steve-z
03-08-2020, 15:56
I've recently upgraded to a new portable music setup due to the demise of the battery in my10+ years old iPod Nano.
After extensive review reading online I decided on the Fiio M3 Pro, reviews were all very favourable and it was within my budget (£72 delivered from AliExpress bundled with a 64GB micro SD card).
Due to my continued dissatisfaction with IEMs I decided to buy some relatively inexpensive lightweight on ear headphones, the Lindy HF20, just £20 including delivery from Amazon, bought them on the strength of the only review I could find which was by Hifi Choice which garnered a Recommended tag.
Straight out of the box I was astonished at just how good they sounded, the sound was crisp, clean and clear in the midrange and high end, the bass was fast and punchy but a little lightweight as would be expected from the fairly small 30mm drivers, in direct comparison with my normal full sized headphones the AKG K92s they were far better sounding overall, the K92s sounding veiled and boomy in comparison even though they cost over double the price. So far so good, after a fair bit of usage, 30+ hours they have changed slightly having a little more brightness in the treble region which I actually like quite a bit. The only downside I found when I was out walking a few days ago was the on ear cups tend to be a magnet for picking up wind noise which spoils the listening experience somewhat.
I get the feeling that to get proper musical enjoyment when it's windy I need to sacrifice lightness and small size and go for a pair of over ear noise cancelling headphones. As I've been so impressed with the HF20s I checked out the Lindy website and found they have a wide selection of noise cancelling headphones at very reasonable prices in both wireless and wired configuration, as the Fiio has no wireless connectivity it would be the wired versions I'd primarily be interested in.
I'd be interested to hear from any forum members who use the NC40 or NC60 wired headphones or the BNX100 wireless headphones to basically find out if the sound signatures are similar to the HF20s but with a touch more at the bass end.
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After extensive review reading online I decided on the Fiio M3 Pro, reviews were all very favourable and it was within my budget (£72 delivered from AliExpress bundled with a 64GB micro SD card).
Due to my continued dissatisfaction with IEMs I decided to buy some relatively inexpensive lightweight on ear headphones, the Lindy HF20, just £20 including delivery from Amazon, bought them on the strength of the only review I could find which was by Hifi Choice which garnered a Recommended tag.
Straight out of the box I was astonished at just how good they sounded, the sound was crisp, clean and clear in the midrange and high end, the bass was fast and punchy but a little lightweight as would be expected from the fairly small 30mm drivers, in direct comparison with my normal full sized headphones the AKG K92s they were far better sounding overall, the K92s sounding veiled and boomy in comparison even though they cost over double the price. So far so good, after a fair bit of usage, 30+ hours they have changed slightly having a little more brightness in the treble region which I actually like quite a bit. The only downside I found when I was out walking a few days ago was the on ear cups tend to be a magnet for picking up wind noise which spoils the listening experience somewhat.
I get the feeling that to get proper musical enjoyment when it's windy I need to sacrifice lightness and small size and go for a pair of over ear noise cancelling headphones. As I've been so impressed with the HF20s I checked out the Lindy website and found they have a wide selection of noise cancelling headphones at very reasonable prices in both wireless and wired configuration, as the Fiio has no wireless connectivity it would be the wired versions I'd primarily be interested in.
I'd be interested to hear from any forum members who use the NC40 or NC60 wired headphones or the BNX100 wireless headphones to basically find out if the sound signatures are similar to the HF20s but with a touch more at the bass end.
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