Wow this is literally the only thread with information on these. I'm going to best buy tomorrow to replace my broken s4's and I'm having trouble chooses between the s4 ii's and the new r6's. Which has more bass?
Apparently the r6's are made of metal, and must be heavier? How's the comfort compared to the s4? The s4's were really light and you could barely feel them.
Do you think theyre worth $85 vs $50 for the s4ii's? I'm sure the price will drop to around $60 or something since both retail for $79, but the r6's are newer..
edit: Are these any more/less bulky than the s4's? I imagine more because of the flat cable but other than that is the plug still slim and the y splitter?
If anyone can compare them to the Shure se215's that be great, they're in the same price range but the se215's apparently have better sound(?) but are definitely more bulky and over ear only.
Way better than the S4's but I see you already got a pair
I've owned the s4, s4ii, s215 and now the r6. S4ii were perfect in my mind. 215 was super uncomfortable and sounded worse than s4 to my preference. The new r6 without burn in sounds a lot like the shure. I think it's more balanced but definitely less bass than s4 for now. Hoping burn in will change it
What are you on? The 215's are a little lacking in the highs but other than that probably the best $200 or less dynamics out there, most detailed in the mids by far too. They do take awhile to fit right, the iPod or Fiio cable is better than the stock cable. S4's bass is loser and boomier but I think about the same level so the R6's sound like they have a little less bass but not really.
I have gone throgh easily 10 pairs of Klipsch s4 & s4i's over the past 4 years because the strain relief splitting or something else going wrong. I picked up a pair of these for 80$ at BB today. They are the only iems that sound good with my nexus 5 so I love them but also the build quality is far better than the s4 I'll tell you that much!! Sound quality seems about the same for me. Lots of bass I usually turn it down.
Ummm thats when you buy different headphones..., I gave up after my first pair went and moved to 215's then 535's then I did get another pair of S4's on sale for like $35 and now the R6's.
The S4II's felt cheap to me, even tho the R6's are the same material they feel better.
Compared to the s4 they have faster bass response since it has a much smaller speakers, instead of 8.5mm they are 6.5mm in the r6. The Soundstage is way better and bigger compared to the s4, I have about 40+ hours of break in on my R6 and the bass expands and smoothens, mids come out more and the sparkling highs they had in the out of the box sound tame down and blend in better. Instrument separation is way better than the s4 for sure! What helps in contribute to that is fact that the bass response is faster and the bigger and wider sound stage. What I like is these give you that impact when the song needs it I'm terms for bass, unlike the s4 it was like listening to subwoofers all the time. I hope this helps everyone coming across this thread.
I don't think its the smaller driver I think there just better headphones haha, the S4's don't even have that much bass boost listen to some monster or skullcandy in ears lol.
I noticed the fact that they were flatter right off of the bat. I actually like it that way a little bit more. The good news is that I can finally watch tv on my phone without my ears bleeding. The sibilance on the original pair of s4's I was using is unbearable.
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Yeah I can't believe I listened to metal with them for so long.
Playing with this set some more. Wound up using poweramp's tone control to boost the bass. The drivers are physically capable, perhaps just tuned not to be excessive stock. Anyways, I'm happy now
Yeah I hate headphones like the the Shure SRH840's and stuff that just physically are not capable of putting out more bass than they have out of the box. The Shure SE in ears you can get a little more, but most Klipsch's are good in there ability to pound if you have a good bass EQ.
Just picked these up to replace my S4's that had begin to have some issues. I'm liking them a lot so far. Nice and clean sound.
I have a question for anybody that has a pair of these. Are y'all wearing them wrapped over the ear or no? I always wore my S4's wrapped over my ear but I'm having trouble getting these to fit right when I try to wrap them. I'm guessing it's due to the flat cable..
Thanks!
Yeah I don't really see away to do this unless you swaped the right and left and the flat cable really doesn't help.
Anyone experience driver flex with these? I can hear a distinctive crackle pop when I push in the right ear bud, the left one doesn't have this so maybe its a defect? The s4s had no driver flex but they also didn't have the small vent hole these do.
I've never even heard of driver flex except on the Turbines.
