February 27, 2010 at 21:13Golden mean
It is a great responsibility to give an overview of on-ear headphones, which for several years have been considered in their class unsurpassed in sound quality.
The headphone model is really not new - you can meet them on the street for two years already for sure. But this made the headphones no less interesting.
In a black cardboard box, in addition to the headphones themselves, there was only a gray cover and a fibercloth. It’s not at all thick, there’s not even an adapter from 3.5 mm to 6.3 mm - it seems that the main portable market was simply chosen as the main task of the headphones.
Audio Data ATH-ES7 is a closed-type on-ear dynamic headphone. The main difference from the "adult" ears becomes noticeable immediately - they are really compact. Not as good as the Koss Porta Pro , of course, but not as healthy as most other models. Outside, the headphones are formed by two mirrored metal “cups” - it is, of course, beautiful and very unusual, but not practical.
The color of the cups can be yellow (as in the photo) or metallic gray.
The speakers are connected by a rigid headband, which consists of two thick bent metal spokes covered with a thick layer of elastic rubber.
From each “ear” it goes along the wire - after 40 centimeters they are connected into one. The wire itself is unusually (for such headphones) thin, but judging by the reviews, it is very reliable. Plug straight. Weight - only 160 grams.
Headphones are held on the head in such a way that you can do anything in them: run, jump, frantically shake your head under some drum'n'bass meat - the clip is very high quality, and because of this, everything is soundproof. In fact, the headphones and hold only due to the clip to the ears - the contact of the headband with the head is minimal. The flip side of this coin is that after prolonged wearing, your ears can ache. You can, of course, try to solve the problem by manually interfering with the design of the headband (bending under the shape of the head - something like this ), but the main thing in this matter is not to overdo it.
And one more nuance - these headphones are very warm :) but the ear pads are a bit small - they won’t completely hide large ears from Siberian frosts.
What about the sound? The headphones got new, not warmed up - as expected, I liked something from the very beginning. But I didn’t remember what I didn’t like, because it was just some little things. After 2 days of continuous playback of all sorts of stuff from the laptop, I tried again. And then I really understood what the phrase “the sound opened” means. In principle, especially strong qualitative changes have not occurred. But quantitatively, almost any term from the description of the nature of sounding of audio equipment has changed significantly. Very melodic and clear sound was delivered vividly, with excellent control over the smallest changes in dynamic tracks. I liked literally everything - high frequencies, “middle” and fast dynamic bass - but really everything!
Of course, these headphones did not reach the recently described ATH-AD1000 on the classic or the same jazz - a different class (closed invoices against open monitor ones), a different price range ... But on the “electronics” and rock, they seemed to me even more preferable due to the more dense and elastic bass.
In general, as with any good and versatile technique, when listening to music in ES7, some personal preferences become not so important - because of the beautiful presentation of the music, it’s nice to listen to any well-recorded song.
The only thing that bothered me was that some of my tracks in MP3 with a low bitrate sounded frankly harsh and made me want to immediately switch to some other song. However, experience shows that this is the property of any similar technique - the better it sounds, the stronger MP3 flaws are noticeable on it.
Sounds great, really a trump card from Audio-Technica! And this model was no exception.
They look great;
Compact size;
Robust construction;
Good soundproofing;
Excellent sound quality;
Metal cups will scratch and get dirty;
Strong enough clip to the ears, ear cushions are not tight;
Thin wires;
Perhaps the price.
Something incomprehensible is going on with the price - judging by the dynamics on Yandex.market, the numbers only grow over time. Now you can become a happy owner for 4-6 thousand, although not so long ago, ears were sold from 3,500 rubles.
By the way ... you rarely see such reviews.
Oh, there would be a price a little lower and it would probably be ideal headphones ... for example, for home use. It will just be a pity if these amazing metal cups get scratched somewhere in a backpack - no case can save you here. But in general, the ears are more than universal. And even, perhaps, I’m not afraid of this statement, some of the best in its class.
