Kingston12
100+ Head-Fier
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Glad to see i'm not the only one...................i didn't take time to point out things like you did but i experienced the same............exactly the same...........
This Kannons experience made me realize the TOP 10 BASS is maybe not that accurate.............i had the same experience with IEMs........I had bought ASG 2.5 as it was one of the best bass IEM from what people said........was a huge deception ! It was nice for everything above 40hz............below that 40hz, everything was weaker than even a Shure SE215 which isn't in the list at all.............. The idea of paper test is wonderful ! However we should have decided together to choose i kind of reference listening song or sound. Lots of guys think Wiz Khalifa - On my Level song is enough to measure a basshead ! It' s not ! It doesn't go down enough in the subfrequencies to really see what the headphone can achieve ! Again i repeat myself, but IMO being able to reproduce every little sound frequency is way more important than being good in only some.......... The big problem i guess is people's ego......anyway i Hope to see Kannons V2
After a weekend of playing with Kannons, my opinion of them has improved massively. The drawbacks I highlighted in my initial observations are still there, but the important improvement for me is that they seem to be happening less and less. I no longer have to adjust the levels for every track and I am finding far more tracks where the Kannon-effect adds to the experience rather than taking away from it.
For some tracks, better low bass response from the acoustic driver would definitely improve things further. I have been listening to the 'Torque' album by Ed Rush & Optical and one of the tracks has obviously got a really low bassline in the introduction that I have never really heard before. I still can't hear it properly with the Kannons, but the tactile driver picks it up and the headphones are shaking away madly even though I can barely hear anything. Once the main bassline kicks in properly, everything snaps back into line and sounds/feels great.
I'll continue testing with these, but they are definitely moving up in my estimation rather than down.