The cyberdrive is odd. Put it on and music sounds wrong. Maybe ive grown accustom to a warmer signature (sennheiser for example) which is kind of why Im no longer enthusiastic about my 4XX which is not really lean but when compared to the senn.
Here are adjectives from the sound
glossary that ring out to me: forward, coloured, thin, tight, transparent, dry, attack. And the crap plastic cups ring like a bell if tapped on. I suspect the woodies are worth upgrade.
The physical feel and sound remind me of a i-series Grado (less bright than current e models). The cups/pads are not deep so the headphones are resting lightly on your ears. Then you get a aggressivemidrangetolowtreble/justenoughtightbasstohavefun sound. The Grado being open and airy, and cyberdrive being closed but not sounding like a boomy closed can. Similar balance but the Grados (225i, MS1i) are fatiguing and the cyberdrive were smoother in the treble. Electric guitars sound awesome, which is a reminder that the phones are coloured. Biggest problem is that they are a little thin sounding. I can handle the bass roll off, but I think maybe a valley in upper bass makes guiatar bass and vocals a little tinny.
I know this is not the Mitchell and Johnson variant. Its for future reference and for general comments on the verisonix hybrid electret tech. Its not like im derailing because the thread isnt really moving. Hopefully when those 400+ sold MJ2s ship from massdrop then we will get a lot more posts here.
As far as resolving ability of the electret I dont know how to evaluate. Can someone give me an example of a part in a song that you would use to evalate for something like that?
Also, we need measurements for distortion because thats parts of the whole point of using more than one driver.
Also, Im using these from macbook pro headphone out.
My Beats EP are tonally better than cyberdrive. Beats EP are not comfortable though. Beats EP dont suck, check rtings.com
What else? I hope the MJ2 are better.
And massdrop dropped another hybrid using planar? tweeter. Its from ESS?