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Set the Right Tone


What is the fastest way to gain recognition in a segment dominated by premium brands renowned for superlative products that are held in high regard? For newcomers, a common strategy would be to price products cheaply. However, this will be playing into the stereotype of "cheap can never be good", which is unwise in marketing terms. Indeed, rarely will you find a product that is both cheap and good, especially when it comes to audio equipment. Not so with the Crossroads Sport Earphone Mylarone (based on the OVC TC20) it seems. This is a pair of in-ear-canal earphones which, if you bothered, will very likely be one of the most rewarding purchases you will have ever made.

Looks don't matter

Due to the technical nature of in-ear-canal earphones, there is not much in the way of build materials for product designers to flex their understanding of contemporary industrial design. Therefore, unlike your conventional earphones, in-ear-canal earphones are almost always basic looking, rarely decorated with flashy trimmings or penned with bold design cues such as those of Audio Technica products, for example. The Crossroads Mylarone conforms exactly to this design (or lack of) principle, packaged and sold to consumers around the world in its raw functional form.

Good audio beckons

Because of its unassuming form, it's unlikely anyone will be expecting the Mylarone to sound amazing at first impression. This is not helped by the small paper packaging that it comes in. There really is nothing much from its plastic buds and packaging to suggest that you are actually looking at something with a high return on investment. Nevertheless, if you are like us who are not bothered by superficial packaging, then your persistent interest in the Crossroads Mylarone will soon pay dividends.

Before you soak up our comments however, we ask that you take a minute to clean your mind of the age-old consumer culture of price to quality ratio. Yes, you may have heard of people paying exorbitant sums for high-end earphones/headphones, but occasionally, that valued quality can be had very affordably.
Behold and be impressed

Judging by its 3.5mm earphone jack, the Crossroads Mylarone was clearly designed with portable players in mind. Having broken in the earphones a few days earlier, the Mylarone was tested by spending a few hours listening to a myriad of digital tracks we were familiar with from a Creative Zen Micro player and a Pioneer CLD-704 Laserdisc player (Audio CD). The audio quality was very encouraging to say the least.

Without amplification or any modulation from DSPs, the general audio quality of the Mylarone is best described as bright. Compared to the Creative ZEN Aurvana that we happened to have at the time of testing, the Mylarone was audibly more dynamic and returned far less colorations. Strings and synthesizer effects, admittedly, sounded a tad harsh, reminding us somewhat of the vented GR-80 from Grado. Bottom end was a little muddy for our liking; we couldn't help but feel it could have been tighter.

With a portable amplifier thrown into the mix, the Mylarone, rated at 16ohms impedance, immediately produced an audio quality of a different body (pun intended) altogether. We were treated to a stark improvement in response for mids and lows, with the overall quality sounding warmer, which is good news for listening for hours on end. Low frequencies sounded noticeably weightier while highs were not as shrill as before. It's as if we were listening to a different pair of earphones. The pair of rubber eartips worked fairly well at keeping the earbuds in place and blocking out ambient noise.

What a journey...

Instead of beating around the bush to tell you how incredibly value for money the Crossroads Mylarone is, we'll just put it to you plainly: it will make you rue ever buying earphones off the racks of electrical supermarts. Its blend of audio quality and value will make you realize how unwise you've been spending your money on audio gear. The best part however, is its low price of USD$32. Don't just take our word for it though, go test it out and be the judge for yourself.




Product Specifications

Driver Unit: 9mm Mylar speakers
Frequency Response: 20Hz ~ 22KHz
Impedance: 16ohms
Sensitivity: 104db ±5db
Rated Power: 2mW
Max. Input Power: 10mW


Quoted from http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?id=6387





Club is formed..pls updates us for the comparison, combination and etc etc with other parts...how is it amped with this that amps???

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Added on February 19, 2007, 9:58 pmReviews(first hour playing with it)
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First 5 minutes for listening on this baby.....i decided to buy one for myself....
How i decided???
as i have no any high end headphone to compare now, so i used the Koss KSC75 to fight with this baby...Koss KSC75 really dissapointhing me...totally lossed....not overall...loss in DETAIL...
important notices....i tried w/o amped...tml i will let to have a details listening.. and i think he will do a reviews which compare this baby with his AL inmotion716....as i had also tried AL inmotion....for me to choose btw this two....i will choose this without any doubts...no offences...the quality is in same range....
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Koss KSC75 vs Crossroad Mylar One....

