FullBright1
Headphoneus Supremus
Before i begin this mini revive of the Sendy, let me first issue a disclaimer.....
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Let it be known that this is a review, I make no promises or any subsequent claims that you will like what i like, hear what i hear, or love what i love, (tho you should) regarding the sound quality of this or any headphone i shall ever review for you.
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Also, the reason i dont review a headphone for you after giving it the proverbial "150 hrs" burn in time, is because its more accurate for your sake, if i review the gear right out of the box and immediately strapped on, because this is exactly how YOU will be hearing the gear if you buy it (new), until such time as makers of HeadPhile gears begin burning their gear in before they box it and ship it.
So, obviously, if a maker of a headphone product is reading this, then do yourself a favor and burn them in before you ship, and you can use this to sell your products, as all hype is allowed in the retail world regarding selling products, especially electronics.
For example, you might market it as....." We are The ONLY worldwide manufacturer of audiophile headphones that, as part of our strict attention to QC, ... burn in the headphones..... so that when you get them, you are getting the best sound possible right out of the box....as no 150hr burn in of our product is ever required to find out if it sucks, or if it is as phenomenal as we are telling/selling you.....etc".
So, ladies, start your engines, as here we go.....
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Ok, as i went to UPS and received the box from the UPS "Agent", i noticed immediately that this gear has some heft, some mass, some weight, and this pleased me, immediately.
Upon arriving to my music room, i undressed the very sturdy tho plain box, opened it, and out came a nice tho modest carrying case that has a strong & secure & well made zipper as well as overall build quality.. Nothing felt inexpensive or as if the box or the case are just an afterthought.
Upon opening the sturdy case, i smiled, as its tight in there....yet, once again, the design of even the implementation of the molding that secures the Sendy's in their case, is a well considered operation.
Taking the Sendy's out of their case, (should you buy) you will feel the end result of a well designed quality product, and this is the "weight" i felt before i even opened the box.
Yes, the headphones are pretty, and the frame, headband, and cups, are all represented well by the $599.99 that it costs for you to own them.
This is a premium "feeling" product that 95% of buyers will love to admire and touch. And of course, the other 5% who wont love it, are not capable of ever being satisfied, and go through life in a perpetual state of nervous exhaustion. So, don't be that person. Instead, allow yourself the joy of enjoying, vs the self-curse of being nothing but critical and unhappily so....endlessly, till the end of your time.
And then, there is the WIRE. So COOL..... I think it was/is Z-Reviews who admired its complexity, its beauty, and the obvious fact that such a wire is a hyper-attention to detail piece of workmanship.., and just like the headphones, the wire is actually a thing of beauty.
Its both dense and lite, and low and behold, its not stiff.
Ok, moving now to the "I strapped myself into them", position, let me talk about what this experience is like, so far....
Im using only 2 sound generating devices, the Apogee ONE, and the Monoprice THX AAA Dac/Amp.
Playing now my usual 10 CDs that cross borders and all genre's, and starting with the quiet music and traveling through the sound tunnel towards heavier, louder, and deeper. And the reason you always choose lighter softer music first, is so you dont blow out your hearing by starting with Dub ECM, and so forth........which is pretty obvious.
So, i listened, and i listened, then i went to my UTube channel and i listened....
And now i will first tell you about their comfort and sound.
Comfort: 8.8. While these are not lite headphones, the headband, the headband frame and slider, along with the ear-cups, give you a very secure and relaxed and balanced feeling of comfort as you wear them. The clamping pressure is perfect for most heads. The earcups are not going to feel too small to most ears, or too shallow.
All good here.
Impressive.
The headband's slider control does not click into position as you adjust it, but, its a secure "glide" with plenty of travel and never slips once you have it set to your favorite position.
Set it and forget it and turn on the tunes.
So, what is my initial impression of the overall sound of these headphones at point of contact with their sound?
Well, i dont find them aggressive or mid punched or tonally bright, but i do find them to offer a mildly dynamic sound whose signature offering imparts "heft" "body" and impact.
I also find them to have a certain overall sweetness, smoothness, with their quality of warmth being slightly above neutral.
But more about this........keep reading..
Soundstage : Similar to the Alara and Quad, the soundstage has an average plus width, some obvious sense of the sound coming from in front of you, and its more deep then wide, overall. This is not the soundstage of the eternally wide Ananda, nor is it as wide as the LCD -Xs.
Treble : Ah.... These are not treble searing headphones, but neither are they treble impaired. Instead, what i hear is a sound engineer who designed them who does not want yet another set of treble bright headphones that are trying to pretend that false detail is found by etching the high end. No.... the Sendy headphone design group have created a Treble freq that is refined and extended and somewhat smooth. It imparts a sense of "polish" and absolutely refuses to offer any sibilance unless you are asking it to play back horrible MP3s.
