One quick note - I was able to find one of the Sony WH-1000XM4's on Amazon for around $200, so you may be able to find these other ones at less expensive price tags as well. I realized after filming this that the AKG's MSRP is more than what I was able to find it for, but the trend is still that it's the least expensive of the bunch. Also, you can usually find any of these on sale.
i did a mix eq. on EQ APO compressed and inverted xm4 csv file. after that added momentum3 csv file and lowered its db of peaks and notches too. After that i replicated what i see on analys panel on SPOTEQ iphone app. its still a litle bit muddy but soundstage is far better and sounds far better i think.
I just bought these after reading your comments on TH-cam. I got a new set for £65 on eBay. What a bargain, these blow other Bluetooth headphones out of the water. These deserved far more attention
I thought the price of these influenced what I thought of the sound quality, until I saw this video. They sound great, especially in wired mode with amp. Believe it or not I got two of them for $60 on a recent sale bundle with Samsung s7 tablet. Incredible deal for great headphones. I still use the Sony XM4 for noise canceling though when noise is an issue.
Bought it at steal deal 100$ just because of that beautiful design, and oh man the sound quality is amazing, minor issue only earcup joint is now has creaking sound. one thing missed in the video is you will be blown away with how amazing the audio if you use this headphone wired and then turn anc on. other cons : no aptx, can't turn off anc (only anc on or ambient mode).
For me the better move is to get a pair of wireless IEM’s for on the go and then your audiophile wired headphones for home. Of course this will probably end up costing more overall, especially when a DAC and AMP are factored in, but is better than having one device try to do everything in a mediocre way.
I use the Sony's for noise cancelling PC fans, loud AC, lawn mower, various house sounds. Blessing 2 for everything else. Saving up for the IER Z1R for at home and out-and-about music listening. I move about too much at home to be stuck to a dac/amp
Tried 1k IEMs at audio 46 before, and there is no comparison to audiophile over ears. 1k IEMs may only sound as good as 150 to 200 over ears maximum. To me, I don't want to sacrifice sound quality on the go. Bluetooth headphones are out at first. For wired, of course 1k IEMs won't sound as good as 1k over ears, but must be at least as good as 400 to 500 over ears. IEMs just don't justify the cost. And over ears easily blow IEMs out of water.
@@Fiend404 nah, there are some really great IEMs (wired) out there which totally sound better than those „avg. consumer“ wireless headphones (Bose, Sony etc.) in my opinion.
I bought N700NC M2 for like $80 and its great but the headband started cracking pretty early on with just normal use. I guess my head is too big for it lol. It doesn't impact functionality, it hasn't fallen apart but the plastic material seems very brittle. It's no Sennheiser plastic. You can find them for cheap brand new on ebay, no one should pay msrp for these. Samsung used to bundle them with phones so that is how they ended up on ebay.
@@ResolveReviews I think it would be a fair comparison to include any wireless headphones like mobius and panda. Imo, the mobius is the best sounding wireless headphone
@@QuangNguyen-wf3gs agreed please include the Mobius and Panda. Perhaps the best Bluetooth Headphone strictly from sound quality. Also if a headphone supports AptxHD or LDAC I think it would be fair counterintuitively to max out by keeping those higher bitrate codec settings on
@@MakenaKai also both the Hifiman deva and ananda bt were reviewed by Resolve. Though they are open-backs, it should be great to know how they actual sound compared to other close-backs. Actually I want to find the best sounding bluetooth headphone, ANC or not
Thumbnail is an art indeed) For the purpose of EQ on Android devices one can use Wavelet. And not just with it's baked in AutoEQ profiles or Graphiq EQ options but actually importing your own profiles. Using measurements from Crin was able to play a bit with my Momentum 3's and tune them to HE-1, susvara, utopia and many others. Someone may say it's not a good idea to EQ any headphone this hard and I'm not sure if it degrades the sound but that was fun. Also now I can tell that recessed 1-2kHz region compared to Harman is to my taste. Making those presets takes some time but I can send them if anyone would like to give it a try.
i got the AKG ones new for 70 bucks, as samsung is/was giving them away with their phones and bunch of ppl were selling them off. I'm so glad i got these.
If I understand correctly, ANC of today doesn't really work on high frequencies. They are just too fast for them to react to properly. You'd need a really high powered chip (a computer basically) to achieve that. Treble attenuation is left for the passive isolation properties to take care of. This I've notice well on my Airpods Pros, which aren't that great at passive iso, so they let trebly sounds of wet car tyres etc through but block out the engine rumble nicely.
Good Review! Do not forget the Beyerdynamic Lagoon! Sounds a bit "hifi", but other than that has really good sound quality. (And I also own wired Headphones from Audeze and Sennheiser...)
Interesting. How does the AKG N700 stack up against Sennheiser PXC-550? The BT headphones I own are the XM3 and the PXC-550 mkI. I really enjoy the 550 on all music when I need to listen wireless. The XM3 I only use for electronic music, with metal and rock the boomy bass gets too annoying.
Bismillah Great comparison as always. Thanks. HD800/s is the most overrated headphone I have ever heard - boring. I also find build subpar for its price range.
