Hi-X15 Headphones

Siempre he sostenido que unos audífonos, unas bocinas en HiFi, deben ser escuchadas antes de comprar, a veces la papelería con datos técnicos, supone revelar una gran calidad, pero la verdad es que debes para no equivocarte, escucharlos funcionando. Todos tenemos diferentes cualidades y capacidades auditivas, para de ahí resolver con lo que más nos gusta, bajos fuertes o moderados, agudos intensos o descriptivos, medios igual.Pero insisto, tus oídos y tú gusto deben decidir.Así y con una simplesa básica, estos audífonos son excepcionales, equilibrados, descriptivos, espacios perceptibles, arrojan un sonido muy agradable.Para mí fue una casualidad dar con ellos, buscaba los AKG que son de una sobrada reputación, pero al descubrir estos, los adquirí junto con unos AKG, teniendo como referencia que los ingenieros de la planta original de AKG antes de que fuera adquirido por el grupo Herman Kardon, mantuvieron su fe en lo que habían creado y fundaron su propia empresa para producir estos bellos y extraordinarios audífonos.Yo los disfruto, para mí gusto auditivo y percepción musical, son una delicia, además de que juego usando unos y otros, pero estos son magníficos, no te van a desilusionar de ninguna manera

My 3 time Grammy-nominated recording artist wife, Claire Lynch, put these on and gave them the thumbs up straight out of the box, despite the less-than beefy construction she is used to. Claire found the volume to be far hotter her regular cans, but the highs and lows were almost as nicely balanced and articulate as her much more expensive Sennheisers, Shures, etc. The one thing she said was that the midrange was slightly scooped. I agree with her (partly because I know who makes the pecan pies around here) and I'd add that these cans have a gloriously deep sound stage, very dimensional. We'll have to see if they cut it for mixing. So far, great value for money from a new company that is an off-shoot of a big name, well-established Austrian manufacturer.

J'ai acheté ce casque pour remplacer un AKG qui avait largement fait son temps. Mon usage : montage audio, contrôle son mais aussi écoute de musiques de tous styles. Première impression : la boîte a belle allure avec un aspect satiné. La fermeture est originale. Ensuite, le contenu : casque, câble (court), adaptateur 3,5/6,3, housse et mode d'emploi. C'est carré et de belle facture. Après branchement du câble (attention, il faut d'abord l'insérer et ensuite le tourner un peu pour le verrouiller), premier essai avec différents morceaux. S'il fallait qualifier ma première impression en un seul mot : studio. Oui, c'est clairement un casque conçu pour le studio, moins pour la Hi-Fi, même si l'écoute est correcte après rodage. Le port est très agréable et sans réel défaut. Le casque est en effet confortable et les coussinets juste comme il faut. Ils englobent très bien les oreilles garantissant très peu de fuites sonores. L'ensemble est robuste et devrait très bien tenir dans le temps. Le son est très clair et détaillé, assez neutre, un rien métallique selon moi. Si vous aimez les casques au rendu lourd et coloré, l'Austrian Audio Hi-X15 n'est clairement pas fait pour vous. Mais si vous appréciez les écoutes détaillées sans dépenser des sommes folles, là vous êtes à la bonne adresse. J'ai mis 5 étoiles car ce casque offre ce qui est promis dans le descriptif. Pour la Hi-Fi, je pense qu'on peut trouver des modèles mieux adaptés.

Una cuffia chiusa che suona chiara, trasparente e dettagliata come una cuffia aperta, ma con tutte le comodità della cuffia chiusa.Avevo bisogno di una cuffia chiusa per la camera da letto perché l’AKG K702 (cuffia aperta) era rumorosa e disturbava la moglie.Con queste eccezionali Austrian Audio ho fatto felice la moglie e soprattutto ho reso spettacolari i miei ascolti in cuffia.Avevo provato in passato altre cuffie chiuse ma avevano tutte il problema di una scena chiusa e troppi bassi.Le Austrian Audio invece hanno bassi molto naturali e mai invadenti.Grazie Austrian Audio per queste cuffie

