How bad can a headphone sound? 

The only mystery for me left is: how does the owner still allows Oluv in? 😂

The Gordon Ramsay of the headphone world

Wow, that Anker really sounded most natural/balanced out of the bunch. You have a great recording setup to easily reflect your experience through some studio monitors at home.

Oluv is inadvertently funny. He is so soft spoken that when he starts to swear you can see an artery popping off out of his frustration :D. Again, great presentation. As i said in the other video you really need to bring in the holy trinity of cheap headphones along their simple upgrades. Koss KSC75, Porta Pro and KPH30i(K), get them Yaxi pads, the Geerkia pads for the Grado and make a presentation as they are out of the box and with the new pads on. I am 100% sure you will love at least one of them in one version.

T-800: “I need your clothes and headphones”

"I could demo all of these headphones" Yes, please, that would be amazing!

I think Oluv has reached the age where his just a grumpy old man who’s not satisfied with anything 😂😂😂. Love your videos Oluv!

Meanwhile Andy is crying in the background

Goosebumps when I see a new video from this boutique. Thank you Oluv. Please keep doing this reviews, the best from YT! (listening through my earfuns 😁)

hey having an audio shop in your local area is a gift for all who value good sounding audio gear, treat Andy well, maybe buy some eartips from them haha

Thanks for your honesty Oluv. I've always really appreciated your channel.

Well, I’ve checked twice now, and I prefer the Shure - not too boomy and nicely detailed. But then, my ears are almost 60 yrs old. 😅 Thanks for the insight Oluv! 👍

I am happy to see, that you two finally collaborated :)

These videos are amazing! I just found this channel, and it's so cool to actually hear so many different headphones with such good recordings. This would be the dream!

I'm legit blown away at how natural, rich and detailed and the Anker Soundcore Life Q30 sounds compared to the others (listening on my HD6xx and AD2000x). Absolutely getting a pair.

More videos in the boutique! I really enjoy them.

Love your reviews, no nonsense and just saying it as it is!

Fantastic channel! But there are 2 points of view. We need to remember that 90% of headphones in price range 8-5000 dol are not reference headphones. They are vastly tuned to have character, to engage the listener and to draw him into the music. To reproduce bass slam, to create artificial stage (staging in headphones will always be artificial, there is no other way other than tricking your ears to create this impression of an airy stage) Headphones with flat response are mainly for studio purposes- sound engineers, producers etc. For example the Meze Empyrean has similar tuning to the headphones like Skullcandy. But the level of the sound within similar tuning is waay higher. So its not like the most expensive headphones will have flatter fruequency respose. They will just play this unsteady frequency response with more elegance, depth, clarity, better staging. We can like it or not but thats the way it is.

Always love your videos Oluv. I also own many headphones in different price ranges. It’s difficult to pick a favorite. Everyone of them got their pros and cons.

The audiophile world is a hobby world, and people don't seem to be looking for the natural sound you are. It is a strange alternate reality which each component, the headphone, DAC, amp, and even wires, are perceived to alter the sound to a person's liking. (Rather than having a headphone that produces the desirable sound and having other components function as accurately as possible). All while underappreciating the most important component of all of these perception - the human brain, which alters the sound through motivated reasoning, expectation, and other placebo effects. All of this on top of the normal anatomy and physiology of each person, which tends to adjust to how a sound is perceived over time. Then we get to the consumer market and product marketing, which adds more to the confusion. It is more obvious than ever that even professional reviewers are inaccurate when talking about sound most of the time. So we are left with endless iterations of heaphones, which are marketed and promoted as improvements each time, but the changes are really up, down, and sideways, with only slight improvements over time, and many of these are technological ones.

I feel like my ears are evolving for critical/clinical listening. When the video was playing the Anker Vs. DT1770 PRO, I said "Why is it so boomy?" Oluv takes off the DTs and asks "Why it so boomy?" FUCK YEAH I THOUGHT I ALWAYS HAD BAD EARS

How can the high end sound so bad on those AEON 2s ? Sounds like they threw in a couple of notch filters and then peaked it around 3k, its weird .

Love all your reviews

I really do like this idea, I'd be there listening to them all of I could. It gives a really good first impression of tuning and sound to compare to. You can almost instantly tell if a headphone is up your alley with it's tuning or not. Distortion and impulse response and such can't be judged so much over RU-vid anyway but the first thing you notice right away is always the tuning, and you seem to have the best binaural recording I've seen on RU-vid in general. Second best to hearing it in person.

