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500+ Head-Fier
You may have read ClieOS’s review here or at inearmatters.net about the clear dual driver headphone. Just an update Brookstone does ship out of the United States to select countries. Information is at the Brookstone web site.
fyi; I have no connection to any audio manufacturer or any retail operation.
I started a few day ago visiting some select Brookstone brick and mortar stores. None of the stores I visited had the clear dual drives in stock and for the most part they were almost apathetic in locating local stock. Finally one employee told me that I could have them shipped free to my home. Brookstone charges if you order online. I decided to save the twelve dollars and let them put the order in for me. I ordered on Sunday, arrived on Thursday; not too shabby.
Impressions out of the box are always to be taken with a grain of salt, something new always deserves a little skepticism even by an impressed new owner. I have very little time with them so far. I’m using a rockboxed clip+ and a Cowon D2. Neither of the players showed any hiss and the headphones were fairly easy to drive. Sonys hybrids’ went on with no trouble, complys foams made them bloomy. Even turned up the iems didn’t show any sign of breaking up. The best part is hearing new treatments done in studio on tracks I’m familiar with.
I suspect its natural that in a multi driver system that "congestion" stands a very good chance of being diminished. Bass is all there when called for and vocals sound very natural. Not having the Radius models I can’t directly compare them but I do have some respected headphones, iems and full size headphones to compare these.
Possibly more later if anyone is interested. I have some burning in to do but after only an hour things are looking very positive.
fyi; I have no connection to any audio manufacturer or any retail operation.
I started a few day ago visiting some select Brookstone brick and mortar stores. None of the stores I visited had the clear dual drives in stock and for the most part they were almost apathetic in locating local stock. Finally one employee told me that I could have them shipped free to my home. Brookstone charges if you order online. I decided to save the twelve dollars and let them put the order in for me. I ordered on Sunday, arrived on Thursday; not too shabby.
Impressions out of the box are always to be taken with a grain of salt, something new always deserves a little skepticism even by an impressed new owner. I have very little time with them so far. I’m using a rockboxed clip+ and a Cowon D2. Neither of the players showed any hiss and the headphones were fairly easy to drive. Sonys hybrids’ went on with no trouble, complys foams made them bloomy. Even turned up the iems didn’t show any sign of breaking up. The best part is hearing new treatments done in studio on tracks I’m familiar with.
I suspect its natural that in a multi driver system that "congestion" stands a very good chance of being diminished. Bass is all there when called for and vocals sound very natural. Not having the Radius models I can’t directly compare them but I do have some respected headphones, iems and full size headphones to compare these.
Possibly more later if anyone is interested. I have some burning in to do but after only an hour things are looking very positive.