Well, this is the first time I notice someone is not satisfied with the customer support of Penon. I ask them friendly and get friendly replies. MMCX connection can be a tricky thing. If you follow some threads this is a periodical topic.
I agree, never had issues with Penon. I also gotten the mini 2 from them, and given how small they are, you just have to be extremely careful when plugging n unplugging.
That looks like an accident waiting to happen, the tips are larger than the device, somethings bound to break. That sucks.
After one week the Rose Mini2 headphones were broken.
My mistake was unplugging the MMCX connector.
Penon Audio wanted me to send the headset back. That was too complicated and too expensive for me, so I ordered a new left headphone for $50.
I'll take it as a lesson. This was my first and last attempt with Chinese quality.
Attention! poor quality of Rose Mini mmcx plugs on
Not yet but an overall impression.
as requested, i will concur--the urbs are to my ears a breakthrough hall-of-fame caliber product which, in terms of coherence, soundstage and timbre, are unrivaled at that $25 pricepoint. i also believe that aesthetics greatly influence our perception of quality, altho the effect is more pronounced in two channel audio (e.g. for years i owned gorgeous but thoroughly mediocre b&w speakers before acknowledging that they were much inferior to the cheaper, plain looking psb speakers i had in another room). not sure about the new brooms, however...Urbanfun Hifi (Hybrid) revisited - are they still (urban) fun?
I had spoilt myself recently with Etymotics, UE900S, Focal Sphear, Fidue A65, iBasso IT01 etc.
When I used my KZ ZSR thereafter, I was disappointed...rumbly bass etc.
Following yesterday's discussion, I took my "Urbs" out for a spin. Yes, they are kinda nondescript, bulky, and generic looking. But "wow", what a pleasant sonic surprise: they have an accurate soundstage, and - most of all - a very natural timbre - wood and string instruments come out very well. Some would say they sound "smooth" (coherent and balanced)...the manufacturer certainly harmonized their BA and DD driver. I am waiting for loomisjohnson to come out of the woodwork and second this.
This begs the questions:
1. Do I/we tend to judge the book too much by its covers?
2. Because the Urbs look like "moreofthesame", do we tend to think they sound like "moreofthesame". In other words, inhowmuch do looks influence our hearing perception?
3. Do new brooms (e.g. KZ ED16/ES4/ZSA) always clean better than old ones (German saying: yes, but you get better into the corners with the old brooms)?
I think the Urbanfun Hifi Hybrid are simply great sounding earphones. It would be interesting if Head-Fiers with the latest KZs pulled their Urbs out of the box for a comparative listen...and gave us their takes.
Urbanfun Hifi (Hybrid) revisited - are they still (urban) fun?
I had spoilt myself recently with Etymotics, UE900S, Focal Sphear, Fidue A65, iBasso IT01 etc.
When I used my KZ ZSR thereafter, I was disappointed...rumbly bass etc.
Following yesterday's discussion, I took my "Urbs" out for a spin. Yes, they are kinda nondescript, bulky, and generic looking. But "wow", what a pleasant sonic surprise: they have an accurate soundstage, and - most of all - a very natural timbre - wood and string instruments come out very well. Some would say they sound "smooth" (coherent and balanced)...the manufacturer certainly harmonized their BA and DD driver. I am waiting for loomisjohnson to come out of the woodwork and second this.
This begs the questions:
1. Do I/we tend to judge the book too much by its covers?
2. Because the Urbs look like "moreofthesame", do we tend to think they sound like "moreofthesame". In other words, inhowmuch do looks influence our hearing perception?
3. Do new brooms (e.g. KZ ED16/ES4/ZSA) always clean better than old ones (German saying: yes, but you get better into the corners with the old brooms)?
I think the Urbanfun Hifi Hybrid are simply great sounding earphones. It would be interesting if Head-Fiers with the latest KZs pulled their Urbs out of the box for a comparative listen...and gave us their takes.
Interesting to record all the preferences for non-mic/remote cables. Interesting because essentially all low- to mid-priced brandnames with non-detachable cables such as Sennheiser, B&W, NAD, Focal etc. appear to have some sort of a remote.I really did enjoy mine but I traded them for a ZS5(v1).
The Urbanfun has a mic on the cable and I know I wouldn't use it much (preference for no-mic cables).