I dont think Oluv is sponsored lol, no one would have done this so hot and fast. Doing this shows loyalty only to honest sound reproduction!! I appreciate it and thank you for confirming the suspicions I was forming about audio devices in general. The Q30 sounded comically good knowing how cheap they are. The grado were hilarious and exactly what id expect from looking at the FR charts! Terrible!

The black aeon 2 (Aeon 2 Noire) has a slightly different tuning and different pads than the regular aeon 2 closed, many people find them quite a bit better, more fun sounding. Closer to the Harman Target (I have never heard them before, but I would like to)

Thanks for the video.

Are these the Grado Wireless V1 or V2? They used DSP correction with the V2 and a newer bluetooth module…

man , you are epic !! i love this channel , i cant get enough of your videos ! this is your true calling .... a myth blower , a bullshit caller , ive said it before and ill say it again , your job is soooo important !! theres no one else like you all over the internet ! please never stop , take it for what you are , the only one who bothers to say the real truth about those products and in the most professional way ! no one out there can say anything to counter your findings !! sooo important !! keep it up , dony quit on youtube please !!

oluv ure the best man! Greetings from Greece! We need more videos like this! Speak the truth my man! God be with you!

When I saw Grados listed in the description, I knew this one would be gold. I personally thought the Shure Aonic 50 sounded the best of this line-up, preferable to the AEON 2 Closed to my ears. It just has some bass bleed into the mids as well as some recessed upper-mids, whereas the AEON 2 Closed sounded hollow with an unnatural resonance in the sibilance region. I still wouldn't take either of these over an HD 600, but that seems to be the unfortunate reality of the headphone market.

Nicely Done. I didn't know oluv had a sense of humor. Product placement in the first 10 sec.

Oluv must be included in a witness program! The headphone companies will hunt him down!

I am looking for a new headphone right now, my AKG K601 broke unfortunately. Is there something on the market right now with a similar tuning?

Right there: The perfect salesman for the "Kopfhörer Boutique" !!!

For those curious, the song starting at roughly 15:45 to 16:00 is "Coming to get ya" by Princess Freesia. Thought I'd toss it out there as its a good track.

It’s absolutely incredible how great the Ankers sound, especially when you consider the price

Thanks for going all 'emperor's new clothes' on currently-hyped headphones, oluv. The bass on some of those headphones was so buzzy it sounded like it was made on an old Casiotone keyboard! There's more to accurate bass and treble than just cranking up the V-curve, but I guess maybe that's what people are used to nowadays. By the way, I listened to the tests on a modest pair of audio technica ATH-611s that I nabbed on eBay for just £13. Seems folks had a better idea of balanced sound in 1990, before Beats came along!

The reaction to RS1e is priceless 🤣

You are the one and only super headphone user and reviewer.

Purely judging by sound quality . Which is the best between AKG K361 wired vs Anker Soundcore Q30 (with User Eq) ?

How do you compensate these recordings, do you just subtract the optimum hifi curve? Would it sound correct if you left them raw and used a headphone that was measurably flat rather than following a target curve?

4:40 hahahhahaha i love this dude its really time to follow you on patreon again miss the Content.

I would love to hear your opinion on the Beyerdynamic DT900ProX. I bought these as my first Hi-Fi headphone and I am super impressed! Also got myself a pair of HD58X Jubilee after seeing your video, but the DT900ProX arrived earlier and won my heart and ear. I really like the HD58X aswell but the force is too strong with this one (clampforce :-D ). I am sure it will becomes less over time but will stick with the beyerdynamic anyway and resell the sennheiser. But to be honest the clampforce of the DT900ProX is also pretty strong and needs some time to wear out. Mach bitte weiter mit deinem Kanal, deine Videos sind super und eine echte Bereicherung!

Hallo kannst du mir bitte sagen welches iPhone das war? Weil ich habe auch selber schon festgestellt dass das iPhone 4S besser klingt wie z.b. das iPhone 5s warum das so ist keine Ahnung das sieht nämlich auch aus wie das iPhone 4S.... oder täusche ich mich da dass es da Klangunterschiede gibt? Mir ist nämlich aufgefallen wenn ich was über Bluetooth auf Bluetooth-Lautsprecher streame dann klingt es einfach vom iPhone 4S am besten

Please revew beyerdynamic dt 990 edition 32 ohm. I really want to know your opinion.

What would be your recomendation for upgrade after the 6xx? Now that your elexes broke on you? I've recommended the anker q30 to a lot of my friends and they are realllyy happy. They sound amazing

in your opinion which headphone has the best sound without any EQ?

