Pick 'n mix earphones
Radiopaq doesn't believe in the "one size fits all mentality" and that's apparently why they've gone out of their way to create four different versions of their latest in-ear headphones.
Realising that different types of music requires different kinds of reproduction, Radiopaq has used "Intelligent Audio technology" to manage the high and low-end frequencies that are typically lost when a track is compressed to MP3.
The end result is four different sets of headphones that are optimized to reproduce rock, pop, jazz and classical music in a compressed format. Both the earphone drivers and the internal earphone case profiles have been engineered to achieve the best possible sound for each genre.
This leaves you with an important decision to make. What kind of music are you really into? Hard rock, soft jazz or epic classical pieces? Maybe you're just one of those lads with a secret massive collection of Celine Dion and Madonna... Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Radiopaq promises a big, warm sound but tightly controlled bass for the rock headphones, better rhythm and pace if you go with the jazz headphones and better reproduction of all the nuances with the classical headphones. If you go the pop route, you can look forward to a "dynamic, sharp listening experience with strong vocals and a great beat."
It really comes down to how your personal preferences in how your eardrums gets pounded. We definitely did notice variations in how the four headphones performed with different tracks but it didn't amount to a mind-blowing world difference. In the end we always reverted back to the rock headphones with its big, warm sound because that's simply how we like our music, no matter what genre we're listening to.
Radiopaq does admit that you can listen to other types of music on the custom tuned headphones, using the analogy that it's like owning a car - "a 4x4 can still drive around the town, and a super-min can still get you around the country lanes." If you're really into customizing your headphones to get the best possible sound experience, you should go with Sleek Audio's SA6 headphones but they do come with a £180 price tag.
In the end all four headphones did an excellent job of making our MP3s sound the best they possibly can. We certainly prefer the Radiopaq custom-tuned headphones to Apple's latest in-ear pods. Why? Because of a much better well-balanced and pleasant sound image with a high level of detail. No matter which version you end up with, you get great clarity and warmth, although the rock models seemed to provide a nice bassy sound for contemporary music and the jazz models fared best with soft, acoustic tracks.
Radiopaq doesn't believe in the "one size fits all mentality" and that's apparently why they've gone out of their way to create four different versions of their latest in-ear headphones.
Realising that different types of music requires different kinds of reproduction, Radiopaq has used "Intelligent Audio technology" to manage the high and low-end frequencies that are typically lost when a track is compressed to MP3.
The end result is four different sets of headphones that are optimized to reproduce rock, pop, jazz and classical music in a compressed format. Both the earphone drivers and the internal earphone case profiles have been engineered to achieve the best possible sound for each genre.
This leaves you with an important decision to make. What kind of music are you really into? Hard rock, soft jazz or epic classical pieces? Maybe you're just one of those lads with a secret massive collection of Celine Dion and Madonna... Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Radiopaq promises a big, warm sound but tightly controlled bass for the rock headphones, better rhythm and pace if you go with the jazz headphones and better reproduction of all the nuances with the classical headphones. If you go the pop route, you can look forward to a "dynamic, sharp listening experience with strong vocals and a great beat."
It really comes down to how your personal preferences in how your eardrums gets pounded. We definitely did notice variations in how the four headphones performed with different tracks but it didn't amount to a mind-blowing world difference. In the end we always reverted back to the rock headphones with its big, warm sound because that's simply how we like our music, no matter what genre we're listening to.
Radiopaq does admit that you can listen to other types of music on the custom tuned headphones, using the analogy that it's like owning a car - "a 4x4 can still drive around the town, and a super-min can still get you around the country lanes." If you're really into customizing your headphones to get the best possible sound experience, you should go with Sleek Audio's SA6 headphones but they do come with a £180 price tag.
In the end all four headphones did an excellent job of making our MP3s sound the best they possibly can. We certainly prefer the Radiopaq custom-tuned headphones to Apple's latest in-ear pods. Why? Because of a much better well-balanced and pleasant sound image with a high level of detail. No matter which version you end up with, you get great clarity and warmth, although the rock models seemed to provide a nice bassy sound for contemporary music and the jazz models fared best with soft, acoustic tracks.
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