High Frequency

the high is definately higher than KSC75, somehow is really high to somehow u can fell the power of the singer....as i m a loud listener....so i feel a bit of supprise with the high as i m not prepared on it... ..when this song come back to KSC75...it doesnt make me supprise again as i cant feel the high at all...so with this baby i know wat is the DIFFERENCES of High...

Mid-range
the midrange for this baby is nice as i could tell u..but one thing i could tell u is....u cna feel the scrath of the guitar sound clearly....do u all get wat i means...this is the thing i wan to tell u and this is the second suprise for me....i thought oni those high-end headphone oni came with this sounds....but then this baby have it as well...

Low Frequency
if u are a bass lover...i would tell u this is not ur tastes as i felt this baby doesnt simply come out with a lot/plenty of bass...the bass is tight and sorry to tell again....Koss totaly no fight....bass is nice for a music listener or audiophiles...not for DISCO man.....the bass is jz nice for me and i would not listen to a lot of basssss........for music....is really more than enough....

Seperation
the seperation is nicer than KSC75....sory i really dont mean to condem KOSS...sorry...this baby make me feel the seperated for the music instrucment...with the giutar u can really feel it is a guitar...or either a piano....and another suprises is the instrument of Low frequency...like the Big Drum..u really can feel it and it is nice like real..the Third supprises....The seperation of Music instrument...is really like right infront of u....especially for all the Drums...either low or high...

Colourful of Music
when i listen to this baby...and i change back to Koss..no doubt...i feel down again...is too much of differences....it is some source like MS2i...got a bit of touching...because u can feel the story....but not as much like MS2i...tat one 1k plus leh....


Conclusion
With this prices....RM130(second Batch onwards)..it worth its prices....the sound is bright..but a bit of dark(first trying)..but afterthat.....u will never fell any dark....this is wat i felt...with this much of Suprises...i deciede to buy one of this BABY.....and i think i may choose this which compare to CX300...as SENXXxER somehow is like "eat brand"..

this is jz my own opinion...wish this reviews help u all.....

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Added on February 19, 2007, 10:02 pmA small review





The appearance have might have changed, sound signature has been tweaked. One thing remained the same; audio bliss!

The CrossRoads MylyarOne could only get better and will hold up the contender for the best Price-to-Performance value for the year. Many would say the CrossRoads MylarOne from Korea is the evolution of the OVC TC-20, repackaged to deliver better performance and quality to the deserving consumers.



Colour identifications indicating the sides have been made during manufacturing, to clearly the Left (Blue) and Right (Red). No more problems of the microscopic L and R indentifications. A drawing sleeve has been inserted at the Y-cord for adjustments to your comfort when on the move.



Accessories includes a small carry pouch, a cable wrap and additional Medium and Large eartips for the set. The small ear tip is fitted onto the earphone as default. In addition, the CrossRoads MylarOne includes a hard carry case and a clip for attachment to the cables.



Before I set into an analytical listening, I allow the earphone to run-in for a few good minutes. I will be running the earphone direct from the iPod Mini. I will be experimenteing with music of various genres. Music used for the test is ripped from audio CDs at MP3 320kbps.

I compared the TC-20 with MylarOne (A - B compasion) and discovered that the differences are actually quite presentable. At first listen, the MylarOne seemed to be of a darker and profound sound signature than the TC-20 which delivers the feeling of light and breeze in the music.

From the CrossRoads MylarOne, it performed:
- More spacious in panoramic presentation.
- Better resolution, dynamic and weighted body.
- Relatively balanced delivery of tones in the sound spectrum.
- More responsive in terms of resolution to volume change.
- Smooth vocals and soothing highs.
- Much deeper and contrasting bass section.



Once again like many people would agree, the CrossRoads MylarOne is definitely worth a good buy for the price and superb for the performance. What remains will forever be audio bliss.


[Another review quoted directly from HWZ]

What is the fastest way to gain recognition in a segment dominated by premium brands renowned for superlative products that are held in high regard? For newcomers, a common strategy would be to price products cheaply. However, this will be playing into the stereotype of "cheap can never be good", which is unwise in marketing terms. Indeed, rarely will you find a product that is both cheap and good, especially when it comes to audio equipment. Not so with the Crossroads Sport Earphone Mylarone (based on the OVC TC20) it seems. This is a pair of in-ear-canal earphones which, if you bothered, will very likely be one of the most rewarding purchases you will have ever made.

