With a starting price of $1,149 – more if you want to go further with your customization – the JH16 Pro IEMs remain a luxury for the audiophile. Not only are they expensive period, they’re also expensive in a world where low-cost custom earphones are ...
Like a pair of studio reference monitors, I want my in-ear monitors to have a flat frequency response. The JH16 Pro Customs have very smooth high end and nice midrange response, but there's a lot of low end. Drummers and bass players can benefit from (and...
Sammanfattning: "Good grief, has he lost his hearing?" It was the distant past, a time so long ago that the M in MTV stood for Music, and I was watching a David Bowie concert on TV. The svelte singer was wearing what I took to be hearing aids. Yes, I know—there are ...
Publicerad: 2011-05-18, Författare: Eli , testad av: cultofmac.com
Sammanfattning: During the pre-review back-and-forth with Jerry Harvey's vaunted audiophile-focused lab — the flagship creation of which are the JH Audio JH16 Pro in-ear monitors being reviewed here — I asked them offhandedly how a set of IEMs with eight drivers in each ...
Price puts them out of reach for all but the most dedicated music fans. Included waterproof OtterBox case is unnecessarily bulky (but tough).
Obviously $1,200 (after paying for ear molds) is a lot of money to spend, even on fancy earbuds. If music is your passion -- or profession -- then yeah, they’re probably worth it. But for everyone else, plenty of great earbuds can be had at a fractio...
Are they perfect? Not quite; the harder plastic hoops that shield the headphone cable as it exits each earphone can be tricky to place if you’re wearing glasses or sunglasses; moreover their scraping on those glasses is transmitted directly into your ...
Sammanfattning: If you're familiar with Ultimate Ears, the earphone company acquired by Logitech a few years back, you'll probably notice some similarities between its custom-molded earphones and those from JH Audio. They look nearly identical at a glance. Then there'...
Incredible performance across the line, Neutral sounding albeit with a slightly over emphasized bass, Well made and durable cable, Otterbox accessory, Neutral sounding, Very good build quality of both cable and ear pieces
High cost, Not the least microphonic cable out there, Pouch sheds fibers, Otterbox without foam lining, Small sound stage
This über high end offering from Jerry Harvey Audio will undoubtedly serve as sound quality benchmark for a long time. The innovative design and perfect performance over a wide variety of aspects makes them stunning to listen to. On the downside we can...
Sammanfattning: In the world of high-end, high-accuracy in-ear monitors, Jerry Harvey is regarded as a both a pioneer and as a bit of a legend. Harvey’s work in this area began at Ultimate Ears—a company that he helped found and for which he created a number of cust...
