EDIFIER M710 On-ear headphones
This is the third Edifier headphones I review and it conclude a very pleasant travel in Edifier Sound world. I discover that a brand mostly know for his speakers making can make very good headphones at a more than competitive price. In fact, now that I listen to 2 headphones and 1 earphone, i'm more curious than ever about Edifier and will surely try other models like the flagship model H850.
CONSTRUCTION:
Excellent construction for the price. Hard solid plastic with brushed metal earcups part, movable earcups for transportability, classy looking. Moving earcups can make plastic sound while listening. Cable look sturdy and have good strain relief. Due to his rather hard clamping force, this headphones can hurt ears after 2 hours of listening but will became less tigh for the head with time. I do not test the mic but the volume control is very usefull and work very well with any device (not like volume control with buttons that work only with smartphone and are useless with DAP).
PACKAGE:
Package include two Dual Male to Female 3.5 adapter’s . One is a cable and the other is a airport adapter. Both look of good durable quality.
SOUND:
Sources (fast impressions):
Ibasso Dx90 : U shaped sound. Punchy bass but lack extension and roundness, mids are foward and a little bright, good texture and details retreival but not as neutral as I will like, over average sounstage, bright sound without harshness of sybilance. Less clear than closed one. Voice can sound unatural *shhhh'' noise. Overall sound feel little bit veiled. Dry and airy.
Using an Ipod touch : Bass too foward and mids even less present, bass bloat lot of details and can hurt ears. Less clarity and V shaped sound plus Vshaped source don't go well togheter.
Ibasso Dx80: The laid back and warm sound of Dx80 is a good combination with the M710 and make it more musical and smooth sounding. Bass is rounder and mids are still foward but less bright.
Fiio E7 : Warm dark sound, basshead sound, round punchiness, lack of treble sparkle and details, mids do not seperate from other frequencies range, lack of cleaness, good dynamic and fast fun sound, too bassy can cause ear fatigue and bloat details.
Macbook pro : bassy and dark, peircing treble, not good.
LOWS:
Every Edifier headphones I try are bassy in there soundsignature, this one have a mid-bass bump and is very punchy. There good bright texture in the bass but it do not go extremely low, sub bass is a little bloated too. Bass can feel harsh or too grainy sometime because of his brightness. Still, we can feel it alot and it give energy to the sound, bass do not bleed in the mid fequencies section and can remind the Grado Sr60 in it's style. Cello and slap bass sound thick and natural most of the time. With the Ibasso Dx80 it sound very good because of the warm sound presentation, but with a music source that have bad bass eq it will be out of control and break your skull in two half.
MIDS:
This closed cans are all about mids, the vocals are very foward and gently bright, it is dense and airy too. It make a very engaging listen when the right signers is used. With too congested or complexe music track the mids can get lost in a wall of sound because instruments separation is not the more articulate with the M710. It is a fun and all-arounder sound signature that can sound good with Classical as well as with Hip-hop or foll. I really like the foward and in-your-face presentation of vocals that sometime feel in the backseat with other closed headphones. Of all 3 Edifier headphones I try the M710 have the best mediums frequencies and have the more ''linear'' sounsignature in the sens that Bass And Mids are adjusted to feel more present without sacrifiing a realist sound experience.
HIGHS & TREBLE:
Grainy treble and roll off high with some extracted frequencies peak to help details be perceive, this is how I will describe the high frequencies range. Treble is in the harsh side, but do not induce ear fatigue because of the warmness that smooth the sound presentation. Some people will consider the M710 as dark or veiled, it is true that it is not an extrely clean sound, as if it was a direct competitor to the Sony on-ear headphones soundsignature wich can remind a little the Edifier one but Sony is more harsh, agessive, dry and way less musical. To get the best, you need a good clean sounding DAP like the Ibasso Dx90 wich have the ability to clear as much a it's possible a Headphones sound.
OVERALL SOUND IMPRESSIONS:
This closed cans really impress me for their price, even if they are bright they have an elegant sound presentation that is airy and musical. Soundstage is more large than Grado S60 even if they are not open back headphones. If you lsearch a good looking headphones that will deliver good musicality with all kind of music, the Edifier M710 are made for you. They look way above their price tag and the construction will have a long durability. If you have a music player like an Xduoo, Ibasso or ecven Fiio X1 it will be a delight to use this headphones, if you have a bassy smartphone or Ipod you will have to EQ to get the best of them. Really, at 40$ this headset is a no-brainer.
