The Smallest "Speakers" I'd Ever Listen To
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- A brief look at the EarFun Air wireless earphones.
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'See, it says so right there' ....lol
Headphones, over the ear giant drivers, wired. I'm old school, what can I say.
I don't care about driver size. I've come to learn that throw/travel and enclosure can matter just as much.
But wired with a clean source is better than any wireless. 👍
Same here! Can't say exactly what, but there's something missing with earbuds shoving sound directly into the ear canal, not to mention the prominent sound signature of each pair of earbuds.
Large driver headphones (both open & closed back) sound quite natural & transparent to my ears.
Plus, you can't use genuine leather foam cushion earpads with earbuds 😂😂
I use all three. Speakers always where possible, wireless headphones for not disturbing the neighbours late at night and earbuds only when travelling on public transport.
you should try some ACTUAL IEMS for stage use, i was very impressed by isolation. Also the cords mean you don't need fancy chargers or anything. I have a set of 3m work tunes i use in the wood shop, they have bluetooth but often i will just put them on over the IEMs and i get something like 35db of noise reduction between the two. I personally loath anything that doesn't have the option for wired connection. Bluetooth just doesn't have a range i find useful so id rather be plugged in and carry my device without having to worry about battery life or where i set my phone down.
nah, just give up,
the TWS people is like a cult,
you cannot convert them to iem,
meanwhile I'm here rocking my unique melody MEST,
This video is an advertisement for a racon clone, these are not in ear monitors, and you sound foolish calling them such. These are earbuds. Calling something an IEM implies a certain level of isolation and a reference level of sound quality that is not possible when a bluetooth connection is involved.
HexiBase , for me, it becomes the point when you go for custom molded sets. There are several players in the market. Jerry Harvey, who has mixed monitors for just about every big name you can think of, invented them for the most part and has been involved in the business since the mid 90s. He worked with Westone for the pair he first built for Alex Van Halen and for others there after. Then he started Ultimate Ears with his ex-wife. Somewhere in the crash and burn of a divorce they sold out to Logitech. After the waiting period was over, he started Jerry Harvey Audio with his daughter. If you want full on, no holds barred custom, speak with Jerry. After that, any of the big guys are acceptable, it just depends on budget and what sound you like. Jerry made me an offer I couldn’t refuse years ago for some great ears so I bought them. You can start there. He’s a honest and fairly direct fellow. In the old days, pre-COVID, you could go to any number of audio shows, like Rocky Mountain in Denver and they hold Can-Jams where you can test them out. Hopefully one day that will return. IEMs are like speakers, but only more so. Each person has a favorite and an opinion. The numbers only go so far to describe the experience.
@@HexiBase
It becomes clear if you google iem and then earbud, ill let you do your own research.
An iem is to earbuds what studio monitors are to to bookshelf speakers. Both play audio, one is engineered to a tighter spec and designed for professional use.
IEMs also tend to sit further into your ear than earbuds, like an ear plug. They are also designed to fit your ear well and offer as much isolation as possible.
Serious gigging musicians get them custom molded to their ears for a perfect fit and improved isolation.
IEMs really just shine when monitoring is required in a high decibel environment. Basically hearing protection with speakers built in.
And IEMs certainly don't have consumer features like batteries or bluetooth.
I’m a big fan of my Sony Mx-3 wireless earbuds. Got them for $178 and they are by far the best sounding earbuds i’ve experienced. I also tried the klipsch t5, airpod pros, and raycons. Sony nailed it.
I love my Galaxy Buds, I can tweek them with an in app tuner, so I'm more than happy with them. Had 'em for a year, still use them everyday.
I prefer my open air Sennheiser 580s purch 1993, but then use speakers to evaluate the final mix.
I'm moving away from headphones and earbuds. I find that there is level creep as I use them and now my hearing is being affected.
Be sure to get your ears flushed!
@@bbbbbbb51 no.
My most common use for ear buds are when out on the motorcycle. I'd love to pick up a set like those, but have trouble finding comply isolation tips for them, for use on the bike. But for daily use, I have a couple sets of cans I switch back and forth between.
Thanks for the explanation. I enjoy your vids.
TFW you're still waiting for Tang Band W3-1876S's to come back in stock. Nah, I'll just go with earbuds instead.
@@HexiBase I'm just trollin my man. Been on the wait list for a W3-1876S for a while now so I can build a sub :)
Interesting as always
Thanks for sharing 👍😁
FIY: For anyone considering good and cheap in-ear monitors, take a look at the KZ-ZS10 PROs. They sound fantastic, and if you consider the price they are, hands down, THE BEST value IEMs ever!!! (no, I'm not affiliated with the company, just a happy customer)
Try some actual IEMs!