Looks don't matter

Due to the technical nature of in-ear-canal earphones, there is not much in the way of build materials for product designers to flex their understanding of contemporary industrial design. Therefore, unlike your conventional earphones, in-ear-canal earphones are almost always basic looking, rarely decorated with flashy trimmings or penned with bold design cues such as those of Audio Technica products, for example. The Crossroads Mylarone conforms exactly to this design (or lack of) principle, packaged and sold to consumers around the world in its raw functional form.

Good audio beckons

Because of its unassuming form, it's unlikely anyone will be expecting the Mylarone to sound amazing at first impression. This is not helped by the small paper packaging that it comes in. There really is nothing much from its plastic buds and packaging to suggest that you are actually looking at something with a high return on investment. Nevertheless, if you are like us who are not bothered by superficial packaging, then your persistent interest in the Crossroads Mylarone will soon pay dividends.

Before you soak up our comments however, we ask that you take a minute to clean your mind of the age-old consumer culture of price to quality ratio. Yes, you may have heard of people paying exorbitant sums for high-end earphones/headphones, but occasionally, that valued quality can be had very affordably.


Behold and be impressed

Judging by its 3.5mm earphone jack, the Crossroads Mylarone was clearly designed with portable players in mind. Having broken in the earphones a few days earlier, the Mylarone was tested by spending a few hours listening to a myriad of digital tracks we were familiar with from a Creative Zen Micro player and a Pioneer CLD-704 Laserdisc player (Audio CD). The audio quality was very encouraging to say the least.

Without amplification or any modulation from DSPs, the general audio quality of the Mylarone is best described as bright. Compared to the Creative ZEN Aurvana that we happened to have at the time of testing, the Mylarone was audibly more dynamic and returned far less colorations. Strings and synthesizer effects, admittedly, sounded a tad harsh, reminding us somewhat of the vented GR-80 from Grado. Bottom end was a little muddy for our liking; we couldn't help but feel it could have been tighter.

With a portable amplifier thrown into the mix, the Mylarone, rated at 16ohms impedance, immediately produced an audio quality of a different body (pun intended) altogether. We were treated to a stark improvement in response for mids and lows, with the overall quality sounding warmer, which is good news for listening for hours on end. Low frequencies sounded noticeably weightier while highs were not as shrill as before. It's as if we were listening to a different pair of earphones. The pair of rubber eartips worked fairly well at keeping the earbuds in place and blocking out ambient noise.

What a journey...

Instead of beating around the bush to tell you how incredibly value for money the Crossroads Mylarone is, we'll just put it to you plainly: it will make you rue ever buying earphones off the racks of electrical supermarts. Its blend of audio quality and value will make you realize how unwise you've been spending your money on audio gear. The best part however, is its low price of USD$32. Don't just take our word for it though, go test it out and be the judge for yourself.

QUOTE(Aquanox28 @ Feb 22 2007, 06:24 PM)
I got it this morning too. Mine was sent using DHL. Working perfectly now. I do not have many earphones to compare with. Plus, I'm not really good with reviewing stuff. So, I'll try my best. It sounds clear and crisp. I think it's better than HPM-70. Bass is great too. tongue.gif Isolation is ok but it will not 100% block out all the surrounding noise. Also, great looking hardcase too rclxms.gif thumbup.gif

Walabie is also a responsible seller as he always update me with the status of my goods. Thanks Walabies for making this trade successful rclxm9.gif rclxm9.gif


Reviews from Walabies...

I am writing this comparison based on my little experience on IEMs and newbie in audiophilia valley. So don't take them as a good guide. laugh.gif So please think every sentence as "In my opinion".

Generally, Crossroads Mylarone and IM716 are way better than most of the IEMs I listened, unamped, including the ER6i, ER4, E2C, UM1, CK7... And lots you can name them. Don't feel offended if you guys owned them, it's "in my opinion".
Mylarone has darker sound signature, big opposite to KSC75, some airy bit in the soundstage presentation, nice transient and tons of quality bass, very sweet mid range and the extension to the highs is quite impressive. The package contains all the stuffs you need, a cable manager, a shirt clip, a hard case etc. You can feel how thoughtful is the manufacturer to the users. Comparing to its twins, TC20, mylarone shines in it's bass and the body feeling in the music.
In contrast, IM716 is very neutral, lack some bass in HD mode, refined and high resolution with good separation. Everything is presented in a very natural way and balance in along the sound spectrum.

