Lmao didn’t see there was an Elex thread and posted this in headphones you own, but here ya go, my elex impressions.
Elex are an insane value, but aside from their price point they’re just legitimately good.
They retain my favorite thing about Utopia, which is its dynamics. They do lose the detail and imaging of Utopia, but they’re not bad by any means in those departments, easily beating HD650 and coming in slightly behind HD800. Soundstage isn’t great, much like Utopia, so if you’re an HD800 fan, you probably won’t like these. There’s a significant sonic wall effect so you can expect an intimate presentation. Layering and separation was significantly better than I expected, given this is an area where its close sibling, Clear, struggles, sounding rather congested and closed in. It’s not on the level of Utopia or Stax in this department, but I don’t think anyone expected it to be, and aside from absurdly priced sets like that, it’s near the top.
The bass is impactful and tactile, but it’s not overpowering. For some it might even be a little bass light, as the overall tuning is close to neutral. Unfortunately for huge bassheads it will distort if you EQ bass past 90-95db (which you shouldn’t do anyways smh). Mids while occasionally a bit shouty are nicely textured and have spot on timbre. Treble is extended and neutral, tho Audeze (read: darkfi) fans will think they’re bright.
These are easily my favorite set of headphones under $1k, but beware, my first set came with a dead left driver because of which I refunded the unit and bought another used. This set has been ok, thank God. Give em a try if you haven’t, you might end up falling in love like I have.