You don’t have to announce you’re sliding into his DMs. We know you’re hooking up already
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I was lucky to find a used set as they were a short limited release.
My goal with the Azul was to use them for classical, instrumental and vocals music (and even rock) which is about 50% of my library.
Turns out they are very close to my neutral target, maybe a tiny bit brighter. They sound very detailed and well separated for orchestral pieces. They have a tiny bit of warmth in the mid-bass which helps render accurate cello’s and organ’s low notes.
For a 2BAs set, the timbre is exceptional.
The fit is great with a medium sized shell and an average length nozzle.
Accessories are good with a zippered faux leather case and a very nice lightweight cable.
The one downside is the quality of the bass. For other genres that requires bass and sub-bass it’s not very good but i have other sets for that.
It has ended my search for a nice detailed set with good timbre that can replay my favorite from Vivaldi, Bach and so on.
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Oh btw did you get the buds yet? I forgot to ask
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I did. They’re magnificent
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It’s done 
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So, I was planning to get the XENNS UP which is prized ~720 USD this week but I noticed someone selling the MEXT for ~540 USD. I’m curious to know what you guys think about the 2 sets and what you’d recommend. I’ll be pairing it with the Mojo 2 and this will be an upgrade to my current IEM the Hook-X. I’ve read some reviews about them but how do they compare against each other?
Just go for the MEXT. Trust me.
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Thanks for the Rec. If possible, could you share some very brief impressions/differences between them? or maybe why you prefer the Mext?
Thanks for featuring my pic, brother! Another Jay classic this is, love this style of review I have to be honest. It’s fresh - keep at it!
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The honor is mine brother! Glad you like it! More on the way
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The MEXT is like a budget version of the MEST. It has to make do without ESTs and so it has a softer treble presentation.
The MEXT offer a more lush and wide soundstage with a heavier bass and is very relaxing/musical.
The MEST is a more technically accurate, dynamic and more of a visceral listen.
The MEXT will offer a more immersive listen than the UP.
Stage is kind of cramped on the UP and can’t compete in terms of 3D sensation.
The UP has quite strong pinna gain (which I’m sensitive to) while the MEXT has quite a relaxed pinna gain. Bass quality is hard to say, the Beryllium in the UP is very good. But the MEXT has a better tuned bass:
As you can see, the tuning as a whole is almost polar opposite. I much prefer the MEXT tuning and I’m certain most do.
To conclude, the MEXT is in another league.
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Awesome, will get the Mext.
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Congratulations! I have always thought that MEXT are better than UP, although I have not heard them. I also always thought MEST OG was better than MEST MK2. 
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I actually heard the Mest MKII, it was for a brief time but I liked the overall sound. It’s treble was a bit weird/different not sure in good or bad way from the limited time but it sounded light weight if that makes sense. Maybe that’s how ESTs sound? Anyway it was pretty good overall.
I read that the Mext have a similar signature to the Mest MKII but with a bit more Bass and different treble presentation because of no ESTs, so it will be interesting how it will perform.
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Since EQ has been discussed a lot recently - how do people feel/does anyone use Crossfeed (eg Jan Meier) &/or Spacializers/Realizers?
With Atmos being more & more prominent - especially with an increasing number of Atmos mastered files submitted for streaming services which lower quality playback is then derived from - being able to virtualize surround sound environments probably gets more essential than the cottage industry / high end DIY options that currently exist.
To expand on the concepts: Please ignore if your familiar.
Crossfeed being (simple explanation) a way to put directional listening into headphones - the addition of a delayed and attenuated L or R channel fed/mixed to the other channel to mimic the delivery of sound that we would normally hear from a speaker or live reproduction where sound on our left also is heard by our right ear fractionally later and lower. Practically this can move the soundstage out of your head and in front of you for older recordings with hard panning. Ifi incorporate some of this in Xspace/3Dspace etc… (apologies I can never remember the correct name for that function)
Example - http://www.meier-audio.homepage.t-online.de/crossfeed.html
Realization/Spacialisation is a step further and adds looking at the accurate placement of the sound in a 3D landscape. Then converting this so that it runs multiple channels back into stereo for headphones. The last stage would also apply to surround formats (eg atmos) being per channel transposed to headphone use instead of truncated to stereo only.
I use the Jan Meier crossfeed plugin for PEACE. None of the spacialization stuff I’ve tried sounded any good to me.
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I have not used softwear crossfead that much but did try the one that comes with the Chord Mojo 2 for a decent amount of time.
Personally, don’t care much for it and have mostly preferred to turn it off.
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and if you have a dope 2 speaker set up why would you?.. 
