Noontec Zoro Headphones
Sept 1, 2012 11:25:38 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2012 11:25:38 GMT
They arrived this morning so I took them out and first impressions are mixed until I consider what they're going for - around £42 on Amazon. So we're on a level with PX200 (Which I'm not particularly fussed about)
The build is fantastic at this price level. They really do look like Dre headphones and snap into shape and fold back up into a bag that comes with them. There is a flat lead for them and you can change the lead to whatever you want. I use that feature a lot with the Fanny Wangs - short lead on Ipod, long lead on TV etc., so it's a handy feature being able to take the lead out. You could stick an ipod controller with a mic lead on too so you could use it as a handsfree!!
They look a lot more expensive than they are with a piano gloss finish and they feel nice on your ears. The pads are softer than Fanny Wangs and they don't push down so hard, so it would be possible to wear them for a long period of time.
I'll have to live with them for a while before I make any useful comments on sound but I did get a strange feeling about them first which quickly went about 5 minutes later!!!
Straight on the head - they felt congested, cuppy and highly coloured. To check, I changed to the Portapro on the same track and guess what .... congested and thinner. Must have been the podcast I was listening to!! Back to the Zoro and it seemed fuller. Then I felt a lack of deep bass and high treble so I started to turn up and Bingo!! It shot into focus.
Once I kind of 'spotted' the focus of the can, going back down again didn't seem so hollow, empty, cuppy, and lacking in extremes. It seems warm but has a quite different tonality to what I'm used to. Mayne it just needed a blast?
I wonder whether whacking some volume at it kind of kicked it into life tbh.
So, first impression of it is mixed. It has a 'relaxed' sound and I found myself getting more into the music with it in time. It's pleasant to listen to and the bass is way more under control than Dre or Fanny Wang. Not as much but it is there and quite well defined.
It's loud on the Ipod without an amp to be sure. Very sensitive. Pleasant and musical.
I'm currently listening to a compressed Podcast so nothing special, but at £40, I think I might steer away from the PX200 in preference for this.
I'll give it some proper playing time and do some more detail later, but this one is weird. It's the first time I've put a headphone on and though yuk ..... then 5 minutes later, felt .... hang on a minute....
Sensitivity is quite amazing. I'm on the second click up from zero on the Ipod Touch and it's perfectly listenable. Surprisingly for a cheap headphone, no boom on spoken mens' voices either.
The build is fantastic at this price level. They really do look like Dre headphones and snap into shape and fold back up into a bag that comes with them. There is a flat lead for them and you can change the lead to whatever you want. I use that feature a lot with the Fanny Wangs - short lead on Ipod, long lead on TV etc., so it's a handy feature being able to take the lead out. You could stick an ipod controller with a mic lead on too so you could use it as a handsfree!!
They look a lot more expensive than they are with a piano gloss finish and they feel nice on your ears. The pads are softer than Fanny Wangs and they don't push down so hard, so it would be possible to wear them for a long period of time.
I'll have to live with them for a while before I make any useful comments on sound but I did get a strange feeling about them first which quickly went about 5 minutes later!!!
Straight on the head - they felt congested, cuppy and highly coloured. To check, I changed to the Portapro on the same track and guess what .... congested and thinner. Must have been the podcast I was listening to!! Back to the Zoro and it seemed fuller. Then I felt a lack of deep bass and high treble so I started to turn up and Bingo!! It shot into focus.
Once I kind of 'spotted' the focus of the can, going back down again didn't seem so hollow, empty, cuppy, and lacking in extremes. It seems warm but has a quite different tonality to what I'm used to. Mayne it just needed a blast?
I wonder whether whacking some volume at it kind of kicked it into life tbh.
So, first impression of it is mixed. It has a 'relaxed' sound and I found myself getting more into the music with it in time. It's pleasant to listen to and the bass is way more under control than Dre or Fanny Wang. Not as much but it is there and quite well defined.
It's loud on the Ipod without an amp to be sure. Very sensitive. Pleasant and musical.
I'm currently listening to a compressed Podcast so nothing special, but at £40, I think I might steer away from the PX200 in preference for this.
I'll give it some proper playing time and do some more detail later, but this one is weird. It's the first time I've put a headphone on and though yuk ..... then 5 minutes later, felt .... hang on a minute....
Sensitivity is quite amazing. I'm on the second click up from zero on the Ipod Touch and it's perfectly listenable. Surprisingly for a cheap headphone, no boom on spoken mens' voices either.