Humblepie
500+ Head-Fier
Yah. A bit more listening and I'm amazed as well. Lets talk about the sound signature first. As I said previously, the ONLY nitpicks I could say about the sound are the following. Soft decay on the bass. I'll try my best to explain. When you have loose base with slow decay and rumble it just seems to rumble like thunder and usually fairly loud as the initial impact. The bass is slightly loose on these, but barely and its a soft decay. Meaning that if I don't actively try to pick it out, I wouldn't notice there was a longer than normal impact decay to the bass. The mids are just every so slightly recessed from neutral. I mean slightly. Again this is with me trying to pick apart the sound and if I focus on it then I can discern it. For mid vocals, those with forward mids put you on stage next to the mic. Those with neutral mids put you on front row or second row. Those with recessed mids put you third row or back. These are like 2.5 rows back. If that makes sense. Again, very nice sounding and makes sibilant tones non-existent because of that. Being row 2.5 back is NOT a bad thing. I must repeat that. Some people like being on stage, but if you do then I suggest sennheisers
If you like sitting front row then these are basically there. They are very nice there. Last is that the sound-stage is definitely not as open as open headphones. No surprise there. If you want wide open sound stage then get a wide open headphone. The are pretty nice on sound-stage though for a closed back headphone. As for outside the normal hearing, sub bass and extensions are there too. I feel the pressure of sounds less than 20hz which is what I look for in sub bass. Mid bass is slightly elevated, but not enough to sound muddy. Treble rolls off slightly. I mean slightly. These are not bright headphones at all despite how clear they sound. Listening to bruno mars FLAC right now and loving the sound signature. I think with some thicker pads and separation they would sound even better still.As for other aspects.
The light construction and feeling makes these comfortable to wear too. I can forget I'm wearing them easily. if I just listen to the music. There is a caveat with the construction. In my hands they feel like a cheap novelty toy. I am not sure how long these things will last, but I am certainly going to try my best to make sure these survive for a long time even as $23 headphones. The cable that comes with them feels cheap, but does the job. 3.5.mm to dual 2.5mm TRS cable. Can use your favorite hifiman cables with these which is nice. I would love to have had these drivers in a nicer housing.
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