It's supposed to be boring, its a reference headset designed to hear sounds like you would hear sounds normally, a very flat frequency response means more natural sounds.
Great compare. I was wondering, is the sound quality tested over the wired connection or Bluetooth one ? This is important for someone who is going to listen via Bluetooth and looking for great sounding headphones. I have XM4s, previously XM3 and now thinking to change them to Momentum 3, as Sony's have too much bass for my taste and after longer listening it is becoming tiring. In my country is hard to get AKG unfortunately, so I was thinking about Momentum 3, will it be better than XM4's ? Thanks in advance !
Admittedly even more expensive than the Apple Airpods, but the B&O Beoplay H95s have so far been the best sounding ANC BT headphones I've listened to. The app is horrible, the EQ is pretty much broken, but the sound is amazing (for what they are), and the microphones are also great (so work-compatible).
I know this will sound nuts, but did you have a chance to take a phone call with these 🎧? For me, wireless 🎧 need to sound really good AND have a quality mic for calls. It's why I don't yet own wireless, but would like to.
6:40 😂😂😂 dude, i was going yo comment about the way i set my XM4s but that graph looks exactly the way i did hahahah, but i took 1 level down to the 16k range, i pick up really subtle sounds and i recently got my ears cleaned, the doctor took a lot of wax out of my ears (i asked and he said people shouldn't try to clean it with ear tips, so wax accumulation is normal), so the point is, my hearing got way more sensitive, so i had to take the highs down a bit because it's very bright for my hearing.
I own these AKGs and despite sounding great the build quality and noise cancelling are subpar. The plastic breaks easily if you fold them too often in their case. I also have the first version (N700NC) and I think they sound even better, they do not have the boosted bass and they are more neutral to my ears. You should definitely try them !!!
Hi, how's the latency on the first gens, and do you experience cabin pressure from the ANC? Last but not least, are they good in wired mode, or do they sound like garbage the way people talk about the n700ncm2?
@@radiofloyd2359 The latency on the first gen is okay for me, I often use it with my TV with no problem, or maybe it's just me that adapted to wireless headphones. I never notice it. I don't feel any cabin pressure too, but you can definitely notice when the nc kicks in at startup. As for wired connection it's good since it is always active, I don't think you can use it passively. Sound signature remains the same. I you get one pair, be aware that they are fragile. Do not fold them and store them in their case each time you use them as the plastic will crack.
@@thomas21000 Alright, thanks! I was looking into buying them, but was quickly discouraged by the latency (particularly the lack of an apt-x codec) however, if it works fine for really basic cookie clicker games, as well as TH-cam, and the music is good, the sound balance is good, and there's ANC, for the 90CAD$, it sounds like a steal.
Bass is better than beat studio3, studio 3 has one of the best bass. But this kills it. Air flowing bass with clarity. You need to app to work on it. But clarity is one of the best. I don't have Sony but heard it but quality of sound isn't good.
The reason why im not using any noise cancelling headphones is Audeze SINE. Not the iSINE. The BEST on ear headphone at those pricepoint. Good isolation but the sound quality is just so FAR FAR superior. Sure you need headphone map to go with it but still i just can not endure the SQ loss on those BT headphones. At all.
The sine is an on ear right? I have the isine10 btw and it's in my travel bag 100% .. I've been searching for a BT headphone for a little while now. Seems like I'm slowly getting dragged in the apple eco. Will look into that Sine ... Do you own the open or closed version? Just did a quick search. The Sine seems to be one of them hard to find items. Apple it is. 😅
@@fortyinch Closed ones. The need AMP to drive them but when you get a good one like THX AAA portable, i sold my HD800 :D They are that good, almost as wide soundstage, more resolving and the bass is ofc planar bass. In my mind they are the best sub 500$ headphones ever build. No hifiman sundara or sennheiser can compete with them. Also you can easily just by larger pads to make the over ear and give them even bigger soundstage. I got headphones about 12.000€ including STAX, SINE are the ones i will never sell.
I don't think the AKGs sound quality is as good as you describe it but it's good enough. The main problems are build quality (crappy) and noise cancellation (poor). In my opinion, these are merely ok value.
@@ZonaWildcatForever The AKG's are half of what the Sony's cost and 4x cheaper than the Airpods max (in Australia), all while having better sound than both of them. I also don't think its fair to compare build quality considering the price difference, and imo I like my sound quality better than ANC. When it comes to battery life with ANC, the AKGs last 23hrs, Sonys last 22hrs and the Airpods only last 20hrs. The AKGs are not merely ok value, it's a superb deal, you should get them. Never heard the Airpods but my AKGs thrash the Sonys when it comes to the quality of bass and overall clarity and it is as good as he described.
Build quality is really good. Compare with my beat studio 3. The price is low right now. Feels more durable, Sony sound quality kinda poor to me. You will get more cleaner sounds with akg. Sony bass is good but this one is even better. I thought Beat studio was better but if you know how to setup eq. You will get really good sound.
Hey Resolve, please share your app EQ settings for the N700NCM2's in the video description. They have been my go to for months but would love to hear your settings.
