I can adjust for the unequal volumes with my balance controls, but all bass being on one side is not enjoyable

I find I need to bump my volume a notch or two in noisy environments compared with my CX-300's

It's necessary to almost max out the phone volume to bring them up to proper listening levels which always includes the requisite warning from the phone about "dangerous volume levels" which in this case don't exist.

Volume is much louder than music heard through my old buds

I haven't worn them for a long period of time yet, not sure if they will be as comfortable as the IE2's to wear but the sound isolation and louder volume makes up for that

so even decent quality makes me nauseous, these are v comfortable and the bass really does a nice work on the overall quality you get

As a matter of fact, I'd say they're as accurate as my M-Audio studio monitors, but with a little more bass.