The Treble does not have an artificial sound, but rather a lot of attention to its tuning has been given it so that the upper frequencies are friendly, welcoming, and ultimately not fatiguing, while also offering enough extension to allow for fine musical detail to shine within its overall sonic signature.
The Sendy's are not "all about the treble", so, if this is your specific need, then buy a Beyer, or an AKG, or a Hifiman product and enjoy all the "bright" you can stand.
Midrange :, The Sendy's midrange is interesting right out of the box. Its certainly void of the dreaded "V" shape, yet its not designed to completely lead or overarch the overall tonality of the headphones, yet, it has audiophile impact.
It will remind you of more recent Audeze and Sennheiser midrange, yet, its a very pretty midrange, sort of "dynamically neutral", with nothing in the 1-2kHz range that offends my ear.
I tend to prefer more mids vs more treble, but, i am not a fan of rolled off treble.
Overall, this is certainly a $599.99 midrange sound, and beyond, and the designers have rightly created, within the Sendy's fine sound, that the mids play a "balance" role along with the Treble, regarding just how you accurately retrieve detail from music....
Bass : Hummmmmmm. well, my ears told me from first sonic contact within the sound of the Sendy's, that the low mids are being mildly widened to warm their sound, and there is just enough of a 50-100kHz "sweeting" to give the headphones a happy vote towards tweeked low end. And... just to make certain of what i was hearing down low, i listened carefully to the "AJA" Steely Dan remaster, as this recording was unfortunately not remastered so that the bass is as balanced or extended as it should be, and the Sendys pull out the bass and activate it, not significantly, but, with just a touch of extra solidity.
So, again, 95% of buyers of this set of headphones, are going to like this bass response, as its refined, its solid, and it makes its presence known without reducing the headphones to the status of "too much bass" said Mr BEATS....
Now having said that, there is , to my ear, this sense that the middle of the bass frequency which these headphones are producing, works it way slightly into the overall midrange which is why i hear the sound Sig of the Sendy's to have this overall sense of "warmth" that is apparent to my ears.
Will "burn in" change all this? Well, their sound will mature, and that is all i can know at this point.
As compared to the Ananda's.., well, the Ananda's are a bright sounding headphone, holographic, and tend to analyze the music. They also dont have the midrange impact of the Sendy's, and of course the Ananda's have a completely different treble, not only bright, much less sweet, and not as wide.
As i compare them to the Oppo PM-2... The Oppo's have more of an airy tone, and a more articulate upper treble frequency. The Oppo's don't offer the bottom end impact that is provided by the Sendy's.
Its Clinical vs Smooth....so who wins?........both.
Both of these headphones are very pretty and feel expensive to the touch, and wooden cups like you find on the Klipsch and the Sendy's are significant eye candy.
Yep.
As i compare them to the LCD-X, the Sendys dont offer quite the treble extension or the width of soundstage.
They also do not possess what i consider the LCD-X's bottom end thickness, but this is not a deficit, this is just how they are designed to reproduce bass response, and they do it very very well.
They go head to head and toe to toe, sonically, with the Audeze in all other regards, and offer a more refined and polished audiophile sound that is smoother and warmer.
As compared to the Quads or Alara's.......Well, these 2 headphones offer more midrange width, while the Sendy's offer a more balanced sound. The Q & A's have a smaller soundstage.
The Sendy's offers more bass response, more articulation, equal resolution, and i would not say they offer more or less micro detail retrieval, they just offer it in within a lovely voice that is all their own that is not the same as the Alara's or the Quad's.
Ultimately, the Sendy's sound slightly more refined then either the Alara or the Quad.
As compared to the Stax 300 series......the Sendy's mids and treble do not extend as much, and overall clarity is not as penetrating, nor is their soundstage as wide. But, its not really fair to compare a Planer to an Electrostatic gear.
They really sound nothing alike, so, that is the reality.
Should you buy the Sendy's'?
Well, their value -2-sound ratio is very good, but i can't know if their sound is going to make you love them, or not.
i feel that they have a fine audiophile sound and a quality of design and build that would not cause anyone who might not like their sound, to feel their money was wasted.
Also, i predict that this headphone will be a continually popular selling gear, based on its sound and its quality of design and beauty....so, at least for a good long while, if you do buy, i think the market for resell is going to be "killer"...
The Sendy's are not yet another generic, plastic earcups, treble etched, over-hyped overpriced junk.
This is a fine set of headphones, that sound very good, warm, dynamic, polished, are aesthetically beautiful, and wear well.