Mylarone vs IM716
To start the ball rolling, we start with the design of these IEMs k? I voted Mylarone undoubtly for it's design. With the cable management and clip, I can easily keep the cables in shape and doesnt daggle around my body. The red and blue phone may seems odd to someone, but an immediate recognition to the left and right drivers is a big plus. Who cares about the colour as long as it delivers nice musics to your ears. Mylarone comes with 3 size soft flexes, which is a type softer than what I am selling with slightly 'greasy' feel. It pops in your ears easily, even a new user knows how to pop them in to get a good seal. In comparo, the IM716 just sucks, long cables, the volume control is very low on the cable, which I don't know where I should clip it. Making the two cables connecting to the drivers daggling and pulling my IEMs. Sometimes I will accidently hooked the cables onto something and it just being pulled out by 'outer forces' from my ears. The tri-flanges is a PITA to wear. Poking deep into your ear drums. I double flang mod is the way to go, foamies just dont fits my ears. White cables is also not an ideal colour for portable IEMs.

As for isolation, IM716 wins hands down. Maybe due to the tri flange I am using. More isolation is good for hearing more details. The soft flex of Mylarone doesnt isolate as much noise from the soft flexes. I havent tried the bi-flange mod which can be used on Mylarone's big sized drivers.

As for the SQ, I think I discussed some above, so it depends on what sound signature you prefer. I will just do some small comparison here. Mylarone just have a nice amount of quality bass as oppose to IM716's lacking of bass in HD mode. Bass mode in IM716 just lowered the resolution of the music, which I have to switch in between HD and bass mode so freqently in order to suit the music played. Tedious job... Both of them has good staging, but Mylarone is more spacious and IM716 has slightly better transperancy. IM716 has better resolution and separation, which I have to agree, but Mylarone wont lose too much in this field.

IM716 is very very amp hungry, lack of bass and it WILL sound grainy in the extreme highs, In order to remedy this, it has to be amped with correct amp. I tried to amped it with LD2+ and it sounds just very thin sad.gif Tried the LDM it just cures the grainy extreme highs problem, but the bass is still lacking. Finally found a better amp, xtra-1, and the result is -->" smile.gif " to me. Got the bass what I want.
As for the Mylarone, the improvement wont be so obvious but amping it does definate improvement in the resolution and body of the music. Good for those who doesn't wants to carry a bulky amp around.

Some may think Mylarone is slightly lower grade than IM716, but just think of the price gap, what more do you want?
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Review from MR. Syxo
first five minutes listen to it i'm feeling nothing..maybe this stuff quite cheap compare to shure,westone or UM brand..but after wearing it for 5 hour without felling any pain,my head start BANGING coz the the bass going tight and tight..and the result shocking me after i burn it 24 hours non stop..last word for this da** good baby is..U HAVE TO BUY IT


Piece of advise, the phone looks quite fragile to me so is you want to take it out from your ear, don't pull from the wire

This post has been edited by yuheng: May 1 2007, 03:04 PM

Reserved this for the user list la...

Lol, directly quoted my post.

topic..affordable neh...

Affortable to many of you guys here I believe.
Or else you wont be browsing audiophile forums.

well, if the performance is on par with the IM716, this is definately in the affortable range.

hmmmmmmmmmm, contemplating.

I was saving money for ER4/E500

, maybe i should try this one first? Anyone from Penang who owns one?

This post has been edited by LittleGhost: Feb 20 2007, 12:48 PM

gah..got my tc-20 a tad too early heh..but no regrets...might get one of these later

Will do a review based on IM716 two days later, recently quite busy.

Lol, ER4 is a good buy but the price difference is far beyond this one.
It's cheap maybe you can just give it a shoot.

Both have some slight different sound signature. Read some reviews.

So fast .. Fans Club exist...
waiting to get mine ..

Hopefully can get mine soon enough to give some reviews on general..

This post has been edited by ATI.Bob: Feb 20 2007, 10:41 PM

wahahahaha......i think some user will get the stk tml ..so we wait for a nother reviews loh...lolz....walabies will do the comparison between inmotion and maylar one soon........lolzzzzzz

If they are better than the ovct20 then it is definitely a better buy. Thumbs up for cheap and good products

Btw anyone here really done AB comparison? Are they really that obvious the difference? Now I regret a bit getting the ovc

i'll conduct an AB test with my SR80 and K701 during the March meeting. I got a feeling this IEM may have better overall sound quality than my SR80 (from how walabies described it).

