Bought this as my first IEM,I am coming from a Sony XB55AP.I bought for a good music listening experience as well as to have competitive edge in FPS games like Valorant and CS.
First Impressions:Neutral iem with little bit of BASS BOOST(personally I don't like 'in my face' bass,so I switched to the silver tips with black ring that dampens the bass a bit.Classical Music,Hip Hop and pop sounds detailed(would switch to the brass tips with red ring though)
Now the thing I care about about the most is prefiring enemies and have perfect crosshair placement in FPS titles.Since I have no reference to what other iems sound like,take whatever I say with a grain of salt.
1.Soundstage is medium(Don't expect open back headphone performance)
2.Imaging is way better than my XB55AP(expected)
i.Verticality(as in when enemies are above or under you) is good
enough,which allows you to predict where to put the crosshair
beforehand,giving you advantage.
ii.Horizontal tracking is also good enough.
Note:if you want only gaming iem,don't get this,get the EM6L's.Imgaing and soundstage are more precise and wider on the EM6L(no personal experience,but heard lots of good things from multiple sources)
So to conclude,Simgot EA 500LM is far better for music than it is for gaming but since I wanted both in one iem,I got the EA500LM.
Shipping was prompt,so was the customer service.