12/31/2023 0 Comments Highc for treble![]() Ultra-short impressions of the entire series. We still have lots to cover so cover up, and buckle up. Hi guys, this is the fourth and final part of my Canjam Singapore impressions. But for maximum fun when listening to club music, I’ve hardly heard anything better. I find the emotionality of these pieces to truly suffer under the Canary’s coloured looking glass. But, if realism is at all a criteria – for classical or jazz, especially – the Canary will not deliver. The low, middle and top-ends fill it sufficiently without one overshadowing the other. So, fatigue or compression don’t set in as quickly. It’s an explosive sig set within a holographic, richly-layered and well-nuanced stage. The electrostats definitely give it an edge over similar-sounding monitors in space and headroom. But despite that, the Canary does come together quite coherently bound by the warmth of the mid-bass and cut through with top-end air. This is a highly-coloured sound meant to emphasise dynamic impact as much as possible. There’s a club-like, guilty pleasure quality to its sound that combines head-bob-worthy bass with crystal clarity. It possesses a neutral tone – a warm, hearty sub-bass meeting a crisp, crisp treble – and it’s fantastic for genres like pop, EDM and hip-hop. But, if you enjoy the AAW house sound and you want further technical performance in stage expansion and imaging, the Mockingbird is a great option to consider.ĪAW Canary: The Canary is perhaps the most fun-sounding in-ear I heard all day. Unlike the Canary’s e-stats, a bright haze tends to linger up top. The treble has a tendency of becoming brittle as well. There’s a persistent glare to the Mockingbird, particularly when it comes to percussion or higher-pitched instruments. Its negatives to me are in tone and refinement. It’s neutrally positioned and sufficiently bodied, while the low-treble takes care of articulation and vibrancy. It is more linear than the Nightingale's, and it excels at impact due to extension. ![]() Like the other in-ears, the bass isn’t overtly prominent or warm. This is what gives the Mockingbird its crisp, brightly-hued top-end. There are peaks perhaps at 8, 10 and 12kHz that bolster the top-end forward, providing clarity and air to the midrange, and definition to the bass. It possesses a neutral-bright tone driven by a prominent mid-treble. So, for those who prefer calmer, more relaxing genres of music, the Nightingale is one to consider.ĪAW Mockingbird: Of the four, the Mockingbird is one of two that clearly embodies AAW’s current house sound – the same one I heard with the A1D 2018 and A3H 2018. It does not incite movement when listening to genres like hip-hop or rock. With busier tracks or arrangements, I find the Nightingale lacking dynamic impact. Compared to more mainstream tunings, instruments may sound slightly nasal-y. My only qualm would be it in the upper-mid dip. The in-ear’s calmness creates headroom, giving those recordings a spacious, effortless quality. Personally, I prefer listening to slower, simpler music with AAW’s Nightingale. The latter is more reserved by comparison. Like the A1D and A3H, the Nightingale aligns the low-end a hair behind the midrange, but there is a clear mid-bass bias over the sub-bass. The bass sounds roomy, airy and three-dimensional, though those expecting a planar low-end may yearn for more impact. Instruments span large, but they’re calmly projected. It’s easy to listen to because of how laid-back it is, particularly in the upper-mids. I can listen to these at fairly high levels and not get fatigued.AAW Nightingale: AAW’s planar-magnetic Nightingale is a smooth-sounding monitor with a lightly warm tonal balance. My favorite headphones (for a sound reference) are the Campfire Audio Andromeda, which are not warm sounding at all, but have very controlled highs. ![]() I don't want a completely warm sound without any air or highs, I just want smooth controlled highs. I am coming from the non-car audio world, headphones and home speakers, so I am not totally new to audio, just car audio. My question is, is there a component set with tweeters that will be significantly smoother than this system? I am leaning towards the JL C3-600 but from the reviews I still see a couple of people who find them a bit harsh, which makes me worry that I will also find them harsh. I even brought it back and they adjusted the tweeters down to -3db and it didn't seem to help much. I lived with it for a week and find the mids and bass significantly better, however the treble seems just as fatiguing as the old system. I brought the car to a local car audio place and they convinced me that I would like the Alpine R-S65C.2 6.5" component system. The stock speakers were very limited on the amount of mids present and I found the treble very fatiguing (i am very sensitive to treble) I very recently bought 2018 VW GTI S without the Fender audio system.
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