@walabies, if crossroad mylar one sounds better than inmotion , can i buy one brand new mylar one, and then exchange the inmotion with you??? =P

wahahaha
wat for he needed for 2 inmotion...
from wat i think...inmotion is still better...
but then mylarone is good enuf with its prices...
btw...exchange the inmotion with me... i will sell it for money ...

no u got me wrong, since mylar one is better so i willing to take the inmotion and buy him a brand new Mylar one as exchange. =)
if i got the inmotion i won;t sell it for money . lol

wahahaha.....totaly wrong .....wahahahaha...
but he like his al inmotion so much....
so...i think...
maybe...
nx life loh....

hey yuheng, how's the isolation of the Mylar One? Comparable to the IM716?

Feel like getting one for portable use.

isolution still im716 better lah...cos tat one using 3 layer one mah...this one oni one layer..but it do come with 3 size3 sleeve loh....but then the sound quality is superb where the price is really low...


Tight Bass...
Supriced High frequency...
good guitar sound...
colorful incrument....


if u wan to really compare to AL716...still tat one better lah...
but then i will feel maylarone is good enuf for a portable liao loh...
i would sayAL716 = 100%
maylarone = 85%

This post has been edited by yuheng: Feb 21 2007, 08:21 PM

thanks alot.

I can actually buy almost 3 mylar ones with IM716's price.

yah lah...tats y i said mylarone is good enuf with its prices....

eloz do you guyz realize that these type of IEM really easy to spoilt if you plug into ur laptop or desktop pc?
currently edi spoilt 2 philips IEM lolz.. one side of the earphone sound not coming out edi...

as long as u dont open it loudly or amped it with powerful amp...i think should be ok lah...

Fat hope. Haha... What for I need so much Mylarone... I got myself one right now in my ear.

Isolation of MylarOne isnt so good. I will do a comparo soon. After I take a bath.

That's one of the way to protect them. Prevent physical abuse. Those expensive ones (Super Fi.5, UM2, ER4) doesnt spoils easily though. Maybe due to their quality.

I am writing this comparison based on my little experience on IEMs and newbie in audiophilia valley. So don't take them as a good guide. So please think every sentence as "In my opinion".

Generally, Crossroads Mylarone and IM716 are way better than most of the IEMs I listened, unamped, including the ER6i, ER4, E2C, UM1, CK7... And lots you can name them. Don't feel offended if you guys owned them, it's "in my opinion".
Mylarone has darker sound signature, big opposite to KSC75, some airy bit in the soundstage presentation, nice transient and tons of quality bass, very sweet mid range and the extension to the highs is quite impressive. The package contains all the stuffs you need, a cable manager, a shirt clip, a hard case etc. You can feel how thoughtful is the manufacturer to the users. Comparing to its twins, TC20, mylarone shines in it's bass and the body feeling in the music.
In contrast, IM716 is very neutral, lack some bass in HD mode, refined and high resolution with good separation. Everything is presented in a very natural way and balance in along the sound spectrum.

Mylarone vs IM716
To start the ball rolling, we start with the design of these IEMs k? I voted Mylarone undoubtly for it's design. With the cable management and clip, I can easily keep the cables in shape and doesnt daggle around my body. The red and blue phone may seems odd to someone, but an immediate recognition to the left and right drivers is a big plus. Who cares about the colour as long as it delivers nice musics to your ears. Mylarone comes with 3 size soft flexes, which is a type softer than what I am selling with slightly 'greasy' feel. It pops in your ears easily, even a new user knows how to pop them in to get a good seal. In comparo, the IM716 just sucks, long cables, the volume control is very low on the cable, which I don't know where I should clip it. Making the two cables connecting to the drivers daggling and pulling my IEMs. Sometimes I will accidently hooked the cables onto something and it just being pulled out by 'outer forces' from my ears. The tri-flanges is a PITA to wear. Poking deep into your ear drums. I double flang mod is the way to go, foamies just dont fits my ears. White cables is also not an ideal colour for portable IEMs.

As for isolation, IM716 wins hands down. Maybe due to the tri flange I am using. More isolation is good for hearing more details. The soft flex of Mylarone doesnt isolate as much noise from the soft flexes. I havent tried the bi-flange mod which can be used on Mylarone's big sized drivers.

As for the SQ, I think I discussed some above, so it depends on what sound signature you prefer. I will just do some small comparison here. Mylarone just have a nice amount of quality bass as oppose to IM716's lacking of bass in HD mode. Bass mode in IM716 just lowered the resolution of the music, which I have to switch in between HD and bass mode so freqently in order to suit the music played. Tedious job... Both of them has good staging, but Mylarone is more spacious and IM716 has slightly better transperancy. IM716 has better resolution and separation, which I have to agree, but Mylarone wont lose too much in this field.

