The purpose of this text is to clarify some fine points that are not commonly discussed publicly in the community of fans of measuring something or speculating about the sound of headphones when looking at the available measurements.
Noire X are relatively new closed-back headphones from Dan Clark Audio, about which there is actually nothing to read on the Russian Internet. I looked at them, tested them, and decided that this slip-up needs to be fixed ASAP.
I started thinking about a good case for in-ear monitors a long time ago, back in 2019. Since then, the range of the related issues and the market have not changed at all.
Aune released AR5000, its first over-ear headphones, about a year ago, and these headphones were great, which I honestly wrote about. Now SR700, a new model, have appeared. Aune remembered about me and sent them to me for a review.
I’ve been trying to come up with something intelligent as an introduction for a long time, but decided to say the hell with it: I just liked the unusual appearance of YU9 U-556. That is, it was clear from the very beginning that it is conceptually something a la Etymotic, but judging by the unusual shape of the enclosures, it seems to be made for normal human ears. Up to a point, of course.
I’ve been familiar with Focal headphones for a long time, but in a one-track manner: for 5 years now, I’ve had amazing Focal Utopia in my personal use, which I haven’t wanted to change for anything over all this time. But the old Utopia are one thing, and the new Hadenys are a totally different thing.