I advise.
Good luck!
The headphone model is really not new - you can meet them on the street for two years already for sure. But this made the headphones no less interesting.
Inside
In a black cardboard box, in addition to the headphones themselves, there was only a gray cover and a fibercloth. It’s not at all thick, there’s not even an adapter from 3.5 mm to 6.3 mm - it seems that the main portable market was simply chosen as the main task of the headphones.
Appearance and design
Audio Data ATH-ES7 is a closed-type on-ear dynamic headphone. The main difference from the "adult" ears becomes noticeable immediately - they are really compact. Not as good as the Koss Porta Pro , of course, but not as healthy as most other models. Outside, the headphones are formed by two mirrored metal “cups” - it is, of course, beautiful and very unusual, but not practical.
The color of the cups can be yellow (as in the photo) or metallic gray.
The speakers are connected by a rigid headband, which consists of two thick bent metal spokes covered with a thick layer of elastic rubber.
From each “ear” it goes along the wire - after 40 centimeters they are connected into one. The wire itself is unusually (for such headphones) thin, but judging by the reviews, it is very reliable. Plug straight. Weight - only 160 grams.
Headphones are held on the head in such a way that you can do anything in them: run, jump, frantically shake your head under some drum'n'bass meat - the clip is very high quality, and because of this, everything is soundproof. In fact, the headphones and hold only due to the clip to the ears - the contact of the headband with the head is minimal. The flip side of this coin is that after prolonged wearing, your ears can ache. You can, of course, try to solve the problem by manually interfering with the design of the headband (bending under the shape of the head - something like this ), but the main thing in this matter is not to overdo it.
And one more nuance - these headphones are very warm :) but the ear pads are a bit small - they won’t completely hide large ears from Siberian frosts.
Sound
What about the sound? The headphones got new, not warmed up - as expected, I liked something from the very beginning. But I didn’t remember what I didn’t like, because it was just some little things. After 2 days of continuous playback of all sorts of stuff from the laptop, I tried again. And then I really understood what the phrase “the sound opened” means. In principle, especially strong qualitative changes have not occurred. But quantitatively, almost any term from the description of the nature of sounding of audio equipment has changed significantly. Very melodic and clear sound was delivered vividly, with excellent control over the smallest changes in dynamic tracks. I liked literally everything - high frequencies, “middle” and fast dynamic bass - but really everything!
Of course, these headphones did not reach the recently described ATH-AD1000 on the classic or the same jazz - a different class (closed invoices against open monitor ones), a different price range ... But on the “electronics” and rock, they seemed to me even more preferable due to the more dense and elastic bass.
In general, as with any good and versatile technique, when listening to music in ES7, some personal preferences become not so important - because of the beautiful presentation of the music, it’s nice to listen to any well-recorded song.
The only thing that bothered me was that some of my tracks in MP3 with a low bitrate sounded frankly harsh and made me want to immediately switch to some other song. However, experience shows that this is the property of any similar technique - the better it sounds, the stronger MP3 flaws are noticeable on it.
Sounds great, really a trump card from Audio-Technica! And this model was no exception.
Control weighing
They look great; Compact size; Robust construction; Good soundproofing; Excellent sound quality; Metal cups will scratch and get dirty; Strong enough clip to the ears, ear cushions are not tight; Thin wires; Perhaps the price. Something incomprehensible is going on with the price - judging by the dynamics on Yandex.market, the numbers only grow over time. Now you can become a happy owner for 4-6 thousand, although not so long ago, ears were sold from 3,500 rubles.
By the way ... you rarely see such reviews.
The end
Oh, there would be a price a little lower and it would probably be ideal headphones ... for example, for home use. It will just be a pity if these amazing metal cups get scratched somewhere in a backpack - no case can save you here. But in general, the ears are more than universal. And even, perhaps, I’m not afraid of this statement, some of the best in its class.
I advise. Good luck!