Otto Motor
Headphoneus Supremus
ALL IN ONE - THE BIG PICTURE
Brainwavz B400: Yep, as good as told by @B9Scrambler, @Brooko, @HiFiChris, and shotgunshane. Clear, unveiled, and crisp, smooth, with a minimalistic bass. A stark contrast to the $50 earphone selection. My luxury problem: the B400 sounds very close to the technically better UE900S.
Disclaimer: some changes were applied to the above paragraph after justified protests on an alleged "bright" sound. This is a question of reference frame used.
Knowledge Zenith AS10: Yep, gone are the days of rumble bass and buried mids. Nicely resolving but...hard sounding at higher volumes (compared to the B400). An analogy would be: great chefs, great recipe, great preparation but cheap ingredients used. I'd say KZ got their driver configuration and their tuning right, just the quality of the drivers lags...ok, it is only $45. An insider told me that there is not much profit margin at this price.
Shanling m0 player: Nifty little device at a decent price. Good screen and intuitive interface. Sound is good but the amp could deserve a bit more oomph...cannot quite compete with my iPhone 5S which has a bigger "body" and more bass. These differences are only evident at direct comparison, the Shanling sounds good on its own. Nevertheless shame on you, Apple, for not having an SD card slot and ripping us off with overpriced internal storage. The Shanling takes up to 512 GB...good stuff.
Brainwavz B400: Yep, as good as told by @B9Scrambler, @Brooko, @HiFiChris, and shotgunshane. Clear, unveiled, and crisp, smooth, with a minimalistic bass. A stark contrast to the $50 earphone selection. My luxury problem: the B400 sounds very close to the technically better UE900S.
Disclaimer: some changes were applied to the above paragraph after justified protests on an alleged "bright" sound. This is a question of reference frame used.
Knowledge Zenith AS10: Yep, gone are the days of rumble bass and buried mids. Nicely resolving but...hard sounding at higher volumes (compared to the B400). An analogy would be: great chefs, great recipe, great preparation but cheap ingredients used. I'd say KZ got their driver configuration and their tuning right, just the quality of the drivers lags...ok, it is only $45. An insider told me that there is not much profit margin at this price.
Shanling m0 player: Nifty little device at a decent price. Good screen and intuitive interface. Sound is good but the amp could deserve a bit more oomph...cannot quite compete with my iPhone 5S which has a bigger "body" and more bass. These differences are only evident at direct comparison, the Shanling sounds good on its own. Nevertheless shame on you, Apple, for not having an SD card slot and ripping us off with overpriced internal storage. The Shanling takes up to 512 GB...good stuff.
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