The UM3X is subordinate to the Unversal Fit series under the Weston brand. The positioning of the series is more professional and biased towards monitoring. Although it is considered to be the closest series of custom products in the Weston moving iron non-custom headphones, the UM3X is currently Does not represent the highest technical level of Weston and even the moving iron headphones.
Weston is a company engaged in ear acoustic products from the United States. In addition to industrial and medical products, the brand of Westone is famous for its mobile earphone products like the UE, Shure, and Etymotic products. W4R The correct way to write the product should be Westone 4R, and Weston also released a Westone 4 [currently the official website has no such product]. Like the Westone 3 series, they all belong to the Personal Listening series, theoretically the tuning style is more The tendency is to be with ordinary users. Weway 4R is also used to being abbreviated as W4R, so we also use the way that everyone is more accustomed to the following. Currently, the W4R is sold at around RMB 2,500, while the US market is priced at 350. Around US$ [US official website price of 700 US dollars].
From the shape of the Weston W4R, it can be seen that it is a very typical in-ear ear-worn earphone, and the details of the shape also have a strong style of Weston in-ear headphones. The earphone casing is black. Plastic material, its shape and surface application can be worn when the earphone wire is worn around the ear [correct wearing method] fits well with the outer ear, which has better sound insulation effect. From the actual use, the shape comparison of W4R It is mellow and comfortable to wear. It does not feel very crowded when worn, and the stability of wearing is also good.
The W4R headphones use a very thin two-piece headphone cable. In the moving iron earphones, this kind of wire is relatively more visible. For example, the UE 900 is also similar to the wire. Most of the Westone headphones are similar to the wire. From the tuning and materials, we can't analyze it at present, but from the way of wearing, if you want to use the ear-type matching, then the wire will be much more comfortable. Like Sennheiser IE8, Vsonic GR07 MKII Thick line, I am afraid it is obviously uncomfortable to wear. W4R can support the replacement of the headphone cable. The replacement pin is a traditional 2-pin plug, which is much worse than the design of the UE 900. This two-pin pitch It is also slightly different from UE's TF10 and Sennheiser IE, and is not compatible with each other.
Weston also uses the R behind the headset model as an iconic classification. The official description of the R series is equipped with a high-strength storage box. The storage box is made of high-strength composite material, which can protect the product when it is stored. Safety in bad conditions [weather resistant design, similar to three defense design].
Compared with the UE900, the shape of the W4R is obviously not fashionable and beautiful. The UE900 translucent cavity is also easier to give the "customized" headphones a high-end feel. The UE900 also supports the changeover design, but the new design is used on the interface, not only the plug-in The stability of the pullup has been improved. The most important thing is that the joint of the cable can be rotated horizontally at will, which improves the reliability of the long-term use of the earphone. In addition, the UE900 comes standard with two earphone cables, one of which is provided. Online has a line control compatible with Apple devices such as iPodiPhone, and supports microphone call function.
W4R and UE900 are similar in that they are released and listed for a short time. In terms of time, it should be the technical level of the in-ear headphones that also represent the best moving iron unit currently on sale. Especially since the UE900 was evaluated recently. And impressed us, the emergence of W4R is also very timely and in our plan. Because Soomal really wants to further verify the current level of the moving iron unit.
The W4R also uses a 4-unit moving iron design. Although its cavity is not transparent, we have not found the official internal view, but it is basically speculated that the division and design of the four moving iron units and the multi-unit design of the common moving iron. Similarly, it is similar to the structure of the UE 900. Of course, the performance of the headset is not similar to the appearance, materials or speaker unit, it will have a similar sound, even if it is a moving iron unit.
The W4R official provides an indicator of 31 ohm impedance and 118 db sensitivity [@1 kHz, 1 mW]. From the impedance value, it seems that this is a relatively high value in small earplugs, and from the sensitivity point of view, this is a very sensitive High headphones. This is basically a combination of our previous understanding of multi-unit moving iron headphones.
