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My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:09:30 GMT

Just thought I would share my You Tube link to my video review I made on a new pair of in-ear headphones/earphones that I got recently.

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

viridis — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:20:13 GMT

What's the noise isolation tech inside these?
And do you know if they support hi-resolution audio?

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:14:24 GMT

@viridis wrote:
What's the noise isolation tech inside these?
And do you know if they support hi-resolution audio?

The noise isolation comes from the seal the tips have in your ear canals. There's no noise isolation tech built into them like some of the Bose earphones have.

There's no mention on RHA's website about hi res audio, here's the specs for the T10's:

Specifications

Drivers	Dynamic (model 770.1)
Frequency range	16-22,000Hz
Impedance	16 Ohm
Sensitivity	100db
Rated/max power	1/5mW
Weight	39g
Cable	1.35m, multicore OFC
Connections	3.5mm, gold plated

I cannot emphasise enough the sound quality you get from these, providing the time is spent choosing the correct tip type and size, the bass level (even with the standard reference screw in filters is really strong) but more importantly the other frequencies don't suffer from this either. For example, some bass rich earphones/headphones, can for want of a better word, smother some of the mids and high frequencies, but all the frequencies are nice and detailed and you can hear them through the bass.

Around 18 months ago, I tried what was then RHA's top model earphone (MA-750) and was left disappointed with the sound quality and sent them back. With the MA-750's I found the overall sound quality (especially the higher frequencies) sounded harsh and sounded like the driver was straining/struggling to cope. But the driver in the T10's is much more improved and in my opinion is better than my previous favourite earphones Shure SE215.

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:19:16 GMT

This is the first review where I had a chance to try my new audio recording equipment. I wanted to improve my audio quality from my earlier vids but I didn't want to spend a lot of money. So I went for a Lavalier mic (there the little mics you see clipped onto people's ties/shirts on TV) and I connect this into a handheld audio recorder which I can put in my pocket, I found that these would suit my uses better. I was really pleased with the improved sound quality from this new setup

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Toby — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:57:51 GMT

Lovely review @Anonymous

The sound quality is great. As good as you expected with the new kit?

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:55:24 GMT

I'd seen some vids on YouTube that had used the same mic, so I had a pretty good idea as to how it would sound Toby.

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

anticpated — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:32:09 GMT

I wish I knew about these before. I paid £175 for Shure SE425 earphones which is less than retail alas they don't come with any changeable filters. You would have to fork out about £849 for Shure SE846 for that luxury.

What's the sound quality like in comparison to Shure, AKG or Sennheiser?

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:19:53 GMT

@anticpated wrote:
I wish I knew about these before. I paid £175 for Shure SE425 earphones which is less than retail alas they don't come with any changeable filters. You would have to fork out about £849 for Shure SE846 for that luxury.

What's the sound quality like in comparison to Shure, AKG or Sennheiser?

I've never tried Sennheiser or AKG, but the two pairs of earphones I had previously were the Shure SE215 and the Shure E4C (EC4 can't remember exactly) and I find the RHA's a lot better.

I never expected to find any earphones that I would prefer better than the Shure's, as I'd always been extremely pleased with the Shure's, but with the RHA's, I found my new favourite. If RHA keep up this kind of quality I would go to them for future pairs. The drivers in the T10 are superb, RHA have done an excellent job with designing the driver and using such high quality materials and also keeping the price in a sensible range.

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:11:15 GMT

Awesome video @Anonymous
The sound quality has definitely improve from your previous videos. I hope to be watching and listening much more of these

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

anticpated — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:01:07 GMT

So I bookmarked the RHA webpage for further consideration.

Previous earphones I owned are;

Sennheiser CX880

Sennheiser CX300

The difference between 300 and 880 are night and day. the 880's are 32 ohm impedance so needed a bit more drive the bass part.

As for AKG, I had a pair of K272 Mk. 2 headphones which were closed-back, up to 20dB noise isolation and ideal for recording microphone parts with.

My latest pair are the K702 which are open-back refererence headphones, Note: even with the lower impedance of the AKG headphones, they need a good amplifier to drive them.

Anyway that's enough of me prattling on this is not Head-Fi afterall.

Re: My review on the RHA T10 in-ear headphones/earphones

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:04:21 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Awesome video @Anonymous
The sound quality has definitely improve from your previous videos. I hope to be watching and listening much more of these

Thanks Marina

I was just finding my previous audio recording setup was a bit limited. I used to use a USB headset, which meant you were pretty much sitting up at the desk, bolt upright as the USB cable was only a metre long. And also, if the headset cable moved on the desk you could hear it in the recording.

So my goal was to improve the audio quality, make the recording of my audio easier and also I didn't want to spend a lot. After looking around on the net and asking a very helpful guy on You Tube who is a pro videographer lots of questions and pointing out the issues I had with my old setup, I decide on the audio recording setup I went for. The guy on You Tube pointed out that using a Lavalier mic is perfect for recording voiceovers and also, you can't feel your wearing it as its so small and light and also it doesn't connect into the computer, so you are not restricted by cable length etc.

I'm planning on doing somemore guides shortly, but these would be probably off topic for the Community as there would be focusing on Mac OS, and also on some video and audio editing applications I use, where I've picked up tips and how to's.