wgb113
100+ Head-Fier
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Grabbed a pair of these yesterday after trying them briefly in the store. Initial impressions:
Overall I'm happy with them so far. They'll likely see most use from me as a closed set of cans at home than for travel/commuting/working but I do have a 5 hour flight next week to put them through their paces.
- Build quality/fit and finish is good. Lots of plastic to keep weight down and blacks/dark grays give them an understated look which I don't mind.
- Ergonomics - I have what I'd like to think are average size ears. I wish the ear pads were just a tad bigger, both in cutout size and depth. The cutout is nearly the same exact size as the Sennheiser HD6xx but the latter's ear pad is both thicker and deeper, allowing my ear to fit inside the pad better. I adjusted these so that the backs of my ears tuck in and after about an hour the clamping force started to bother me so I hope it doesn't take long to break that aspect in (the pair at the store felt much more comfortable in that regard). The only other ergonomic gripes are that the three buttons on the left earcup are right where I tend to grab headphones to put them on or take them off. It's probably just a matter of getting used to where they are and trying to avoid the touch controls on the right earcup at the same time. Finally, the headband adjustment seems a little high up on the headband but that's a minor quibble.
- Performance: Still too early to state anything definitive but I didn't find anything yet that makes them un-likeable. The ambient modes work nicely, the NC and NC+Optimizer worked well as did the touch controls. Pairing with my iPhone 6s couldn't have been easier. Even with NC turned off they blocked out a good amount of outside noise. I wonder if they had gone just a tad bigger on the overall earcups if it wouldn't have resulted in better comfort and even better passive noise attenuation by giving a better seal around the ears and more area inside the back of the cup for sound-deadening material.
Overall I'm happy with them so far. They'll likely see most use from me as a closed set of cans at home than for travel/commuting/working but I do have a 5 hour flight next week to put them through their paces.