WESTONE UM3X - Part 2
It has been a week since I bought those earphones.
I have been listening to it everyday.
My opinion of it only gets better.
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I was telling this colleague of mine that the more I listen to them (the earphones), the more it seemed to sound better. I told him it might be a psychological thing.
He begged to differ and started to educate me on the topic of earphones and sound reproduction.
He told me it was a matter of both the ear as well as the earphone.
He likened it to an amateur drinking a $1,000 bottle of wine. During a blind test, he could very well think that the wine taste normal or even terrible for that matter. But as he continues to drink wine, his taste buds and senses get acclimatized. Once that happens, that same $1,000 wine will impress him. In a nutshell, he told me our ears had the potential to 'mature' to differentiate a 'good' and 'bad' sound production.
He told me my earphones had gold plated plugs, sliver cables and triple balanced armature drivers. Because of this, there was a lot of potential for these earphone to 'mature' too. In audiophile terms, it is called 'burn in'. As time goes on, and as I prolong the use of these earphones, the sound will be better. Just like a bottle of wine that is placed in a cellar for years to allow it to 'mature'.
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I proceeded to ask this colleague of mine if there were something wrong with my earphones, because I heard a sound that does not seem to match the song's melody. He gave it a listen and smiled. He said this 'anomaly' was not a fault caused by the earphones, it was a case of the music production. Turns out that the production company that made this CD did not do a very good job. The thing is, I never noticed this when I listened to it on my Bose earphones. He concurred. He said with my earphones, there is no way to 'hide' poor quality music productions, every beat and every tone is reproduced with such clarity, that even the slightest fault is amplified.
He proceeded to find a song of his for me to listen. He told me to listen carefully to the first 30seconds of the song.
Guess what, at the far far background, I can actually hear a 'cough'. YES, someone made a cough during that CD's production and it was captured. I was amazed.
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Now I begin to understand why in places like HMV and Tower Records, there are dedicated sections for AUDIOPHILE quality CDs. All the CDs within those sections are labeled as such because they meet the audiophile standard. There isn't a single blemish in the CD's production. I guess that's why it is costlier than 'normal' CDs.
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Interesting huh.
I have been listening to it everyday.
My opinion of it only gets better.
==========
I was telling this colleague of mine that the more I listen to them (the earphones), the more it seemed to sound better. I told him it might be a psychological thing.
He begged to differ and started to educate me on the topic of earphones and sound reproduction.
He told me it was a matter of both the ear as well as the earphone.
He likened it to an amateur drinking a $1,000 bottle of wine. During a blind test, he could very well think that the wine taste normal or even terrible for that matter. But as he continues to drink wine, his taste buds and senses get acclimatized. Once that happens, that same $1,000 wine will impress him. In a nutshell, he told me our ears had the potential to 'mature' to differentiate a 'good' and 'bad' sound production.
He told me my earphones had gold plated plugs, sliver cables and triple balanced armature drivers. Because of this, there was a lot of potential for these earphone to 'mature' too. In audiophile terms, it is called 'burn in'. As time goes on, and as I prolong the use of these earphones, the sound will be better. Just like a bottle of wine that is placed in a cellar for years to allow it to 'mature'.
===============
I proceeded to ask this colleague of mine if there were something wrong with my earphones, because I heard a sound that does not seem to match the song's melody. He gave it a listen and smiled. He said this 'anomaly' was not a fault caused by the earphones, it was a case of the music production. Turns out that the production company that made this CD did not do a very good job. The thing is, I never noticed this when I listened to it on my Bose earphones. He concurred. He said with my earphones, there is no way to 'hide' poor quality music productions, every beat and every tone is reproduced with such clarity, that even the slightest fault is amplified.
He proceeded to find a song of his for me to listen. He told me to listen carefully to the first 30seconds of the song.
Guess what, at the far far background, I can actually hear a 'cough'. YES, someone made a cough during that CD's production and it was captured. I was amazed.
=============
Now I begin to understand why in places like HMV and Tower Records, there are dedicated sections for AUDIOPHILE quality CDs. All the CDs within those sections are labeled as such because they meet the audiophile standard. There isn't a single blemish in the CD's production. I guess that's why it is costlier than 'normal' CDs.
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Interesting huh.
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