Skullcandy As a local American enterprise on the other side of the ocean, it has always been popular among young people and people who have an attitude to the quality of life by virtue of its fashionable design, personality, excellent sound quality, pure and distinctive earphone products, among which there are many European and American film and sports stars. Although Skullcandy only officially entered the Chinese market in 2012, and was named Skullcandy, a special Chinese name (in fact, Singers in the circle always prefer to call SKs' products skulls), it was quickly recognized by Chinese people with a series of excellent products, including Ink'd and Aviator series, which have won quite good sales and reputation. This time, the new product Grind (highland drummer) recommended by the author has renewed everyone's understanding of Skullcandy earphones.

If you are curious about the origin of the name Grind, the official said that because its research and development originated from Utah in the high altitude area of the United States, and it adopted a headphone cover similar to the drum face design, it was able to give the highland drummer a mysterious and passionate name. At the same time, this series of earphones redefined the tri frequency performance of omnivore balance by virtue of the Supreme Sound patent technology established by the "Golden Ear" team on the basis of the theory of audio balance, so as to achieve the energy rich low-frequency, clear and natural mid-frequency and accurate and beautiful high-frequency, and achieve high-quality final interpretation effect.

Since Skullcandy's earphones have won everyone's approval for their novel, outstanding and beautiful appearance design, the product design elements of Grind (highland drummer) will certainly not fall behind. At present, this series has launched as many as ten different color schemes to meet the needs of people with different color systems. The earphones in my hand are vintage camouflage style Van Gogh gold.

When the bracket in the packaging box is taken out, it can be seen that Grind (highland drummer) adopts a jack type design with replaceable wire rods, which can be easily stored and replaced according to personal preferences.

Of course, the matching wire has been very good, soft and solid touch, and the L-shaped 3.5mm headphone interface is convenient to connect to the portable device placed in the pants pocket and is not easy to break; In terms of wire material, nylon braided wire is used, which is not only difficult to wind and knot, but also the key is the outstanding performance of this material in terms of tensile resistance and plasticity, which can be used at ease.

In addition to the audio jack on the left side of the Grind (highland drummer) earphone, a one touch button officially called TapTech is also added on the top. When the front end of the earphone is a mobile phone, a single press can control the functions such as answering and hanging calls, pausing music, and double clicking to cut songs. Compared with the traditional wire control design, users can complete the operation more quickly and accurately. At the same time, a voice MIC hole is also designed on the back of the audio jack on the left side of the headset, which is convenient for switching calls at any time during listening to songs. After the author measured the call effect, the other party can clearly hear every word spoken here.

In addition to judging the insertion position of the wire, the identification of the left and right sound channels of the headset can also see the L and R marks in the internal measurement of the headgear frame near the unit earmuff. In addition, you can also observe from this perspective that a section of wire attached to the head beam is exposed, and it seems that such product design details all demonstrate the nature of its personality.

While the earmuff part is close to the humanization of users' listening habits. The inner layer of foam foam and the outer skin like protein skin cover make the overall ear fitting comfortable and suitable for long-term listening experience. In addition, the author would like to say that this design is also very good at controlling sound leakage, and its airtight sound insulation effect should be regarded as a leader compared with similar products.

Another important factor affecting the user's wearing comfort is the material selection and engineering design of the head beam skeleton. Then the head beam skeleton of Grind (highland drummer) adopts the main stainless steel skeleton, plus the design of leather and nylon mesh composite coating, which not only highlights the appearance, but also will not deform after long wearing. Of course, the most important thing is that there will be no discomfort of the collet after several hours of listening.

For the selection of sound generating unit, Grind adopts the exclusive Rex40 ™ Large size unit, and it is also mentioned that Supreme Sound patented technology is used for frequency division and tuning, which faithfully restores vocal music and comprehensively improves the overall quality of audio.

In the front, we have introduced the appearance details and unit parameters of Skullcandy's new Grind earphone. Next, I will discuss and share with you the listening quality of this earphone. Although the impedance of this earphone is only 33 Ω, which is a very easy to push earphone, in order to give more true and accurate feedback on its tri band performance, the author paired with Feiaojia's lossless player X5, which is recognized by circle friends as a front end consideration. As for the selection of the same track, the author did not give in to the fashionable earphones to choose R&B or DJ songs, because the performance of such songs is beyond doubt, so it will be supported by the positioning of professional earphones.

First of all, the author chose a piece of Copland's Fanfare For The Common Man is the opening scene to feel the low frequency sense and instrumental performance of Grind (highland drummer). As soon as the timpani starts, you can feel the real vibration of the air from the drum belt in the instrumental music. The low-frequency potential is abundant and the elasticity is good. The appearance of the brass tube made the sound field reach a new latitude. During this period, the harmony of several horns was very strong, which immediately aroused a passion in the author's heart. Hotel California, as a required track, has also been added to the list of references this time. I have to say that the opening applause felt pretty good on the spot. The guitar in the prelude SOLO also slipped into the ear. The classic drum beat beat beat to the flesh. The strength and sense of measurement made the author look at this ear machine with great admiration. How wonderful it is.

First of all, I chose Sarah Brightman's One I Love for the consideration of mid-range vocals, The chicken skin came out at the moment of opening the voice. The effect of big ears coming out is really more shocking and direct than that of small earplugs. It is also a beautiful and ethereal voice, clean and spotless, and even can clearly feel the slight breath change of the singer. For such unaccompanied songs, the restoration of vocal details seems to test the quality of earphones. Fortunately, Grind (highland drummer) Once again, I conquered my ears with real strength; Nudu Xiaojuan's songs are believed to have a lot of friends, but she may not have heard many of them through her rendition of "The City of Sky", which is really worth recommending. In another style, review Miyazaki's classic animation. The whole track shows a grand Japanese science fiction world view through this headset, and it is very comfortable to listen to it before sleeping, The best choice to eliminate fatigue and vent yourself.

Most earphones basically take care of the middle and low frequencies, but ignore the noise and burr of high frequencies. The author uses a classic solo by Sophia Mutter, the world's violin master, as a reference to judge. It is the biggest feeling after listening to it. If you must find regret in the details, That is, the interpretation of the overtones of the strings is a little less mature.

In the end, as a young Skullcandy earphone brand entering the country, it did not blindly highlight the appearance, but returned to the original intention to strengthen the listening performance of the earphone itself. The market price of its new product Grind (highland drummer) is positioned in the entry-level category of 599 yuan. Both the design and the sense of hearing highlight a very high cost performance ratio. At the same time, it also adapts to a wide range of people, and has excellent consideration for various tracks. For headphones with a small budget and a good appearance and excellent comprehensive ability, I believe that Skullcandy's new Grind (highland drummer) will be the choice you will not regret. To add a little secret, the spokesperson of this earphone brand is Ning Zetao, a young fresh meat handsome man who is a rising star in the sports world! (Text: Weibo @ Monkey's Light and Shadow)