This article is not suitable for people who are already using good headphones or headphones enthusiasts to read. But if you like to listen to music, but still use the original earplugs of the phone, I hope this article can provide you with a little reference.
Modern life headphones are increasingly inseparable from our lives. In public transportation and on the subway, we can often see many people wearing headphones. Among these earphones, EarPods, the original earphone of the iPhone, has occupied most of the market, and the rest of the earphones are mostly headphones delivered by major brand mobile phones. Looking around in public places, we can see the eyes of Apple's "white" headphones. EarPods can occupy so many markets, and it doesn't explain how good it is. The only reason is that it is bundled with the iPhone. As an analogy, in the past, IE browser can be described as a symbol of slow, poor experience, but as a bundled browser for Windows, his market share is also extremely high.
If you like listening to songs on your mobile phone and you are using EarPods (or headphones from your mobile phone), hopefully you can read this original article. I will introduce to you why I suggest you throw away EarPods.
Reason 1: Its sound quality is extremely poor.To judge the sound quality of headphones, we can probably begin with both objective and subjective aspects.
Subjective feelings Subjective feelings are different for everyone. I originally wanted to put subjective feelings behind the objective parameters. However, in terms of objective parameters, there are many charts and concepts. We may not read them patiently, so I put subjective feelings in front. The following experience is based on iPhone6+ original EarPods.
Speaking from the three frequency. EarPods' high-frequency extension and low-frequency dive are all severely deficient, and most of the energy is concentrated in the middle. However, the low frequencies are obviously raised, so the vocals are more prominent. However, in some of the songs, Beth has apparently had a "paste face" and a "thumping sense."
Resolution. The resolution can be simply and crudely interpreted as “sharpnessâ€. The low-resolution headphone is like a 480*320 mobile phone screen, and the high resolution is like a retina screen (because all the feelings of the headphones cannot be displayed intuitively, so only Can use the picture analogy, the same below). Listening to high-resolution headphones, you can feel more details, you can feel a better sense of sound levels. The EarPods's resolution is very poor, with the sound concentrated in the midrange, EarPods's voice is "paste" and flat, there is no three-dimensional.
density. The high-density sound is even more full and true. Sony used to have the word "air sense" in its ad. To achieve a good "air sense", the density of sound must be the most important. For example, Beyerdynamic T1 because of the excellent density, especially high-frequency density, so used to listen to the violin solo and concerto became the T1's masterpiece. The EarPods' tri-band density is very low (it is especially bad at high frequencies, and slightly better at mid-low frequencies), which leads to its overall voicing sound.
Transparency. The transparency of the headphones is good, and you will feel very transparent and clear. The poor sound of transparency will make people feel the sound separated by a layer of yarn, like the fog to see the scenery. In fact, the permeability of EarPods is not worse than its poor resolution and density. But in terms of image, how tall can the tallest son in the dwarf be?
I have probably listed three subjective feelings here to prove to you the terrible sound quality of EarPods. In fact, there are many things like “dynamic†and “knot†that can be listed. However, I doubt that I say too much. Everyone does not have the patience to read it, so I say so much...
Objective parameters (In this regard, my knowledge is also superficial, so there are mistakes, please specify 2333. In addition, most of the objective things are probably not interested, you can jump directly to the next chapter through the directory function, hahaha.)
Someone wants to say, how can you judge the quality of the headphones to see the objective data? ?
I think, yes, objective data does not fully reflect the sound of headphones. Some good headphones may be very difficult to hear; but objective data is an extremely important part of the headset. Everyone noticed that the headphones with good-looking data are not necessarily good-looking; but we should all see that all excellent headphones are all very beautiful with objective test data. Otherwise, is it a waste of money for various headphone brands to spend a lot of money on purchasing reference-level equipment and testing data for their own products?
To reflect the objective level of EarPods, I hope to present it to everyone through comparison. I don't want to choose a very high-end or top-level product as the comparison object of EarPods. I just chose a Sony MDR-EX1000 with a moderate price and a relatively long listing history.
The objective test data comes from innerfidelity.com and the copyright is owned by them.
1) THD+N
THD+N is the abbreviation of Total Harmonic Distortion +Noise in English. Translated into Chinese is "Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise".
Above is the THD+N distortion of Apple EarPods
The above figure shows the THD+N distortion of the Sony MDR-EX1000.
