OVERVIEW: Xiaomi Hybrid - excellent hybrid headphones 18.5 per dollar

Xiaomi has once again acting in his desperate plan: to release a new product dumping worth unusual for fans of the market. This time the result was the headphones Xiaomi Hybrid - the first and perhaps the only hybrid for headphones 18.5 dollar.

Most often, the headphones are used all the usual dynamic (diaphragm) drivers. Much less - the so-called armature driversRepresenting an interesting structure: U-shaped metal plate, which is located inside the voice coil (armature). The electrical signals cause fluctuations of magnetic field, whereby the armature rotates around its axis, passing through the force of a special lever on the membrane, which as a result produces a sound wave.

Dynamic drivers have excellent capabilities playback of low frequencies, but does not work very well with high. Reinforcement - on the contrary. Bass in them very specific and rather flat. Hybrid Headphones constitute a construction in which are combined and drivers of both types. With this frequency range and sound quality are much higher than the headphones that have only some one detail.

new development Xiaomi It is equipped with a dynamic and reinforcing driver. Due to this, according to experts of the company, they have managed to create a unique product with a very high quality sound. Will it really? Now we check.

Characteristics

Xiaomi Hybrid have good characteristics for its size and price, especially when you consider that the dynamic range and power are described truthfully:

Appearance

Headset (yes, originally the company promised to headphones, but it introduced a headset) comes in a neat white box. On the side edge of the box you can find the inscription Designed by 1More. This is one of the coolest fittings manufacturer in China. So we are dealing with the rebranding, but not quite. Original 1More promise some better sound, but have a higher cost.

Includes themselves Xiaomi Hybrid, three pairs of interchangeable ear pads (sizes XS, S, L) and a small booklet with information about the product.

Despite the original internal structure, external headset looks quite normal, but very stylish. headset cord - from high-quality rubber. From the plug to the remote control with built-in microphone - in Kevlar braid. Further, to headphones - already naked rubber, but not freezing, and no memory effect. Housing Xiaomi Hybrid - metal, with a nice sheen. Plug - straight, too metallic.

The headset is equipped with three buttons: back, play / pause, forward. It works with devices on Android, but for some applications rewind buttons may not work or work as a volume control. The buttons are comfortable, large, well-pressed to the touch thanks to a handy engraving. + And - buttons are not working in iOS.

The microphone is made by MEMS-technology and provides intelligible transmission of speech at a distance of up to 30 centimeters.

Ease of use

Landing - a very strong point of Xiaomi Hybrid. The ears are like a glove. Replaceable ear pads are convenient: they can be used to adjust the Xiaomi Hybrid almost any ear. In this case, there is no sensation of ear blockage of the passage: isolation is not absolute, but standing next to hardly hear the music. It is worth noting that the choice of foam ear pads make sense, but the headphones will be felt quite overall.

At the same time Xiaomi Hybrid does not cause discomfort when wearing a hat: do not stick out, do not touch anything. Well, light weight only underlines these advantages: an hour of wearing headphones just forget.

Sound

Since this solution is to use as a portable, testing was performed on a smartphone Meizu MX4 Pro using a standard system of the player. As the test materials were selected tracks FLAC 24-bit / 192 kHz and MP3 320 kbit / s, converted from lossless-material using Lame 3.91.

• Rap / rapcore: Biohazard, R.A.T.M. Headphones coped well with a material excellent separation of low and high frequency sound clear, transparent. First team lacks a little of the usual pressure and drum sounds frankly dryly.
• Hard rock: Queen, Black Sabbath. The sound of this, it should be. Excellent sound guitar, bass guitar and ringing quite legible, vocals revealed in all its glory. It is on this material perfectly tracked a wide range of playable headphones.
• Jazz / Blues: Ornette Coleman (Ornette Coleman), dizzy Gillespie (Dizzy Gillespie), Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong). Saxophone - my little illness. And with Xiaomi Hybrid it sounds amazing, come to the fore.
• metal: Testament, Therion, Behemoth. But with this material headphones mishandled. The stage is wide, amazing detail, but the bass dry, if compressed. And if symphonic Therion tracks sound great, the Behemoth drum barrage turns into a no pleasing the ear electronic sound.
• Electonic music: Godflesh, NIN. Fine! Sounds much better than peers in the range of $ 10-30.
• breakcore: Drumcorps, Motograter. electronic material completely hybrids from Xiaomi work out perfectly. Played all that needs to be completely absent superfluous sounds (sibilants included). But the warm, tube Motograter show only with the album in 2003, perhaps the problem of the structure. Bass is not rolling, and the flat, he felt quite weak, although it sounds very clear and legible.

conclusions

Headphones were quite interesting, but ambiguous. For the average music lover with a smartphone - a very good find. The cost of pay back with interest both in terms of strength and in terms of sound. Still, Xiaomi Hybrid is not exactly suited basskhedam and fans of the aggressive bass, even if the bass is to ring and clang rather than plump.

Everyone else definitely recommend Xiaomi Hybrid as the best headphones $ 40 cheaper.