CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS
Lobby => IEM Measurements => Topic started by: ultrabike on May 06, 2014, 06:45:22 AM
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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)
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These look reasonably neutral for such a cheap phone!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Just bought AKG 323XS's. I was interested since they look very similar to the cheap 3590's. We'll see how they compare...