My first question for Andrews next live stream will be… “What headphone has the best noise cancelling capabilities for when birds are fighting outside my window?” 🕊🦅🥊🦆🐓
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Sony TWS, the WF1000XM4. I Have the XM3 and I believe they're even better than the Airpod pro. (Better than the over ear counterpart, the WH, aswell IMO)
ANC follow-up? In this and the TWS ANC video you mention more reviews. I don’t see any mention of ANC in any of your videos since. Great videos! I have the AKG NC400 and on sale at $47 they’re incredible.
Purchased the AKG's recently for air travel. Just did some quick online research and chose them, mostly due to the price and AKG's legacy. So this was a very nice surprise to hear this. I'll be traveling with them in July. Since I haven't had time to really get acquainted with them yet, I'm feeling pretty good about them now. Thanks!
I find that Sony has the class-leading noise-canceling technology which is contrary to a lot of reviews claiming Bose QC or the Airpods Max have the crown.
@@MDonovan From what I've seen the majority of written reviews or headphone lists claim that the XM4s have the best ANC whereas in most videos the AirPods ususally take the crown.
The XM4 has a good sound, but did not impress me at all. I remembered that the free AKG Y50bt that came with my Samsung S10 sounded almost as good as the XM4 and I was expecting the XM4 to do much better for the money, but it did not(only talking about sound quality). However, after your video I remembered how good is the AKGs, I bought the N700nc m2 to try and thank god I did, I returned the XM4 immediately the AKG sounded better in everyway, the bass is much better and the overall sound quality is amazing for just 125 Euros compared to 250 euros of the XM4.
There are no good sounding Bluetooth headphones besides Skullcandy crusher evo, just cuz haptic feedback it’s not rly just a genuine pair of headphones
Akg does better with clarity crisp sound, compare my beat studio3 . Bass is real good, and still has better clarity bass. Jbl club one has the best sound but bass isn't good.
What would you say is a headphone that does the "ear gain" part of the FR the best? I always feel kinda aimless with EQing that area so I'd like to have a reference of some kind, not to blindly copy but to nudge toward and see how I feel about it.
Variations around Harman or other reasonable targets as measured on industry standards compliant rigs are a good bet to start (but not always, some headphones may be mis-represented in that area on some artificial rigs and there are some noticeable variations among third party measurements, even on industry standards compliant rigs), but the reality is that it will depend on what your anatomy makes you expect and how the individual headphones interact with your own head, so some some leeway in that "grey area" may be what suits you best - just not excessively so. Best reference for that is a decently set up pair of near field monitors IMO :D.
I'm very curious about your opinion for the Momentum 3s. I found their sound 'hollow' and 'dull', yet detailed. I think the bass is boosted, mids are recessed (vs. the bass) and their treble is perfect, though it could have more 'air'. Soundstage and imaging is nothing spectacular. Only treble and resolution are, in my opinion, excellent (vs. other wireless headphones).
Actually I think once you reduce the bass by a decent amount it's got a relatively even balance. It still has some harmonic imbalances in the upper mids and treble, and those are issues you can't fix with the app. But at the moment it's the most 'audiophile' ANC headphone I've heard because it's actually detailed.
@@ResolveReviews Few days before I have ordered Sony XM4 as successor of my Momentum 2 wireless. I was so disappointed by lack of sound details even after Momentum 2 that I was heading here to find that more "experienced ears :)" has similar opinion. Now I am testing Momentum 3 also and it is much better for my liking. But I am just curious that you are mentioning them in this video as they have something that someone should not want them either. Please could you be so kind and let me know what do you mean in particular? From my point of view: worse ANC of course, maybe even worse comfort (but the tight clamp gets better after few days), not so advanced app and eq, better controls (very subjective). But still sounds so much better than XM4 even after equalizing them. So please share you point about them if possible.thx!
Dear Apple. Resolve is one of the most respected audiophiles in the world with decades ahead of him in his career. I highly recommend you contracting him to tune your next airpods max sound signature and code in a button called "audiophile dsp" or "Resolve EQ" into your software
You can kind of get away with it on the clear (don't have the elex) but you miss out on a lot of sound quality. I would at least use some kind of bluetooth dac like the earstudio es100
Adding a 50$ USB-C dongle like an iBasso DC05 or even a 10$ Apple/Samsung one will improve that greatly as well. You're not wasting an Elex with that kind of a setup, but it can also be improved nicely with a desktop source.
@@williamcatalano1762 Yeah it depends which reviews you follow on that stuff. But everyone who I trust who has heard it tends to agree that it's bafflingly bad sounding. Although, I haven't heard it with their EQ update - so hopefully that helps?
@@ResolveReviews I have no idea on the update. It's crazy that the AKG performs so well at the price they are at, and yet no one even talks about them.
Great point about transients and trailing ends of tones. The k371s sounds wet or sodden compaired to Sennheiser HD6__s and that explains alot about this whole noise cancelling market segment. But on a similar subject... that mic is not very fast or particularly with transients. Ever try an Earthworks mic, say the SR40V? That would up your audio and make your YT vids worth listening to with kinds of cans you often review.
