CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS

Lobby => IEM Measurements => Topic started by: ultrabike on May 06, 2014, 06:45:22 AM

Title: Philips SHE3590
Post by: ultrabike on May 06, 2014, 06:45:22 AM: I got these for uber-cheap proly cuz they r getting discontinued...

Sound

These are significantly less bassy (and "fun") than the JVC XX but IMO manage to cover the low end well. That said, I prefer a little moar bass. The mids are decent. Treble is also more on the neutral side of things though I can detect some edginess depending on track played (most of the time not a problem).

Comfort

Awesome. The capsules are fairly small and light.

Presentation

Got black ones. Not much to say, these are fairly minimalistic and I sort of like that.

Price

Paid $8.7 ... Definitively not poo for the price. I think they are being discontinued which is unfortunate.

Overall

Kicks Ass.

Measurements

Again, please take these w a grain of salt. Disregarded information >10 kHz.

Frequency Response

(http://www.changstar.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1580.0;attach=6334;image)

Distortion Right

(http://www.changstar.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1580.0;attach=6336;image)

Distortion Left

(http://www.changstar.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1580.0;attach=6338;image)

Impedance

(http://www.changstar.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1580.0;attach=6340;image)

Comparo w JVC FR201-XX

(http://www.changstar.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1580.0;attach=6342;image)
Title: Re: Philips SHE3590
Post by: firev1 on May 06, 2014, 11:24:19 AM: These look reasonably neutral for such a cheap phone!
Title: Re: Philips SHE3590
Post by: ultrabike on May 06, 2014, 04:47:24 PM: Yup! They are quite nice actually. In a way I wish I still had my Audeos to do a comparo with these. Going by memory, the Audeos where analytical (not necessarily bright though) and had less bass than I like. These are less analytical and perhaps a tad more bass. For $8-9 these IMO are a great bargain.

Can't run with these type of cans though, and sticking stuff in one's ears is not for everyone. I feel this are relatively pretty comfy though.
Title: Information
Post by: Jay_WJ on March 18, 2015, 09:10:13 PM: If anyone's interested, the successor of the Philips SHE357x / 358x / 359x earphones is the SHE390x.

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHE3905BK-27-Headphones-Black/dp/B00MZQU3AO/
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHE3900BK-27-Headphones-Black/dp/B00N2PJMXG/

These and the old models measure nearly identical acoustically. I think the upgraded appearance of the SHE390x is quite pleasing to see.

They share the distinctive FR of most dynamic driver in-ear phones, but they boast gloriously low nonlinear distortion products and the FRs are easy to tame using EQ.
Title: Re: Philips SHE3590
Post by: ultrabike on March 18, 2015, 09:14:37 PM: Kind of hard to find them now on the shelves. Good to still see them on-line. Price above ($10) is awesome in my book.
Title: Re: Philips SHE3590
Post by: spoony on April 03, 2015, 04:27:56 PM: Got a pair of the new ones. They have quite the balanced sound and overall decent performance, nothing offensive which is simply not the case with most stuff under $300, haha. Rolled treble and a slight honk in the mids. Haven't listened to the new China stuff but these could very well be the KSC75 of IEMs.
Title: Re: Philips SHE3590
Post by: itsJokko on April 13, 2015, 09:36:52 AM: Just bought AKG 323XS's. I was interested since they look very similar to the cheap 3590's. We'll see how they compare...