I have experienced no fatigue issue with them.
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Let it be known that this is a review, I make no promises or any subsequent claims that you will like what i like, hear what i hear, or love what i love, (tho you should) regarding the sound quality of this or any headphone i shall ever review for you.
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Also, the reason i dont review a headphone for you after giving it the proverbial "150 hrs" burn in time, is because its more accurate for your sake, if i review the gear right out of the box and immediately strapped on, because this is exactly how YOU will be hearing the gear if you buy it (new), until such time as makers of HeadPhile gears begin burning their gear in before they box it and ship it.
So, obviously, if a maker of a headphone product is reading this, then do yourself a favor and burn them in before you ship, and you can use this to sell your products, as all hype is allowed in the retail world regarding selling products, especially electronics.
For example, you might market it as....." We are The ONLY worldwide manufacturer of audiophile headphones that, as part of our strict attention to QC, ... burn in the headphones..... so that when you get them, you are getting the best sound possible right out of the box....as no 150hr burn in of our product is ever required to find out if it sucks, or if it is as phenomenal as we are telling/selling you.....etc".
So, ladies, start your engines, as here we go.....
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------
Ok, as i went to UPS and received the box from the UPS "Agent", i noticed immediately that this gear has some heft, some mass, some weight, and this pleased me, immediately.
Upon arriving to my music room, i undressed the very sturdy tho plain box, opened it, and out came a nice tho modest carrying case that has a strong & secure & well made zipper as well as overall build quality.. Nothing felt inexpensive or as if the box or the case are just an afterthought.
Upon opening the sturdy case, i smiled, as its tight in there....yet, once again, the design of even the implementation of the molding that secures the Sendy's in their case, is a well considered operation.
Taking the Sendy's out of their case, (should you buy) you will feel the end result of a well designed quality product, and this is the "weight" i felt before i even opened the box.
Yes, the headphones are pretty, and the frame, headband, and cups, are all represented well by the $599.99 that it costs for you to own them.
This is a premium "feeling" product that 95% of buyers will love to admire and touch. And of course, the other 5% who wont love it, are not capable of ever being satisfied, and go through life in a perpetual state of nervous exhaustion. So, don't be that person. Instead, allow yourself the joy of enjoying, vs the self-curse of being nothing but critical and unhappily so....endlessly, till the end of your time.
And then, there is the WIRE. So COOL..... I think it was/is Z-Reviews who admired its complexity, its beauty, and the obvious fact that such a wire is a hyper-attention to detail piece of workmanship.., and just like the headphones, the wire is actually a thing of beauty.
Its both dense and lite, and low and behold, its not stiff.
Ok, moving now to the "I strapped myself into them", position, let me talk about what this experience is like, so far....
Im using only 2 sound generating devices, the Apogee ONE, and the Monoprice THX AAA Dac/Amp.
Playing now my usual 10 CDs that cross borders and all genre's, and starting with the quiet music and traveling through the sound tunnel towards heavier, louder, and deeper. And the reason you always choose lighter softer music first, is so you dont blow out your hearing by starting with Dub ECM, and so forth........which is pretty obvious.
So, i listened, and i listened, then i went to my UTube channel and i listened....
And now i will first tell you about their comfort and sound.
Comfort: 8.8. While these are not lite headphones, the headband, the headband frame and slider, along with the ear-cups, give you a very secure and relaxed and balanced feeling of comfort as you wear them. The clamping pressure is perfect for most heads. The earcups are not going to feel too small to most ears, or too shallow.
All good here.
Impressive.
The headband's slider control does not click into position as you adjust it, but, its a secure "glide" with plenty of travel and never slips once you have it set to your favorite position.
Set it and forget it and turn on the tunes.
So, what is my initial impression of the overall sound of these headphones at point of contact with their sound?
Well, i dont find them aggressive or mid punched or tonally bright, but i do find them to offer a mildly dynamic sound whose signature offering imparts "heft" "body" and impact.
I also find them to have a certain overall sweetness, smoothness, with their quality of warmth being slightly above neutral.
But more about this........keep reading..
Soundstage : Similar to the Alara and Quad, the soundstage has an average plus width, some obvious sense of the sound coming from in front of you, and its more deep then wide, overall. This is not the soundstage of the eternally wide Ananda, nor is it as wide as the LCD -Xs.
Treble : Ah.... These are not treble searing headphones, but neither are they treble impaired. Instead, what i hear is a sound engineer who designed them who does not want yet another set of treble bright headphones that are trying to pretend that false detail is found by etching the high end. No.... the Sendy headphone design group have created a Treble freq that is refined and extended and somewhat smooth. It imparts a sense of "polish" and absolutely refuses to offer any sibilance unless you are asking it to play back horrible MP3s.