I bought KZ ZS10 Pros over half a year ago and they sound very pleasing. I just can't wear normal headphones, all i have tried just feels weird. I can't notice these IEMs in my ears almost 80% of time
@@HexiBase Cheers to you hundred times. Looks like you are more fan of good old cans :)
Let me guess? You consult for Earfun! We are still waiting for a Bandpass with a 4 to 6 inch driver BTW.
Interesting, I like earbuds for working and have been looking for a pair that sound decent . Thanks pete!!
@@HexiBase cool brother this will be my next earbud investment
I have never been a fan of ear buds until Apple made those contoured ear drop shaped ones. I always find that the straight push in ones with the silicone fitted thing suck. They always sounded terrible and I could never get them to stay in my ears.
I still like my Apple ear buds. Good fit and great dynamics.
Just ordered for $42.60 with tax and all. Thanks for the discounts man! My old ones are pretty nice, just dont have noise cxl'ing and no real touch control to speak of
@@HexiBase we shall indeed see! I don't mind trying something from Amazon and returning it if it doesn't meet expectations. I try not to do this frequently as it can be a pain in the ass for the sellers, but again, we shall see :) oh hey, can I get you to design a box for me? Of course, I'll pay your fee for doing so.
Home is open back over the ear for gaming, in car I use a lot of "sport" in ear buds for listening to podcasts.
IDK, what kind of a comparison baseline do you have? I spend quite a bit of time in Panasonic Ergofit HJE125. Not because they have an amazing sound - they don't - but because they don't annoy me, i can't feel them in my ears due to a squished ear canal spout shape, but they don't fall out either, and they don't have any sibilant sharpness or any part of the range sticking out like a sore thumb. They sound... adequate. There is always something wrong with any other so far. There are for sure many cheap in-ears that are rated higher in "audiophile" circles but they tend to be unobtanium, random flukes. These Ergofit are not very detailed, i blame intermodulation distortion, i think getting clean sound out of a motor and membrane this small is plain impossible. I'm thinking of getting QKZ VK4 though. Even maybe some of the China balanced armature hybrids, even though i expect to find the experience objectionable. Then again i also have JBL YurBuds Inspire 500 that i just found one day in trash and picked them up and cleaned them up - wouldn't have paid for them - which can get pretty detailed, but lack musicality, and a set of store-brand true wireless for 25€, which i expected to be total trash, but ended up not terribly hating, but again hardly something i'd recommend. From the description in this video, i am not 100% convinced that the Earfun is a significant upgrade from the latter as far as audio quality goes. By the way, DSP based response compensation is just a standard feature of true wireless chipsets, and the tuning of it is the only actual difference between numerous brands.
My preferred comfort and quality level - when i'm not listening to speakers - is delivered by on-ears. Even mediocre ones usually just wipe the floor with in-ears with detail and musicality. Sony's Walkman headphones from about 10-15 years ago are surprisingly good. Koss PortaPro are a bit coloured to my taste, but they're fine. I mostly use Urbanears Zinken and Yoga CD-68, and i listened to Marshall Major III and want to get those next. Also i'm not terribly fond of Bluetooth, i use it on the go for convenience, but whenever i can otherwise avoid it, i do, it's for sure a downgrade from even audibly sub-par cheap phone 3.5mm jacks and PC onboard chips, and you can do much better than that. Most 50mm headphones including Presonus Studio HD7 (made by Superlux) and ATH-M50 sound terribly grating to me with a painfully sharp sibilant resonance, so most of the ones i tend to prefer are around 40mm, even though typical 50mm constructions are lower-distortion with less excursion for a given SPL and a vented polepiece. Tried V-Moda LP2 the other week, and i was borderline angry, i was so disappointed by complete lack of musicality. It's like they emphasise all the noise and leave the actual music to rot in the shadow. By the way, i don't actually care about soundstage and localisation.
The measured response of these reminds me of the preferred headphone compensation, the Harman curve, published by researchers Sean Olive et al, it's probably what they used as a guideline, but i can see why you see a bit of Fletcher-Munson in there too, chances are, there's a bit of a relationship.
"The Final Cut by Roger Waters" - is that a bit of a dig at Gilmour? 😄
Oh yeah - I came here to see if you had ever made anything that could lend itself to off-ear VR headset speakers ... 🤔
I work for the city as a trash man. Yeah... I throw trash forba living. A single ear bud is my only release. I find that my jbl endurance earbuds are the best at delivering good sound out of one ear bud. But when I get home and pop both of them in, I'm very impressed with the sound quality they produce. Both ear buds meet in the middle. I can't tell my left from right. They make life more enjoyable.
