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Okie, review part 2, after abt 10 hours of burn in!
After the burn in, bass impact and quantity has increased quite a lot, I now find it a tad too bassy for my liking, although it still doesn't bleed into the mid-range, and bass detail is still top-notch, so.. no real complaints here i guess, though I'm kinda' hoping that the bass will tame itself a little as i burn it in somemore
Anyway, for 君の知らない物語 by Supercell:
The vocals are really sweet, and detailed, and you can clearly hear every breath Nagi Yanagi (the vocalist) takes, and the sweetness and "soft quality" of her voice really shines. Piano, drums and guitar were a lot less intimate, but still clearly present, and when I felt like tuning in to them instead of Nagi Yanagi's voice, (not sure why I wanted to do that, but anyway....) I found that each of them were engaging, and sufficiently detailed for me to listen to without getting bored.
Fight Factory from the Iris OST (some Korean drama):
The throbbing rhythm was the more intimate aspect of this song (it doesn't have vocals), while everything else was somewhat more distant. What I found impressive was how every beat was distinct, and once again, the clarity with which all the different layers were presented was very impressive. I particularly loved the speed which the high-hat was delivered, as the only other pair of earphones/headphones I've tried which could compete with that amount of clarity and prescision would be a fully modded HD650 (without any foam).
Sandpiper by Kalafina:
I know I already mentioned something about this in the first impressions bit, but seeing as I really love this song, I think i'll talk about it again. Keiko's voice came across as being somewhat distant compared to Nagi Yanagi's voice in 君の知らない物語, and I found this somewhat disappointing, as I was expecting close-up and intimate female vocals once again. I suppose this difference is more due to recording of the song than the earphones, but I honestly am not sure how to tell. The distancing of the voice made the whole presentation of the song very balanced, and I found the guitar, voice and generic other instruments (not sure what Yuki Kajiura uses anymore..) equally entertaining.
Succession by Mami Kawada:
This is the song I use when I have to make a quick judgement of earphones/headphones, due to having very clear distinction between highs, mids and lows, so it makes it very easy to tell what's good and what isn't in an earphone. For the Stage6, I can honestly say "no complaints". Once again, I found that there was more-or-less equal emphasis on all the instruments, with perhaps very slightly reccessed mids.
Core Pride by UVERworld:
The drumroll at the start is generally a very good indicator of bass response (for me at least), and the difference for this between pre-burn in and after 10 hrs is very clear. Before the burn-in, it was extremely sharp, and every hit was distinct, and there seemed to be a very very short pause between each beat. After burn-in and loosening up of the bass, the drums merged a little more, and the pause between each beat was far less obvious. Not neccessarily a bad thing, just.. different
Going Under by Evanescence:
Found the combination of rhythm guitar and drums a little bit overwhelming for this song. While the other details in the song were still present and accounted for, I think I'd have enjoyed it more if the bass was a little less pronounced.
That's about all I wanna say, and I'd like to once again state that these are purely the opinions of an inexperienced music-lover, and this is the first time I'm writing a review/impression of any product. Please don't take the above as fact, and do understand that I'm not a sound engineer, and my ears are completely untrained.
Feel free to post any questions here, and I'll do my best to answer them. Also sorry for the J-rock/J-pop heavy song selection, but I'm quite a hardcore J-rock/J-pop fan, and have very little interest in K-pop, C-pop or English music (with very few exceptions).
Thanks for reading!
PS: @Foress, srry 'bout the lack of impressions for Answer Song, but I didn't like it much, and thus didn't put it up there, if you want, I'll give it a good proper listen and post my impressions later on
After the burn in, bass impact and quantity has increased quite a lot, I now find it a tad too bassy for my liking, although it still doesn't bleed into the mid-range, and bass detail is still top-notch, so.. no real complaints here i guess, though I'm kinda' hoping that the bass will tame itself a little as i burn it in somemore
Anyway, for 君の知らない物語 by Supercell:
The vocals are really sweet, and detailed, and you can clearly hear every breath Nagi Yanagi (the vocalist) takes, and the sweetness and "soft quality" of her voice really shines. Piano, drums and guitar were a lot less intimate, but still clearly present, and when I felt like tuning in to them instead of Nagi Yanagi's voice, (not sure why I wanted to do that, but anyway....) I found that each of them were engaging, and sufficiently detailed for me to listen to without getting bored.
Fight Factory from the Iris OST (some Korean drama):
The throbbing rhythm was the more intimate aspect of this song (it doesn't have vocals), while everything else was somewhat more distant. What I found impressive was how every beat was distinct, and once again, the clarity with which all the different layers were presented was very impressive. I particularly loved the speed which the high-hat was delivered, as the only other pair of earphones/headphones I've tried which could compete with that amount of clarity and prescision would be a fully modded HD650 (without any foam).
Sandpiper by Kalafina:
I know I already mentioned something about this in the first impressions bit, but seeing as I really love this song, I think i'll talk about it again. Keiko's voice came across as being somewhat distant compared to Nagi Yanagi's voice in 君の知らない物語, and I found this somewhat disappointing, as I was expecting close-up and intimate female vocals once again. I suppose this difference is more due to recording of the song than the earphones, but I honestly am not sure how to tell. The distancing of the voice made the whole presentation of the song very balanced, and I found the guitar, voice and generic other instruments (not sure what Yuki Kajiura uses anymore..) equally entertaining.
Succession by Mami Kawada:
This is the song I use when I have to make a quick judgement of earphones/headphones, due to having very clear distinction between highs, mids and lows, so it makes it very easy to tell what's good and what isn't in an earphone. For the Stage6, I can honestly say "no complaints". Once again, I found that there was more-or-less equal emphasis on all the instruments, with perhaps very slightly reccessed mids.
Core Pride by UVERworld:
The drumroll at the start is generally a very good indicator of bass response (for me at least), and the difference for this between pre-burn in and after 10 hrs is very clear. Before the burn-in, it was extremely sharp, and every hit was distinct, and there seemed to be a very very short pause between each beat. After burn-in and loosening up of the bass, the drums merged a little more, and the pause between each beat was far less obvious. Not neccessarily a bad thing, just.. different
Going Under by Evanescence:
Found the combination of rhythm guitar and drums a little bit overwhelming for this song. While the other details in the song were still present and accounted for, I think I'd have enjoyed it more if the bass was a little less pronounced.
That's about all I wanna say, and I'd like to once again state that these are purely the opinions of an inexperienced music-lover, and this is the first time I'm writing a review/impression of any product. Please don't take the above as fact, and do understand that I'm not a sound engineer, and my ears are completely untrained.
Feel free to post any questions here, and I'll do my best to answer them. Also sorry for the J-rock/J-pop heavy song selection, but I'm quite a hardcore J-rock/J-pop fan, and have very little interest in K-pop, C-pop or English music (with very few exceptions).
Thanks for reading!
PS: @Foress, srry 'bout the lack of impressions for Answer Song, but I didn't like it much, and thus didn't put it up there, if you want, I'll give it a good proper listen and post my impressions later on
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