At the moment I have to go with a dynamic mic that does a really good job at ambient rejection due to the environment. Eventually I'd love to be using a shotgun mic once the room is acoustically treated
@@TheHEADPHONEShow Of course you decide, but I would note that in my experience the hyercardioid pick-up pattern rejects small room reflections very well without sacrificing sound quality. When you don't need to worry about the mic being in the shot, a competent hypercardioid stage mic (cf., also Sennheiser e965) does the trick and sound WAY better than these ubiquitous dynamic "studio" mics (e.g.., RE-20, SM7B). The problem with booms is that you will need a large room if you are to have a hope of actually avoiding unwanted reflections. If you have a rental shop around, compare a Sennheiser MKH50 (out of shot) and an Earthworks SR40V in shot. A mounted hypercardioid stage mic can lose out on openness, but for podcasts the resulting intimacy can be engaging. Anyways, keep up the good work.
Introductory price for N700NC was 350 or like, then it dropped so much… I only have teo problems with N700NCM2 1) Terrible sound over wire 2) ANC cannot bi switched off. If i had these 2 resolved, i would keep N700 as the only one closed headphone for me.
LDAC has surprised the hell out of me i.e. Mobius. There's a way forward and we need to add lossless codecs to it now too. Baby steps, the world of DSP'd BT devices is in its infancy and even Tyll said before he retired that it would likely be the way forward, eventually even for the audiophile space
Don't know if is a dumb question but...can we use the AKG app to EQ the XM4 for example?...or there is an app that does the same?...thanks for the Review !!
One quick note - I was able to find one of the Sony WH-1000XM4's on Amazon for around $200, so you may be able to find these other ones at less expensive price tags as well. I realized after filming this that the AKG's MSRP is more than what I was able to find it for, but the trend is still that it's the least expensive of the bunch. Also, you can usually find any of these on sale.
Thanks for the great video as usual!
i did a mix eq. on EQ APO compressed and inverted xm4 csv file. after that added momentum3 csv file and lowered its db of peaks and notches too. After that i replicated what i see on analys panel on SPOTEQ iphone app. its still a litle bit muddy but soundstage is far better and sounds far better i think.
Whenever I buy things on sale, even at Amazon, they end up being seconds quality B grade items
Why would headphones be any different?
@@user-jo5fq5ln5c You can buy it from AKG... this is not an 'amazon' product. It's just being sold on amazon.
sony would have more chance of being in discount than both AKG and lol Apple.
The educational video about wireless ANC headphones' tuning people need to watch.
BTW, best thumbnail ever, 100% legit, no clickbait XD
I just bought these after reading your comments on TH-cam. I got a new set for £65 on eBay. What a bargain, these blow other Bluetooth headphones out of the water. These deserved far more attention
That thumbnail 😂 brilliant
finally the akg n700ncm2 got the spot light it deserves
I thought the price of these influenced what I thought of the sound quality, until I saw this video. They sound great, especially in wired mode with amp. Believe it or not I got two of them for $60 on a recent sale bundle with Samsung s7 tablet. Incredible deal for great headphones. I still use the Sony XM4 for noise canceling though when noise is an issue.
Bought it at steal deal 100$ just because of that beautiful design, and oh man the sound quality is amazing, minor issue only earcup joint is now has creaking sound.
one thing missed in the video is you will be blown away with how amazing the audio if you use this headphone wired and then turn anc on.
other cons : no aptx, can't turn off anc (only anc on or ambient mode).
For me the better move is to get a pair of wireless IEM’s for on the go and then your audiophile wired headphones for home. Of course this will probably end up costing more overall, especially when a DAC and AMP are factored in, but is better than having one device try to do everything in a mediocre way.
Agreed
IEMs just can't compete with headphones for sound imo..
I use the Sony's for noise cancelling PC fans, loud AC, lawn mower, various house sounds. Blessing 2 for everything else. Saving up for the IER Z1R for at home and out-and-about music listening. I move about too much at home to be stuck to a dac/amp
Tried 1k IEMs at audio 46 before, and there is no comparison to audiophile over ears. 1k IEMs may only sound as good as 150 to 200 over ears maximum. To me, I don't want to sacrifice sound quality on the go. Bluetooth headphones are out at first. For wired, of course 1k IEMs won't sound as good as 1k over ears, but must be at least as good as 400 to 500 over ears. IEMs just don't justify the cost. And over ears easily blow IEMs out of water.
@@Fiend404 nah, there are some really great IEMs (wired) out there which totally sound better than those „avg. consumer“ wireless headphones (Bose, Sony etc.) in my opinion.
I bought N700NC M2 for like $80 and its great but the headband started cracking pretty early on with just normal use. I guess my head is too big for it lol. It doesn't impact functionality, it hasn't fallen apart but the plastic material seems very brittle. It's no Sennheiser plastic. You can find them for cheap brand new on ebay, no one should pay msrp for these. Samsung used to bundle them with phones so that is how they ended up on ebay.
I didnt get hooked with the thumbnail, it's when I hovered and saw the HD800s with the noise-cancelers. I was like "hell i gotta check this out" 😂
Thanks bro. I was curious about the Akg's. Appreciate it bro.
I wish you had included the Sennheiser Momentum 3 in your group test
That will be in the larger ANC headphone shootout.
