ok i just got mine from Gearbest.
They sound ok, slightly vailed, slightly fuzzy and uncontrolled, you can tell whats coming from the armature and whats coming from the dynamic dependiing on the sharpness,
soundstage is there but its close and very intimate, dont expect concert hall.
the bass needs refinement, and the main complaints, the midrange and voices... yea this wont bring to life the cracked and complex voices of people like Chris Cornell or Bonnie Taylor but its quite decent, Im surprised that Lovebeat Disney sounds good, it very processed and songs feel like they are laminated like a state ID but this brings it back to life.
The treble is good but then again im testing it out with the AGPTek imp (btw... if you liked the Cowon D2 and want a slightly sharper version, this is your player, just expect LOTS of bugs and workarounds), Its a bit of a dark player so judging good treble is hard.
First pair of earphones where i can use the hippo ears tips with them staying in my ear canals after i take them off. and the anti tangling braided coating is only up to the Y splitter, and even if it was all the way up it does little to prevent tangling. i had to untangle them strtaight of the box (my mistake, i pulled on the loop).
Just saying, the bass is a bit out of control, the vocals detal is ok but nothing out of the ordinary, the tonality is good, treble is there, its present, not sharp or harsh but present and non offensive.
an interesting detail is that a lot of recording have a small detail that kind of tells you something about a headphone and what you´re using to listen to it.
Every rose has its thorn by poison on some recordings has the vocalist breathing deeply, I have a live version of daughters by john mayer where a woman screems from the audience "we love you" and he whispers i love you too, then someone in the audince says "its all good" and another says "nobody likes you" (i wonder how that got passed mastering). Salvation song from chris cornel in live in sweden a woman says something that you cant figure out but depending ont he headphones you can hear her better or now.
another thing, isolation is between ok and meh, would give it a 3.5/5, as for sound leakage, its not a grado or a dollar store headphone where you´re on the train and the whole wagon knows what you´re listening to, but expect the person sitting next to you to be humming along to your tune.
the tenores costed me 34 euros, this costed me 17 euros. (gearbest)
The tenores are better but i feel like i got more for my money with the xiaomis, maybe the bass might tightern,
If i had to described them... Punchy and fun. This is the headphone you need for those catchy 80´s tunes that lift your spirit, but if accuracy and detail cheer you up, this headphone isnt for you.
The biggest "crime" these headphones commit by a country mile is that the armature is not paired correctly with the woofer, You can clearly tell whats coming from each.
BTW... i dont understand the people who say vocals are muffled on this... im listening to dear jessy by madonna which if you have a decent clean copy its a great test song due to the mix of a stedy beat, a good voice and the classical instruments in the back.
Its still better then the VSD5, **** vsonic.
