I bought these based on the review, partly to get a 'feel' for the Harman curve since they follow it so closely. They are great value. I like them and am going to keep them. But they are not neutral (which is how I interpreted 'objectivist-friendly' in the thread title. I listen to a lot of acoustic music and the coloration is quite noticeable at times, especially if the bass is mic'd close which it often is on studio recordings where the bassist is the leader on the date. Acoustic bass doesn't sound like that. I have the same 'beef' with my Periodic Be v3. I don't blame the designers; most people want 'mo' bass', so they provide it. But more isn't always better. I have the already-mentioned Ety 2SE's which provide great neutrality at a great price but the dynamics from those very small drivers don't have the same impact as the larger ones in the Periodics and the Truthears, and sometimes I think they're not as 'clean'. That signature with the punch from larger drivers would be an endgame point for me.
Since the Ety's prove 'Pretty Neutral without EQ' is possible, I don't want to have to rely on EQ to remove colorations (especially as so much of my listening these days is on my phone).