brunoampm
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In a insane search for the perfect strong deep bass again in an IEM, I bought the MDR-XB40EX and now it is completely burned-in at about 100 hours.
First, it is a pain to use, so it is useless. The comfort is tragic. They are super heavy because of the huge size and the extra metal body that serves for nothing but stupid marketing. The new silicone anti-noise earbuds hurts the ear with that plastic inside and helps nothing for isolation, that is very poor. It is impossible to think how they transformed the most comfortable earphones for me (traditional ex-series) in one of the most uncomfortable.
Bass are bloated and congested. It doesn’t extend as deep and layered as the 5EB. Just tons of midupperbass alltogether and some bloated monotone low-bass. Now I like much more my 5EB and my EX-85 modded (just close the air vents with tape). Those have hi-fi bass in comparison.
The highs are mediocre, recessed and with harmonic distortion on the low-highs, giving that sshhhhsssss tones, sibilance. Can’t fix it with EQ.
Please, don’t spend your money with this, it is all about marketing stuff from Sony. They make some marvelous headphones, but this MDR-XB40EX is really bad.
First, it is a pain to use, so it is useless. The comfort is tragic. They are super heavy because of the huge size and the extra metal body that serves for nothing but stupid marketing. The new silicone anti-noise earbuds hurts the ear with that plastic inside and helps nothing for isolation, that is very poor. It is impossible to think how they transformed the most comfortable earphones for me (traditional ex-series) in one of the most uncomfortable.
Bass are bloated and congested. It doesn’t extend as deep and layered as the 5EB. Just tons of midupperbass alltogether and some bloated monotone low-bass. Now I like much more my 5EB and my EX-85 modded (just close the air vents with tape). Those have hi-fi bass in comparison.
The highs are mediocre, recessed and with harmonic distortion on the low-highs, giving that sshhhhsssss tones, sibilance. Can’t fix it with EQ.
Please, don’t spend your money with this, it is all about marketing stuff from Sony. They make some marvelous headphones, but this MDR-XB40EX is really bad.