Paring super easy
Nora Jones – Cold Cold Heart – Holy shit! Very Mid forward her voices was really “there”. Resolution was good. Imaging was good much better than expected. A little shouty at places where she really starts “singing it out”
Amanda Martinez – AMOR – Guitar at begging felt right tone was pretty good. Drums felt tight and correct. Bass was good, occasionally muddy (only a little). Again voice forward. I have to say guitars were right there with her voice.
Amanda Martinez – Tomalo – Guitars sounded great, this song sounded as good as it does on some other IEMS I really like. These things are no joke. Bass is excellent on this song. Piano comes in clear. The Timbre wasn’t as good as I would want but for a Bluetooth headset from “beats” I’m shocked at how good they sound..
Beyonce Lemonade album – only listed for a bit, mostly under impressed with these phones and that album
Dianna Krall – Live in Paris -Lets fall in love – her voice forward slightly, guitars sounded great, a little shouty but could definitely listen and be very happy with it.
Background detail was good, could really hear the brush on the snare drum. Still timbre felt off a bit.
Mailia unfastened sounded good, really good. These are really tuned for vocals.
Miles Davis – Someday my prince will come – Piano sounded great on this one, symbols were there, horn sounded good. Hurt my ears a little in some of the high notes.
Over all these are WAY better than I expected. It does seem or “feel” when listening to songs I know well that something is missing, could be the noise cancellation, the back ground is quiet and “dark” and it could be that some frequencies are being cut at the top by the noise cancelation. Great example Miles Davis “Someday My Prince Will Come” a minute into the song some symbol crashing come in seemingly out of nowhere, it sounds very good but then disappears again. When I listed to the same place in that sone on some other IEMS I can hear and feel the build up to that symbol “splash” moment but in these it just appears and disappears. Overall how these sounded fantastic, I mean let’s face it with the strong ear hooks and fit of these they are for playing sports or other activities. These are way better than anyone would need for that, IMHO. Again everything sounded great just the weird start and cutoff of certain parts of songs which I attribute to noise cancelation. But really I could listen these for extended periods.
Detail and separation were “good enough”
Very comfortable, after a about 30 minutes I started to feel a little pressure in my ear canal but I attribute that to ear tips that may have been a little too big.
So are these a recommend? Yes they are, for there price point (competing with Apple) they deliver great sound, a very secure fit a very nice carry/charge case. And very easy to use. The price point (typically found at $178 -$188) which would be expensive for a wired IEM with equal sound quality.
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