Rating: 5/5
Review:
Very well made and with excellent sound
I was sent these headphones for review and I think they are
outstandingly good. They are very well
made, stylish and with excellent sound.
The headphones come very well boxed and are plainly a
quality product. They come with a nice
soft carry-pouch and two leads; one for connection to Android devices and one
to Apple. The leads have an in-line
microphone and simple controls for hands-free calls. There is also a quick-start guide (which
amounts basically to "plug your headphones in and put them on"!) and
a good user manual.
The headphones are really well made. They are quite weighty and have solid metal
earcups. The padding is very good and I
have found them comfortable for hours on end.
They grip well but not firmly enough to use for exercise, I'd say – but
that's not what they are intended for.
They fold neatly and the whole thing has a classy air about it.
Connection is wired only, which suits me just fine. Plainly all the makers' effort and money has gone
into sound production, because that's where these really stand out. I test a lot of headphones and these have
exceptionally good balance and depth of tone and fantastic quality and
precision of articulation. They have
dual drivers (i.e. separate speakers for bass and treble) and the effect really
shows. Everything is crystal clear and
that old cliché about hearing things I'd never heard before really does apply
to these. Tops are bright and distinct,
middles sound just great and the bass is superb – never dominant or boomy but
it has all the depth and kick you'll need when necessary.
I have listened to a lot of music through these headphones,
including my Test Tracks list, which gives all aspects of the sound a thorough
trial. It starts with 16th Century choral music, it ends with London Grammar
and it has most things in between, and everything sounds just great to me. Instruments
like theorbo and viola da gamba sound magnificent, and chamber, orchestral and
large choral works are clear and distinct with a lovely full sound and excellent
distinctness of individual instruments and voices. Things like classic rock sound great and the
deep, rolling bass in London Grammar's Hey Now (one of my standard tests of
headphones) really resonates. Volume goes plenty loud enough for me with no
audible distortion and they're just a pleasure to listen to.
I'm sorry to gush, but these really are among the best
headphones I've heard – certainly at this price. I'm comparing them with very good 'phones
like Bose Sound True, Brainwavz HM5 and
HM9, Noontec Hammo and others and they're my current favourite. If you want a set of wired headphones which
are very well made and you really care about sound I'd say don't hesitate. These are excellent.
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