Alrighty, people, I got a whole load of packages in the mail today that were obviously backed up from the public holidays and stuff and one of them was a pair of these little gems
Awesome..
I'm not gonna do a whole review on them just yet cuz I have only listened to a few songs and I haven't had time to really listen to them. I did put them on and plug them into my iPod and just hit shuffle songs. UB40's "Can't Help Falling in Love" was the first song on the list and, to be honest, I was unimpressed. They just sounded like normal headphones, nothing special and I was sad cuz I had heard great things about them.. Just to be fair, I decided to listen to another song, one that I had ripped to Apple Lossless format just yesterday (a track from Kanye West's Graduation album) and I heard what everyone was raving about. Clearly my music collection is in need of a quality upgrade!
The bass, even set on the default "clear bass" is ample and sounds AWESOME. In terms of bass response, these things crap on my EX90LPs, they don't sound overly bassy, they just have a nice clean bass response that really rattles your head at higher volume. I love them already!
They're a little awkward to wear, I find, but they're my first pair of over-the-ear phones so I just needa get used to them.. There is no cable noise, which is very nice..
Also for those of you wondering, I got mine from eBay, from a reputable seller so I cannot comment on the quality/legitimacy of the focalprice versions