The shure ionic is my idea or are the most neutral of the bunch?, quite good but maybe not worth the price.

Hey Oluv , The Red one is Aeon closed 2 , the Blue one is Aeon closed 2 , they sound absolutely different . If you see black one is Aeon 2 Noire (closed ) , whick sounds close to Aeon closed 2 . The Red and Black cost 900$ and have 4K dip and 6K peek / The Blue one is Aeon closed is the oldest model costs 500$ sounds most natural ( no 6k peek ), i advise to check next time .There is probability you will like and be satisfied .

What is this Auditory 1990 website he mentions at the start?

Oluv thank you so much for your honesty and spectacular content I just found you channel and I’m currently on a binge watch hope to see more of this !

I have been following this channel for quiet some time now, and although I am listening your videos through a 30$ gaming headset, I can clearly understand what you are talking about, compared to all other headphones the life q30 sounded less bassy and overall more deatailed, some of the first headphones where really harsh while the others where just pure booomy bass except the shure one. Although I am not interested in buying any of the headphones, you just make it obvious that we shouldnt trust anyone we see on the intenet !

Funny intro.. 😁... I agree with what You think about these headphones! .. and I have a question..... Q 30, or Audio-technica ATH-M 40x? 🤔- for audio/ sound comparison on RU-vid... Thanks!🤗

Hey Oluv, love your videos. Have you ever discussed the Etymotic ER2SE in a video?

Wo kann ich nochmal deinen eignen EQ für den Soundcore Q30 finden?

This was one of those videos were I wanted you to try "all" the headphones. Your microphones do a fantastic job picking out the nuances of each set of cans. I'm listening through a pair of Philips X2HR, and love these headphones! I could easily tell wish headphones sounded boomy/muddy and which had strange treble. Because your microphones do such a good job, I can hear a pair of cans, that I would never be able to hear, otherwise. Many of the stores around here do not have displays, or if they do, over 50% of the headphones are already broken. What I own so far.. Philips X2hr ( my favorite cans!!! ) Sony 7506 ( I know you do not like these ) AKG K712 Pro ( good headphones, but they need an amp and lack bass ) Audio Technica M50 ( older, wired model ) Audio Technica M40 ( very neutral sound, with a slight emphasis on mid bass ) Sony WF-1000XM4 ( these are my daily drivers for listening to podcasts and music when I'm out and about )

This is hilarious and all so true. Brb subscribing to your Patreon.

Now I know where to go when I visit Vienna. While listening through someone else's ears, microphones and comments gives a hint, there is no substitute for bringing your own ears and your own music to listen and see what you yourself like. Unlike Olav, I am not a flat-eq man, so I suspect many of those headphones he gave a thumbs-down might sound more than agreeable to my own ears with my own preferred music. But until now, I knew of no shop with such a large array of headphones to test. Thank you, Olav, for guiding us to this head-fi utopia in Vienna.

I liked the DT1770, its slightly muffled and the bass is boomy but detailed, it has a warm cozy sound.

What do you think of the fostex dekoni blue?

Have you tried Focal Clear and Hifiman Arya?

Olav, that's a great video, thank you! I encourage you to try closed back Focal Elegia and that blue closed back Aeon (it's previous Aeon model, $500). I'd say those are the most neutral closed back headphones you can find. Curious what you'd think.

LMAO just roasting this dudes entire business.

Really good reviews. Can you make one of Audio Technica ATH50x.

Guten Abend Oluv. Was für einen Kopfhörerverstärker verwendest du bzw. was für einen würdest du empfehlen?

oh that "holy shit" .... 🤣 love you and your reviews ❤

Try the Hifiman Ananda oluv, would love to see that.

GRADO is like chilli, if you put it with the right dish it will be nice but if you put it in your beer you won't like it. Best headphones for listening to electric guitar in my humble opinion.

you should make a best of video with the models you approved over the last years sennheiser 58x , 600 , 650 ? 560 akg k361 anker q30 hifiman 400x ? sundara ? focal elex audeze lcd 1 creative urvana ? beyer dt 250 also , more videos about the truth with amp dacs i cant get enough

I'm making that store a stop if ever go to Germany. I've personally auditioned some of the headphones on that list, the impression are spot on. The DT1770 sounds exactly like that and the BW is crap, just like I heard it at the store. The Aeon Closed 2 was also on my list, but that...hollowness just not for me. I'm surprised about the Shure, it's the one I like the most.