Headphones, hands down. Never Bluetooth (unless it just needs to be something practical, not for enjoyment), but high quality wireless is ok. Though admittedly my aversion to Bluetooth stems from early BT Audio solutions, which even in their high quality stereo profile couldn't deliver CD quality audio.
Cool, I've never seen a measurement from a set of ear buds. Also hadn't heard of the equal loudness contour. Will read up on that. I have my car eq'd to the 'Harman' target (+9dB below ~60Hz, flat from 60 to about 2k, sloping down above 2k), and it's not my favorite. I think those dips at 1k and 4k in the equal loudness might help.
Even though I probably can't even hear the difference between a good pair of wireless and wired headphones I'm still going with wired especially since my phone has quite a decent DAC and amp (LG V20). At home I prefer my closed back over ears due to the better sound quality and comfort but on the move I use the cheapest wired JBL earbuds because I like the low bass those achieve and I don't feel like investing more into something that's just going to break in about 6 months anyways.
Pete my brotha from anotha motha great unboxing lottsa goodies 👌 😎 excellent information
Speakers for a large portion of my listening. A really nice pair of open-back headphones that I use infrequently. Bluetooth headphones that don’t sound as good, but no wire and so gets used much more often. A pair of reasonable earbuds I listen to when out and about.
The earbuds have changed many many times over the years since they get the most use in non ideal conditions and I am always looking for better sound for times when I am not in a place I can use headphones as easily. I also changed from the kind that had a wire going in between the 2 earbuds to true wireless ones and have found a few that connected well and did not do dumb things like massively add bass for no good reason.
I am listening to you using a Shure 215 in ears connected to Radsone EarStudio Bluetooth adapter via balanced cables, phone and earsrudio talking using LDAC lossless codec.
@@HexiBase in bluetooth world the codec seems to matter the most.. Ldac or Aptx HD are better sounding compared to old AAC codec.
Wired ear buds or covered "cans"
Somebody please help me here, I am an over ear -closed back headphone lover, ever since my DJ'ing days (short lived)...but an impulse purchase of JBL C100SI at R200.00 or just under $13 ... I have been slowly converted into an I.E.D ...sound staging is at a compromise but heck!!! Now my question to you guys... Did JBL ship out a batch of really dope earphones by mistake or my luck?
If I am geeking over what others may call crap sound, then flip I can't wait till I can afford really great ones. All videos have been listened through these and I am always left in awe.
Check out the mpow T5 or M5 they have a good sound to them for $45
When I'm at home I prefer open-back over-ear headphones like the HD600. When I'm out and about I only use wireless headphones with active noise cancellation, like the Sony 1000x series. I prefer over-ear, but in the summer they get too hot so I'm stuck with earbuds. I'll probably get the AirPods Pro some time down the line, as they're cheaper than the new Bose and more compact than the Sony equivalent.
Talking about small speakers. Have you ever considered designing a speaker that can fit in a PC drive bay? They used to be common but rubbish. With your experience and 3D printing it would be interesting to see what could be done.
I tried a lot of earbuds lately and found that the most important thing for me is the wearing comfort. Apples Airpods 1+2 tops that for me, although I really wanted to use something different.
I daily drive my Fiio FH5's when working due to, in my opinion, their exceptional sound stage within my preferred volume levels. And when i am relaxing at home i switch between those and my Audio Technica M50X's depending on if one or the other starts to fatigue my ears.
Newcomer to the channel.
Why no video on flat response 3d printer speaker?
Isn't that like...the best? :-P
Open back over ear given the proper listening environment
Have a look at Void's in-ears.
Anker liberty 2 pro. Been using them for about a year. So good....
i like closed back over the ears, i find better bass with i.e.m. but my earginas get sore after a hour or so.
What’s an eargina?
@@ApEsXiT think it might be an ear version of a vagina, though not quite sure...
I have tried, so hard, to like IEMs but it always sucks. Give me some Grado sr125 for openness or Beyerdynamic for tight and accurate.
@zreviews we need a collab
Pete and Sofie my favorite UA-cam couple
I bought my wife apple air pods I listened to it I thought it sound like garbage. I bought my self a pair of jabra ear buds it was okay didn’t really like it so I returned to try out the jbl ones and I love it and it was on sale at the time which was a plus
That face at the end...
They absolutely exceeded my expectations! (on average I prefer to use ear buds, this is the first set of wireless buds I've had in my ears and they're surprisingly good for what they are.)
