The Ultimate Ears 600 is a balanced
armature earphone with a smooth, mid-centric sound signature not too different from that of the RE-400.
Depends on how poor the audio hardware in your laptop and phone is — the IM02 is a balanced
armature earphone and it will have some problems if your audio sources either a) hiss or b) have high output impedance.
Not exact matches
Future Plans Nowall also announced plans for CH - 2 and CH - 3
earphones, each containing the respective number of
armature units in each earpiece to deliver increasingly accurate sound.
CH - 1 contains in each earpiece both an
armature speaker to deliver crisp high and mid tones (like most Bluetooth
earphones) and a dynamic 10 mm driver to deliver deep, resonant bass.
It is unfortunate that the current generation of balanced
armature Audio - Technica
earphones is not commonly available in the US, because the sound of the dual - driver ATH - IM02 can go toe to toe with pricier monitors such as the Westone W20 and Ultimate Ears UE900.