the best side of this earphone is, definitely it's mids. i wanted to state that first. this is one of the sweetest mids i've listened. and there's a interesting point, just like the Brainwavz R1 and Vsonic R02 (not GR02), this guy also carries the "2khz boost of the Diablo". i can't say amount of the boost is the same though. i think X3 is a little less boosted compared to them (that two was identical about the boost amount). but there's enough 2khz to annoy us (us = the Diablo hunters).
about the bass, the type of bass is a nasty mixture of Sennheiser CX 300-II and the MEElectronics M-Duo. why ? because it really hits hard, but after all it's not big enough. not feels complete and deep enough. just a powerful, hitting bass is there, without any fun. after i messed with my nasty equalizer, i detected it's 30hz deep bass performance is a little limited but i've to note, after doing some tuning (lowering 60-125-250hz and boosting 30hz) it did well but still you can feel the difference compared to softer hitting models. device's tuning is focused on 60-125hz mostly. okay, definitely not a bassweak device. actually slightly powerful than a lot of devices including G/R02 and R1. and yes probably i'll prefer X3 to G/R02 but i'll take R1 for it's slightly sweeter deep bass (actually i'll prefer Koss Plug to all (a second thought: i'll prefer moxpad to R1, because R1 was weaker in total))
Bass:
well working, powerful 60-125hz emphasized bass. unfortunately, it's 30hz deep bass performance is not one of the best, not feels complete enough to call a winner, especially if there's koss plug for this price range. it's bass production type really reminds me the R1 again.
Mids:
awesome. the best side of this earphone. how much acoustic do you need ? if the size of the sounds were a little bigger (just like on the havi b3 pro I), this earphone was definitely going to add itself to the list of the mid legends of the midgard (midgard ?). again the differences are very little compared to R1. it's mids almost identical! (second thought, it's more like to havi than R1. man, i like this device)
Treble:
not bad but not good too. very stubborn to not giving the details we need, but at least not annoying in any way and does it's job well, clear & good on quality. far better than AIAIAI Pipe for example... do i need to say it's treble performance also nearly identical to R1 ?
Amplification Requirements:
close to none. easily usable with sandisk sansa, audigy 2 zs level.
Equalizer Requirements:
60 & 125hz frequencies are boosted on a moderate level, 250 & 2khz frequencies comes highly amplified. 250hz amplification caused drums to be prominent, you can lower it for more relaxed drums. also keep in mind that lowering 125 & 250hz will help to the songs causing bass distortions and lowering them also will help to the deep bass feeling it lacks. lower 2khz to get more natural sound. another note: treble frequencies needs more amplification than usual to appear.
Conclusion:
trust me on this, this earphone is a clone of Brainwavz R1. i don't know if brainwavz manufacture all of their earphones by theirself but i'm familiar to R1's sound and i'll be surprised if this two are coming from different manufacturers. if you ask to me, this is just another version of R1 and i'm not sure about the improvement level. the mids are nearly the same, the bass and treble are still not the best (just like the R1) but not too bad too. if you want to see cool mids get this or R1, this mids are cool... i like this acoustic more than Vsonic VSD3/S and this is also the closest you can get from an earphone other than Havi B3 Pro I (and without it's downsides). but keep this in mind: Koss products produces better bass and their mid & treble performance is also good. if you're going to buy only 1 earphone i say go for koss.
update: with time passing, i'm liking even more this device. especially it's size of acoustic & bass. i'm keeping my thoughts same about the treble peformance and overall similarities with R1 but i'm now sure that it's an update, both on the mids, bass and build side. the device's response to volume amplification is quite awesome btw...
update 2: if this is X3 what X6 contains ? it can't be too good for that price, right ? somebody please say "right", i don't wanna make another order...
update 3: now, i'm sure... this is an update to R1, certainly better than it. does not requires an amp, 2khz boost is less, build quality seemingly better, sounds overall better and it's cheaper. there's no reason to go with R1 from now on.
visit my table for further comparisons:
http://www.head-fi.org/a/table-of-earphocalypse
about the bass, the type of bass is a nasty mixture of Sennheiser CX 300-II and the MEElectronics M-Duo. why ? because it really hits hard, but after all it's not big enough. not feels complete and deep enough. just a powerful, hitting bass is there, without any fun. after i messed with my nasty equalizer, i detected it's 30hz deep bass performance is a little limited but i've to note, after doing some tuning (lowering 60-125-250hz and boosting 30hz) it did well but still you can feel the difference compared to softer hitting models. device's tuning is focused on 60-125hz mostly. okay, definitely not a bassweak device. actually slightly powerful than a lot of devices including G/R02 and R1. and yes probably i'll prefer X3 to G/R02 but i'll take R1 for it's slightly sweeter deep bass (actually i'll prefer Koss Plug to all (a second thought: i'll prefer moxpad to R1, because R1 was weaker in total))
Bass:
well working, powerful 60-125hz emphasized bass. unfortunately, it's 30hz deep bass performance is not one of the best, not feels complete enough to call a winner, especially if there's koss plug for this price range. it's bass production type really reminds me the R1 again.
Mids:
awesome. the best side of this earphone. how much acoustic do you need ? if the size of the sounds were a little bigger (just like on the havi b3 pro I), this earphone was definitely going to add itself to the list of the mid legends of the midgard (midgard ?). again the differences are very little compared to R1. it's mids almost identical! (second thought, it's more like to havi than R1. man, i like this device)
Treble:
not bad but not good too. very stubborn to not giving the details we need, but at least not annoying in any way and does it's job well, clear & good on quality. far better than AIAIAI Pipe for example... do i need to say it's treble performance also nearly identical to R1 ?
Amplification Requirements:
close to none. easily usable with sandisk sansa, audigy 2 zs level.
Equalizer Requirements:
60 & 125hz frequencies are boosted on a moderate level, 250 & 2khz frequencies comes highly amplified. 250hz amplification caused drums to be prominent, you can lower it for more relaxed drums. also keep in mind that lowering 125 & 250hz will help to the songs causing bass distortions and lowering them also will help to the deep bass feeling it lacks. lower 2khz to get more natural sound. another note: treble frequencies needs more amplification than usual to appear.
Conclusion:
trust me on this, this earphone is a clone of Brainwavz R1. i don't know if brainwavz manufacture all of their earphones by theirself but i'm familiar to R1's sound and i'll be surprised if this two are coming from different manufacturers. if you ask to me, this is just another version of R1 and i'm not sure about the improvement level. the mids are nearly the same, the bass and treble are still not the best (just like the R1) but not too bad too. if you want to see cool mids get this or R1, this mids are cool... i like this acoustic more than Vsonic VSD3/S and this is also the closest you can get from an earphone other than Havi B3 Pro I (and without it's downsides). but keep this in mind: Koss products produces better bass and their mid & treble performance is also good. if you're going to buy only 1 earphone i say go for koss.
update: with time passing, i'm liking even more this device. especially it's size of acoustic & bass. i'm keeping my thoughts same about the treble peformance and overall similarities with R1 but i'm now sure that it's an update, both on the mids, bass and build side. the device's response to volume amplification is quite awesome btw...
update 2: if this is X3 what X6 contains ? it can't be too good for that price, right ? somebody please say "right", i don't wanna make another order...
update 3: now, i'm sure... this is an update to R1, certainly better than it. does not requires an amp, 2khz boost is less, build quality seemingly better, sounds overall better and it's cheaper. there's no reason to go with R1 from now on.
visit my table for further comparisons:
http://www.head-fi.org/a/table-of-earphocalypse
