One of the worse earphones I've ever had the mis-pleasure of buying. Read reviews on the net and thought it could be a neat present for a friend.
The packaging looked convincing enough even though the gold anodized aluminum looked suspicious.
At the end, nothing but low quality sound and had trouble keeping the buds to stay in place.
No bass, no treble and sounds really dull.
It was so bad, I didn't bother to run them in to have another listen.
Avoid. You'd probably have better luck with other earphones.
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Update : 10/8/14
After reading some of your comments, I embarked on some research. Before this, I had little idea that the MI Piston 2.0 had so many fakes, copies or even "o.e.m" replicas out there.
To cut a long story short, XiaoMi confirmed that the one I got was a fake. They also confirmed that they have never authorized any O.E.M products to be made or sold by any third party.
I have since received an original Piston 2.0 and my experience with this earphones is a much positive one.
Pros
Good sound and an enjoyable listen even for long hours.
Extended frequencies both low and high. Best with tight fit around ear canal.
Bass frequencies were well extended and I did not detect any lack of bass. (with buds firmly in place).
Good quality.
Cheap.
Works well with a wide range of music.
Cons
Somehow, the buds keep falling out. I find that I kept pushing it into my ear harder every time.
Extended listening can cause surrounding area of the ear to hurt due to the reason above.
High frequencies can be a bit aggressive from 8-12kHz, but only slightly so.
Cable is a tad short.
This is a highly recommended earphones. Puts some of other more esoteric models out there to shame. Highly recommended. Just make sure you buy from a reliable source and watch out for fakes. The fakes sound really aweful, you won't believe it.
I apologize to anyone whom I've mislead from my first posting. Unfortunately, my account does not allow me to post pictures. I'll include a link, hope this works..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123318041@N02/
The packaging looked convincing enough even though the gold anodized aluminum looked suspicious.
At the end, nothing but low quality sound and had trouble keeping the buds to stay in place.
No bass, no treble and sounds really dull.
It was so bad, I didn't bother to run them in to have another listen.
Avoid. You'd probably have better luck with other earphones.
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Update : 10/8/14
After reading some of your comments, I embarked on some research. Before this, I had little idea that the MI Piston 2.0 had so many fakes, copies or even "o.e.m" replicas out there.
To cut a long story short, XiaoMi confirmed that the one I got was a fake. They also confirmed that they have never authorized any O.E.M products to be made or sold by any third party.
I have since received an original Piston 2.0 and my experience with this earphones is a much positive one.
Pros
Good sound and an enjoyable listen even for long hours.
Extended frequencies both low and high. Best with tight fit around ear canal.
Bass frequencies were well extended and I did not detect any lack of bass. (with buds firmly in place).
Good quality.
Cheap.
Works well with a wide range of music.
Cons
Somehow, the buds keep falling out. I find that I kept pushing it into my ear harder every time.
Extended listening can cause surrounding area of the ear to hurt due to the reason above.
High frequencies can be a bit aggressive from 8-12kHz, but only slightly so.
Cable is a tad short.
This is a highly recommended earphones. Puts some of other more esoteric models out there to shame. Highly recommended. Just make sure you buy from a reliable source and watch out for fakes. The fakes sound really aweful, you won't believe it.
I apologize to anyone whom I've mislead from my first posting. Unfortunately, my account does not allow me to post pictures. I'll include a link, hope this works..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123318041@N02/
Are you? USD 30 investment in product you did not like, and probably sell on eBay, makes you sick? Then I am sorry for you. On the subject you are not reading, my primer set is Sennheiser CXC 700 and Pistons are not exactly a replacement, but good option for morning/evening music listening in public transport for me (jazz and classic mostly). 