Agree with the above, very different presentations between each brand. I really enjoyed the May KTE when I had one in for demo, it was crisp and clean, very immediate but not in a bad way. I guess that would be called transient snap? Really lifelike.
I ended up buying a Lampizator Golden Gate 2 instead, because of the somewhat more open sound and that beautiful midrange. But I would have been really happy with the May if I just went that way. A lot of it also depends on your other components and especially speakers. Definitely some speakers that would prefer the May versus the Lampi.