krayzie
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Okay I'm ever more serious this time... I've finally found something better overall than the Sony E484 and Aiwa D9 in open-air design form (i.e. not canalphones like the Ety's and Shure's)... The Aiwa D9 is a different beast and can't be compared to the 484 readily...
I've got my two earphones today in the mail:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...016541196&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...016542950&rd=1
First impression testing with my D-777...
The Aiwa HP-V9 is truly the most balanced sounding earphone I've ever owned... It combines the ultimate clear highs of the HP-D9, the super bassy lows of the MDR-E484, yet eliminates the raw brightness and the bloated darkness at both ends of the spectrum... The V9 has quick yet pounding bass with its Sound GT amorphous diamond (I would suspect after comparing the Technics and Aiwa boxes, can't read Japanese that well) 15mm drivers, and the details are just another tiny notch above the D9 (I also suspect these LC-OFC equipped babies can go all the way from 15Hz upto 40,000Hz as the box claims)... The V9 sounds somewhat similar to the Senns HD-580 I heard at a local Hi-Fi store a few days earlier, but just more presence lifted with the V9... priced at 5200yen and bought in the 80s I think but reads Japanese year '63 (could someone translate this to "normal years" please?) Other specs are 16Ohms, 105db/mW, rated at 10mW and maximum 40mW...
The Technics on the other hand had some bass distortion problems in the beginning... after numerous pounding against the table and blowing air inside with my mouth, they seem to work correctly now... anyhow these are really weird looking, had one hell of a time figuring out how to fit these into my ears, with a 19mm bass driver along with separate 11mm tweezer on each side... I can recognize the words evapourated which suggests probably sapphire evapourated drivers, also LC-OFC wires equipped (says on box they are 99.996% pure)... the bass drivers have 18K plated gold outside (also read from the box with my limited Japanese knowledge, I usually relate the traditional characters with my Chinese background)... The Technics make use of "2 Way 3D / Double Drive / Direct Port" design which really gives this funny concert hall feeling... the bass are nothing I've ever heard before, seems surround sound like... the highs are quite amazing too even due to the narrow 6Hz - 25,000Hz specs... the bass are not pounding like the 484 at all, and the highs are also not raw like... another balanced set I've got here... but the details are not that superb compare to the Aiwas I own... these were priced at 10,000yen and bought on the same day at the same Tokyo store (as read on their warranty cards)... Other specs are 28Ohms, maximum 50mW...
Anyhow, just first impressions so far... I know most of you don't quite care about them since they are rare and not widely known... but just thought you guys might want to know... old Japanese earphones are great! Really! Now more than ever I know why the 888 are considered "nothing" by many owners of older models...
I've got my two earphones today in the mail:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...016541196&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...016542950&rd=1
First impression testing with my D-777...
The Aiwa HP-V9 is truly the most balanced sounding earphone I've ever owned... It combines the ultimate clear highs of the HP-D9, the super bassy lows of the MDR-E484, yet eliminates the raw brightness and the bloated darkness at both ends of the spectrum... The V9 has quick yet pounding bass with its Sound GT amorphous diamond (I would suspect after comparing the Technics and Aiwa boxes, can't read Japanese that well) 15mm drivers, and the details are just another tiny notch above the D9 (I also suspect these LC-OFC equipped babies can go all the way from 15Hz upto 40,000Hz as the box claims)... The V9 sounds somewhat similar to the Senns HD-580 I heard at a local Hi-Fi store a few days earlier, but just more presence lifted with the V9... priced at 5200yen and bought in the 80s I think but reads Japanese year '63 (could someone translate this to "normal years" please?) Other specs are 16Ohms, 105db/mW, rated at 10mW and maximum 40mW...
The Technics on the other hand had some bass distortion problems in the beginning... after numerous pounding against the table and blowing air inside with my mouth, they seem to work correctly now... anyhow these are really weird looking, had one hell of a time figuring out how to fit these into my ears, with a 19mm bass driver along with separate 11mm tweezer on each side... I can recognize the words evapourated which suggests probably sapphire evapourated drivers, also LC-OFC wires equipped (says on box they are 99.996% pure)... the bass drivers have 18K plated gold outside (also read from the box with my limited Japanese knowledge, I usually relate the traditional characters with my Chinese background)... The Technics make use of "2 Way 3D / Double Drive / Direct Port" design which really gives this funny concert hall feeling... the bass are nothing I've ever heard before, seems surround sound like... the highs are quite amazing too even due to the narrow 6Hz - 25,000Hz specs... the bass are not pounding like the 484 at all, and the highs are also not raw like... another balanced set I've got here... but the details are not that superb compare to the Aiwas I own... these were priced at 10,000yen and bought on the same day at the same Tokyo store (as read on their warranty cards)... Other specs are 28Ohms, maximum 50mW...
Anyhow, just first impressions so far... I know most of you don't quite care about them since they are rare and not widely known... but just thought you guys might want to know... old Japanese earphones are great! Really! Now more than ever I know why the 888 are considered "nothing" by many owners of older models...