IM716 is very very amp hungry, lack of bass and it WILL sound grainy in the extreme highs, In order to remedy this, it has to be amped with correct amp. I tried to amped it with LD2+ and it sounds just very thin Tried the LDM it just cures the grainy extreme highs problem, but the bass is still lacking. Finally found a better amp, xtra-1, and the result is -->" " to me. Got the bass what I want.
As for the Mylarone, the improvement wont be so obvious but amping it does definate improvement in the resolution and body of the music. Good for those who doesn't wants to carry a bulky amp around.

Some may think Mylarone is slightly lower grade than IM716, but just think of the price gap, what more do you want?


This post has been edited by walabies: Feb 22 2007, 04:23 AM

the source is probably clipping.

Clipping kills the IEMs. i doubt it's the notebook's fault.

a thumbs up for walabies for the review. So you'll be giving your IM716 to PcWork? How does this MylarOne compare with Shure E500PTH or Ultimate Ears Super Fi.5.Pro?

ELoz are you trying to said compare Porche to a Honda City?

not really. all of them are nevertheless IEMs afterall. Comparing Porche to Honda City is still a fair comparison. Car to car.

lol... that's just joking lah. as yuheng said, maybe next life...
and i will enjoy keep dreaming he exchange somethings RM 450 with me for RM 130.
hahaha
dreaming does make ppl happy.
lol

you want my K701 in exchange for one of your 890s?

yeah.. nice earphone.. i own it..hehe..

lol
don't make me dream man...

Ya you comparing Ferrari with Honda City la. Ya I know both of them can bring you anyplace on the road. Just their horsepower is different ma. Like Chapalang brand China Headphone (Kancil) vs Super.Fi.10 (Ferrari). Both works on road but why people want to spend so much on Ferrari?
I admit Super.Fi.5.Pro is better... yeah Ferrari is better But Honda City also not bad liao la...


If you help me sell 10 units of any phones/amps I promise to give you one free.


I have better offer, my IM716 exchange for your K701.

And mylarone is comparable to HP890. According to zhen^wei la... Haha...

lol
poison....
i am resisted...
as our mighty ijan said. i am not and headphone guy.. =P

Walabies, how will the MylarOnes sound when you equip it with the triflanges? Does it improves its isolation? Thanks Great stuff there.

...ayakkkkkkk

wawahwahwah....
some many ppl wan to exchange...
we have already back to barter trade lah....
like tat who wan to exchange their car with my mylarone....
i will accept it...

I having the smaller hole size triflanges, which doesnt fits. I think I gotta search for other models this time.
Triflanges has better isolation thus some improvement to SQ but you sacrifice the comfortness.

can.. i got one kelisa car. 200:1 scale...=P
no need petrol type some more.

Micro machines?

Did you say higher than KSC75?

Look away then, unless you're a treble whore (quotes AlamakLor)

HP890 good for watching DVD..
but this earphone i only use for listen MP3 only

He uses the wrong wording this time. It should be the extension of high is very noticeable.

This post has been edited by walabies: Feb 23 2007, 07:56 AM

yah yah....the high for this phone is noticeable...

mate,
how to plug in this IEM to my holes? how to tell the size of the rubber cups aih dono the term is just nice with my ear? got 3 different sizes. currently i need to push, twizz and push to da holes.

wat hole???
i think u try one by one. to find which size is most comfort, and have best seal and best sound..
don't push too hard into ur ear. just slide it in smoothly.
don't hurt ur ear / hole man... =P

may i know how much does it cost???thanx

there's a bulk order from WALABIES.
RM 130 including hard case. + RM 5 for postlaju.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/414989
walabies.... i want starbuck.......
hahahaha


This post has been edited by PcWork: Feb 23 2007, 11:57 AM

You bought this from me? Cant recall... There's a way, use your left hand to pull your right ear, by turning your hand around/behind your head to pull it and use your right hand to insert the right side tip into your ears. And vice versa.

If he really buy from me I will definately treat u starbucks.

hey hey hey
just received da earphone today.. the sound quality really can tabao any chapalang brand earphone.. heheh i dont have any highend earphone, so thats my assumption.. and do i need to burn-in da earphone!?
the sound issolation really good compared with my shp9500 .. really cant hear anything. when you plug into ur ear.. car pass by also cant hear, maybe i am half deaf:P

This post has been edited by kiathoong: Feb 23 2007, 05:21 PM

SHE9500 has less isolation even compare to my normal sony earbud.
=P
it's have almost 0% isolation in she9500.

zzz 0%.. zadou zadou.. atleast 20% lozz where got so suckz?

