Danosaurus
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Came home today to find my package from Amazon waiting for me...tore it open and busted out a brand new pair of Ultrasone Zinos. These are my first Ultrasone cans and as I've been on a portable phone kick lately these looked pretty cool.
In the looks department they are killer, I love the shiny gunmetal housings with brushed aluminum badges. I like the silverish fabric pads too. Very high tech looking without being gaudy or bling. The carrying case is nice and I like the fitted foam insert.
I don't care much for the cable, it is stiff rubber that is still "kinky" from being wrapped up in the package. I prefer nice flexible cables that unwrap straight but it's a minor complaint.
They are lightweight and the fit is very comfortable. I kind of don't like the way the housings flop around because the folding hinges don't lock into the open position, but I could live with it.
Now the really bad...the sound out of the box is horrible! Bass is good, lots of treble too but the mids are terrible. Vocals and brass are thin, harsh and metallic. At times they almost hurt my ears! I can only hope they improve with burn-in but I doubt they will improve much. I had read that these were bass heavy but I would disagree, I think the bass is just right. I also don't hear the S-Logic effect but I didn't really expect to anyway.
Unless these smooth out with burn-in, I'm afraid they'll be going back to Amazon. To my ears, they just can't compete with Senn PX100s or Denon D1001s, both great performers in the same (or lower) price range. I think even the AT ES7s sounded better to me when I had them, even though their mids were also kind of honky.
I'll give these a few days and maybe they'll grow on me.
In the looks department they are killer, I love the shiny gunmetal housings with brushed aluminum badges. I like the silverish fabric pads too. Very high tech looking without being gaudy or bling. The carrying case is nice and I like the fitted foam insert.
I don't care much for the cable, it is stiff rubber that is still "kinky" from being wrapped up in the package. I prefer nice flexible cables that unwrap straight but it's a minor complaint.
They are lightweight and the fit is very comfortable. I kind of don't like the way the housings flop around because the folding hinges don't lock into the open position, but I could live with it.
Now the really bad...the sound out of the box is horrible! Bass is good, lots of treble too but the mids are terrible. Vocals and brass are thin, harsh and metallic. At times they almost hurt my ears! I can only hope they improve with burn-in but I doubt they will improve much. I had read that these were bass heavy but I would disagree, I think the bass is just right. I also don't hear the S-Logic effect but I didn't really expect to anyway.
Unless these smooth out with burn-in, I'm afraid they'll be going back to Amazon. To my ears, they just can't compete with Senn PX100s or Denon D1001s, both great performers in the same (or lower) price range. I think even the AT ES7s sounded better to me when I had them, even though their mids were also kind of honky.
I'll give these a few days and maybe they'll grow on me.
