Ok…erm, riiiiight… For someone who's NEVER been a fan of JH Audio (practically from day one—the original, and terribly crass, slogan for the JH13s in 2009, the extreme fanboyism seen you know where—only matched and surpassed by Heir/Noble fanboys and their corresponding shills—, the many horror stories of pretty poor CS coupled with not so infrequent sub-par QC, the JH-3A fiasco, the recent lawsuit against 1964 Ears, the greed, the arrogance...), it isn't that easy for this grumpy, yet often good-looking, sparrow to write the following words (and I'll admit that a part of me was wishing not to like these phones as much as I do so that I could comfortably write them off and sell them while they're still new in the market and not lose that much in the process): I have NEVER heard a phone that ticks so many boxes audio-wise. So, yes, the JHA Angie is THE best ear/headphone I've heard to date.

--  The tonal balance is simply incredible.
--  Detail retrieval and layering are astounding.
--  The midrange and high frequencies (and their blending and transitioning) have never sounded this good, with low freqs finding their closest to a right place as I've heard.
--  The clean sound produced by these small things is absolutely remarkable.
--  The seamless blending of all frequencies is, and please excuse the term, spectacular for an 8-driver (x2) monitor.
--  The combination of sheer clarity, non-excessive/artificial fullness of sound (note thickness/warmth/lushness, etc.) while simultaneously not being lean, bright and/or two-dimensional sounding (mostly due to dips & peaks in FR) AND (the often frowned-upon term) musicality is, well, simply phenomenal — a true, or the truest I've heard, window to Music.

There.

^  By all means audition the Angies when you have a chance to, but having already the truly excellent UERMs, I'd say in your case you should eventually aim for the 334s or a similar type sig…unless, of course, you found the Angies that much better sonically (they aren't, IMO), or different sounding to warrant a purchase.

Like I said, I think some would genuinely still prefer the UERM regardless of allegiance to either UE or JHA (at least with the Angies one has the choice of getting the universal or custom version of it—getting customs can really be a pain, specially if one's not based in the U.S.). The UERM is a classic already, in my book, and it should remain so for a long time still.

music_4321 ,

i have/love K3003 but i am eyeing angie for quite some time now , i think it will probably be my next TOTL iem

i like neutral/balanced/musical iem sig , and last but not least how would you compare K3003/angie ?

thanx in advance 

Very tempting.
I never bothered with ciem-s myself, because of my location.

Music_4321 can you state your rig before HD800 ?   
It would help to calibrate to your findings.

Very tempting.
I never bothered with ciem-s myself, because of my location.

Music_4321 can you state your rig before HD800 ?   
It would help to calibrate to your findings.

Not so sure how that would exactly "help to calibrate to my findings", but I think you probably should wait for more impressions from people you trust. FWIW, though, check my profile and see the gear I own/have owned.

Music, could you compare the Angie and Layla for us?

Also, you mentioned Noble earphones several times, could you mention which of the Noble line you've had a chance to listen to and what your take on those was? I think it will help to give some perspective.

To answer your first question, please read (again) post # 6 of this thread.

To answer your second question, check my profile and see the phones I've heard, all of which I've owned (read: they were not mere brief auditions at a meet or in a shop [in loud environments]).

That said, the comments I've made about Heir & Noble have nothing to do with having owned (or not) any of their products. If anyone (you perhaps?) would like to send me an Heir or Noble product, I'll give it a fair assessment, but, again, that won't change my views of Heir & Noble.