!!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
This is the third Edifier headphones I review and it conclude a very pleasant travel in Edifier Sound world. I discover that a brand mostly know for his speakers making can make very good headphones at a more than competitive price. In fact, now that I listen to 2 headphones and 1 earphone, i'm more curious than ever about Edifier and will surely try other models like the flagship model H850.
CONSTRUCTION:
Excellent construction for the price. Hard solid plastic with brushed metal earcups part, movable earcups for transportability, classy looking. Moving earcups can make plastic sound while listening. Cable look sturdy and have good strain relief. Due to his rather hard clamping force, this headphones can hurt ears after 2 hours of listening but will became less tigh for the head with time. I do not test the mic but the volume control is very usefull and work very well with any device (not like volume control with buttons that work only with smartphone and are useless with DAP).
PACKAGE:
Package include two Dual Male to Female 3.5 adapter’s . One is a cable and the other is a airport adapter. Both look of good durable quality.
SOUND:
Sources (fast impressions):
Ibasso Dx90 : U shaped sound. Punchy bass but lack extension and roundness, mids are foward and a little bright, good texture and details retreival but not as neutral as I will like, over average sounstage, bright sound without harshness of sybilance. Less clear than closed one. Voice can sound unatural *shhhh'' noise. Overall sound feel little bit veiled. Dry and airy.
Using an Ipod touch : Bass too foward and mids even less present, bass bloat lot of details and can hurt ears. Less clarity and V shaped sound plus Vshaped source don't go well togheter.
Ibasso Dx80: The laid back and warm sound of Dx80 is a good combination with the M710 and make it more musical and smooth sounding. Bass is rounder and mids are still foward but less bright.
Fiio E7 : Warm dark sound, basshead sound, round punchiness, lack of treble sparkle and details, mids do not seperate from other frequencies range, lack of cleaness, good dynamic and fast fun sound, too bassy can cause ear fatigue and bloat details.
Macbook pro : bassy and dark, peircing treble, not good.
LOWS:
Every Edifier headphones I try are bassy in there soundsignature, this one have a mid-bass bump and is very punchy. There good bright texture in the bass but it do not go extremely low, sub bass is a little bloated too. Bass can feel harsh or too grainy sometime because of his brightness. Still, we can feel it alot and it give energy to the sound, bass do not bleed in the mid fequencies section and can remind the Grado Sr60 in it's style. Cello and slap bass sound thick and natural most of the time. With the Ibasso Dx80 it sound very good because of the warm sound presentation, but with a music source that have bad bass eq it will be out of control and break your skull in two half.
MIDS:
This closed cans are all about mids, the vocals are very foward and gently bright, it is dense and airy too. It make a very engaging listen when the right signers is used. With too congested or complexe music track the mids can get lost in a wall of sound because instruments separation is not the more articulate with the M710. It is a fun and all-arounder sound signature that can sound good with Classical as well as with Hip-hop or foll. I really like the foward and in-your-face presentation of vocals that sometime feel in the backseat with other closed headphones. Of all 3 Edifier headphones I try the M710 have the best mediums frequencies and have the more ''linear'' sounsignature in the sens that Bass And Mids are adjusted to feel more present without sacrifiing a realist sound experience.
HIGHS & TREBLE:
Grainy treble and roll off high with some extracted frequencies peak to help details be perceive, this is how I will describe the high frequencies range. Treble is in the harsh side, but do not induce ear fatigue because of the warmness that smooth the sound presentation. Some people will consider the M710 as dark or veiled, it is true that it is not an extrely clean sound, as if it was a direct competitor to the Sony on-ear headphones soundsignature wich can remind a little the Edifier one but Sony is more harsh, agessive, dry and way less musical. To get the best, you need a good clean sounding DAP like the Ibasso Dx90 wich have the ability to clear as much a it's possible a Headphones sound.
OVERALL SOUND IMPRESSIONS:
This closed cans really impress me for their price, even if they are bright they have an elegant sound presentation that is airy and musical. Soundstage is more large than Grado S60 even if they are not open back headphones. If you lsearch a good looking headphones that will deliver good musicality with all kind of music, the Edifier M710 are made for you. They look way above their price tag and the construction will have a long durability. If you have a music player like an Xduoo, Ibasso or ecven Fiio X1 it will be a delight to use this headphones, if you have a bassy smartphone or Ipod you will have to EQ to get the best of them. Really, at 40$ this headset is a no-brainer.
!!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!