I've told a whole bunch of people how good these are, but it's hard to put into words and difficult to describe without letting other people stick my IEMs in their ears :)
@TRA yeah definitely, I'd read a couple of reviews of other Soundmagic headphones and they'd noted that this Tony Xu guy is an absolute perfectionist and will delay the release of new models until he's completely satisfied with them.