It can be seen that, at 90dB, EarPods have experienced extremely severe distortion in the mid-low and low frequencies below 150Hz, and at the very low frequencies even the distortion has been as high as 10%. At 100dB, the distortion is even more catastrophic. In contrast, the distortion of the EX1000 is excellent, and it can be controlled within 1% at either 90dB or 100dB.
The low distortion means that the sound you hear is a sound that is closer to the original waveform, or, more precisely, a more accurate sound; the distortion is high, indicating that the sound you heard has been distorted and distorted. A lot of harmonics and noise.
With EarPods, the music you hear is not only “fakeâ€, “boringâ€, “pasteâ€, but also very distorted and distorted.
2) 30 and 300Hz square wave reduction
The above figure is a square wave waveform. Because square wave is a square waveform, it is called Fang Bo... This is a good nonsense. (There are two square wave channels in the familiar FC red and white machine, so the familiar soundtracks, such as Super Mario's classic melody, are composed of square wave and other waveforms.)
Due to the inertia of the diaphragm, Fourier transformation and other reasons, it is impossible for the headphone to perfectly restore the square wave.
By outputting a square wave signal to the earphone and responding to the other party's wave of the earphone, the style of the earphone sound can be observed sideways. The square wave that the earphone broadcasts, there are many kinds of situations, the following is some situations that the foreign website summarizes.
Picture from innerfidelity editor Tyll Hertsens, translated by the headphones everyone altar friend Fenk.
The above figure shows the square wave reduction of the EX1000. Theoretically, it can be seen that the EX1000 is a bright, clean, slightly attenuated sound at low frequencies, which belongs to the second case of the upper graph. The actual situation of the EX1000 is consistent with the theoretical test.
Let's take a look at the situation of EarPods...
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Sorry, your square wave is too deformed. I can't read it. Please roll it out.
In addition there are other parameters, I also do not have to speak for everyone to compare, EarPods too horrible ...
Objective test summary: A headset has good objective data and does not represent a certain amount of good, but good objective data must be a good basis for a headset. As you can see from the test, the recovery of EarPods is so bad and distortion is so high that it is impossible to imagine how it sounds. So, this also confirms my statement that the objective data is ugly on the headset, and the actual sense of hearing will certainly be very poor!
"Apple gave me such garbage earphones, too pit!" No, Apple is not a pit, on the contrary, EarPods in many headsets, is almost a conscience. A mobile phone, due to its cost, cannot bundle users with too good headphones. If the iPhone can give you a very good headset, it is estimated that you have to spend more than 6000 to buy a version.
No, 80% of you are not fungus, but simply because you haven't really heard good headphones. The people around me, after carefully comparing EarPods and good headphones, all said that the gap was great. If you really find a quiet environment, and if you have a careful comparison, and say there is no difference, then there are only two possibilities: First, your unconscious contradiction makes you ignore the existence of the gap; Second, your There are problems with hearing. As one of the netizens said: “The degree of your ear sensitivity is related to how much money you spend.â€
Yes, your feeling is right! At least from the iPhone series, this is the case! I am not Steve Jobs, but I must admit that Steve Jobs's aesthetic is very good. Once Apple was pursuing a very neutral, natural voice. The acquisition of a headphone brand (you understand) after Cook took power has illustrated Apple's aesthetic crash. In fact, starting from the iPhone 6, the iPhone's voice has become more focused than ever before. This is probably in order to cater to the public's tastes (especially those in Europe and the United States who like to play sub-oral songs). However, the skinny camel is much larger than Martha. The iPhone's sound quality is still the best in non-HiFi phones.
In terms of sounds, if you use EarPods to listen to songs, it will make you hear sounds that are unacceptably muddy and stuffy. Listening to songs in such voices is impossible to enjoy.
Reason 2: It can damage your hearing! This reason seems very metaphysical. Can headphones not damage hearing?
In fact, all this stems from one of the characteristics of EarPods: it is not soundproofed at all.
In fact, no theoretical test is needed, just your actual experience, you can probably feel - EarPods really do not soundproof. When you wear EarPods, you can still hear clearly all the sounds around you.
But I still offer you theoretical test results of innerfidelity:
EarPods isolation of 0-2000Hz noise is almost zero.
For comparison, westone's in-ear headphones, the w60, can reduce ambient sound levels by an average of about 30dB.
