I guess we all agree that hearing a live performance of our favorite pop/rock band without the bass player and the kick drum wouldn’t be much fun.

While HATS might not be mistaken for your long-lost twin, you can't doubt there's some indescribable, somewhat uncanny resemblance. The result is a film that works as well as a romance as it does as an action vehicle without the sort of danger and peril faced by Chan in his normal comedic entire. I've stepped on them, abused them, i even forgot them inside the pocket of a pair of trouser that went trough my washing machine. Part of the upside of having thinner sleeves is less pressure being exerted on the insides of your ears. Even if you are a classical music fan, you still want to hear the cellos, contrabass and the low notes of a piano.

The graphs we use are normalized to enhance their readability, which sometimes eliminates a spike or two. This song is full of musical information, from the beautiful and dynamic guitars, to the piano, percussion sets, glass shattering sounds, footsteps, overall atmosphere and amazing dynamic range. If I have a slight cold, I can hear my own breathing, and a slight touch in the cable sounds like a punch in my ear. This term refers to the loudest volume you can get out of the headphones without going above 3% distortion.

I lived all the audiophile fever in the late 80’s and 90’s, had many equipments and tested all the gear that I could, from entry-level to high-end. Regarding noise reduction, it does reduce A LOT of ambient noise (too much IMHO), but as it creates all the other mechanical noises, that’s not a great thing. Again, all we're looking for are points where one channel, be it left or right, is playing back at a higher volume. They lasted about an year with me, but i am not good at taking care, i bitten on the wire while listening, i caused a lot of damage to them. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.They have a good cord guard, which means the internal wires won't sever against the buds should you recklessly shove the headphones into your pocket for a while.

Part of the problem with in-ears is that, if they aren't positioned perfectly, you end up losing quality or throwing off volume in some manner or another.Like our frequency response test above, we record the playback as it comes out of the headphones, then compare it back to the original. Compared to the average, non-active-noise-cancelling pair of on/over-ears, the CX 300-II has good isolation. They certainly aren't ugly by any stretch, but there also isn't anything about them that's eye-catching.

It starts out a bit right-heavy – about 5 decibels louder in the right channel than in the left – but this difference could likely be a fit issue.The Senns on the other hand are a bit boomy in the lower bass from 20 to 200 Hz but transition well into the midrange. In the graph, when the blue line rises, it means the left channel is playing louder; when the line dips down, the right channel is louder. After getting them out of the package I was pleased to hear that right out of the packaging they sounded better than the old Sony or the Ink’d IEMs. Since the CX 300-IIs have an asymmetrical cable (the cord from the neck split to the left ear bud is significantly shorter than the cable connecting to the right), they're best worn around the back of the neck.