Before the test, we didn't deliberately take the opportunity to W4R, but it also used for more than 60 hours. The test source was mainly based on vivo Xplay and iPod Classic, because HiFiman HM-901 was recently added, and it was added as a reference. Although we don't have UE 900 for AB comparison, the UE 900 sound is still impressive, we will make as many comparisons as possible below; there is also an important comparison object that Soomal has been defeated in the UE 900 test. Recommended Vsonic GR07MKII. In addition, the sound card of iPhone and desktop is also used as the reference object of this test.
When we got the W4R audition in the first time, we can almost instantly confirm that it is a very good moving iron earphone. Although it has a very obvious sound difference with the UE 900, the overall quality is currently in the earphone. High level. Because the members of Soomal usually use Vsonic GR07MKII almost every day, after listening to W4R, everyone joked that W4R is an upgraded version of GR07MKII, because the sound styles of these two headphones are very similar, W4R shows very medium Sexual style, different from the UE 900 soft style.
High-frequency performance: The resolution and transient performance of the high-frequency details of the UE 900 surprised us. We did not expect that the high-frequency of the moving iron unit, which has always been called "iron-smelling", can be so detailed, and superior to GR07 MKII. The high frequency of the headphones is no suspense [As for IE8 and IE80, it is not to mention]. The high frequency of W4R and UE 900 are quite different. It is not as slack as UE 900, but it is very neutral and solid. Style, similar to UM3X. Neutral style does not mean that the sound is sluggish or blunt, this high frequency also has very good resolution and enough stretch of detail, of course, on the iOS device after the iPhone 5 Still slightly stiff. The details on Xplay and even the iPod Shuffle are very smooth.
The W4R's overall high-frequency performance is very balanced. Compared with the GR07 MKII, it also has all-round advantages. The more obvious aspects are: First, the distortion of the very high-frequency part is much smaller, and the resolution advantage is obvious. Second, Under the sound pressure and large dynamics, the sound of the W4R is not only more stretched, the density is better, but also the resolving power and transient performance are better. Although compared with the UE 900, I personally prefer the UE 900 to be more stretch, slack and open. The high frequency, but compared with the GR07 MKII, the advantages of the W4R are still obvious.
IF performance: W4R IF, mid-high frequency part is very balanced, and the dynamics in the middle and high frequency part is better than GR07 MKII, which makes its sound more balanced than GR07 MKII. When the recording level is high, the image of W4R Unexpectedly good, such as some of the most frequently heard vocal performances, may give you some unspeakable surprises on the W4R. We carefully compare the W4R and GR07 MKII, although the latter sounds a little looser, but On the Xplay, iPhone or HM-901 source, the dynamics of the GR07 MKII IF is behind the W4R. The W4R vocal performance is more stereoscopic, full, and the resolution is even slightly superior.
In the larger dynamic, large-scale music, and even pop music and rock music, the W4R as a moving iron earphone shows a transient performance that is significantly better than the moving coil unit. This kind of detail may make many users uncomfortable. For example, some electroacoustic instruments and sound components in pop music are too clean on the W4R because of the details. It seems that people have re-recognized such sounds. Some people say that W4R is not suitable for rock and electronic music. We also made a special comparison. At least, I personally don't fully agree with this statement. W4R is actually less distorted in this kind of music performance, the sound is cleaner and the level is clearer. Of course, because many effects of electroacoustic instruments play "distortion", this Class style may cause some incompatibility.
In classical music and traditional instrumental performance, the W4R is relatively better. Compared with the UE 900 intermediate frequency, the W4R IF is not too much modified, which is the biggest difference between it and the UE 900. UE 900 makes us relatively dissatisfied. The part is the middle frequency, the middle and low frequency part of the sound is too slack, and even some confusion. W4R is also satisfactory in the performance of the large symphony, W4R style is very close to GR07 MKII in this kind of music performance, we have evaluated GR07 MKII It's a headset that lets you walk out of the concert hall and continue to use it on your way home, and the W4R will perform better. Because of its medium frequency, mid-high frequency dynamic advantage, and the transient advantage of the moving iron unit, let it This kind of music is much more calm.
