I’ve always wondered if you could seal an open back, but do it with a cup so large that it still acts as an open back.

I have an M1 Air, and there is definitely something special going on in these. Everything I’ve plugged into the headphone jack on mine sounds great. Large stage, solid bass, clear everything, great dynamics. Really nothing to complain about with mine.

I have the ER4SR, but I enjoy the Hexa and Timeless AE more. I’ll keep them around though. I like having a few different flavors around.

Foam has its place, but I prefer silicon tips almost all the time.

A lot of people who have never heard an Ety associate them with being bright and bass light. Some are definitely on the bass light side, but none are actually bright. Etys have a really good mid-range though, that’s what they should be known for.

You may be able to add some brightness with a little EQ.

Etys aren’t bright really. They are more mid-range focused.

In the sub $100 area, the Hexa is ridiculously good. In the $200-300 range the Timeless or Timeless AE is a great set.

These would probably work well with my Truthear Hexa.

Use all those things with the Qudelix 5K. Problem solved.

Nah. They are shipping from Amazon themselves. Amazon is just being stupid slow. Also ordered a timeless AE 4 days ago that hasn’t shipped yet either that’s coming right from Amazon.

I ordered a Hexa from Amazon over a week ago and they still haven’t shipped.

The Focal Elex though, for example, at least in my opinion has some decent sub-bass extension though.

Except there is no real sub-bass. That would be my biggest problem with the 600, and was my biggest complaint about the 650.

Otherwise they are pretty great.

Harman is a bit V-shaped. Some will say it’s well balanced, but it’s definitely a bit V-shaped. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing though.

How much is there to really take in to account when they go in as deep as they do? They obviously bypass the outer ear, how much of the inner ear is left to change the sound person to person?

They charge the fastest up to like 60-70% or so, then slow down. The last 25% takes longer than the first 75%, or close to it. This is on my 13Pro, but I’m sure it’s similar on the new 14’s.

5 minutes for a single percent is slow. But iphones will charge fast at lower percentages and slow at higher percentages.

Flattest is probably somewhere close to the Etymotic ER4SR. Most people will say that they have no bass though. They measure flat in the bass with a rise where the lack of ear gain would be.

There are some that say that frequency response is everything and all that matters. Saying that frequency response alone is responsible for literally everything including imaging, soundstage, detail retrieval, bass slam, you name it.

Also, not everyone wants to use EQ.

It’s going to depend on the headphones and it’s going to depend on the glasses

I think I’d be an Etymotic because I like isolation and being to myself.

Well, the 2nd gen is even better than the 1st. I’d say a little bit more V-shaped than the 1st gen, but that’s a good thing.

Yea, but why not give us a simple EQ. Or allow a third party app to have a system wide EQ.

I had the AirPods Max, but recently sold them. I do like the AirPods Pro 2 tuning without any EQ though.

I’ll never understand why Apple won’t just give us an EQ. Even if it’s just something basic.

Same, but well over a year.

Actually I just looked at my Amazon order history. I got mine in September of 2020. So over 2 years.