The presentation is without any obvious spikes and peaks. The overall sound signature on the S3 is fairly well balanced. I like the S3’s best with narrow bore tips since I find them to bring out more bass than the wide bore ones do. Morrissey – Earth Is the Loneliest Planet Røyksopp (Feat.Susanne Sundfør) – Save Me I’ve used them with my Sony Xperia Z3 Compact phone, the SHOZY Lancea and the CEntrance DACport Slim and they’ve worked very well with all of them. I’ve used them both around the house and when out and about and I haven’t really found any significant weaknesses in the way they’re designed. I’ve used these as my main IEM for the last two weeks and they’ve played for well over 100 hours. The angled nozzle on the S5, makes them extremely comfortable to wear. This mean that you might have to play around awhile with them to find your best fit but when you do you’ll be rewarded with an excellent performance. I’d also like to mention that the S3’s a pretty fit and tip dependent in the way they sound, more so than the average IEM. I find that design even more comfortable and like the over ear fit that helps reduce sibilance significantly.Īs already mentioned the cable is also a bit too thick for my liking and the placement of the mic makes it difficult to wear the S3’s over the ear. That being said I would have preferred them to have the angled nozzle and over the ear fit as the S5 has. Pretty impressive to me, let’s hope that other manufactures learn from this and offer the same in the future. Please note that Brainwavz recently extended their warranty to last for 24 months (earlier it was 12 months) for all their products. The Brainwavz S3’s are harder than average to drive but still works fine even with my weak (in power) Sony Z3 Compact phone. The accessories pack is decent for the price and includes the following:ģ pairs of narrow bore silicon tips (S, M, L)ġ zipped case to store them in when not in use The retail package is nice and feels representative for an IEM in this price bracket. The Y-split is also solid without being overly large. The housings are all metal and strain relief is in place on all the crucial points. The build seems very solid in the way we’re used to from Brainwavz. Unfortunately the placing of the microphone makes it rather difficult to wear them over the ear if you’d like to be able to use the mic as well. Although I don’t mind a flat cable I’d prefer it to be thinner and more flexible There’s some microphonics but I’d even say it’s slightly worse than average for an IEM. Although I personally prefer L-shaped (45 or 90 degrees) connectors this one seems very well built and should hold up for a long time. The cable has a straight 3.5 mm connector. The answer/call (same as play/pause) button and mic works great with my Sony Z3compact phone though. It comes “only” in one flavor, silver color with Brainwavz Clearaudio mic/remote for the fruit company devices. The Brainwavz S3’s are a single dynamic driver in ear monitor. I’m a sucker for value for money on most things in life, Head-Fi related stuff is no exception. My all-time favorite band is Depeche Mode although I also listen to a lot of grunge/indie, singer/songwriter/acoustical stuff as well as the typical top 40 music. My music preferences are pretty much all over the place (only excluding classical music, jazz and really heavy metal). My preferences are towards full sized open headphones and I believe that also says something about what kind of sound signature I prefer (large soundstage in all directions, balanced and organic sound). At that time I realized that it wasn’t realistic for me to have all the different setups that I wanted and still house a family of four children and a wife so my interest turned first to full sized headphones and later also IEM’s. I’m a 43 year old music and sound lover that changed my focus from speakers to headphones and IEM’s about five years ago. I’m not in any way affiliated with Brainwavz or MP4Nation. I would like to start with saying thank you to Brainwavz and Pandora for letting me check out the Brainwavz S3.
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