Alright so at this point Iāve got 60+ hours of off-head burn in time, and itās actually kind of shocking how much these have smoothed out. The lower mids are still elevated but it doesnāt make (most) songs sound bloated anymore - and tbh it helps with the bassy aspect of these headphones. The only time I notice it is when Iām listening to something in the ballpark of a John Mayer song.
The treble is less spicy but still too much for me personally, so I keep it rolled off as you can see in the screenshot - but I do this for almost all of my headphones anyway because I have sensitive baby ears.
What I would personally love to see is a more expensive version of these with a driver capable of higher resolution - at this point thatās the only thing I feel like Iām missing. Other than that, super solid cans.
Hey guys. I received contact from linsoul, after letting them know that the headphones work, offering a replacement. They will be providing me with a shipping label to get the one I have picked up and sent back. They said they wanted to inspect them to make sure this issue doesnāt happen again. They said they should have more stock of the headphones by early August and will prioritize shipping for the replacement. So all in all not too bad, just annoyed that it happened. Thank you again Z for your help with the issue.
I got my SN:799 Eris in yesterday been really enjoying them they had the slight pad squeak so I fixed that. Comfort and build quality have been great on mine no issues there of course. I need to do some more listening there is about 7 hours on them so there isnāt much burn in on them yet.
My impressions of them so far that the sound stage is amazing even compared to something like my T1 2nd, the bass as advertised is great kinda sounds like a refined pad swapped beyer. The treble is good, but they can get a bit spicy in some bass light music especially Japanese music. Overall very good headphone especially for $250. I listened to these on Topping A90D/Xduoo TA66 AMP with Geshelli J2 DAC for reference. And I was mostly comparing them to T1 2nd, 880 600ohm, HD650, and CD900st.
Trust me, when I know youāll know, Iāll link it everywhere. Takes a while for things to get into Amazonās system. As for those genres of music? I havenāt had anyone directly compliment. or complain yet. Might be something. for you to ask this chatā¦
Have you tried wearing them reversed? I call it staging mode. You lose a bit more of the focus of the clarity from vocals, but it eliminates basically all siblilance
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Headphone was a huge success in London. I sold 10. sets in the first three hours and then I couldnāt sell anymore because I had to do the show. I handed a brand new set to Golden Sound. and to Skedra to play around withā¦ I might do this again in SoCal but the tables are more expensiveā¦
Not yet but I plan on doing so. And I do really think the treble has gotten very slightly better since yesterday because of the slight pad wear and break in since I wear glasses they need to dent a bit to get a better seal
these cans 100% need that break in. I havenāt noticed that big of a difference between new and broken in headphones before.
Comfort is definitely better than my previous Zeus. I would say itās the same amount of clarity, but that bass is just so much more. I missed having closed headphones for gaming, so I am glad to have these. More isolating which in my environment is a big plus.
I do not like them reversed. I donāt know what it is, but its not for me.
I also pre-ordered them, so I received a free tripowin piccolo set of IEMs and I am extremely impressed with these things as well. Very surprising sound that comes out of here. I have never had IEM before.
Just got my Headphones! OMG the bass is sooooooo good with Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin. I also am gaming with them and its glorious. Hell Let Loose when a explosion happens I feel itā¦in my skull. Awesome job Z I will now recommend these bass cannons to all my bass head buddies.
Love the headphones! Iāve had about a week of listening and I tend to agree with some of the other comments on here about the sound. But all in all I canāt complain, its an excellent value at 250 bucks.
Great song recommendations.
It seems I cannot for the life of me find some of the Anime songs on Spotify/Tidal thoughā¦ tbf the search on both services could be a lot better tooā¦
Alsoā¦ the Fading Sun song is mentioned twice. Itās great so why not twice!
Got them today. These sound fantastic right out of the box to me, forward or backward. The stock cable was DOA on the right side. Fortunately I had a couple of Tripowin dual 3.5 to 4.4. 24bit 192khz Alice in Chains via Wiim Pro to J2/AKM to MT603 to Orchard RCA to XLR converter to Singxer SA1.
Got these on Tuesday, loving them so far. Even more comfortable than the Zeus Elite, POWERFUL bass, crispy highs, excellent soundstage and imaging. Mids are a little de-emphasized, makes things sound slightly like the Electric Wizard albums where the vocals are echoey and distant. They are excellent for stoner/doom metal, Iām glad Om has been mentioned already.
Havenāt spent much time in staging mode, but my initial impression is that it sounds even wider but a bit less precise. I did not like it as much as the regular setup, but I will have to try it for games and movies as suggested.
Iāve been playing with my new speakers and havenāt given these much on-head time, but I decided to keep them playing all week to test these burn in claims.
The change has been substantial, Iām pretty surprised. The sense of congestion has dopped off almost entirely. The bass has tamed a bit, itās still big but doesnāt immediately steal the entire show like it did when they came out of the box, the sound is generally more balanced across the board. Iām a treble head and these are just about where I want them to be in that area, so I totally understand people claiming that theyāre a bit spicy up top, but it works for me.
Interesting results. One of my few criticisms so far is that they can sound kind of stuffy on some content despite the wide soundstage; ācongestionā is a great word for it. Iāll continue to pay attention to that and see how it evolves as I put more hours in.
I also agree with you about the treble, they come across as crisp and detailed but I havenāt noticed any major sibilance per se. I do have some mild hearing damage so itās possible that I just canāt perceive it.
Got these a week ago. Not much play-time on them but so far Iām blown away. From build to sound, Iām extremely impressed. If these were a regularly stocked item, Iād hands-down recommend them over the HD6xx/5xx as an entry into the headphone market. Theyāre extremely fun to listen to, especially tracks that had a ton a bass in it. Nice thing is I can plug it into my computer and it can run these to uncomfortable levels and without losing too much of the magic youād get from a dedicated system.
I found these are not really a good match for my āwarmā setup: SMSL D300+Pietus Maximus. Way too bloated and bubbly sounding. Everything has a warm hum to it. My regular headphone, the Ananda Nano, sounds absolutely killer on this.
My other setup, Lyr3 + add-in card, is a great match for this. Itās very neutral and Iām pleased to find that the issue with the other dac/amp setup went away. I was afraid I was going to have to make an aggressive EQ profile to correct the overly warm sound signature.
I do feel there is a small modicum of sibilance in some tracks. I didnāt really notice it that much until someone mentioned it here and I started listening to it. Thereās a few tracks where its slightly noticeable when I wasnāt really listening for it.
Kind of wish I still had my ifi setup I could test some of their xbass/space functions on top, but Iāve got it loaned out currently.
Right now Iām really appreciating the staging and separation on these compared to the Ananda Nano. Also kind of interesting the change from a present, clean, and clear bass texture thatās easily tracked to just authoritative and crazy bass.
Iām excited to see if breaking these headphones in will actually improve the quality. Iām still considering doing some EQ on these to tune them to my preference.
Here are some songs that I tried out that I can suggest:
Fools Fools Fools - Takane Lui
Be My Guest (or most any of their songs) - Azari
Absolute Territory - Ken Ashcorp
Ordorbis - Ex Astris
I had the exact same issue. Same side and all. I just sent mine back yesterday the 31st. I got the same time frame estimation for a restock, so weāll wait together, I suppose. Itās a shame that I donāt get to keep the S/N 250 unit I received.
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