Overall, detail and resolve are on such a good level that this laid-back approach is never in need to forward these aspects during the presentation with the means to show off or distract. Bass lines are as easily resolved as before and the ability to separate them is actually a notch better now. The headphones have changed 5 times so far; It sounds like a completely different unit from the first 40 hours.

Bass:​The HE-1000 Stealth Bass does away with the large footprint, enveloping, rather pillowy nature and counters with tightness, boldness and decisively more heft and kick – certainly very welcome for a lot of popular genres, especially as the dynamics are improved as well. Overall kinda lovely tonality (at least the version I had), not greatly resolving or great timbre but still a fun headphone. A lot of the cheaper egg-shaped Hifimans had huge issues in this department: Where as microdynamics were done fairly competently, the macro-dynamics suffered to the point where everything just sounded like a wall. If listening to a large scale symphonic work for example, you may hear melodic lines or harmonies, things that the composer wrote adding to the overall structure and form of the piece but which have lain obscured in the general sonic texture presented by lesser phones.At home or at the office you best use it in a silent environment as a lot of sounds leaks in and out. I wonder if he got a bad HE1000Stealth, because mine is a lot less bright (still f'ing bright though - just not to that extreme) than his measurements showed, and every other measurement of it has smooth treble from 3-5khz. For the listener, the net effect is not unlike having one’s ears and brain “hard-wired” to the original recording console, which affords an exceptionally intimate view of the music.

Another headphone that shares this "bright, but smooth enough to not be annoying" trait was the HD800 SDR. But, f**k me, its fatiguing/tiring/too much after a couple days of listening for a couple hours at a time.Dynamic impact is greater with HE1KS too, tone is lusher, more juicy vibrant, it's more physical and tactile, less flat and dry than Audivina. The bass is well controlled and extended but never seems over played, those with a more "electronic" preference in their musical taste may miss the apparent prominence given to this area by other phones but make no mistake it is definitely there. The openness retains sound waves from subsequent refraction to evade surplus vibration and distortion.