vlenbo
Headphoneus Supremus
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As promised, I made the A/B comparisons.
Subtly explained music background: I enjoy listening to j-pop, rock, and some trance with hip hop here and there. I took the best tests for the sub-bass and mid-bass category for the hip hop/rap. The trance also had been chosen towards a bias in sub-bass. I used j-pop to determine the mid-bass quantity and to listen for the mids and highs.
Source: Samsung galaxy note 4 @ 50-60 % volume
Mikros90 volume @ 60% - Good seal?
Ath-msr7 volume @ 50% - Good seal
RAP
Wiz Khalifa - On my level
This is the best sub-bass test from what I heard.
The sub-bass region at 20hz was a bit skewed in mikros90's favor by 1-2db. The ath-msr7 did a good job of keeping up for being an over-ear, and it even had somewhat better rumble detail compared to the mikros 90 by at least 1 db detail. Tightness was the same on both.
Subbass quantity - Mikros90 > Ath-msr7
Subbass quality - Ath-msr7>= Mikros90
Lil Wayne ft Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, The Game - Rah!
The mikros90 fared well in the midbass quantity, having a pretty good punch for what it offers in size. The ath-msr7 hits a little harder while having slightly more mid-bass quantity, while still retaining the quality.
mid-bass quality - Ath-msr7>= Mikros90
mid-bass quantity - Ath-msr7> Mikros90
TRANCE
Sub bass songs
Zaitek - Essence of Music
The mikros90 and the ath-msr7 fared pretty well! Both had the same amount of sub-bass and mid-bass quantity. I'll put the subbass quantity in favor of the mikros 90 as I heard .5db more subbass
Subbass quantity - Mikros90 >= ath-msr7
Subbass quality - Mikros90 = ath-msr7
Dillon Francis - Masta Blasta
The mikros90 has a bit more subbass rumble than the ath-msr7, but only slightly. Both CAN REACH the same amount of subbass quantity. The quality for both are almost equal, but I give the edge to the ath-msr7 by .5db in detail as I coul hear the beginning of the subbass rumble a bit better, including some of its nuances for having slightly less rumble and .5-1db less subbass quantity.
Subbass quantity - Mikros90>=Ath-msr7
Subbass quality - Ath-msr7>= Mikros90
JPOP
Acid Flavor - Feeling
in this scenario, I' testing only the mids and highs. I'm changing the format of the text as this is a bit more complex to describe.
Mikros90 Mids&highs: The mikros90's mids and highs are pretty great sounding with resolving treble detailing. There's not much grain on the treble and I hear the nice splashes and crashes from the cymbals. The treble is slightly full from waht I hear, but I think that has to do with how my headphones are sealed. Having said that, if I A/B this headphone with the ath-msr7, I hear problems with the mids-treble airiness as the sound can sound cogested (not in terms of sounstagnig, it's pretty dang good 3d imagery), while having a lack sense of air for a 35mm headphone, which makes some sense to be honest. By itself, however, I hear sound to be somewhat airy, but still not enough to how I desire my flavor for headphones. The mids also suffered similar problems, but the mids were definitely detailed and pretty alaned with the rest of the frequency, while the ath-msr7 had a slight boost in it upper mids. I would have said that the mids would have been slightly more detailed than the ath-msr7s if it were airier, but the msr7 has better etail retrieval in the mids, an slightly better crunch to the guitars.
Ath-msr7 mids and highs: I hear the treble detail to be equal of the mikros90, possibly a bit better detailing in nuances as I hear the treble slightly crisper, kind of like the rice krispies cereal, when you hear the snaps, crackles, and pops from the cereal. I love how the cymbal crashes sound in the ath-msr7 due to it slight, very slight forwardness, cleaner detailing (as I hear the sound to be airy and not much congested), and pretty well rounded splashing that doesn't sound tinny. Treble sounds slightly thinner than the mikros90, but not y much as there is some fullness to the treble. now, the mid region for the ath-msr7 sounds pretty clean, open, detailed, and slightly thicker than the mikros90. The sound was silky smooth, which surprises me as it is even silkier and transparent than the mikros90.
Wings Of Liberty - Ohara Sayaka
Mikros90 mids + highs - The highs sounded less grainy than the ath-msr7s, but only slightly. In return, slightly less treble tail than the msr7, and just slightly congesting sounding in the treble as the cymbals could have been at lot more airier .The female vocals sounded fantastic, However, even if sounding just a smudge closed in than the msr7s. Regardless, the mikros90 has a slightly smoother upper mids than the ath-msr7s, which helps avoid a weird grainy tsu sound from Sayaka, but iti sn't that noticable.
Ath-msr7 mids + highs - The high sounded splendidly detailed and airy, but at the cost of the cymbals sounding somewhat grainy. Regardless, the splashing sounded smoother than the crashing did on the ath-msr7s that I can't actually give the mikros90 the faor. They both have equal strengths in treble detailing. The mids are silkier and more thicker on this headphone than the mikros90, while still having great detailig on Ohara's voice, if it weren't for the tsu sounding grainy that is.
Overall mids + highs : Mikros90 = Ath-msr7
That is all I can part with, I hope this is enough information!
