I listened to them in active mode first, found myself overall pleased with them, and tried passive mode later to some disappointment. The extra bass I could hear without a doubt on active mode, but I could have sworn the upper-mids sounded less depressed and the treble brighter and more aggressive overall, but possibly smoother too. No commentary for now other than I took distortion at 94dB because that's what I had it calibrated at recently.Īdding FR graph showing passive vs active, latter being USB from my PC. Will try to get active mode measurements in the next day or two and see if my mind is playing tricks on me. Quick measurements of the left channel in passive mode. More balanced overall, especially over USB instead of BT. While the upper-mids are relaxed in active mode, the overall tuning sounds much more lively and engaging. Fair amount of bass, poor upper-mids, and OK but mixed treble. Overall, in passive mode, they just sound kind of funky overall. May also just be how they relate to the rest of the response. Bass and lower-mids sound bloomier and thicker overall. In hindsight, bass in active mode fits the Harman curve closer than I thought, meaning more bass than passive, but I guess sounds cleaner and punchier than passive as well. They sound darker overall but with a bit more etch in the mix. Low-to-mid treble stands out a bit more, and mid-to-upper treble gets pushed down relative to active mode. Makes them sound overly soft and somewhat hollow. Upper mid depression is really quite severe. I mean, it's not too bad, but it could definitely use some work. So, passive mode sounds.not quite so good. Then again, all I can think of is drop kicking pandas, and I have to wonder why anyone would want to do that. I don't like the name, because I think it's lame, but it's also inconsequential. But I hope the headband sees improvements for launch. Maybe they're fine if your head is small-to-average sized. Comfort is bad and I'd never buy them because of that." I had two other people I know test them out, and they both said, "Sound is great. I'm told they're looking into adding foam into the headband. Incredibly uncomfortable and painful within 3-5 minutes. It's easily in my top 10 list of worst headbands I've ever had the displeasure of using. Headband is basically just a hard slab of plastic with what feels like 2mm of soft rubber on the underside. Headphone overall looks and feels premium. But they do get hot very quickly, and this is coming from someone that usually doesn't have issues with closed-back headphones getting hot. No issues using these as over-ear headphones. (I'm saying these would be better suited with regular ol' buttons.) I've been told this will be improved for production, but no one can convince me this is anything other than polishing a turd for the sake of style.
It's mushy and I guarantee you going to fail on these with some regularity.
I don't like the 4-way, clicky nipple used for controls. Still a bit recessed in upper-mids, but better overall in almost all regards. I'd say I dig how they sounded like that. I used them as a USB device from my phone, and they seemed to get tighter, cleaner, and more aggressive overall. I think it's fair to expect some level of sonic compromises over Bluetooth, and so, taking that into account, they sound very good overall. Actually, these are clean and smooth sounding overall. They're definitely not basshead-worthy, if that's what you're thinking. Lower-bass/upper-mids might be a bit too bloated for some, but this is really a tiny, tiny nitpickf. Some may find themselves wishing the headphones had more bite. Kind of like the HD650 but with better extension on the low end. Little bit bassy, warm, but balanced overall. I did most of my listening with BT from my phone. Will try to get detailed thoughts and measurements posted tomorrow, but here's what I have so far. I got a review sample in a couple days ago.
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