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Sound Quality7/10
Build quality and comfort is very good
coherent, balanced and involving sound, clear across most of the audible range
bottom end is smooth, perhaps a little restrained, but certainly powerful enough to drive a track like Massive Attack's
Inertia Creeps or Kanye West's
Stronger along
In A-to-B tests against
Philips SHE9800, the last set did a better job of heavy rock and bass-heavy electronica, but if your tastes run to pop, jazz or classical, then the Apples can sound every bit as good. There's a real warmth and snap to Maroon 5's
Makes Me Wonder, while the breathy vocals and weird, folky textures of Goldfrapp's Clowns are beautifully rendered.
It also must be said that the Apples also boast a nice, well-defined soundstage, suiting relaxed acoustic sounds and small-group jazz particularly well.
clarity and definition. In complex tracks with a lot going on in the mid-range, the Apple In-Ear Headphones have a tendency to go a bit woolly,