Allow me to preface this by saying that I have spent a considerable amount of my life in professional studios, and an even more considerable amount of my life doing work in the professional audio field.
Pros:
-Bass *can be* very enjoyable.
-They look fantastic.
-The cable is VERY nice.
-They include a carrying case.
Cons:
-Pretty much everything else.
These are NOT studio reference tuned. These are bass cannons. These are bassy to the point where it literally drowns out other parts of the frequency sectrum. On a positive note, EQ can help this part. I actually enjoy their ability to punch with kicks as their transient response in the low-end is rather nice. Sub bass has a nice rumble.
Some bothersome mid bass bloat is present out of the box, but an EQ with a gentle -0.8dB to -1.4dB between abput 75Hz to 97Hz can fix that and clean it up nicely.
These can't reproduce the low-end of a snare snap to save them. Dave Matthews Band recordings, which have some of the most brilliantly recorded snares I've ever heard, sound like someone ran them through several hundred layers of cheese cloth, then EQd all highs back in and forgot the mids.
Which brings us to the worst part...
There is something fundamentally wrong with the way these reproduce mids. I suspect the crossovers are to blame here, although it could just be bad shells around the balanced armature drivers bringing out the worst in their timbre.
I can't get any kind of guitar (acoustic or electric) to sound natural, and these things just suck the life out of female vocalists (Imogen Heap, AURORA, Vanessa Carlton, etc...)
No amount of EQ given to the mids conjured any semblance of liveliness. They could get nasty sounding and way out front, but they just sounded *off* no matter what I did. Tip rolling (stock narrow bore, stock wide bore, SpinFit W1, SpinFit CP145, Stock memory foam, Truthear stock Wide bore and narrow bore and memory foam, Comply tips) did nothing to alleviate any of this. I played with EQ for hours trying to get these to sound right and just gave up and returned them (after properly cleaning and sanitizing them, of course)
I can put in my Truthear Hexas and boost the bass by maybe 1dB and fall in love, despite their shortcomings in treble reproduction. Neumann NDH 30s have spoiled me to accurate mids. Even my KZ ZAX sound better, though with less technical detail.
The only thing I found myself enjoying was 2000s era trance and EDM. IE "loudness wars" era synth music. As soon as real acoustic instruments are introduced, these things just fall apart. Even then, even with synth-driven music, there are mid focused effects in tracks like Pendulum's "The Fountain" and "The Island Pt 2" that you know are supposed to have a little bite and growl, and the Cincotres just can't do it.
For gaming, they're not good. I don't need to hear my footsteps go boom. That doesn't match the sound of my body reverberating with the footstep. It just matches the mic recording my body making a thump at the ground level. They're tinny in the high end, so reloads were a little ear piercing. The jangle of picking up ammunition or collecting metallic objects was accurate in reproduction of the recording, but sibilant and piercy in practice. EQ, again, kind of helped this, but never made it right.
Car engines, on the other hand, had a little weight in them. That was kinda nice.
Do yourself a favor and avoid these. They truly are not worth the price of admission unless you're only listening to electronic music with no female vocalists. If rock, acoustic, jazz, or any female vocalists are part of your rotation, leave these be. You can still get a better sound for techno out of other units, too.
I leave three stars for included accessories, the look of the IEMs themelves, and mostly accurate detail reproduction.
I give 2.5 stars to timbre. EQ can help the Cincotres, but it cannot save them.
| Producent | Linsoul |
|---|---|
| Model | ZiiGaat Cincotres |
| Numer części | ZiiGaat Cincotres |
| Funkcje specjalne | Odłączany kabel |
| Czynnik formalny słuchawek | Douszne |
| Baterie w zestawie | Nie |
| Wymagane baterie | Nie |
| Does it contain liquid? | Nie |
| Producent | Linsoul |
| Numer modelu | ZiiGaat Cincotres |
| Wymiary opakowania | 12 x 10 x 3 cm; 150 g |
| ASIN | B0CTHFW5KQ |
| Gwarantowane aktualizacje oprogramowania do | nieznany(-na) |