I don't use the top of the line in Sennheiser (BT-450) somehow I think I get a more neutral sound for voice reading/audio (audiobooks) I have to agree that the new sound that most consumers (and some younger work associates) are looking for (deep type hip hop bass sound) is what is dominant in the audio market now and that does not cover a good range of audio frequencies and sound tuning is definitely not neutral.

OMG Mythbuster Oluv at it again. Awwww so close, I was hoping to see you try the newest Grado X series like SR80x with upgraded driver. They are supposed to sound good now. Any chance of you trying them soon? PS. Felt so bad for Andy lol. You bashed his business so bad, what's his favorite headphones then? Which ones he recommends to his customers?

Hi ! I like your channel. can you test the xbox wireless headset? how good it is for 100 USD?

ผมชอบการรีวิวแบบนี้มากครับแจ่มเลยครับผม thank you.

richtig gutes video, würde es sehr gut finden wenn du das gleiche mit den high-end Kopfhörern machen würdest.

Hmm, I have owned most of the $2000 big names and chose the Focal Elex as my main headphone and get ready for it….. Grado PS500e with flat pads. Really they are great. Worth a try lol. My speaker rig is Revel 228be with McIntosh front end. My headphone rig is Elex/mojo/iPhone.

Whats are headphones do You REALLY recommend sound really good? :)

There are only a set of headphones that are as neutral as they can and requires very little calibration for them to sound flat and they are all from the same series, that'll be the Sennheiser HD580 Jubile, HD600, HD650 and HD660s

I came to the same conclusions after hearing those all headphones, even without Oluv's commentary. I completely agree with him about everything he says in this video.

I'm glad I watched this video . I was considering buying a pair of Grados but I think I'll give them a miss now and stick with sennheiser. thanks

Would have been interesting if he also compared the Focal.

Thank you for being the voice of reason of the headphone community. After a lot of wasted money and time I have found that a pair of HD 6xx's and Beyer DT 240 pro's are all the headphones I need 99 percent of the time. Both can be had for around 300 US dollar new.

20:02 Nice one, people say 1more Sonoflow is a great alternative to the Soundcore Life Q30 at almost same price & has almost neutral sound, i wonder how true that is Thanks for your wonderful work & time Cheers!

He shot down a lot of them but he is leading people to the Aeon's and the Anker's ! 😇☺

After this video, i’m a sub to your patreon.

would be rly interested n HE400SE VS HD560s VS HD58X VS Q30 vs some IEMS like Moondrop Aria or ER2SE :D

oluv, you should try SENNHEISER PXC 550-II, i hope it's not garbage

Pls Suggest me a speaker under 100usd. clear natural sound is my priority thanks.

"Holy shit, what a peace of junk" 😂 ...yeah, that about sums it up 👍 Take no prisoner's Oluv!

There are only a few headphones that don't really need EQ on the market. Considering that I started to use EQ only a few months ago it's a shocking revelation to me.

Does it mean that Soundcore Q30 was able to beat DT 770 Pro? Should I regret buying the Q35s instead of Q30s?

Glaub der Oluv hat der Kopfhörerindustrie den Kampf angesagt.. und geht es vielleicht eher darum das eigene Produkt zu pushen? Ich die in In Ears tuned by Oluf, und ich muss sagen sie sind großartig, einfach erstaunlich was Sound man aus dem kleinen Dingern bekommt.. aber muß man deswegen alle anderen Hersteller regelmäßig bashen?

I'm happy with the 4XX.

Yeah I kinda have come to similar conclusion. Just using HD 650 now and not bothering with anything else. Has bit warmer and bit more veiled sound than HD 600 but to me it is good enough. Beats most of the stuff on the market for sure.

Hi, nice video. That's remember me when I was searching headphones three years ago. All headphones sound like shit for me. Too much highs for many of them (supposed reference studio heeadphones) : DT990, AKG K702, DT770 (+ bass)... I liked the Philips X2HR but somes sibilants were very piercing. My budget was 100-200$ but I finally get the Focal Clear for 1200 bucks because it's the only one that sounds good for me. Later I tried the HD650 and I liked it too but the Clear's slam is better (and I already bought it). Since I saw you love the Elex, I'm trust in your ears :D Btw I'm asking how is the Elex vs the Clear....

Did you heard denon d7200? If yes Which is better aeon 2 closed or denon?

I can't believe my ears, anker sound the best, how is that possible, what da heck

How can you overlook those Abyss Diana man....

Listened with Soundcore Q30 to not further deteriorate these ' high end' sounds.