@@ResolveReviews and please touch on comparisons with Mobius, Panda, etc? :)
@@ResolveReviews I think it would be a fair comparison to include any wireless headphones like mobius and panda. Imo, the mobius is the best sounding wireless headphone
@@QuangNguyen-wf3gs agreed please include the Mobius and Panda. Perhaps the best Bluetooth Headphone strictly from sound quality. Also if a headphone supports AptxHD or LDAC I think it would be fair counterintuitively to max out by keeping those higher bitrate codec settings on
@@MakenaKai also both the Hifiman deva and ananda bt were reviewed by Resolve. Though they are open-backs, it should be great to know how they actual sound compared to other close-backs. Actually I want to find the best sounding bluetooth headphone, ANC or not
Was there ever a followup on this "best anc headphone" hunt?
Thumbnail is an art indeed) For the purpose of EQ on Android devices one can use Wavelet. And not just with it's baked in AutoEQ profiles or Graphiq EQ options but actually importing your own profiles. Using measurements from Crin was able to play a bit with my Momentum 3's and tune them to HE-1, susvara, utopia and many others. Someone may say it's not a good idea to EQ any headphone this hard and I'm not sure if it degrades the sound but that was fun. Also now I can tell that recessed 1-2kHz region compared to Harman is to my taste. Making those presets takes some time but I can send them if anyone would like to give it a try.
i got the AKG ones new for 70 bucks, as samsung is/was giving them away with their phones and bunch of ppl were selling them off. I'm so glad i got these.
If I understand correctly, ANC of today doesn't really work on high frequencies. They are just too fast for them to react to properly. You'd need a really high powered chip (a computer basically) to achieve that. Treble attenuation is left for the passive isolation properties to take care of. This I've notice well on my Airpods Pros, which aren't that great at passive iso, so they let trebly sounds of wet car tyres etc through but block out the engine rumble nicely.
I wonder where the PXC 550 II would stand in this group (although that micro USB is a bit of a bummer) and perhaps Bose?
Good Review! Do not forget the Beyerdynamic Lagoon! Sounds a bit "hifi", but other than that has really good sound quality. (And I also own wired Headphones from Audeze and Sennheiser...)
Interesting. How does the AKG N700 stack up against Sennheiser PXC-550?
The BT headphones I own are the XM3 and the PXC-550 mkI. I really enjoy the 550 on all music when I need to listen wireless. The XM3 I only use for electronic music, with metal and rock the boomy bass gets too annoying.
Bismillah
Great comparison as always. Thanks. HD800/s is the most overrated headphone I have ever heard - boring. I also find build subpar for its price range.
It's supposed to be boring, its a reference headset designed to hear sounds like you would hear sounds normally, a very flat frequency response means more natural sounds.
Great compare. I was wondering, is the sound quality tested over the wired connection or Bluetooth one ? This is important for someone who is going to listen via Bluetooth and looking for great sounding headphones. I have XM4s, previously XM3 and now thinking to change them to Momentum 3, as Sony's have too much bass for my taste and after longer listening it is becoming tiring. In my country is hard to get AKG unfortunately, so I was thinking about Momentum 3, will it be better than XM4's ? Thanks in advance !
Try using the flat equalizer app with the XM4's, you can reduce the first 2 sliders by 5 db and the third by 10 db
Thanks for the review, What is the Headphone model on the stand?
You really have to try the Dali's. Either the IO-4 or 6.
Love my Dali IO-4
Dali gang ftw!
Curious if you could review or compare the B&O H95
What about the Cleer audio Enduro anc?
Yes! Finally good thumbnail
How about the H95?
Admittedly even more expensive than the Apple Airpods, but the B&O Beoplay H95s have so far been the best sounding ANC BT headphones I've listened to. The app is horrible, the EQ is pretty much broken, but the sound is amazing (for what they are), and the microphones are also great (so work-compatible).
Does it support Samsung scalable codec? Or other high bitrate codec like aptX.
unfortunately only SBC and AAC, but the sound quality still great
According to their website they do.
Audeze mobius . Oh . I know . This is an older one Andrew . Dali 06 04 I believe
that thumbnail tho
I know this will sound nuts, but did you have a chance to take a phone call with these 🎧? For me, wireless 🎧 need to sound really good AND have a quality mic for calls. It's why I don't yet own wireless, but would like to.
Yeah that would need to be a different video. I'm strictly interested in ANC with good sound quality for audiophile purposes in this one haha.
If Rtings has reviewed them, they usually do a mic test
Can you review the skull candy wireless please
6:40 😂😂😂 dude, i was going yo comment about the way i set my XM4s but that graph looks exactly the way i did hahahah, but i took 1 level down to the 16k range, i pick up really subtle sounds and i recently got my ears cleaned, the doctor took a lot of wax out of my ears (i asked and he said people shouldn't try to clean it with ear tips, so wax accumulation is normal), so the point is, my hearing got way more sensitive, so i had to take the highs down a bit because it's very bright for my hearing.
How do you recommend tuning the equalizer of the AKG N700NCM2?
Pretty solid out of the box, doesn't need any EQ. The rest is up to you.
11:58 nice
iSheep don’t care regardless.
Right 😹😹😹
Fanboys of all brands hurt the brands they love by not holding them to higher standards.
