I have a pair on loan and I’m pretty lukewarm on them. I like the build but they’re not the most impressive-sounding. They pretty severely lack low treble, the bass and low midrange/upper bass warmth are elevated but it can be overwhelming (more the fault of the warmth than the bass, since they’re not that bassy) and lack separation and has typical BA timbre on top of it, and the upper midrange is but the timbre isn’t fantastic. At $150 they’d make an alright package but nothing fantastic, but for $200 I feel like if we’re speaking purely in terms of sound, they’re not a particularly good value.
They’re kind of like an SE535, but with a more forward upper midrange.
I took some measurements here:
For reference, here’s the SE535:
