Hello, everyone. I finally purchased the
Noire X.
Why did I choose this model?
If I don't take into account many previous relatively cheap headphones, then at first I had
THIEAUDIO Monarch MKII - I was satisfied with their detail, but it was not very comfortable to keep them in my ear all the time.
So I started looking for full-size headphones and bought
Denon AH-D9200 - they were more comfortable and with the equalizer they gave better tonality than Monarch MKII, but there was only one problem that was not solved by the equalizer - they lacked detail in the sub-bass.
And recently I accidentally saw that the Noire X model appeared.
As soon as I put them on my head, I was shocked - these are the
most comfortable headphones I've ever tested. In addition, they have one of the best, if not the best, isolation of external noise.
When I tested them in the store and compared them to the D9200, I heard a very sharp whistle around 10900 Hz, but I knew that this could be fixed with the equalizer.
So at the time of writing this post, they have worked for about
6 hours at high volume - I give them Static-X to make sure the whole range works. The documentation says that it is advisable for them to work for 50-100 hours to achieve their best performance.
I connected them to iBasso DC-Elite, Fiio KA-17 and Neutron HiFi DAC V1 - the sound is almost the same, so I chose Neutron HiFi DAC V1 because it has a great parametric equalizer.
At the moment, in order not to hear that whistle at high frequencies, my equalizer settings look like this:
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I hear this whistle in the 10900 Hz region on all well-mixed tracks, for example :
Ariana Grande - positions,
Lizzo - Juice,
System Of A Down - I-E-A-I-A-I-O.
If I'm doing something wrong and this whistle shouldn't be there or I'm choosing the wrong reference tracks, I'd be grateful for any tips.