Aurisonics Impressions and Reviews - Page 123  

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Originally Posted by Totally Dubbed 

hehe

 

Well its just interesting to know how many are actually outside the US
I'm guessing you all paid $50 shipping + customs taxes?

 

 

Yup. So that's $50 P&P, $50 customs charge and $179 for the phones themselves. But even at a total of $279, I don't in any way feel ripped off. Quite the contrary. The ASG-1s were a bargain at this price given their sonic qualities. For example, I spent a total of $460 on the SM3s, and wasn't half as impressed as this....

As well as the USPS delivery & Customs TAX I also got robbed by the UK Parcel Force delivery who held my delivery to ransom until I paid additional £8 admin/clearance fee to them.  For me the total has come to around £200 which I think is a bargain for these headphones. I'm going to let the phones get at least 50 hours use before concluding my thoughts on sonic performance.

One issue I can confirm already is the fit. Looks like I'm in the 10% with non generic ears.

Initially the fit seemed all good but prolonged wear is giving me a little ache against left ear. Closer inspection in the mirror showed that ASG-1's don't sit flat at all due to my ear shape/size. Although they are lodged firmly in place the discomfort from the fit might become a deal breaker unless my ears adjust to them. Any UK/EU Head-Fi'er interested in these keep a close eye as i might be forced to put them in classifieds which will be a shame as they are getting much better with burn to my ears.

Gotta love the HDR Photos from iPhone.

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Originally Posted by Swimsonny 

Nope I bought them "second hand" (you couldn't tell however hard you looked, used for an hour!). So I bought them fairly cheaper and at that value they are even more wooo!

haha WOOOO :D

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Originally Posted by archy121 

 

As well as the USPS delivery & Customs TAX I also got robbed by the UK Parcel Force delivery who held my delivery to ransom until I paid additional £8 admin/clearance fee to them.  For me the total has come to around £200 which I think is a bargain for these headphones. I'm going to let the phones get at least 50 hours use before concluding my thoughts on sonic performance.

 

One issue I can confirm already is the fit. Looks like I'm in the 10% with non generic ears.

 

Initially the fit seemed all good but prolonged wear is giving me a little ache against left ear. Closer inspection in the mirror showed that ASG-1's don't sit flat at all due to my ear shape/size. Although they are lodged firmly in place the discomfort from the fit might become a deal breaker unless my ears adjust to them. Any UK/EU Head-Fi'er interested in these keep a close eye as i might be forced to put them in classifieds which will be a shame as they are getting much better with burn to my ears.

 

 

 

 

Gotta love the HDR Photos from iPhone.

 

Archy, glade for your new purchase.

Don't give up easily, initially i also had some difficulty in fit of my SM3, as in your pic, i see some space between shell and the ear.

Try putting a sticky mouse on edges, genus of mine, very comfortable now.

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Originally Posted by pack21 

 

 

Archy, glade for your new purchase.

Don't give up easily, initially i also had some difficulty in fit of my SM3, as in your pic, i see some space between shell and the ear.

Try putting a sticky mouse on edges, genus of mine, very comfortable now.

 

Wow. Talk about industrious...
 

Very creative pack21! They look real comfortable too.

I hope your fit issue is resolved Archy. What tips are you using?

Yes TotallyDubbed, TS-400s, which fit the ASG-1 like a glove. As per usual, I reverse them, to prevent even minimal loss of higher frequencies. I prefer the bass response with the UE single flange, but the Complys are unbeatable for details, isolation and comfort.

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Originally Posted by Nulliverse 

 

Yes TotallyDubbed, TS-400s, which fit the ASG-1 like a glove. As per usual, I reverse them, to prevent even minimal loss of higher frequencies. I prefer the bass response with the UE single flange, but the Complys are unbeatable for details, isolation and comfort.

+1 for the Ts-400 (or Ts-500 as well), they just make seal and fit so easy to achieve.

My ASG-1 have burned-in for 30h, and bass have finally awaken (typical of large dynamic drivers).

The bass response is very good (large dynamic drivers truly shine for this).

I still have a very large mid-hump that I have to EQ down, but female vocals have calmed down, they were unbelievely aggressive out of the box.

Drums have a very natural sound.

And isolation is just excellent.

I'll just continue the burn-in over the week-end, it should be enough to give a final opinion.

