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Originally Posted by wualta
While that doesn't sound too confidence-inspiring (I wouldn't playfully throw them at my program director, for example), it might be just fine for audiophile purposes. It could be that the cups will contain treble frequencies but act transparent to bass. You'll have to tell us when you do the full-on test.
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Well, they're the toughest feeling headphones I'd had yet, so I'm not worried about them crumbling on me. I'd still recommend keeping a spare SR30 around for sconing your programme director, though.
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| The "dip" in the midrange might be just the thing to mitigate the SR-X's slight midrangeyness. Better how? |
I don't think they were made to be an evolution of the SR-X. Totally different headphones with similar objectives.
The 4070 is much more resolving, and capable of nuance and defining fine harmonics than the X, has a more natural sound field, the bass mids and treble put up a truer unified front, it's easier to take Occham's razor to polyphonia, the sonic backdrop is much blacker, they are better suited to lower volume levels, instrument timbre is more vivid thanks to the better harmonics, the 4070 has the best attack and decay I've yet heard from any headphone, there is no loss of the frequency extremes, especially the lower bass, and so forth.
Man it's hard to decribe these without sounding like Patrick...
Of course, it isn't all bad for the SR-X. They're far lighter, do electronica better, and are easier to get your groove on to, even with the subdued lower bass.
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| A hole or slot which might have fiber stuffing in it or behind it. |
Nothing like that on the outer case, and I can't see into the housing very well thanks two two layers of foam and wire mesh obscuring my view.