Ive always preferred wired headphones powered off a dac
Open back hifiman he4xx on my little dot 2 tube amp very happy.
I still like better the wired over the ear headphones, and my brand is focal as possible. Already try a couple of wireless earbuds, but are not in my taste.
Headphones, over ear, closed.
Maybe check out Eardopes.
I absolutely love my Shure earbuds, but I'm always looking for better.
This man really needs to get some better iems
Shame their discount code doesn't work outside 'murica. Looked pretty good for the price. Ah well.
raycons next please ?
i want your take on the love hate relationship
Really not that helpful if you can’t compare with Apple AirPods. If you haven’t listened to other earbuds in the last decade, you have no frame of reference for current performance levels.
these buds are nice in that they are true wireless, but they arent comfortable, arent loud at all, not terribly more detailed than my Tozo ones and the touch controls are lackluster. Had them for a while now, and im not impressed
Closed over ear and wired & Bluetooth
I know it says 1080p, but the quality is really bad. Did you use a bad encoding perhaps?
@@HexiBase Weird. Mine is always on highest resolution possible, and at 1080p it still looks bad. Like the bitrate is super low. At 0:44 I can barely make out what the text on the box says and everything just looks.. grainy. Just like if you encode a video at maybe 3000 Kbps bitrate. Your other videos look sharp and crispy.
What about the jbl ear pods???
Try some entry level wired IEMs like a set of the Tin T2s for $50 they are a good start but nothing compares to a good set of over the ear closed cans.
G'day,
Yay Team !
An Earbud Manufacturer would have to be rather seriously confident of the merits of their Product, to go inviting you to test their Output ; and make a slicky edited Video of it...
What would you have done if the Buds had turned out to be overpriced and underperforming clunky lumps of Marketing Jism...?
Would you have taken their money and blackballed their stuff in the resulting Clip..., or refused to take any money and stayed silent - or refused the money & made a Video about whyfore..., or perhaps even tripled their Fee to make a Video extolling the virtues of the Gadgets' great "Convenience...", while not mentioning any dud-features...?
I've reviewed a couple of Products myself lately, a cheap Chinesium Chainsaw which sets fire to the Wood while cutting it ("MTM Chainsaw Fire Hazard Demonstration ; Cutting Stringybark."), and then I used some Canadium "Bondic" to effectively Hand-held 3-D Print a UV-setting Plastic Gap-Filling Gusset - to fix a Chinesium Washing-Machine which had been shipped with 2 Righthand Back Legs...(inscrutable, them Chinamen...).
Surprisingly enough, the Washing-Machine (hand-cranked, with 2.5 to 1, & 5.5 to 1 Step-up Drives) is actually very efficient, and the Gap-Filler made of Canadium Plastic-Magic Juice "totally failed to Fail..." !
Hey Sophie..., what's with the new super-short Hairdo - you almost seem to be experiencing something of an Androgenous Phase, perhaps (?) ; have fun...!
Such is Life...
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Seemed like a good time for a fresh cut 😎 Cheers!
Your obviously quiet lately!, are you still doing personal designs? My brother and I have orders a few through you. His has worked out great but mine hasn’t really and I’ve orders two from you. I know your very knowledgeable and Dam good at what you do but why if I turn my head at a 45 degree left or right does it sound like my 2000 tundra is Sitting and pissing instead of pounding!? I don’t think you have proper cabin specs and I’m very upset about that.
I’m actually VERY UPSET ABOUT IT!
Second. Hexi is dope.
Those are not speakers. They are headphones. Whats the title about?
YT always lags people before they hit 100k, just buy some subs and hit that 100k mark and you will blow up.
first! whoop whoop
Gud 4 u m8 ;)
@@flusneez it's the little things in life :D
Why exactly did you deactivate the rating? I mean this video wasn't as quality as other ones, but that's OK, if you need a short and easy video to produce in the meantime. I don't like when people deactivate the rating because they think it could get bad ratings.
Surely this video is required to have an 'includes paid promotion' tag?
@@HexiBase The rules don't explicitly say that endorsements have to be paid in order to require tagging & any objective interpretation of the spirit of the rules surely comes to the conclusion that this sort of content should definitely be tagged. The alternative is that you end up in the situation where companies can shower UA-camrs in free stuff with huge monetary value but none of it has to be acknowledged because they're not paying them cash money.
"Endorsements are pieces of content created for an advertiser or marketer that contain a message that people are likely to believe reflects the opinions, beliefs or experiences of the content creator or endorser."
Don't call him Shirley, Karen.
To witness a man with this level of education wasting his time reviewing Chinese junk products like this breaks the deal for me, I’m out. Unsubscribe.