Hi everyone, newbie here! :)
I want to give a review for a Singapore brand earphone, the Sonic Gear Earpump Pro. Sonic Gear is well known by IT gadget freaks but not by audiophiles like us, and many people may think Sonic Gear is just another cheap brand without respectable quality. Well, I'll just start my review, and you guys can decide about it's quality from your own perspective after you tried it yourself.
Earpump pro is the top of the line neodymium type IEMs from Sonic Gear (which recently also produces balanced armature type earphone). It came with a case, and travel adaptors. It costs ONLY $30 (which you can get for $20 on some retail store, and believe me, it is original).
Design and Build Quality
7/10
The Earpump Pro comes in many different colours, which most of them will only fit for people with "Harajuku Style". The Mocha Brown colour one is very nice and looks like an expensive earphone. The finishing of the brown colour is also very nice. Overall I liked the built quality of this earphone.
Sound Quality
Overall
8/10
High Frequencies
8/10
I found the High frequencies are well reproduced by this earphone. The trebles are very very clear. Much better than you expect from IEMs with this price.
Middle Frequencies
8/10
The middle frequencies are a bit muddy but I still found it better than the AKG K350. The vocals reproduced by this earphone is not perfect, but almost as good as Sennheiser CX300-II Precision my friend own (which means already well burnt in).
Low Frequencies
10/10
The bass is warm but still kicks. It is quite unique the way this earphone reproduce Bass. The bass is not as soft as CX300-II Precision but definitely much much better than the AKG K350 (Which I found really sucks after using this earphone)
Soundstage
7/10
Now when it comes to sound stage, I will give this earphone only 7/10. The sound stage is a bit narrow. Sometimes I feel like that the sound is cramped in very small room. I can hear sound is coming from everywhere and I can know clearly the direction of the sound coming, but it is a bit hard to differentiate which instrument is nearer and which instrument is farther than us, but still it is perfect for earphone in this price range.
Price/Performance
10/10
I'm truly impressed with what this IEM can offer despite its price. Maybe you can try it yourself and give some comment about this earphone too. :)
