To my ears and listening habits (electronic music and jazz) are the optimal headphones. They sound clear and bright, and I had to get used to the rather restrained bass only. At the beginning I lacked some warmth, now I let the finger from the equalizer and find the sound convincing. Whether he is analytical / linear, I can not say for lack of experience, in any case, I feel it was a balanced and detailed. I had briefly Fidelio S2 as open because of the (semi-) construction I heard alongside the similarly good music playback but many outside noise, I do not like at In-Ears. So I stayed at the RE-400th There were also enough plugs in (together with a small round bag), so I reached a good fit in the ear after a short time. The processing gives me so far no cause for concern, cable noise on the clothes are not disturbing and minimal for me.