1MORE PISTON FIT IN EAR HEADPHONES
Not a lot of people enjoy listening to music in an open space, where
quite a lot of noise-elements disrupt the listening experience. This is
exactly where headphones/earphones come in handy (not that you can't use
it for other purposes, though).
1more is a subsidiary brand of the Xiaomi Company in China (more recently
known as Mi). Xiaomi was founded in 2010 by entrepreneur Lei Jun – and
he had a simple but compelling vision – that high-quality technology
shouldn’t have to cost a fortune.
So Jun Lei assembled a group of partners from a multitude of the top
global technology companies – and his vision began to take shape. Mi
now has multiple product lines spanning smartphones, tablets,
televisions, accessories like power banks, and of course audio devices
including headphones and earphones.
A lot of people will be very familiar with Xiaomi’s Piston range of
earphones – and the earphones I am reviewing today are the result of
some of that early development. This time they are branded under Mi’s
“1More” brand – the Piston Earbud, and the Piston “Voice” In Ear
monitor.
The one thing I really liked when researching their profile was Mi’s
company mantra – “Always believe that something wonderful is about to
happen”. With this in mind I was looking forward to trying the new
Piston range.
These arrived in an intriguing 75 x 75 x 40mm grey outer box which
essentially opens up completely into a cross shape. It has some
specifications written in Chinese on the rear, and then each internal
flap has instructions and information about the earbuds (again in
Chinese). I was however able to get all of the required information
from their website.
Inside a white plastic internal bag is a fully metal carry case (in 3
tone pink). It is very solid and ideal for protection. Inside this is
1More’s quite unique storage solution. It is black formed rubber with
quite exact forming and internal slots so that the Piston Earbuds can be
inserted and the cable wrapped around and neatly tucked inside. It is
elegant, simple, and works incredibly well. The base of the rubber
formed holding apparatus has a hollow – and the accessory bag was tucked
inside this. It simply included 2 pairs of their ear stabilisers. I
was genuinely surprised there was no foam covers included as well – but
this was no issue for me as I already had some on hand.
The sound signature is definitely
V shaped, but with a controlled bass that does not bleed heavily to
other frequencies, and a detailed highs. The mids are great too, but not
as great as the highs and the lows. If you compare those earphones
with the Pistons (I only have 2.0, not the 3.0), the 1more are more
balanced, a less heavy on bass without excessive bleed and with more
information in the high frequencies region. The mids are not recessed,
but can't be described as "sweet".
And ... I listened to those phones with FiiO X3 second generation, Iphone 6S, Ipad Air 2 and Nexus 5.
Iphone 6S - great sound, not too much bass, 80-90% of volume is enough for most genres
Ipad Air 2 - more open sound than on the Iphone, more air, more volume, definitely better sound.
Nexus 5 - darker sound with bass bleed into other frequencies. This is not a good source for those earphones.
If someone will ask me for recommendation of cheap and good sounding earphones I will surely recommend these earphones, as they sound really good to my taste, have a nice set of bundled stuff.
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