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Published on 09/24/12 at 07:59I bought this headphone almost a year ago.
Once out of the box, I was really pleased to see the qualities of manufacturing quality. Nothing to say, it is well presented, it inspires a true sense of robustness.
Listening to the CD supplied blew me away, especially in the bass (monstrous deep)
Just listen to the track "also sprach Zarathustra" to be convinced!
I once read on a forum a user who expressed his disappointment of the bass. Objectively, I said:
- Either this guy was deaf
- Either it was not long to be!
Not really difficult to say that these headphones lack bass. But beyond the fact of having, it's accuracy is totally bluffing.
I think this requires a headphone "training" of the ear (hence my title) to discover the subtlety and great qualities. We do not turn the question into two hours.
According use (composition or listening) can sometimes say "average ..." or "awesome!" but never "blah". And, with experience, I tend to say that if there is something "average" is that really the source is not of high quality. Because it lets nothing pass headphone (micro breath, cuts, etc., means any if one has spent time lead over his ear)
The only time I found it tiring headphone, it is compo. Never listening, even on pieces hyper compressed or saturated.
Com but, it does not surprise me too much. When EQ for example, frequency sweeps long, etc.. In short, it produces "sound operations" can be very repetitive and "non-musical" where fatigue (this is only my opinion!)
On electronic sounds ultra compressed, I think we perceive less sound pressure with a monitoring system. Let me explain:
In a very typical piece of the "loudness war", there are still some passages without kick (but at the same maximum level)
Much on my Fostex 2.1 I hear clearly the sidechain compression when the kick enters (we feel that the melody tumbles few dB to make room for the kick) as the Pro 900, I have not felt too much. I think that this may be a phenomenon related to headphones in general (sound pressure) but I do not really know. Psycho-acoustically speaking, there's no such decrease in volume in the headphones that I have seen with monitors.
We all know that the headphone mix is not ideal. But I think with this one, you can do it without a problem (except possibly in some cases of hyper compressed musical styles as mentioned above)
Issue price is not given, it is true. But like anything of value, if one cares (which is my case) is a great investment.
And for those who still hesitate because of the price, here's my advice to acquire smooth (what I did):
Purchased 10 times free with credit agency, then I found a coupon on the net 50 euros (for the opening of revolving credit)
Review: Price 395 - 50 = 345. With the cost of revolving credit (thirty euros I think at the end) I was actually cheaper than the price and nine credit! What else?
Once out of the box, I was really pleased to see the qualities of manufacturing quality. Nothing to say, it is well presented, it inspires a true sense of robustness.
Listening to the CD supplied blew me away, especially in the bass (monstrous deep)
Just listen to the track "also sprach Zarathustra" to be convinced!
I once read on a forum a user who expressed his disappointment of the bass. Objectively, I said:
- Either this guy was deaf
- Either it was not long to be!
Not really difficult to say that these headphones lack bass. But beyond the fact of having, it's accuracy is totally bluffing.
I think this requires a headphone "training" of the ear (hence my title) to discover the subtlety and great qualities. We do not turn the question into two hours.
According use (composition or listening) can sometimes say "average ..." or "awesome!" but never "blah". And, with experience, I tend to say that if there is something "average" is that really the source is not of high quality. Because it lets nothing pass headphone (micro breath, cuts, etc., means any if one has spent time lead over his ear)
The only time I found it tiring headphone, it is compo. Never listening, even on pieces hyper compressed or saturated.
Com but, it does not surprise me too much. When EQ for example, frequency sweeps long, etc.. In short, it produces "sound operations" can be very repetitive and "non-musical" where fatigue (this is only my opinion!)
On electronic sounds ultra compressed, I think we perceive less sound pressure with a monitoring system. Let me explain:
In a very typical piece of the "loudness war", there are still some passages without kick (but at the same maximum level)
Much on my Fostex 2.1 I hear clearly the sidechain compression when the kick enters (we feel that the melody tumbles few dB to make room for the kick) as the Pro 900, I have not felt too much. I think that this may be a phenomenon related to headphones in general (sound pressure) but I do not really know. Psycho-acoustically speaking, there's no such decrease in volume in the headphones that I have seen with monitors.
We all know that the headphone mix is not ideal. But I think with this one, you can do it without a problem (except possibly in some cases of hyper compressed musical styles as mentioned above)
Issue price is not given, it is true. But like anything of value, if one cares (which is my case) is a great investment.
And for those who still hesitate because of the price, here's my advice to acquire smooth (what I did):
Purchased 10 times free with credit agency, then I found a coupon on the net 50 euros (for the opening of revolving credit)
Review: Price 395 - 50 = 345. With the cost of revolving credit (thirty euros I think at the end) I was actually cheaper than the price and nine credit! What else?