preface

I still remember clearly that early in the morning half a year ago, when Apple's press conference finally confirmed the rumor that the 3.5mm headphone interface of the iPhone 7 was cancelled, I knew that another revolution in the mobile phone headphone industry had come. With Apple's huge user group, it had led the trend more than once. Why is it a revolution to cancel the headphone interface this time? We all know that the traditional 3.5mm is an analog signal interface, that is, the sound we hear has been converted into an analog sound signal inside the mobile phone, and then transmitted to our ears through headphones; However, the current lightning interface can transmit the original digital signal, and then through the processing of the internal DAC and the operational amplifier of the headset, the sound will finally form and reach our ears. Generally speaking, the sound quality improvement brought by this is like upgrading your computer from an integrated sound card to an external independent sound card, which can be said to be a step closer to real lossless.

1MORE, the new star of domestic earphones, has been recognized by many users in recent years. At such a critical moment, of course, we will not forget to take the lead. Almost at the same time as Apple's launch, we launched this lightning interface headset for Apple mobile phone users. How does this three unit ring iron headset perform in actual use?

Unpacking

My first impression of this package is big. Getting a box of this size gives me the illusion that there is a headset in it. The design of the outer package is all black, and the main part is the detailed drawing of the headset. The upper left corner is the brand trademark of 1MORE, and the lower left corner is the logo of make for iPhone/iPad/iPod. It can be said that the outer package gives me a good feeling, but what really amazes me is the inner box.

The matte feel and dark brown cover are more like a thick book in the hand. The magnetic snap fastener of the metal logo has raised the whole package to the extreme. I have given full marks to this design before officially opening the box.

Open the box, the real earphone is quietly embedded in the box, the cover is filled with the design manuscript of the earphone, and the panel is a small poem written in English. With the warm paper box, the package is suddenly full of artistic style, and nothing is said, beautiful!

1MORE has made great efforts in packaging design. Open this layer, there are three small boxes hidden below, no wonder the box is so big.

Looking at the sketches on each box, I can probably guess what is inside, namely, replacement earplugs, storage bags, and instruction manuals.

What surprised me again was this replacement earplug. When I opened the small box, there were eight pairs of earplug sleeves of different models in order, including five pairs of silicone sleeves and three pairs of memory sponge sleeves. In addition to the pair of earplug sleeves already installed on the earphone, there were nine choices, and the most suitable pair could always be selected. The manufacturer was really sincere.

The storage box is made of ordinary leather, red line crimping, square and square shape with logo printed on it. There are not too many highlights, and the forcing case is not very prominent. After all, it is just a box, not tangled.

Let's get down to business and take a look at this earphone.

Experience

The metal body feels cool. The sandblasted and brushed surface makes it feel special. In addition to their patented CD engraving technology, the earphone looks very classy. The color matching is only purple and gold, with the logo of 1MORE and the LR mark on it. Although I personally don't like bright gold, I unexpectedly like the color of the headset.

Inside the earphone are two low distortion moving iron modules and one moving coil module independently developed by 1MORE, which is also the reason why the earphone cavity is slightly longer, but the feeling of wearing it on the ear is still very comfortable, and you don't need to worry about the earphone falling off even if you are exercising violently, probably because the shape and center of gravity position of the earphone are well designed.

The remote control here should be highlighted. The color matching is consistent with the headset head. The streamlined remote control has only one button. Why is the remote control module so large? Don't forget, this lightning headset transmits digital signals from the mobile phone, and the remote control contains the DAC and the operation amplifier module, which is a great contribution to improving the sound quality. As for the remote control button, 1MORE integrates all five commonly used functions together and makes such a rocker button. Four way push can adjust the volume and cut songs, and press can play/pause or answer calls. The advantage of this design is that we no longer need to touch the online controller for a long time to find the button we want, nor do we need to double click and triple click like some online controllers to cut songs, which greatly improves the accuracy of blind pressing.

In the actual test, after adapting for a period of time, you can basically do whatever you want and get to the desired function directly. Because the remote control is relatively large, the microphone is independent and positioned at the mouth, which is light and can ensure the radio quality.

As for the wire material, the main line adopts the "cloud brocade" braided line, which ensures the softness and increases the strength at the same time; The proximal ear is made of soft thread, which can reduce the stethoscope effect caused by friction with clothes or the body.

To evaluate a earphone, just laying parameters without talking about the sound quality is to play rascal. If you can consider the user group of this earphone, compared with those who are pursuing the sound quality, let's evaluate the sound quality of this earphone from the perspective of actual experience to see how the sound quality of the earphone set by the Grammy master is.

We started with the most popular music. My first impression of the earphone was that it was very analytical but very crisp. Although its low frequency is very large and its performance is outstanding, it is not deep enough. The voice is always floating in a place not far away from me. It belongs to two completely different styles from my AKG. After listening to it for a while, I also like this setting.

Then listen to an electronic music. In recent years, electronic music in Europe and the United States has become more and more popular with many people. I am also looking forward to its performance in electronic music. Because most electroacoustic dance music does not have many complex and varied multi band sounds, its excellent analytical ability does not seem to be well reflected, but because of its large low frequency, you will be very excited about the expressive force of drum beat rhythm, although sometimes you will feel that the low frequency is a little shallow and a little disappointed.

In light music, the performance of this earphone is expected to be excellent. Thanks to its powerful analytical power and wide frequency response range, the sound of each instrument is well separated. The sound is clean and clean, without a trace of sloppiness. Sometimes it is even better than my monitor earphone, which should be the advantage of moving iron, This should be second to none among earphones of the same level.

Summary

The digital version of 1MORE three unit hoop iron headset, as a lightning interface headset specially designed for Apple mobile phones, is commendable in terms of styling design and sound quality performance. Especially after Apple's move to cancel the 3.5mm headphone interface, most of the phone listening falls between the Bluetooth headset and the lighting headset. Although Bluetooth technology has been constantly improving, due to the amount of data transmitted, there is still a long way to go before the Bluetooth headset is lossless, which makes the lightning headset the best choice for the audio quality party.

It has obvious advantages, such as exquisite design, comfortable use experience, high frequency response range brought by one circle of two irons, and so on. It also has disadvantages like low frequency diving. Of course, as a headset specially designed for mobile phones, its use situation may be more about going out or exercising. In such a situation, comfort and portability must be more important than the performance of sound quality. If it is defined as an out of the street headset from this perspective, its sound quality is enough to meet our needs.

To sum up, as a mobile phone headset worth 1000 yuan, if you want to use it as your main headset to deal with various scenarios, it may not be suitable for you. After all, the setting that you can only connect your phone greatly limits its playability; However, if you already have your main earphone and want to get a portable, comfortable and maximum sound quality earphone at a price of 1000 yuan, this three unit coil iron earphone may be your best choice.

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