Wah, if you categorize SHP9500 as chapalang phone, then this phone can pawn a lot of nice phones around.
Burn in? Ya it sure need to. I havent burn in it much. Busy busy...

Got la, even ibuds also can isolate 5% la.

eh man. i said "almost"
=P
it isolate just like most of my sony earphone. which is not canal type.

yah yah..the isolation is most likely with sony one..
but then definetely better than those cellphone's phone.......
hahaha....consider ok for me loh....lolz

Okay.. finally got my unit of MylarOne.. well gonna give some review from an ah-beng audio head's point of view..

Firstly wanna thanks walabies for this fine product and making sure the product arrives in good condition.. very responsible seller..

Upon unpacking, there's a red triangle wedge packing that I find uncommon.. together with a small hard case that came with it, which I find just nice, but too small to fit my MuVo together with the MylarOnes..

Items included are standard as stated.. together with a piece of instruction telling how long u should wear ur phones according to safety standards..

The earbuds itself comes pre-fitted with small flex (?) that I find it fitting, so I don't bother to change it.. One thing I find weird is the cables used for MylarOne.. it's kinda stiff yet rubbery-feel and feels like one of my Sony OEM earbuds (not IEM) that came with my Korean MP3 player some time ago.. more on the cables later..

Being a first time IEM user, I find it hard getting a proper fit (but eventually I got it).. and the feeling of hearing every sound that is transfered though your bones is weird.. Then there's the microphonics (I guess they call it this?) issue where a slight head turn will result in pretty serious rumble noise.. which i suspect is the cause of cables used.. I suppose all IEMs are prone to this kind of noise? but some suggest that routing he cable around the ear (which I tried, and find it working up till a point) might cure the problem.. I suppose the supplied clip might also help with the microphonics when clipped at the right position..

Isolation wise, it's not 100%, but it's sufficient to block out my mum's noise until she need to stand beside me and talk louder to gain my attention.. Gonna try it on the bus soon see how's the isolation..

In terms of sound quality, it's pretty darn good.. easily blow out other cheapo earphones.. Gonna do a direct review after just a few hours of playback.. without EQ, treble and mids takes the spotlight, clarity is good, with good seperation beween instruments.. with a slight bass in the background (which is ok for some music, not for R&B).. Since I'm more to R&B tracks, I bumped up the lower-end freq. on my MuVo a few notch, making bass more pronounced.. bass is just good.. not too excessive though.. However, this makes the highs a little muddled, probably a problem with the player's EQ, so I bumped the treble up a bit, so it's now quite good for R&B tracks.. the mids are however a little (just a little) muffled with the EQ though..

Comparing the Crossroads MylarOne with the stock Creative EP-480, this has more clarity than the EP-480, while EP-480 had better bass response when EQ'ed.. but between this two, the MylarOne has a darker feel to it (I suppose that's the feel of it) compared to the EP-480 which sounded more warm and more bass-friendly (not until the point of unbearable bass).. but both of them have a different feel playing the same songs..

Well, it's a good all rounder IEM for first-timer users.. so I guess it's a good buy..

hmm... i'm guessing it needs an amp to sound best rite?
how does it sound unamped compared to the cx300?

I don't think its going to be that big of a leap with amp. These iem is quite eq friendly. Doesn't distort much when equalized. At least, I don't hear them distorted. I play it through mp3 player though

Bass is pretty tight,
Treble and midrange is clear,
Soundstage is OK.
What do you feel it lacks?
Yes you can amp it wherever you feel it's weak.

haha...
wish any users can do the comparison between mylarone and CX300...
thks ogh...

No user review already?

Hmm this seems interesting.Another cheap ownage earphone find?
Too bad I'm not in the spending mood,or I would have considered getting one frm walabies to play around
Maybe sometime in the future

ppl quite busy this time.....is a nice earphone....

going to use my fund for grado sr60 to buy this. hope im not making wrong move

depends, if ur on the move and dun like sumthing big on ur head (well, acceptable for my standard), sumthing concealable and that offers isolation, then dun get sr60. anything else, get the sr60.

so u have to go n try whether u used to this kind of uncomfortableness or not...if not...take ur time...make a right decison.....u can PM walabies and ask him for suggestion...he used to have a SR60....

is it really uncomfortable? i never use iem before. if normal earbud, no problem with comfortness for me. haih. u make me think again about this. but i will use this earphone or sr60 without amp. any suggestion. do sr60 really need amp to shine.

