Antlion Audio could not ring many bells, however if you happen to say “Modmic” virtually everybody is aware of that it is a actually good exterior microphone that may be mounted on virtually all current Hello-Fi headsets, thus reworking it into an reasonably priced and improbable gaming headset.
They’ve constructed on that a bit of additional and made Kimura. Principally, it is a wired microphone with an accompanying loop for connection to IEM, in-ear displays, notably good in-ears which can be particularly utilized by extra hardcore fans. The MMCX customary is used, so with a couple of exceptions, the cable matches all frequent Hello-Fi IEMs in the marketplace, and at a value of £165.
Nevertheless, Antilon is not any extra silly than they realised that they had been lacking out on potential further gross sales (I assume), so that they got here up with the sensible thought of creating their very own IEMs. In case you select “solo” you get a regular with common dynamic models, or you’ll be able to go all-out and get not solely the microphone, but in addition a pair of actually stable IEMs which have each a dynamic driver and a Balanced Armature unit. The housing itself is made from handmade resin, and there’s a wide variety and good ideas with one in silicone and one in foam. This offers extremely efficient passive noise cancellation. As well as, there are some additional equipment like a clothespin, exhausting case, Y-splitter and guide. Nevertheless, I might have favored to see a cable with no microphone included, in order that you may use the advantageous in-ears with out having to put on and carry the microphone.
Though with a sensitivity of 125 dB it may be pushed by absolutely anything, I might strongly advocate utilizing a separate headphone amplifier when utilizing one thing that’s wired as a substitute of a regular pc output, because it offers significantly better outcomes. The small Armature gadget works in a lot the identical manner as an electrostatic gadget, that means that it’s magnetism and never bodily influence that makes them transfer, whereas the bass is delivered by a traditional gadget. Nevertheless, I do not know extra particularly what the models are made from as this isn’t said anyplace.
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Let’s begin with the microphone half. It is improbable. That is so far as it goes. Clear and crisp speech, nicely resolved, and impartial. I do not perceive how they’ll try this with such a small microphone, or with no pop filter – however they’ll. However, and it is a large however – it is not very delicate, and even when turned all the way in which up, the recording quantity continues to be low.
The IEMs are near report low-cost for somebody who has a Balanced Armature. If you have not had the pleasure of experiencing actual IEMs or Balanced Armature-based audio merchandise, you completely ought to. As a result of the sound is massively refined, however is true on the ear canal, so it is extraordinarily clear, very open, and impressively detailed, well-resolved and impartial. This has all the time been one thing I’ve related to Hello-Fi greater than gaming, however I perceive why Antilon desires to enter the gaming market, as even very costly headphones get beat if we’re to be goal and take into consideration pure sound high quality and nothing else. In case you’re contemplating combining a microphone with IEM, purchase a Kimura.
