Reviews by InternPrimas

InternPrimas

New Head-Fier
Pros: Nice Lows (Bass)
Cons: Lacks decent treble, Earpads way too soft and poor quality, Sound signature could be improved, Cable not detatchable, Bad Pricing
What can I say the bass is nice on this after all it's in the XB series. It is somewhat well controlled.
I did notice with stronger bass music it tends to hit almost distortion levels.
The treble does exist on this but I feel like the sound signature is goofy due to the earpads.
It gives off a hollow like treble sound, but if you turn them up enough you can kind of enjoy them.
The earpads are cheap and soft and most likely will wear out. And they aren't changeable (glued on).
The cord isn't detatchable. But if you want hard hitting bass these cans do work but treble is so-so with hollowness.
These obviously are basshead phones. They construct feels okay except for the earcup/earpads.
Sound signature could be improved... They are discontinued I think?

InternPrimas

New Head-Fier
Pros: Durable Metal Hinges, Lightweight, Lengthy Flat Cord , Portability, Comfortable, Stylistic
Cons: Gritty Mids, Grainy Highs, Veiled Lows, Sound Leaks, Too Loud, Bad soundstage (Pinched), Lows lack Punchiness, Pricing (not worth $50 or $100)
Disclaimer: I haven't burnt these headphones in, this is a fresh brand new pair I am using.
Sadly I regret my purchase due to the misgivings of these on ear headphones, yet they got high praise from other people and websites.
Yet they didn't really go in depth with the sound signature claiming it is "tonality is balanced".
Yet I think either there hearing is damaged or I just got a bad new pair or defective?
I figure it's either a defective pair or just that this is the sound signature.
 
Anyways this headphone is far from being a pure neutral headphone but it's close except the mid emphasis.
I feel like the construction of the headphone is fairly good the reinfornced metal hinges gives a peace of mind.
The flat lengthy cord is fine for portability and at home usage. The sound signature is just painfully not as refined as it should be.
I figure maybe you need to "burn in" these headphones yet I've had non burnt in headphones that had decent sound signatures out of box.
The sound signature of these drivers are just leaning between an Audio Technica M40X and a Sony MDR7506.
M40X being better obviously. But I see some aspects they took from the M40X and MDR7506 implemented here.
The refinement needs improvement, the lows need to have a better emphasis doesn't have to be muddy or bleeding into mids.
Also if they were to relax the highs a bit while raising the lows it would even better for long term listening.
These aren't great for at home listening compared to the M40X. But they are okay for gym but I'm sure there is something better for cheaper.
Times have changed even mainstream store brands are improving their drivers despite being "cheap" alternatives.
I was let down by Noontec with the Zoro II HD. I should have stayed clear of them but decided to give them a chance.
Not exactly too happy with my purchase. Let's get in depth to the nitty gritty (pun intended).
 
BASS - It extends to 16 Hz but again it lacks proper emphasis more rolled off (relaxed almost and lacking the punch for most electronic tracks but it exists just not punchy).
TREBLE - Well if you consider the Treble being on the Bright side to be HD than sure you can say that but these are on the brightside of things and do have some grit and grain to the frequencies.
MIDS - There is a strong emphasis in this region so vocals do sort of "pop" in the mixes and are clear but there is some grittiness depending on how the song is mixed and source.
Overall Sound - They could have had a better emphasis on the low end while relaxing the high end a bit to reduce grain and grit, while turning down the mids a little bit to reduce that grit.
Low end needs better emphasis, mids should be dialed back a few dB and the highs should be more relaxed in a curve.
Pricing doesn't match sound quality
earfonia
earfonia
I would like to correct my previous statement. My mistake that I didn't notice earlier that the Noontec Zoro II that I tried was not the HD version. Sorry for that, and thanks to @dw1narso to notify me on that on separate conversation. That set of Zoro II that I tried was belong to @dw1narso.
 
Another thing, the first test I did was using Onkyo DP-X1 and a DIY cable, 3.5mm to 3.5mm that I made using Lyx Pro starquad mic cable. Second test I did was using Fiio X3ii and the stock cable, strangely the treble glare was not heard anymore (same test tracks). Since I tested it in 2 different location, and I cannot compared the 2 setups side by side, now I'm left unsure about the treble glare. So until I can test the set side by side using those setups, at the moment I'm not very sure about the treble glare that I heard previously.
dw1narso
dw1narso
To add what Earfonia said, we also try using Audio Tehnica MSR7 cable. With Fiio X3ii and Xduuo X3 as player, we could not detect any glare.

