For a while now Iāve been excited about headphones with more than one driver. I mean how cool must that be? Makes sense in a lot of ways. One driver to handle bass, one for midrange, one for treble. Maybe a big headphone with a planar for bass, dynamic for midrage and electrostat for treble! how about that!? Wouldnāt that be awesome!? Well now we finally got it! The 1More Triple Driver headphone!
No. we dont. Just kidding. But we do have a kind of triple driver headphone. The 1More has a passive bass reflector, the main a dynamic driver, and a small ceramic driver for a tweeter! On top of that the dynamic driver has a graphene coating! Graphene is a material thats 1 atom thick and 200 times stronger than steel. Theres been only a couple headphones that i know of with a graphene driver. They claim to be the first. But these headphones are the first. Well its not a full graphene driver, its a mylar driver with a graphene coating. But it still scores high for total coolness.
Theres been other multiple driver headphones. But companies have never been able to make them work very well. Not 1More. They pulled it off. And did a fantastic job. These headphones sound terrific! This is a awesome company and i look forward to hear what they do in the future. Maybe a new higher resolution headphone, open back, thats truly over ear in a higher price range?
So how much do these headphones cost? 600$? 1000$? Nope. They cost only 150$ Now i dont want to oversell these headphones. They are on ear smaller headphones. Close backs. They dont sound as good as a Elex or Aiva. As a matter of fact these headphones come with a very short cable with a inline mic and volume/mute control in the right line to the headphone. This works with my LGV20 phone and the volume is decent. Its 32Ī©. Though it could be louder. One could think its a headphone for portable use. It certainly beats the Koss headphones. It can distort at higher volume and the bass reflector can also distort on bassy tracks. But on most of my music its fine.
SOUND
These headphones are very affected by the position you have them on the ear. If you look at the pads youāll notice a number of holes on the front inside pad. This is where the ceramic tweeter projects the treble. So the further back you can place them on your ear the better they sound. And you can here some of the treble range projected from the front.
Treble is crisp and clear. Very nice treble. Thereās a narrow 7K drop in the frequency response. this is where the siblince is so this headphone doesnāt have any sibilance. Its bassy and has a very good bass response with good slam. the sub bass is present. but not as much bass as the fostex ebony, or maybe not as well expressed, despite the reflector. Might not satisfy bass heads. Good Mids, its a little warm. Its a W shape leaning towards bright but not bright. Good range. good soundstage. not too wide. Detail and resolution are good but not too great, not a technical headphone. Ive often heard this described as āfunā sounding. It handled my headphone testing Simple Minds playlist no problem. Needs burn in.
These headphones sound really really good. Iām wondering if maybe we should be recommending this over the He4xx and Sennhieser 58x for people looking for headphones in this price range. I first discovered this headphone on the Master Switch list of the top headphones for 2019. A list I very much respect. I think itās the best list of headphones on the internet. But sadly its no longer on the list. Zeos loves these headphones and said these headphones do things that no other headphone on his wall do. Joshua Valor loved these headphones for movies and had a very immersive experience with them.
BUILD
Build on these headphones are very impressive. All metal and leather. Has tilt and swivel. Folds up to fit in a very compact bag that comes with it. These headphones were sold with a certain Maserati car. This is why the cup looks the way it does. itās supposed to copy the rim of a Maserati. I dont know what these headphones originally retailed for but i keep feeling they were at one time very expensive. There not discontinued or anything. 1More are still selling them on their website for 200$ The company is called 1More āhear moreā. At 200$ these seem like a good deal. At 150$ they may be a steal.
Theres not a lot of padding on the pads but its feels comfortable enough. Headband is fine. Has a 36mm dynamic driver and 10mm ceramic tweeter. Beware the gold color version of these headphones. The driver is a different material and doesnāt sound as good as the silver version. Pads cannot be removed. A very classy pair of headphones.
PACKAGING
The Packaging is also impressive. Comes in a very nice cardboard box. Classy design in brown and beige with a metal magnetic handle and product design blueprints printed on the inside. Comes with a case, bag for the headphones and Ā¼ adapter.
CONCLUSION
I really like these headphones. Their replacing Koss for my portable headphone. They look very classy though. Might not want to go down a dark alley with them. I feel like people underestimate these. I think they sound far better than people think. The only other headphones i had in this price range are the Nad HP50 and Grado SR225e these beat those easy. Also the Fostex T50rp, which i feel these also beat but just barely. I just ordered the Sennhieser 58X and the Hifiman HE4X so weāll see how they compare. These headphones are great.