Flare's genius in the concept of these headphones is evident. They do indeed do something with the sound that un-scrambles how my brain interprets the music.
On the other hand, the only average driver and a few ergonomics issues (microphonic and non-detachable cable, capricious insertion position and resulting driver flex) prevent me from rating the E-Prototypes with 5 stars.
Sure they are prototypes, but one wonders, why not release a proper version for these promising peace of tech after many years on the market now?

Feel like standing in front of the PA system while put on E-prototye 🔊!!

Bass is really amazing.
make my mix really translate to any medium so far.

the new era of Flare audio ✌

It’s an interesting experience. I thought the sound would be fuller, it seems a little thin but spatially is definitely comparable to over-ears. I can imagine mixing with these would be far superior to any other earphone.

Completely understand everyone’s thoughts on the rubbing of the earphone cable. It should definitely be cabled with a material that causes less disruption.

I’m still in my first few weeks experiencing the earphones properly so haven’t done side by side comparisons, but in summary since I got them heavily reduced I’m satisfied, it I’d have paid RRP this would be a lesser rating, still a worthwhile experiment!