Heir Audio 4.Ai - Appreciation/Impression/Review Thread - Page 73

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Originally Posted by thegrobe 


That review seems off...not my experiences at all. I have noticed NO distortion in the bass at any levels during normal listening. Even running the headphones through some test tracks that include full low to high frequency sweeps and a test for low end rumble - nothing.
Also it's mentioned two cables - a spare - are included?

New theory: The guy was drunk off his ass, hearing distortions, having double vision and all. Explains the review.

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Originally Posted by Sorensiim 

New theory: The guy was drunk off his ass, hearing distortions, having double vision and all. Explains the review.

No, what explains the review is he's an amatuer who knows little to nothing about audio. Does he walk into a stereo shop, go over to the system playing music and turn up the amplifier full blast then criticize the speakers for distorting? There is absolutely nothing that can be gleaned from his experiment other than that there was distortion for some reason. Was it the headphones or was it the iPhone 4S's amp being overdriven? Just because one headphone doesn't distort when doing this and another does doesn't necessarily mean it's the headphones fault, that headphone may be more taxing on the amp causing the amp to distort. In my experience this is the more likely scenario.

Regardless though, even if it is the headphones it shouldn't be held as a negative because it's just a plain unsafe thing to do. I've found for the average recording setting the volume to half way on my iPhone 4S is borderline too loud for me, and I'm fairly certain I probably listen at levels a little louder than I should, turning up the volume to full blast would be absurdly loud. In my opinion even mentioning this in the article is unprofessional and unethical, it's invites other users to try it for themselves potentially damaging their hearing.

Whoever wrote that review is very, very dim. It was a lazy review coming from a magazine of that size.
 

Welp, I'll steer clear of that review then...haha

Question: have any of you gents used a Fiio E5 or E6 with your 4.Ai? I need an ultraportable rig for weightlifting so I was considering a little Fiio amp to pair with my Clip Zip, but I don't know if it will sound any better than straight out of my rockboxed clip.

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Originally Posted by OK-Guy 

 

Home Media have confirmed that the 3.Ai & 4.Ai will be at Custom-Cables Showroom next week - Dates to be confirmed later.

 

Custom Cable

35 High Street

New Malden
Greater London

KT3 4BY

Contact: Amit

 

Website: http://www.custom-cable.co.uk/

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Auditioned them both today :D

Martyn really is a nice bloke, and very knowledgeable. Also, he makes a really good cuppa!

I will post some impressions later....

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Originally Posted by Swimsonny 

Get a hippo cricri!

A little too big for me I think. My Arrow 3G is already pretty darn small, but not small enough to stick to the Clip Zip and clip to my gym shorts. 

They do that bass test for every headphone. It's meaningless to almost all of us but some do EQ their bass way up so maybe it's worth noting. Iphones max out is not clipping unless there is an unusually low impedance. He goes on to do nothing but praise the device so I don't understand the resentment. 4/5 is a great rating for what appears to be a great phone.

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Originally Posted by OK-Guy 

 

did you demo with some of their stuff as well?

No, just my gear. I probably spent more time chatting to Martyn than demoing to be honest! Was there for about 3 hours in the end.