I own these AKGs and despite sounding great the build quality and noise cancelling are subpar. The plastic breaks easily if you fold them too often in their case.
I also have the first version (N700NC) and I think they sound even better, they do not have the boosted bass and they are more neutral to my ears. You should definitely try them !!!
Hi, how's the latency on the first gens, and do you experience cabin pressure from the ANC?
Last but not least, are they good in wired mode, or do they sound like garbage the way people talk about the n700ncm2?
@@radiofloyd2359 The latency on the first gen is okay for me, I often use it with my TV with no problem, or maybe it's just me that adapted to wireless headphones. I never notice it. I don't feel any cabin pressure too, but you can definitely notice when the nc kicks in at startup. As for wired connection it's good since it is always active, I don't think you can use it passively. Sound signature remains the same.
I you get one pair, be aware that they are fragile. Do not fold them and store them in their case each time you use them as the plastic will crack.
@@thomas21000 Alright, thanks! I was looking into buying them, but was quickly discouraged by the latency (particularly the lack of an apt-x codec) however, if it works fine for really basic cookie clicker games, as well as TH-cam, and the music is good, the sound balance is good, and there's ANC, for the 90CAD$, it sounds like a steal.
Bass is better than beat studio3, studio 3 has one of the best bass. But this kills it. Air flowing bass with clarity. You need to app to work on it.
But clarity is one of the best.
I don't have Sony but heard it but quality of sound isn't good.
Price Point aside, Sennheiser MOMENTUM 3 Wireless Vs. AKG N700NCM2 Please? Which one would prefer purely on Sound?
Momentum 3, but you gotta tame some of the bass with the app.
I go with AKG, Just tweak your Eq setting. You will get much better bass and clarity
The reason why im not using any noise cancelling headphones is Audeze SINE. Not the iSINE. The BEST on ear headphone at those pricepoint. Good isolation but the sound quality is just so FAR FAR superior. Sure you need headphone map to go with it but still i just can not endure the SQ loss on those BT headphones. At all.
The sine is an on ear right? I have the isine10 btw and it's in my travel bag 100% ..
I've been searching for a BT headphone for a little while now. Seems like I'm slowly getting dragged in the apple eco. Will look into that Sine ... Do you own the open or closed version?
Just did a quick search. The Sine seems to be one of them hard to find items. Apple it is. 😅
@@fortyinch Closed ones. The need AMP to drive them but when you get a good one like THX AAA portable, i sold my HD800 :D They are that good, almost as wide soundstage, more resolving and the bass is ofc planar bass. In my mind they are the best sub 500$ headphones ever build. No hifiman sundara or sennheiser can compete with them. Also you can easily just by larger pads to make the over ear and give them even bigger soundstage. I got headphones about 12.000€ including STAX, SINE are the ones i will never sell.
There are many forgotten reviews about them: th-cam.com/video/o7Ig3YrfmNw/w-d-xo.html
And ofc "the TYL", the king of headphone reviews evere: th-cam.com/video/Kx-k_ohNCMI/w-d-xo.html
@@Thevikingcam thanks for the reply and the links ... 👍🏾 pretty lucky you got one. The closed back seems to be the hardest to find online.
If you want sound quality in a noisy environment you use the Sony for top grade comfort and best NC and a pair of wired IEMs underneath. Job done.
I don't think the AKGs sound quality is as good as you describe it but it's good enough. The main problems are build quality (crappy) and noise cancellation (poor). In my opinion, these are merely ok value.
Hey I was thinking of purchasing these but reading about build quality issues..what do you specifically mean or are you referring to?
@@ZonaWildcatForever The AKG's are half of what the Sony's cost and 4x cheaper than the Airpods max (in Australia), all while having better sound than both of them. I also don't think its fair to compare build quality considering the price difference, and imo I like my sound quality better than ANC. When it comes to battery life with ANC, the AKGs last 23hrs, Sonys last 22hrs and the Airpods only last 20hrs. The AKGs are not merely ok value, it's a superb deal, you should get them. Never heard the Airpods but my AKGs thrash the Sonys when it comes to the quality of bass and overall clarity and it is as good as he described.
Build quality is really good. Compare with my beat studio 3. The price is low right now. Feels more durable, Sony sound quality kinda poor to me. You will get more cleaner sounds with akg. Sony bass is good but this one is even better. I thought Beat studio was better but if you know how to setup eq. You will get really good sound.
“The Sony is ridiculous in the bass”
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I disagree, the airpods max are world class. Even compared to many wired closed headphones.
"lacks the life of the k361, a 100 dollar headphones"
Not to my ear - or measurements haha.
Heavily disagree, I've heard it and was quite dissapointed in the sound, the airpods pro sound quality is better.
@@miks_w8945 the Pro is better than Max? Really?
@@raymondtan892 Yes, if you can read fr charts, you'll know what I mean.
I got the AKG Y600NC for $60 I hope they sound good too seems like samsung is offloading these headphones in the US since they missed the boat
Hey Resolve, please share your app EQ settings for the N700NCM2's in the video description.
They have been my go to for months but would love to hear your settings.