First off I have to objectify what most reviews say and disparage some myths. The traditional sense of running in does not exist i.e the concept that the components need time to settle and strengthen. Instead running in sound changes occur due to the differences made in the earpads as you wear them.So onto the headphones. First off one thing must be made extremely clear these things will RUIN bad recordings. They have ruined some songs for me because their mix was done on non reference headphones.Everyone describes these as flat or more aptly mid heavy. However, using my music benchmarks I describe these as well balanced if a tiny bit recessed in certain areas.Austrian audio hi-x15 with a fiio e10k Olympus C.Breathe into me by Marian Hill:The sub bass is clearly represented with tight and aggressive thumps. The vocals feel a little forward but well exposed and the claps sounds extremely clear and are extremely immersive with not a lot of shine.Hang my head in shame by Pete molinari:A great song for exposing sound stage harmony and timing. I found the staging of these headphones to be excellent with reverberation appearing clear and atmospheric. However the harmony of these headphones is slightly exposed in this song due to the slightly recessed high and mid bass the song lacks the punchy constant thump to tie everything together. I found myself having to use the bass switch on this song to feel enjoyment.Here we go by norman:The vocals are extremely immersive and they have a clear defined and enjoyable texture. However the drums lose their definition and texture due to their flatter resonance. The kick has a clear and atmospheric thump to it. With the high hat and ride having a clear respresentation. A little disappointed that the bell loses its clear and sharp overtone.American funeral by Joseph angels:The guitar treble and synth are extremely well defined showing their ryhtm and expression very well. The vocals are a little hidden but nicely textured during their lonesome. The bass has very nice tone and maintains its dominance.In conclusion: These headphones are gorgeous with vocals and defining trebles they have power and texture on levels much higher than my hd599. The problems comes from rythm and harmonisation because of its slightly inconsistent response tones the higher mids feel over the top of the lower mids. If the bass has no sub then it has no feeling and it becomes slightly hollow and unrythmic. I feel like my fiio e10k is way too undefined especially with harmonic parts of music. Which is slightly concerning because the e10k and k3 are budget staples. If they can't pull out the definition then I seriously question these headphones affordability for the sound. I suspect using something like the ifi can Dac will be more than enough to seperate the tones.I will update this post once properly ran in.I love the feeling that these headphones have in terms of adjustability. They are amazing especially in terms of comfort and adjustment. These are the first headphones I have had that can successfully move the weight from the upper scalp, upper ear and then to the lower ear depending on preference and headband length.Their cups are extremely comfortable new and feel almost invisible once you have the weight set up properly.These are actually better to me than the comfort legends my hd599s. However over extremely long periods nothing can beat a speaker setup.In comparison to my hd 599s the bass of hi-x15 is much punchier with clear and well defined sub bass. Strangely the hi-x15s scoop out slightly more stage than my open back hd 599s. The textures are much more clearly defined especially on acoustics like guitar. Which I found extremely surprising for headphones costing half the price.Edit:So after about a week of run in at about 4 hours of music a day. I can perfectly describe these headphones.These headphones are a scalpel they are clean, cold and accurate. They represent precision and reality. They are NOT good at being your audio backbone because I found their precision extremely fatiguing after an hour of play. These are for the songs that you sit down and you listen you can feel the atmosphere and the studio. I found my previous comments about rythm and harmony premature as I can now explain that these lack any warmth. They have zero warmth to their tones they are completely uncoloured and because of this most musics bass doesn't mould with the song.I found that with these headphones I stopped listening to the music and instead felt like I could focus on individual stems. Like the vocals or the drums would feel like I was there.Changing it up from my benchmarks before I thought I would give a list of music where you can really feel the detail and atmosphere.White Flag by Bishop Briggs: listen for the guitar plucks and harmony vocals.Asylum by Desi Valentine: listen for the really high pitched riff almost coming from behing your eyes it's weird.Awaken by Valerie Broussard: the synth like sound on most undetailed headphones suddenly becomes refined oboe and violin.The Preacher by Jamie N Commons: There's a shaker that is just hidden behind the drumsBerta Berta by Thomas Vent:The lyrics actually move from the left to behind you.Bulletin by lazy habits: there's a cello just behind you.