As someone coming from SHP9500s, (a pretty well balanced, "flat" sound headphone, these sound like those in IEM form. Really flat sound response, but not boring either. My only complaint was that these along with every other IEM i've tried (looking at you ADV. Audio NSMO 3Ds), have the issue that the speaker grilles comes off too easily when cleaning, and often can't be re-stuck on. Also, if you have particularly "wet" ears, these things will clog like a MF. When clogged, audio is often unbalanced from ear to ear and/or muffled sounding. After a thorough cleaning though, they return to normal. Price was really good. They're also really sexy looking, I'm sure gigachad Mac enjoyers would find these to look delightful and match their aluminum bricks perfectly. Anyways, came here from crinacle's channel. TL:DR Not disappointed, look great, sound great, MAC 🧱 GIGACHAD, fix your speaker grilles please, have a good day.