My first question for Andrews next live stream will be… “What headphone has the best noise cancelling capabilities for when birds are fighting outside my window?” 🕊🦅🥊🦆🐓
Probably Airpods Max or Sony XM4
The geese are coming next
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Sony TWS, the WF1000XM4. I Have the XM3 and I believe they're even better than the Airpod pro. (Better than the over ear counterpart, the WH, aswell IMO)
That is the best thumbnail that I've seen in a long time
ANC follow-up? In this and the TWS ANC video you mention more reviews. I don’t see any mention of ANC in any of your videos since. Great videos! I have the AKG NC400 and on sale at $47 they’re incredible.
AKG N700NC vs m2 plz...........does m2 have more flat/natural/balanced sound ???......
are these waay above k371 ???.....
THX!
nice thumbnail :D
Great info! Where are your recommended XM4 eq settings you mentioned in the video?
It’s at 6:37, blink and you’ll miss it…
Purchased the AKG's recently for air travel. Just did some quick online research and chose them, mostly due to the price and AKG's legacy. So this was a very nice surprise to hear this. I'll be traveling with them in July. Since I haven't had time to really get acquainted with them yet, I'm feeling pretty good about them now. Thanks!
Can you suggest an equalizer setting?
(AKG N700NCM2) i just bought 2 days ago
I find that Sony has the class-leading noise-canceling technology which is contrary to a lot of reviews claiming Bose QC or the Airpods Max have the crown.
I have both XM3 and XM4 I bought them and everything I read said they had the best ANC
@@MDonovan From what I've seen the majority of written reviews or headphone lists claim that the XM4s have the best ANC whereas in most videos the AirPods ususally take the crown.
My Bose QC35 II is my go to noise canceling headphone. Sounds better wired in my opinion.
Is the guy in the thumbnail Godzilla’s true form?
is the AKG still the best sounding wireless NC HP?
The XM3/4 just aren't music listening devices. I thought the 3 was until I got proper headphones. I still use them all the time for the NC.
So what is that proper headphone?
how is it compared to pcx550ii
hey dude
try the Cleer Audio, Enduro
and under 200 too
under 150 actually
The XM4 has a good sound, but did not impress me at all. I remembered that the free AKG Y50bt that came with my Samsung S10 sounded almost as good as the XM4 and I was expecting the XM4 to do much better for the money, but it did not(only talking about sound quality).
However, after your video I remembered how good is the AKGs, I bought the N700nc m2 to try and thank god I did, I returned the XM4 immediately the AKG sounded better in everyway, the bass is much better and the overall sound quality is amazing for just 125 Euros compared to 250 euros of the XM4.
There are no good sounding Bluetooth headphones besides Skullcandy crusher evo, just cuz haptic feedback it’s not rly just a genuine pair of headphones
Akg does better with clarity crisp sound, compare my beat studio3 .
Bass is real good, and still has better clarity bass. Jbl club one has the best sound but bass isn't good.
Do you recommend akg700 for flight compared to xm5? Considering both, waiting for your rrcomendation. Btw hi yashinta from Indonesia
9:37 That's APPLE's attitude towards EVERYTHING they make and why I have not purchased one piece of tech from them to date.
Where does the Mobius in BT mode fit in with these? Disregard price and noise canceling abilities.
Dr olive giving senator palpatine "unlimited power" vibes in the thumbnail 🤣
Man... I’m getting this headphone.. your review really hit the spot! dig it on how you presented it.. interesting take and really easy to digest.. 😅
Definitely want to see more on your journey and take at look at the Sennheisers, and JBL (also a Harman company)
Thanks for the video :)
I'd be curious to know what you think of vmodas new noise cancelling headphones
This is no surprise at all the AKG Y50BT have been around for years and have fantastic sound quality! An even bigger bargain
Is it just me? It seems that all the audio buffs use android phones. Is there a reason for this?
Interesting observation. Could be for various codec benefits? I'm not too sure, but I like iOS too.
I'd be interested in how the B&O H95 stacks up. Probably would be the most expensive by a good margin.
Just image have parametric eq support natively on the xm4. It would be awesome
Did you ever test the Bowers&wilkins PX7
So take the AirPods back to the store?
Akg n700 is better than the other two?
A wireless review without a funeral face. Well done lol
May I ask you a question, I'm using akg n700ncm2 and can't connect. after i update
Do you have any solution?
I have a cherry tree in the yard. The crows are my security guards. They notify me every time racoons are stealing my cherries.
cool.
What would you say is a headphone that does the "ear gain" part of the FR the best? I always feel kinda aimless with EQing that area so I'd like to have a reference of some kind, not to blindly copy but to nudge toward and see how I feel about it.
2020 sundara is pretty good. HD600 and K371 are also good examples.
Variations around Harman or other reasonable targets as measured on industry standards compliant rigs are a good bet to start (but not always, some headphones may be mis-represented in that area on some artificial rigs and there are some noticeable variations among third party measurements, even on industry standards compliant rigs), but the reality is that it will depend on what your anatomy makes you expect and how the individual headphones interact with your own head, so some some leeway in that "grey area" may be what suits you best - just not excessively so. Best reference for that is a decently set up pair of near field monitors IMO :D.
