RPGWiZaRD
Headphoneus Supremus
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I had to google some of those. Seems the Kannon is a bass monster. The Mobius is planar and a 3D gaming headphone. the Aiwa is bluetooth. The Ora sounds interesting. Maybe I will steal it. My husband has one coming if they ever ship. I would not expect it to be similar at all to the H1707. You are brave doing so many kickstarters.
Only you can decide. You probably don't NEED it but when has that stopped some of us... lol. Why are you tempted? I love mine but I know a few people think it is too small.
I'm into kickstarter campaigns because of the reduced pricing. Then it's okay if it arrives a bit late.
I don't care that much about the on-ear vs over-ear as long as it sounds good, Ideally I prefer over-ear but I can appriciate on-ear for the more compact size though.
The main reason I'm interested in 1More TOEH is the 3-driver aspect and especially with the dedicated bass reflector which I hope can provide the similar "feel the bass" aspect of M-Audio Q40 that I've been trying to find an upgrade for and for example I liked the highly praised Ultrasone Signature DJs among EDM lovers less as it was more V-shaped than the Q40 leaving the mids too recessed/highs too bright (probably owned Q40 headphone as my main and only headphone I've used for like 6 years) but I've come to love the tactile feel-the-bass so much that it would be hard to live without it even if a headphone otherwise sounded better, the $120 Q40 do sound very good for their price and has the signature I'm looking for (bass emphasized but otherwise balanced mids vs highs). The Kannons are more of a one tricky pony IMO (still kept it as it's a cool first attempt at delivering something new to the table) that obviously focuses on that aspect delivering a very strong feel the bass sensation but the sound quality again isn't up to the task and I easily prefer the Q40 headphones to the Kannons for sound quality.
Please note it would be paired with a digiZoid ZO amp which is a unique design and fully analog amp and it greatly enhances the bass output but it doesn't work like a traditional bass boost switch on for example a portable amp/dac and has much greater sound quality vs bass quantity ratio you normally would encounter so I'm interested to see if the 1More might have potential as an M-Audio Q40 upgrade with that combo. My biggest worry is whether the midrange is forward enough on the 1More as I quite enjoy the mids on the Q40 that I don't feel is missing at all, well bass is slightly louder yes but it's not more recessed than the highs so everything still sounds pretty meaty and up-front on the Q40 while delivering nice punchy impactful bass. The other worry is if the 1More has tight and controlled and punchy enough bass, the Q40 do pretty exceptional job in not muddying upp the bass, it's a more snappy and punchy one that I enjoy, I'm looking more for "punch" than rumble as I like to feel the initial impact of a bass beat in electronic music, then I don't care much about actually hearing the bass as long as I feel it as I prefer to focus more on the leads and vocals. On the paper the 1More TOEH should have greater chance delivering that tactile bass sensation due the dedicated bass driver (I expect it to be enhanced when paired with the digiZoid amp).
As long as the 1More headphone would even be able to match the now discontinued $120 Q40 in sonical performance and deliver that bass sensation I'm looking for (the amp is really the key here capable of turning any headphone to bass monsters if turning up the bass boost so even if you feel it's not that bass heavy as stock it might be a different story when I listen with this amp) Due to Q40 being EOL and the stock pads are like only good for like up to 2 years of use (I'm on the 3rd pair now I think bought 2nd hand from users here) I just want to to find a replacement in case this Q40 would die on me as it has been through a lot of abuse over the years now.
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