[Review] Future Sonics MG6PRO Ear Monitors: Dynamic Driver Custom-Fit In-Ear Monitors

[SoundFreaq]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I like to take a bit more of a qualitative / emotional take to it. I feel it can sometimes be more relatable, though it's not as common. 

 

[Somnambulist]

Great review. I do think I'd enjoy the ES5s, but Westone are way expensive if you're not in the USA and the fact is if they ever come out with something better it's another $1K or whatever if you're unable to resist temptation. I'm sure FS will keep on looking to make better DD's and their upgrade policy means you could go through about 4-5 upgrades for what it would cost to get one pair of new Westones. A tempting way to lure anyone in.
 
When you talk about the details being less veiled on the ES5s, is this a case of their mid-forward nature bringing them out more? I'd guess at this level if you want to peer deep into a recording, both are going to allow you to do this but with the Westone's things seem closer to the surface, so to speak?
 
Also, did you experiment with the different low frequency vents and how did you find they affected the presentation?

 

[Idsynchrono_24]

Many thanks for the comparison Soundfreaq! Being a mids junkie, it seems that I have chosen correctly between the two. Though I wouldn't mind hearing that pulverizing bass impact the MG6Pro are famed for some day...

 

[Techno Kid]

The fact that I'm really liking the sound of the Atrio MG7 I might make these my first customs.  If its a better and more refined sound than the MG7 but with the same kind of signature and bigger soundstage then I'm all in.

 

[bmiamihk]

The Atrios is a very nice universal earphone with quality bass that even many custom earphones cannot match. The MG6Pro takes things much much further. The sound stage is very very much increased it is wide. The bass is deeper, stronger and wider. Meds and highs are much up front compared to the Atrios. Also the MG6Pro are like 3 earphones in one because they have vents. The vents can be increased or decreased which will make them neutral or have a lot of bass. If I put in the big vents then it will have huge 12 inch woofers sound and if I put in the small vent it will be more refined and neutral. the med vent is best of both worlds. In my case I like the big vents. Also with the MG6Pros you can upgrade from the stock cables which will change and enhance the sound.

 

[Kunlun]

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The Atrios is a very nice universal earphone with quality bass that even many custom earphones cannot match. The MG6Pro takes things much much further. The sound stage is very very much increased it is wide. The bass is deeper, stronger and wider. Meds and highs are much up front compared to the Atrios. Also the MG6Pro are like 3 earphones in one because they have vents. The vents can be increased or decreased which will make them neutral or have a lot of bass. If I put in the big vents then it will have huge 12 inch woofers sound and if I put in the small vent it will be more refined and neutral. the med vent is best of both worlds. In my case I like the big vents. Also with the MG6Pros you can upgrade from the stock cables which will change and enhance the sound.

More like 4 earphones--remember, there is the closed vent option as well.
 
Folks with the MG6Pro should try it sometime. Isolation increases, the soundstage becomes intimate and the bass steps politely back and refines itself to allow a more mid-forward sound. It may not be the one you always choose, but it is very interesting and a worthwhile option. The MG6Pro is so much more than a basshead earphone.
 

 

[bmiamihk]

 

[bmiamihk]

RESPECT THE BASS!
 
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[Kunlun]

 

[Sinocelt]

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The MG6Pro is so much more than a basshead earphone.

 
The same goes for the MG7, actually. The bass goes low and its impact reminds you it's there, but it isn't artificially boosted (not when I listen to my stuff at low volume, as I most often do).
 

 

[bmiamihk]

I agree as well, this is what is so special about them they sound well on all styles of music, they can be as you want them to be. many other earphones are good at this or that and they lack this but not that and so many have or need many earphones to cover the spectrum of styles. With these it can be neutral when needed or desired and they can become sonething else when called for. I lent them to a friend who likes his music neutral and so he loved them cause his music is that way and he sets his EQ flat. Another friend likes Trance and Hardstyle and he sets his EQ in a V shape and so now the bass is awaken and it roars!
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The same goes for the MG7, actually. The bass goes low and its impact reminds you it's there, but it isn't artificially boosted (not when I listen to my stuff at low volume, as I most often do).
 

 

 

[music_4321]

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The Atrios is a very nice universal earphone with quality bass that even many custom earphones cannot match. The MG6Pro takes things much much further. The sound stage is very very much increased it is wide. The bass is deeper, stronger and wider. Meds and highs are much up front compared to the Atrios.

I'll stick to the Atrios, then.

 

[bmiamihk]

Stick to the universals because I mentioned the MG6Pro has too much of everything? Well yes it does if I have the biggest vents in place.There are 3 settings and a guy on here mentioned that the vent can be fully closed so there are 4 settings and each will change the sound. If you like it neutral then yes they are. They are always neutral but with a different size vent it will allow the bass to be either present, strong or very strong. In my case I mention the bass because I appreciate an earphone that can deliever clear, controlled, and powerful bass. So for me I always have the biggest vent.
 
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I'll stick to the Atrios, then. 

 

 

[SoundFreaq]

 
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When you talk about the details being less veiled on the ES5s, is this a case of their mid-forward nature bringing them out more? I'd guess at this level if you want to peer deep into a recording, both are going to allow you to do this but with the Westone's things seem closer to the surface, so to speak?
 
Also, did you experiment with the different low frequency vents and how did you find they affected the presentation?

First, fair point. This morning I spent some time EQing the mids to tease out the midrange and try to make them forward like the ES5. I was able to EQ quite a bit of midrange in while keeping a nice balance. I can say without a doubt that there's still something quite magical about the Westone mids that cannot replicate with the MG6Pro. Yes, the Westone's do see closer to the surface, but it's not simply because of the more forward presentation. 
 
Second, yes I have played with the different vents. Obviously it has a difference on the bass, controlling the amount. The smaller vents tighten everything up real nicely, and the larger ones open things up a bit and allow more breathing room not only in bass quantity, but overall soundstage I believe. The smaller, or closed vents are a more "intimate" presentation as Kunlun so rightly suggests. 

 

[Somnambulist]

Thanks. I am a bit of a detail freak, but as said, I think I'd be happy with the Futuresonics and they can only release better drivers in future that are, what, $200USD to upgrade to IIRC? I can't even see the ES5's on Handheld Audio here in the UK any more but I remember them being over £1000. The MG6 Pros are £750 on their site (I think this includes impressions) - so that's one set + roughly 2 upgrades before we're into ES5 price territory. That I'd be playing a lot of electronic music on them cements my choice further - 'dat bass'