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I'm very curious about your opinion for the Momentum 3s. I found their sound 'hollow' and 'dull', yet detailed. I think the bass is boosted, mids are recessed (vs. the bass) and their treble is perfect, though it could have more 'air'. Soundstage and imaging is nothing spectacular. Only treble and resolution are, in my opinion, excellent (vs. other wireless headphones).
Actually I think once you reduce the bass by a decent amount it's got a relatively even balance. It still has some harmonic imbalances in the upper mids and treble, and those are issues you can't fix with the app. But at the moment it's the most 'audiophile' ANC headphone I've heard because it's actually detailed.
@@ResolveReviews Few days before I have ordered Sony XM4 as successor of my Momentum 2 wireless. I was so disappointed by lack of sound details even after Momentum 2 that I was heading here to find that more "experienced ears :)" has similar opinion. Now I am testing Momentum 3 also and it is much better for my liking. But I am just curious that you are mentioning them in this video as they have something that someone should not want them either. Please could you be so kind and let me know what do you mean in particular? From my point of view: worse ANC of course, maybe even worse comfort (but the tight clamp gets better after few days), not so advanced app and eq, better controls (very subjective). But still sounds so much better than XM4 even after equalizing them. So please share you point about them if possible.thx!
Dear Apple. Resolve is one of the most respected audiophiles in the world with decades ahead of him in his career. I highly recommend you contracting him to tune your next airpods max sound signature and code in a button called "audiophile dsp" or "Resolve EQ" into your software
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Can Focal Clear or Elex be used with a mobile phone or does it need an AMP?
You can kind of get away with it on the clear (don't have the elex) but you miss out on a lot of sound quality. I would at least use some kind of bluetooth dac like the earstudio es100
Adding a 50$ USB-C dongle like an iBasso DC05 or even a 10$ Apple/Samsung one will improve that greatly as well. You're not wasting an Elex with that kind of a setup, but it can also be improved nicely with a desktop source.
Just looked up the
The AKG it’s over 200 usd on Amazon Uk and normal price around 350 usd and can’t ship to UK so this is being price fixed
Found another for around 250 usd from another seller no Amazon sold only dealers so I’d leave well alone on Amazon Uk for the moment
The Bose QC35s actually measure the best in the Bluetooth ANCs
I'd like to hear your thoughts on the pandas and compared to all of these others. Good informative video as always.
Panda is one of the worst sounding headphones I've ever heard (extremely blunted for detail). Not the worst, but it's near the bottom.
@@ResolveReviews I always heard they were really good haha glad I never pulled the trigger then lol
@@williamcatalano1762 Yeah it depends which reviews you follow on that stuff. But everyone who I trust who has heard it tends to agree that it's bafflingly bad sounding. Although, I haven't heard it with their EQ update - so hopefully that helps?
@@ResolveReviews I have no idea on the update. It's crazy that the AKG performs so well at the price they are at, and yet no one even talks about them.
Panda is bad lol
Great point about transients and trailing ends of tones. The k371s sounds wet or sodden compaired to Sennheiser HD6__s and that explains alot about this whole noise cancelling market segment.
But on a similar subject... that mic is not very fast or particularly with transients. Ever try an Earthworks mic, say the SR40V? That would up your audio and make your YT vids worth listening to with kinds of cans you often review.
At the moment I have to go with a dynamic mic that does a really good job at ambient rejection due to the environment. Eventually I'd love to be using a shotgun mic once the room is acoustically treated
@@TheHEADPHONEShow Of course you decide, but I would note that in my experience the hyercardioid pick-up pattern rejects small room reflections very well without sacrificing sound quality. When you don't need to worry about the mic being in the shot, a competent hypercardioid stage mic (cf., also Sennheiser e965) does the trick and sound WAY better than these ubiquitous dynamic "studio" mics (e.g.., RE-20, SM7B). The problem with booms is that you will need a large room if you are to have a hope of actually avoiding unwanted reflections. If you have a rental shop around, compare a Sennheiser MKH50 (out of shot) and an Earthworks SR40V in shot. A mounted hypercardioid stage mic can lose out on openness, but for podcasts the resulting intimacy can be engaging. Anyways, keep up the good work.
Introductory price for N700NC was 350 or like, then it dropped so much… I only have teo problems with N700NCM2 1) Terrible sound over wire 2) ANC cannot bi switched off.
If i had these 2 resolved, i would keep N700 as the only one closed headphone for me.
Akg and samsung have been killing it lately with SQ vs their competition.
Tonal balance only, so far
@@metal571 with Bluetooth headphones you arnt likely to get much improvement in details and technical aspects as Bluetooth is the major bottleneck.
LDAC has surprised the hell out of me i.e. Mobius. There's a way forward and we need to add lossless codecs to it now too. Baby steps, the world of DSP'd BT devices is in its infancy and even Tyll said before he retired that it would likely be the way forward, eventually even for the audiophile space
Akg apparently makes good stuff despite Samsung, not because of them. Remember, this product was created before the Samsung acquisition.
@@bassandtrebleclef samsung buds pro are the best sounding Bluetooth IEM along with akg's Bluetooth IEM.
Don't know if is a dumb question but...can we use the AKG app to EQ the XM4 for example?...or there is an app that does the same?...thanks for the Review !!