*maybe i need to ask about it in grado topic*

This post has been edited by chocobee_2707: Feb 27 2007, 07:05 PM

What's the level of uncomfortness on this thing? If it's "canalphone level" (like stuff like ck7,cx300,ex71 and what nots) I wouldn't say it's a big issue. U might feel slightly uncomfortable when initially using it,but u'll soon get use to it,imo at least

wat i mean uncomfortableness is from SR60....IEM is ok one....feel comfortable..

Both of them have certain level of uncomfortness and you need some time to get used to them. Well, I already get used to most type of the them.
The soft pads makes your ears feel hot and at first it isn't 'soft', its just 'unsmooth'. Wait sometime your ear greese/oil will soften it up.
As for IEMs, if provides isolation, and you have to bear with a thing stuck inside your ear until you get used to it. Isolation means better detail you can play in lower volume.

has anyone tried using these IEMs with the w810i? any idea how it sounds?

anyone with the Crossroads + LDM+ + w810 would be even better.

hahahah...u try that lah...it will definitely better than HPM70.....no doubt

may i know how is the built quality of the earphone?
i read some post from another website that they are facing some issue about it?

should be ok with the quality...u know lah....
in western country....
some people there is like !~#!@$!#%.....
even small matter will become that BIGGGGG...

This ear phone is quite crazy!!!!

Even professional phones have some defects. The damage maybe due to some unknown reason from transportation etc.
I do 1 to 1 exchange if any fault. No worries...

Hmmm... crazy?

maybe he want to say,"OMG this phone da** good"..

i feel so...
crazy GOOD

yeah yeah.. after a week using, the bass is starting to show its true power.. real nice thump.. now even R&B sounds nice on it.. with a little EQ that is..

hahaha.....enjoy ur stuff....

Burn in burn in...

Btw, I dun recall 'faint' bought anything from me....(?)

I wondering if anyone can compare this with Panasonic HJE50

i didnt use panasonic HJE50 before but i dont think HJE50 is a audiophile level earphone....so i think canot compare loh..

OK how do you guys compare KSC75 vs HJE50? KSC pawns it hands down right?
Right now I rate mylarOne > KSC75.
So you got it?

Quoted from The Scourge

Picked up mine from yuheng yesterday, sorry man! Rushing arund couldn't stay n chat. Thanks for making the trip; didn't really get to test the 'phones properly yet but its clear they need a lot of burning in! First impressions are pretty good with excellent clarity and pretty good soundstage for IEMs. Found the bass somewhat lacking (even with bass booster on my nano; stuffing the pads in the ear is really important for a good seal) but I think this might improve after some hours. Will know for sure after another say 20 hours of testing, but everyone should get a pair!!

Update: The bass is filling in nicely now even at this stage; I need to stress again how important it is to get a good seal. The tips are quite soft so the angle of insertion is crucial and a few degrees off the sweetspot could mean a world of difference!

Threw a variety of music at it and it handled them with aplomb, from Dance/House tracks (which I thought would find it wanting due to the initial lack of bass response), to rock songs, jazz tracks and various vocal-laden and acoustic-heavy tracks. All were dispensed with finesse and control. Please note that this is still very early yet in the burn-in period.

I need to be careful of gushing too much about the Mylarone, but I have a pair of Creative EP630s I bought for 'all-round-plug-n-play' use and I am totally convinced the Crossroads will assume that mantle with ease. It even manages to make my KSC75s sound slightly detached, but perhaps thats more to do with the greater intimacy of the Crossroads' IEM form-factor. This is all relative btw; I'm still very happy with the other two phones and I doubt anyone, bar the avid audiophile, would find fault with them for what they are. The Crossroads are just better all round!

Are there better headphones out there? Of course there are. But at RM100, you'd be stupid not to pick a pair up. At RM130, it would be a missed opportunity if you ignored them.

ps. Er, what happened? I thought the ear-tips were supposed to be black? No biggie.
pps. They passed the 'Prodigy - Breathe' test lol!

This post has been edited by The Scourge: Mar 3 2007, 12:51 AM

super heavy duty poison.......=P
nice and detail review...

This post has been edited by PcWork: Mar 3 2007, 12:52 AM

Lol PCWork thanks! Glad we agree on something. Remember our Klipsch GMX debate? But really, I struggled to find any negatives about the 'phones, except for minor things like the tips tend to come off quite easily, maybe they could do with a little more volume, and I wonder about its long term durability but that's nitpicking. A must try!