ps - I'm curious that some postings here are stating that these headphones are very dark sounding, that doesn't sound right at all! Mine has a very airy treble and very detailed. The dark sounding pairs, perhaps you got a fake? Or the BA driver is defective (and only going on the Dynamic driver - hence the darker signature)?
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Same here, they even seemed to have too much treble/sibilance for me out of the box, but that vanished rather quickly and I do like them now (they were very cold when I first tried them, maybe that contributed). Still, I already ordered a few Piston 3 Dazzle Edition ones because of my trouble with the kevlar-coated cables...
Pretty interesting. I like the idea that it's something with factory based failures. Well, after-all, I didn't heard or seen Piston I, just PII & PIII.
Maybe, first one is the one which always goes bad.
I've bought mines on the GearBest.
I received them on 11 jan '16 and it has really
muddy sounding with very dimmed highs. Definitely not how BA supposed to sound. (I had PL50 and T-Peos H-100)
I'm happily using
Piston 2 (
2.1?) and love their balance and clarity. Of course, it's a budget, and I don't get nearly enough with them, but it's something I can calm my audiophile down.
So. I put on those
Hybrid right in the post office and... becoming disappointed. My mood was faded. No highs. No clarity.
After listening to them for some time, after 4..12 hrs of burn-in with isotek, I say they have interesting bass that can drive you, something I couldn't have anyhow with P2. Highs are tending to show up a bit, but mud is all over the sound.
I will burn-in them more.. But as some noticed, it might be same 'darkness' afterwards. I hear some more highs now.. or I just get used to the eq curve of these. Sound-stage is garbage.
If some news will show up, maybe I go with a partial refund.
What good with them – amazing cable. From excellent jack that perfectly inserts into my pc (P2's is too tight), to the headset placement and its buttons, and overall impression is quite good. Not particular my ear-pod design, but top quality materials, thanks to xiaomi. Will not add anything about comfort. It's enough of it here.
It seems, personally I'm tending to neutral sounding but with quality everything.
So, really thinking to buy P3 now. At least as a stable upgrade and for collection of remarkable and suitable audio.
I'm also looking into KZ ZN1 Smart with bult-in amps. As something more hi-endish to play with.
Sincerely yours,
Tony S.
