linnem
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After having spnt a lot of time (and money) looking for the perfect portable phone I finally took the plunge and orderd the D66 EGGO from audiocubes about 4 months ago. A couple of years ago I found it's cousins, d77 & d55) in a sony catalog here in Norway, but their price tag were to hefty at the time (the d77 was around 200 USD.
My favorite phones before the Eggo was the SR60 and the E888, both wonderfull phones in their respective category, but I never did manage to like the sr60 as a portable (I paid 200 USD for it here) and the E888 suffers from all the mishaps of other earbuds, the worst being that they do not keep very well in place.
It has to be said that I have never been to keen on closed phones as my ears tend to get hot very quickly and it ruins my musical experince. Sennheiser may make some very good sounding phones, but comfortwise and their sheare bulkiness(?) the leave me wanting. I dont want to log around a monster I have to remove every 5 minuts.
Enter the D66.
Design: Once upon a time a tie-fighter corpulated a ninja-turtle who then laid a EGGO. For real, it will never win any design awards it is just too wierd looking, but in no way ugly, nor will it help you get laid.
Build quality: The weakest spot on the D66 for sure. Feels like it wont stand to much punishment, but maybe looks are deciving. I have fallen asleep lots of time with my pair on only to wake up and find them nicely curled up besides me (or around my neck trying to strangle me). The single cord wire solution is not the best as it is VERY thin and is exposed as two "loops" to facilitate the slide necessary to fit different sized heads. I also find the main cord a tad to thin, but this is probably to keep th e overall weight down as...
Portability:...the D66 weighs next to nothing. You can wear them for hours without any discomfort, and when not in use the fold up! Really nice, but till takes up more space then an earbud. A bag is provided and I allways use it, not just to keep it scatch free, but also so the wires I mentioned before dont snag on something.
A word of warning! when using the D66 you cant just pull them down around your neck if you need your ears for other things (like actally talking to people) as they will try to strangle you. You either have them on your ears or not on at all.
Sound: Very neutral. If you like the E888 you will LOVE this baby to death, same sound, just more of it as you get better low freq. extension and the stay put once you have put them on. No need to "reposition" every 30 sec. Very forward soundstage eg. very little "closed headphone blob feeling", maybe from the tilted drivers. Cloth earpads help with the hot ear syndrom (HES it should be called). 40 ohms, dont exactly need an amp, but mine likes my fixup v3 for that extra power.
More tomorrow!
My favorite phones before the Eggo was the SR60 and the E888, both wonderfull phones in their respective category, but I never did manage to like the sr60 as a portable (I paid 200 USD for it here) and the E888 suffers from all the mishaps of other earbuds, the worst being that they do not keep very well in place.
It has to be said that I have never been to keen on closed phones as my ears tend to get hot very quickly and it ruins my musical experince. Sennheiser may make some very good sounding phones, but comfortwise and their sheare bulkiness(?) the leave me wanting. I dont want to log around a monster I have to remove every 5 minuts.
Enter the D66.
Design: Once upon a time a tie-fighter corpulated a ninja-turtle who then laid a EGGO. For real, it will never win any design awards it is just too wierd looking, but in no way ugly, nor will it help you get laid.
Build quality: The weakest spot on the D66 for sure. Feels like it wont stand to much punishment, but maybe looks are deciving. I have fallen asleep lots of time with my pair on only to wake up and find them nicely curled up besides me (or around my neck trying to strangle me). The single cord wire solution is not the best as it is VERY thin and is exposed as two "loops" to facilitate the slide necessary to fit different sized heads. I also find the main cord a tad to thin, but this is probably to keep th e overall weight down as...
Portability:...the D66 weighs next to nothing. You can wear them for hours without any discomfort, and when not in use the fold up! Really nice, but till takes up more space then an earbud. A bag is provided and I allways use it, not just to keep it scatch free, but also so the wires I mentioned before dont snag on something.
A word of warning! when using the D66 you cant just pull them down around your neck if you need your ears for other things (like actally talking to people) as they will try to strangle you. You either have them on your ears or not on at all.
Sound: Very neutral. If you like the E888 you will LOVE this baby to death, same sound, just more of it as you get better low freq. extension and the stay put once you have put them on. No need to "reposition" every 30 sec. Very forward soundstage eg. very little "closed headphone blob feeling", maybe from the tilted drivers. Cloth earpads help with the hot ear syndrom (HES it should be called). 40 ohms, dont exactly need an amp, but mine likes my fixup v3 for that extra power.
More tomorrow!