You may say that those enthusiast headphones, such as HD800, are not all open and soundproof? But you can clearly use the environment! Those open headphones are designed for home use. There are generally no loud noises in the home. The earliest use environment of EarPods is outdoors: the busy streets, lively shopping malls and crowded subways.
In such a noisy situation, you can't help but increase the volume of EarPods in order to let the music cover the ambient noise. Then, unconsciously, the volume will exceed the safe listening range; over time, your hearing problems.
What's even more frightening is that, combined with the above distortion test, EarPods will become more and more serious when the volume is increased: it is ugly or even sharp. This kind of voice does not talk about enjoying music. The impact on hearing will be very serious.
In fact, I always use soundproof headphones when I'm out on the street, so I can turn down the volume when listening to songs. So now my listening skills are still at a very good level.
Some people may think that "the sound insulation is poor, so it is safe!" I would like to say that if you want to pursue safety, please do not wear headphones, just quietly play the phone just fine, hahaha. I also remind everyone that you must remove your headphones when crossing the street!
Reason 3: EarPods is not personal at all. This is one of the least important reasons. But even if you ignore this reason, the first two reasons are enough for you to throw EarPods into the trash.
The word "personality" I want to understand from two aspects.
One is the appearance of personality. Apple's industrial design, I admit, is very good. But this does not affect the fact that EarPods looks very uncharacteristic. In fact, whenever you go to the street, you can meet hundreds of people wearing the same headphones as you, and they are all white. Don't you feel tired?
If you lose EarPods, you will also have a variety of other options, from wood shells to metal shells, to a variety of different processing techniques, you can buy a variety of colorful headphones.
The second is the personality of the voice. EarPods's voice style is determined by Apple's engineers. Its outstanding midrange frequency and disabling high and low frequencies make it only suitable for popular songs. If you want to listen to classical music, listen to modern piano music, listen to the soundtrack of a movie game, etc., it's embarrassing that EarPods's voice will be more deformed.
Losing EarPods, you will also have a variety of other options, from bright clean to mellow and warm, you can choose from a variety of headphones with your favorite sound style.
Lost EarPods. Which headsets can I buy?Sound preferences vary from person to person. I'll cite the following headsets, but it doesn't mean these headsets are suitable for you. You must listen to them in order to choose your favorite headphones. Basically, all three cities or more cities will have a good earphone shop. It will not be a hindrance to pump half a day to audition.
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Westone AM PRO 30 HIFI moving iron in-ear headphones Weston AM PRO30HIFI moving iron ear headphones, using 3-way splitter technology, the low frequency, intermediate frequency and high frequency with the perfect, the output sound quality smooth and balanced. This headset also uses SLED technology, allowing users to hear the sound of headphones and the environment at the same time, without affecting the original frequency response, retaining different audio details. Listening experience is the most atmospheric, the width of the sound field, the low frequency level, the transient is enough to cope with the large preparation of instrumental music and can control the value of 2 Comments 1 Original 0 Good price 4 to buy View Details Westone AM PRO 30 has a very clear, bright and clean sound. Its highlights are extremely bright, smooth high frequencies, and crystal-like transparency. It is very comfortable to listen to popular music and piano and other instruments. Its soundproofing performance is slightly worse, but it doesn't know where it is higher than EarPods.
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Beyerdynamic XELENTO Flagship In-Ear Headphones 0 Comments 0 Original 0 Very Good 0 To Purchase View details The Beyerdynamic map is very atmospheric and relaxed. The special shape of the cavity and the catheter also make it very comfortable to wear. If you can accept its slightly straightforward vocals, it is no problem to take it to listen to pop music; of course, it plays the best place, or in various instrumental performances.
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JVC Jay Visteon HA-FX1100 wood diaphragm in-ear headphones mentioned JVC's headset products, most people's first reaction may be the word "foreign technology", such as multi-unit moving coil, wooden diaphragm headset are The science and technology that makes people look bright. This HA-FX1100 is the flagship product of the wood diaphragm series introduced for the 14th year of Q4. The corresponding model in China is the HA-FX1200. From its series of positioning can be seen as an upgraded version of the previous HA-FX850, compared to the previous generation have a certain value in the inside and outside 9 Comments 1 Original 0 Good price 10 Bellowe Shopping to buy The JVC wood diaphragm series (such as the FX1100) has a warm and mellow sound, which brings a very relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. The wood cavity also allows many woods to see orgasm.