The Treble does not have an artificial sound, but rather a lot of attention to its tuning has been given it so that the upper frequencies are friendly, welcoming, and ultimately not fatiguing, while also offering enough extension to allow for fine musical detail to shine within its overall sonic signature.
The Sendy's are not "all about the treble", so, if this is your specific need, then buy a Beyer, or an AKG, or a Hifiman product and enjoy all the "bright" you can stand.
Midrange :, The Sendy's midrange is interesting right out of the box. Its certainly void of the dreaded "V" shape, yet its not designed to completely lead or overarch the overall tonality of the headphones, yet, it has audiophile impact.
It will remind you of more recent Audeze and Sennheiser midrange, yet, its a very pretty midrange, sort of "dynamically neutral", with nothing in the 1-2kHz range that offends my ear.
I tend to prefer more mids vs more treble, but, i am not a fan of rolled off treble.
Overall, this is certainly a $599.99 midrange sound, and beyond, and the designers have rightly created, within the Sendy's fine sound, that the mids play a "balance" role along with the Treble, regarding just how you accurately retrieve detail from music....
Bass : Hummmmmmm. well, my ears told me from first sonic contact within the sound of the Sendy's, that the low mids are being mildly widened to warm their sound, and there is just enough of a 50-100kHz "sweeting" to give the headphones a happy vote towards tweeked low end. And... just to make certain of what i was hearing down low, i listened carefully to the "AJA" Steely Dan remaster, as this recording was unfortunately not remastered so that the bass is as balanced or extended as it should be, and the Sendys pull out the bass and activate it, not significantly, but, with just a touch of extra solidity.
So, again, 95% of buyers of this set of headphones, are going to like this bass response, as its refined, its solid, and it makes its presence known without reducing the headphones to the status of "too much bass" said Mr BEATS....
Now having said that, there is , to my ear, this sense that the middle of the bass frequency which these headphones are producing, works it way slightly into the overall midrange which is why i hear the sound Sig of the Sendy's to have this overall sense of "warmth" that is apparent to my ears.
Will "burn in" change all this? Well, their sound will mature, and that is all i can know at this point.
As compared to the Ananda's.., well, the Ananda's are a bright sounding headphone, holographic, and tend to analyze the music. They also dont have the midrange impact of the Sendy's, and of course the Ananda's have a completely different treble, not only bright, much less sweet, and not as wide.
As i compare them to the Oppo PM-2... The Oppo's have more of an airy tone, and a more articulate upper treble frequency. The Oppo's don't offer the bottom end impact that is provided by the Sendy's.
Its Clinical vs Smooth....so who wins?........both.
Both of these headphones are very pretty and feel expensive to the touch, and wooden cups like you find on the Klipsch and the Sendy's are significant eye candy.
Yep.
As i compare them to the LCD-X, the Sendys dont offer quite the treble extension or the width of soundstage.
They also do not possess what i consider the LCD-X's bottom end thickness, but this is not a deficit, this is just how they are designed to reproduce bass response, and they do it very very well.
They go head to head and toe to toe, sonically, with the Audeze in all other regards, and offer a more refined and polished audiophile sound that is smoother and warmer.
As compared to the Quads or Alara's.......Well, these 2 headphones offer more midrange width, while the Sendy's offer a more balanced sound. The Q & A's have a smaller soundstage.
The Sendy's offers more bass response, more articulation, equal resolution, and i would not say they offer more or less micro detail retrieval, they just offer it in within a lovely voice that is all their own that is not the same as the Alara's or the Quad's.
Ultimately, the Sendy's sound slightly more refined then either the Alara or the Quad.
As compared to the Stax 300 series......the Sendy's mids and treble do not extend as much, and overall clarity is not as penetrating, nor is their soundstage as wide. But, its not really fair to compare a Planer to an Electrostatic gear.
They really sound nothing alike, so, that is the reality.
Should you buy the Sendy's'?
Well, their value -2-sound ratio is very good, but i can't know if their sound is going to make you love them, or not.
i feel that they have a fine audiophile sound and a quality of design and build that would not cause anyone who might not like their sound, to feel their money was wasted.
Also, i predict that this headphone will be a continually popular selling gear, based on its sound and its quality of design and beauty....so, at least for a good long while, if you do buy, i think the market for resell is going to be "killer"...
The Sendy's are not yet another generic, plastic earcups, treble etched, over-hyped overpriced junk.
This is a fine set of headphones, that sound very good, warm, dynamic, polished, are aesthetically beautiful, and wear well.
I have experienced no fatigue issue with them.
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