Very much appreciate your opinion! Maestro mini it is! Question now is what would be a good counterpart to it? ie. a sidegrade to the variations which is less clinical, but keeps somewhat similar clarity, imaging and separation
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Agreed on the Minis. You won’t be dissatisfied. Trust 
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Would you say the Oracle MK2 or EJ07M could be a good alternative to the Variations for separation and imaging, but less boring? From your google doc list, it seems like they could be good alternatives
Np!
And EJ07M - it’s the closest in-terms separation and clarity. Also has this cool 3D staging/imaging. Oracle2 has too much treble, and sounds over sharpened and a bit unnatural.
Also that list is outdated I need to redo it haha.
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If you are sold on the minis it might be worth waiting to see if their imaging is enough before you put down a bunch of extra cash
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I heard rumor of a new one with more trebble extension and mid bass ?
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More treble and more bass (not just mid bass). I believe the current convo is that it’s dropping in late spring early summer
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MAD24 kills me with low end.
More is good LOL 
D13 has a lot of bass. And very cheap ~$90.
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Haven’t bought them just yet, but you’re definitely right!
How much above 500? There is the mini’s big brother FatFreq Maestro SE.
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Been drooling over the SE, for sure. Think the most I’d be willing to spend is around 1200-1300 USD
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Yeah it’s hard to blind buy an $1800 iem.
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The good old Fiio FH3.
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That’s a substantial discount!
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Yeah, it’s $285 off the SE and $60 off the minis!
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Right after I bought the IE600 