If your phone doesn't have a 3.5mm interface... then there are a lot of Bluetooth headsets that have better sounds that are worth considering. E.g:
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B & O PLAY Beoplay H5 In-ear Bluetooth Headset B & O PLAY Beoplay H5 Bluetooth Headset has a magnetic design, convenient storage. And support aptX and AAC codec, Bluetooth 4.2 transmission media, 6.4mm moving coil unit, 20 ~ 20000Hz frequency response. The wire length is 52cm, two built-in rechargeable batteries on both sides, a total of 100mAh, 2 hours to fill, the official life time of 5 hours, support the remote control, can control the volume, cut value 67 Comments 2 original 0 good price 9 to buy see details If you want to play a little bit more, then you are welcome to buy a custom earphone. Prices range from 2000-20000, but I will not introduce it in detail.
PS: The original intention of my article was to convince everyone to reject the original headset including EarPods. However, Xiao Bian thinks, EarPods is an entry-level headset, I recommend a few thousand dollars of headphones, to compare them, it is not fair.
Let me recommend some excellent entry-level headphones.
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JVC Jay Viva HA-FXH30 earbud earphone cable is soft, giving a feeling of not strong, the headset is much smaller than imagined, work overall hairy, but the details of what to look at the processing are in place. The opening sounds without the stunningness of an ear, but it can be separated from the quality and resolution of it, the instrument and the human voice, but at the climax there is a little instrument overshadowed the phenomenon of human voice. As for the low frequencies, I'm not a bass player, but even then, I still feel that the low frequencies are weak. Value 0 Reviews 1 Original 0 Good 0 0Buy View details The characteristic of this headset is that it is extremely high quality at the same price level - the resolution is extremely high. However, this headphone tuning biased at two ends, that is, relatively abundant low frequency, high frequency is very bright, and relatively, the intermediate frequency is also a little thin. But anyway, this is also a very recommended headset.
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AKG AiTech Y23U In-Ear Headphones Blue The AKG Y series' fashion features is that since the product was first developed, the design has been placed in an important position. The Y series is a must-have for the fashionista. The series is bold and highly recognizable. This headset uses silicone earmuffs for extra comfort. Low-frequency performance, excellent midrange, with one-button remote control, support for voice calls, compatible with Apple and Android systems. Value 1 Reviews1 Original 0 Good 2 to Buy View Details AKG K323 was once a very conscience product in low-end headsets. In the same price quality is also very prominent, but its tuning is also very comfortable: warm and relaxed atmosphere is very suitable for pop music. Now that the K323 is discontinued, the successor is Y23U, and I subjectively believe that the Y23U is also very good!
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VSONIC VSD3 In-Ear Headphones Sound quality value but poor workmanship, listen to Zhang Jie exclusive value 40 Comments 1 Original 14 Good price 10 to buy View Details Wessonic recently fired on GR09's hype. VSD3 is a very good product for them. It's also very cost-effective. The ratio of quality and other similar price points is just like hanging children. But as I said, tuning is something everyone loves, at least because of slight glitches. For reasons that are not smooth, I don't like it very much. However, it is undeniable that this is a very good product. Of course, Vesonic's work is notoriously bad, and he is willing to fight on character! !
No, I'm not crazy, but your concept needs to change. Mobile phone you need to use every day, so you are willing to spend 5,000 yuan to buy the flagship, and every 1 and 2 years or even less than 1 year for the latest models; headphones you use every day, but also closely related to your hearing health, lifestyle, etc. You are also worth spending so much money! In addition, as long as it is used properly, don't be devastated by bear children, washing machines, pets, etc. The life span of a pair of headphones can be very long, and can be many times longer than the 5000 yuan flagship mobile phone.
"I have heard that these headphones are difficult to push and require professional players." When I was listening to the headphones, the first device I plugged in was definitely not a HiFi player but a mobile phone. In my opinion, if a portable in-ear earphone is difficult to push into the mobile phone and there are difficulties and sound problems, then the design of this headset must be a failure. Of course, a good HiFi player can make a headset icing on the cake. If you are really worried, you can consider moving iron headphones. Because of the extremely sensitive nature of moving iron units, most moving iron headphones are very well driven.
The above is probably a short and original full text. This is the first time I made this original for Zhang Aunt for so long. I don't know what to expect. Everyone would like to praise, or dismissive (after all, I suspect that in the Aunt Zhang is still a small number of people in the use of the plug), or opposed to want to spray me? ?
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