Now the good news, on my white Zoro ii, not Zoro ii HD (my mistake ordering wrong phone, which I really want to get Zoro ii HD actually), these are quite balanced phone as Tyll said. IMHO, this is a good sounding on ear portable closed phone. No, it could not beat Somic V2, which is better in every regards. But they are really not comparable, portable closed on ear (Noontec) vs full open over ear (Somic).
dw1narso
dw1narso
Forget to mention... My zoro ii sound much better with ATH MSR7 cable... So this phone deserve better cable than the standard one.

InternPrimas

New Head-Fier
Pros: Spacious soundstage, Good lows and mids, No amp required, Instrument seperation, Pricing
Cons: Smooth treble (it's there just not much emphasis compared to over all sound), Slight cable noise from moving across clothes
UPDATE: Changing eartips changes sound signature. Sounds more "neutral" with bass emphasis with larger eartips... The review below was with stock eartips which fitted decently in ear.

 

This is my review of the "Urban Beatz AMP" earbuds.

This is documentation of my experience with these "cheap" earbuds. I do some testing on them and listen to various music and test them on my PC and smartphone.

I purchased these at Marshalls for $7.99. The packaging is slick. The produce features an aluminum metal housing. And comes with 3 sized pair of eartips (soft silicone).

With some noise "isolation". The quality is actually pretty good for some earbuds that cost $8 bucks. It blew away the "Red Monster Nlite In-earbuds" from Walmart in terms of sound quality.

I'd say the sound quality is "full" however when it comes to lower bitrate music these are slightly unforgiving and lower bitrate effects the sound quality. Like with any good headphones/earbuds if lowbitrate music is played you hear the subtle artifacts so people mistake this for poor quality earbuds. these are actually decent when used with upper higher quality bitrate audio.

If you are listening to 64 kbps audio obviously it's not gonna sound as good as say 192 kbps or higher VBR quality audio. My music collection is filled with M4A 192 KBPS AAC audio encoded from actual CDs. The sound re-produced on these ear buds are amazing for such a low price. However people are picky when it comes to sound signature.

These earbuds have a little open back end. The sound signature is hard to fully define but it feels like an M40x that has been altered a bit and has a lower lows.

Another great thing the soundstage is unique. It does actually have a soundstage. I am still testing on music. and the soundstage isn't bad.

For some reason these have an almost what i'd call a "wide" soundstage. To some extent it does have a soundstage though.

I'm testing frequencies on them and it re-produces the lows nicely not bloated or "farting". But actual good reproduction.

However when the lows hit lower than 20 Hz it tends to get wooly below 20 Hz.

Starting around 16~18 Hz or so below it gets "wooly". But at around 18~20 Hz the sub bass is more controlled.

Below 17 Hz the sub is wooly and below that it becomes just "air" that is felt.

These earbuds are flavored to an extent but it's actually tuned decently I feel that it's similiar to the M40X in sound signature but hits lower.

I feel that these earbuds are like a warm version of an m40x. But with a sort of dark warm laidback sound signature of an m40x.

Moving on surprisingly classical music and orchestra music sounds great on these IEMs.

And I normally don't listen to that type of music maybe once in awhile. And it sounds good.

The somewhat wide soundstage for these small aluminum IEMs are great. The bass reproduction is great not bloated. The mids are good.

Due to the wider soundstage the highs sound almost laid-back but they aren't sizzly or shrill like an MDRV6/MDR7506.

I am just not used to wide soundstage yet. I am still adjusting to it but it's interesting. I feel like they are semi-warm with a wide soundstage.

Here is my conclusion from listening to these IEMs... They have a spacious soundstage with good instrument seperation.

And have good mid and low reproduction. The highs are there but sort of laid-backish. But the great instrument seperation and spacious soundstage makes up for it.

The model number is UZ-EM150-976 and says © 2016 Merkury Innovations, LLC.

Would I recommend them? Yes for the low price of $8 the sound quality is on par to some $100 headphones and beats some mainstream mass produced name brand store IEMs that i've tried.

However there is always one that stands out in quality. And these do stand out.

The aluminum metal casing and the drivers built in the casing seems to reproduce low frequencies well. and the soundstage is spacious/wide. Great instrument seperation.
I still can't believe I payed less than $10 bucks. The stuff that's like $5 or $10 bucks like those "jvc gumy's" aren't good compared to these IEMs.
These are really a diamond in the dirt. 
Back
Top