BadhairCut
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Quick review of the R1's.
Just returned my pair of R1's. I was back and forth between purchasing the R1's and the M5's. Both seemed like good bang-for-your-buck IEM's with a neutral (v shaped) sound signature, but the intrigue of dual drivers broke the tie and I used the R1's for a week before returning them.
I read many posts on this thread and expected to love them or hate them, but I found them to be pretty good (but not spectacular) IEM's. I already have a pair of cheap $20 Yamaha IEM's, and unfortunately they are quite comparable. I didn't hear the benefit of the dual drivers because no part of the sound spectrum really stood out to me as being better than the others. The highs, mids, and lows were ok.
I would rather have IEM's that I didn't have to wrap around my ear for this level of sound quality. It was difficult to get a good seal this way in the beginning and it just added to my frustration as I tried all the earbuds multiple times.
What I'm guilty of is expecting a $40 pair of IEM's to sound twice their cost, which they did not.
Just returned my pair of R1's. I was back and forth between purchasing the R1's and the M5's. Both seemed like good bang-for-your-buck IEM's with a neutral (v shaped) sound signature, but the intrigue of dual drivers broke the tie and I used the R1's for a week before returning them.
I read many posts on this thread and expected to love them or hate them, but I found them to be pretty good (but not spectacular) IEM's. I already have a pair of cheap $20 Yamaha IEM's, and unfortunately they are quite comparable. I didn't hear the benefit of the dual drivers because no part of the sound spectrum really stood out to me as being better than the others. The highs, mids, and lows were ok.
I would rather have IEM's that I didn't have to wrap around my ear for this level of sound quality. It was difficult to get a good seal this way in the beginning and it just added to my frustration as I tried all the earbuds multiple times.
What I'm guilty of is expecting a $40 pair of IEM's to sound twice their cost, which they did not.