Quite pleased so far, although they can't touch my SE535Ltd in terms of separation, details, liveliness and build quality. But the pricetag is not the same (ASG-1 cost half of SE535Ltd, and my SE535Ltd have a added 6N OFHC braided cable adding 80$ to the bill), so all is well.

I'm curious to see when Aurisonics will release filters to tune down the mids and protect nozzles against wax invasion, I find it peculiar that nozzles are wide open like this, without any protective mesh...

"Wax invasion" - you're my hero.

Pack21 thanks for your encouragement. I definitely intend to persist as I LIKE what I hear. I'm hoping ears will get used to the phones & discomfort will subside.

No pain no gain. Let see how long i last..

Right now listening to Drake's Take Care album & the bass is just huge. I'm about 24 hours into burn time & its definitely opening things up including the sub bass.

I said i would not comment until i had at least 50 hours on the phones but i have been so impressed with the bass that i have to share some opinions & findings.

I did a few A/B listens to the 'Take Care' & 'Marvin's Room' tracks with ASG-1 & EPH100.

Compared to EPH100 that i thought had a big satisfying bass the ASG-1 takes it  to ANOTHER level with very tight, fuller bodied & texture levels that I never experienced with EPH100. You can really feel the bass reverberating & passing though you. Crazy sub bass - I'm revelling in it as i type.

I HIGHLY recommend Drake's 'Take Care' album if you want to experience what the ASG bass can do. Right now I  definitely feel no need for a ZO amp.

ASG-1 is my new  king of Hip-Hop / Rap.

There is one sound element beyond all that i find lacking from the ASG-1 - sparkle.

I recall initial listening sessions made me think that the EPH-100 did a much better job with Trance primarily because of the sparkle which gives that extra attention to fine detail. Many owners have agreed that the EPH100 excels at Trance/Electro -  one of my main listening genre.

I'm not a  fan of  emphasised highs so i was glad to hear that the high end was easy on the ears. Having heard them I wish they could have had a just little sparkle like the EPH100's. I also listen to lot of Trance/Electro etc & i find sparkle essential to enjoy this genre.

Using my loved AKG Studio Monitor headphones (pure flat neutral sound) as reference, I had to EQU Foobar to around +10 @ 14KHz to get the ASG-1 to pick up same detail in highs.

It would seem with my setup, that as well as the mid hump around 1khz there is an even bigger dip at 14khz highs. I don't think a -10 could be tip related so its probably by design through tuning . Wonder if someone could ask Dale about this.

I will do a better A/B with Trance tracks soon & see if things have changed from my initial impressions with new found EQU settings.

So far one thing is for sure without the UE tips kindly provided by Nulliverse & some major EQU'ing these phones wouldn't be keepers for me.

They are definitely fine tuned for their intended single specialist purpose -stage monitors. Wish this had come across clearer early on.

Having said that the fact that some exotic EQU'ing can get these sounding exceptionally great goes to prove how capable & flexible these phones are.

To me it's become apparent that Aurisonics have something very special here. They can take the exact same phones & simply tune them differently for audiophile listening purposes to create a game changer in the audiophile phones market. Peace.

Hope following might be of use..

Listening done on PC Win7x64 with Asus Essence STX card. FLAC/CD tracks with Foobar using Asus ASIO output  to headphone amp out. Tips of choice are UE.

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Thanks for the feedback, Shotgunshgane.

I hope we can all benefit from filters without the need of shipping the IEMs back for mounting.

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Originally Posted by Nulliverse 

Very creative pack21! They look real comfortable too.

 

I hope your fit issue is resolved Archy. What tips are you using?

 

Yes TotallyDubbed, TS-400s, which fit the ASG-1 like a glove. As per usual, I reverse them, to prevent even minimal loss of higher frequencies. I prefer the bass response with the UE single flange, but the Complys are unbeatable for details, isolation and comfort.

I prefer the UE tips being a bass lover. Every decibel counts. Isolation with UE tips is very good for me but I will have to look into how much detail i might be losing against the complys.

Unfortunately my discomfort is not from the tips as that would have been fairly easy to resolve. Its the casing not sitting correctly & pressing against ears.

Pack21's solution might do the trick but little extreme for me.   

Shotgunshane are the highs affecting in any way with the filters ?

Can we get a photo ?