Haoleb
07-07-2003, 12:41 PM
As many of you know i won these in the audiokarma giveaway Thanks to Brian B. for donating these.
and now here is my review:)
I got these a couple of days ago and at the moment they have over 20 hours on them so i imagine that they are broken in pretty well. My first impression when i got these was a put them on and they felt a bit funky, before these i was using Sony MDR-CD180 headphones that cost 20 bucks. they are an closed over the ear type. And i always thought they were pretty comfortable and they are, moreso than these grado's but they arent as uncomfortable as i had expected them to be. With the bowl pads that are on these its kina like "placement" of the headphones on my ears is tricky, because i want to make it as comfortable as possible but yet still sound the best. So sum up the comfort, they arent the last word in headphone comfort but they arent as bad as some people will make you think.
Sound, well when i first put these on and played a song i was shocked at the soundstage and detail that these had and also impressed at how easy they are to drive on my portable and anything else i plug them into. These have good detail like i already mentioned, playing pink floyd dark side of the moon i could actually hear what the people in the backround are saying the highs are crisp and clear and detailed, not as smooth as my system but thats a whole different story. My old headphones compared to these didnt really have any highs at all. The bass is pretty good. It is very smooth and deep, weighty. not overpowering, nor underpowering. Midrange is also smooth and detailed, These headphones are very balances with no real noticable peaks in the sound and overall present a very detailed smooth musical sound. With certain songs and at a reasonably loud volume they can be a bit bright though.
They seem pretty well built, and are flexible as far as adjusting them to fit your head. The cord is pretty thick and can sometimes be a nuisance is it gets tangled where it splits from one cord to two because the ear pads can turn around you have to turn them to untagle it. And the most major downfall is the comfort, i dont think i could go very long wearing these without taking them off for just a couple mins to rest. Sometimes i can get them placed just right where i dont notice them but they really dont even compare to my sonys for comfort. And the soundleakage could also be a problem. Im leaving for 3 weeks to the mainland and am going to take these and i doubt i will be able to listen to them on the airplane as they might leak too much sound. But i have heard cheap headphones that leak just as much. And as i have read others mention they will reveal a bad recording, as i was playing some of the Mp3's i have i was really surprised at how bad they sounded.
Overall they are good phones with great sound and good build, and flexiblity. Their comfort level isint the highest but the sound definetly makes up for it.
and now here is my review:)
I got these a couple of days ago and at the moment they have over 20 hours on them so i imagine that they are broken in pretty well. My first impression when i got these was a put them on and they felt a bit funky, before these i was using Sony MDR-CD180 headphones that cost 20 bucks. they are an closed over the ear type. And i always thought they were pretty comfortable and they are, moreso than these grado's but they arent as uncomfortable as i had expected them to be. With the bowl pads that are on these its kina like "placement" of the headphones on my ears is tricky, because i want to make it as comfortable as possible but yet still sound the best. So sum up the comfort, they arent the last word in headphone comfort but they arent as bad as some people will make you think.
Sound, well when i first put these on and played a song i was shocked at the soundstage and detail that these had and also impressed at how easy they are to drive on my portable and anything else i plug them into. These have good detail like i already mentioned, playing pink floyd dark side of the moon i could actually hear what the people in the backround are saying the highs are crisp and clear and detailed, not as smooth as my system but thats a whole different story. My old headphones compared to these didnt really have any highs at all. The bass is pretty good. It is very smooth and deep, weighty. not overpowering, nor underpowering. Midrange is also smooth and detailed, These headphones are very balances with no real noticable peaks in the sound and overall present a very detailed smooth musical sound. With certain songs and at a reasonably loud volume they can be a bit bright though.
They seem pretty well built, and are flexible as far as adjusting them to fit your head. The cord is pretty thick and can sometimes be a nuisance is it gets tangled where it splits from one cord to two because the ear pads can turn around you have to turn them to untagle it. And the most major downfall is the comfort, i dont think i could go very long wearing these without taking them off for just a couple mins to rest. Sometimes i can get them placed just right where i dont notice them but they really dont even compare to my sonys for comfort. And the soundleakage could also be a problem. Im leaving for 3 weeks to the mainland and am going to take these and i doubt i will be able to listen to them on the airplane as they might leak too much sound. But i have heard cheap headphones that leak just as much. And as i have read others mention they will reveal a bad recording, as i was playing some of the Mp3's i have i was really surprised at how bad they sounded.
Overall they are good phones with great sound and good build, and flexiblity. Their comfort level isint the highest but the sound definetly makes up for it.