"Voice is clear" ? God what kind of a review is this?

"Crisp and clear highs and mids"... nope. Not for the price.

I could euphemistically call it warm, but in reality the the tweeters are not capable of keeping up with the mids and bass. Sounds tinny especially when the volume goes up. It's weird as the bass is strong.

The S330 is pretty decent, but I find it quite lacking in the midrange (considering the price).. the result is somewhat bassy/boomy. Some people like it, some dont. If you're looking for a speaker that will give you a proper tight (not loud and boomy) bass so your rock songs sound 'live', IMO look elsewhere.

The problem is that the bass gets louder much quicker than the mids and highs as you turn up the volume.
The mids dont give that warm feeling when strumming guitars.

I also feel that it disproportionately reproduces the 'loud' part of bass (100hz-500hz) much more than the 'feelable' part of bass (20-100hz) as the volume goes up. Bass shouldnt be strong/feelable until the mids and highs are at a decent level - like when listening to live percussion.

However, if you just want to rattle the house with thumping music, it will deliver.


The result is comparable to most ~RM200 IEMs: Very adequate bass.. but lacking in the mids and highs.

This post has been edited by ezralimm: Oct 7 2008, 12:27 PM

Got a set for a friend's 21st.
Really? Maybe it's the source, a typical asus notebook.

~RM200 In Ear Monitors include the likes of the Senn CX300s and Sony EX51/71s that are quite a big step up from normal iPod earphones --> To be fair, it DOES sound much better than most other 2.1 sets... though only in the bass department.

^Ok, maybe it's not right to compare a speaker system with an IEM, but I found the sound very similar to that of the Senn CX300. Treble is there.. not muffled but not particularly crisp either. Bass is thumpin and somewhat boomy.

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This post has been edited by ezralimm: Oct 8 2008, 02:29 PM

Sorry guys, I've tried out the speaker again. This time with a sony NWZ-A729 (made in malaysia leh ) playing 320kbps MP3 CD rips with no EQ and at about 70% volume.

Started off with some well mastered contemporary pop. Chris brown and One republic sound alright. So does Suburbia Streets. Little bassy so I set the bass to the middle point.

Next was midrange.
- Trumpets from John's mayer's "Clarity"
- Electric guitar riffs from the first minute of J-E-N-O-V-A, Nobuo Uematsu, FF Advent Children OST.

Next a little dance.
- Safri Duo, Baya Baya
- Sneaky Sound System, Pictures, Goodbye and Hip Hip Hooray.

..and of course rock:
- OAG Permaisuri (love the deep bassy intro)
- We the Kings, Skyway Avenue and Check Yes Juliet.
- ACDC, Back to Black
- Muse, Plug in Baby

... abit of classical and neo instrumental
- Rachmaninov's Theme of Pagiani (I-VI)
- Yanni, Aria and Chariot of Fire
- Clint Mansell, Deat Is The Road To Awe (The most awesome movie soundtrack ever IMO..)


I'll have to keep to my initial findings. Note that I am not an audiophile, though I do appreciate good music. I am comparing how the songs sound compared to what I hear from my reference headphones: The Grado SR80.

1) Decent Bass. Nothing special.
------ John Mayer's Gravity has bass that is almost inaudible as it is so low, but feelable. I felt that the subwoofer on the S330 played it abit too loudly (rather than 'deep'ly) when the volume was turned up.
2) Will play well mastered contemporary pop adequately well
3) Falls very short in the midrange
------ guitar riffs lack 'bite'
------ cello sounds hollow rather than warm.
------ even the pseudo-techno synth in Sneaky Sound System's songs sounded tinny rather than 'biting'.
4) High pitch sounds are played adequately well, although with the lack of midrange, instruments that cross from mid to highs such as guitars sound quite different. Cymbals sound ok generally.

Still, I think they are decent speakers for the price, although personally I would have gone for a system with larger/heavier midrange drivers rather than a huge subwoofer as I listen mostly to rock and neo-instrumental - It almost reduced the more complex parts (the climax) of "Deat is the road to awe" to shrill static.

The S330 will play contemporary pop (read: Top 40's) reasonably well and I got to say i love the looks, which was why we chose to get it for a friend's 21'st.

This post has been edited by ezralimm: Oct 11 2008, 10:41 AM