Low frequency performance: W4R's low frequency also has no modification components, so pay special attention to choose the appropriate size of the ear earplugs to ensure better sealing effect, so that W4R should have low frequency performance. W4R low frequency sense moderate, style It is also very similar to the GR07 MKII. In the in-ear earphones, this style is really not liked by users who listen to pop music and electronic music, because the volume is really less. However, the low frequency quality of the W4R is still very good.
You can even try the W4R for the audition of the speaker or earphone low frequency. In the in-ear headphones, the resolution of the W4R low frequency is very good. Compared with the UE 900, this is very obvious because of the UE 900 Both medium and low frequency do seem to please the tuning of popular music, and the resolution is not an advantage. Compared with GR07 MKII, the W4R transient advantage is very obvious, so the resolution of the deeper part of the low frequency dive is incomparable to GR07 MKII. Similarly, in the mid-low frequency dynamics, the sound level under particularly large dynamics, the W4R also has certain advantages. The GR07 MKII acts as a dynamic ring earphone, and its sound is more stretched when it shows some softer low frequencies. W4R is a bit straightforward, but still outstanding.
Different sound source matching: As an in-ear earphone, of course, the most commonly used combination is a portable player or a mobile phone. Slightly regrettable, in the W4R earphones with the iPhone5 after the iOS device, its high frequency is still slightly Harder, this is also the problem we have been talking about when testing Apple iPhone, iPad, maybe related to the latest Earpods tuning. And on HM901, vivo Xplay, and iPod Classic are good. If you really want With the computer sound card, we recommend the source of neutral sound, such as Fantasia D/A, Monitor 03 US, etc. The warm sound source may cause some distortion of the middle and high frequency parts to be amplified on the headphones, such as Serenade USE.
W4R is slightly different from UE 900. When using UE900, we try to find a better sound source, or amp to see if it can solve the problem that UE 900 "chassis" is loose, but there is no result. W4R is matching the sound source. It is very close to the GR07 MKII. On a player, the loudness that the two hear at the same position is almost the same. The W4R needs a sound source with a relatively better driving force, such as Xplay or C4 Pro, HM901. Better performance, with portable amps does not seem unnecessary, portable amp detail performance is currently difficult to play well on sensitive small earplugs. And W4R has excellent performance even on the iPhone.
From the Logitech UE 900 to the Westone 4R headset, these two headphones that represent the latest technology of the moving iron unit are a bit exciting. As we have talked about many times in these two assessments, it is unthinkable that it was not optimistic. The moving iron unit has made a breakthrough in the in-ear headphones. From the performance of the UE 900 and W4R, it is certain that the moving iron unit has a very strong strength in the performance of high frequency and medium frequency, which is better than GR07. MKII is better, and it is rare that it can perform well on iPhone or Xplay mobile phones.
We can't confirm whether the UE 900 and W4R are the same or similar units, but the UE 900's high-frequency slack style is still more like, even slightly higher than the W4R quality. But the good speaker unit also needs a good tone. The overall performance of the W4R is significantly more balanced. It is superior to the UE 900 in all aspects of the intermediate frequency and low frequency. Therefore, it is more comprehensive than the performance of the GR07 MKII. It must be mentioned that this year, it may be used. The quality of the Sony XBA series of moving iron headphones with more advanced technology is quite different from the two headphones. The current Weston 4R is priced at more than 2,000 yuan. This price is not cheap, because in many In the offer, the price of the Logitech UE 900 is already around 1,500 yuan. In any case, this price is still relatively high for ordinary users, but whether it is based on GR07 MKII, or Sennheiser IE8, IE80 for reference, W4R And the UE900 is at least worth the price at the current price.
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