Review headphone Cayin YB04 — reinforcing king

Reinforcing a lot of headphones, but these — special

Lovers of Hi-End audio company Cayin needs no introduction. In 2018, 25 years old, as this manufacturer is in the market, and apparently it inspired the creators, who began producing top of the device one after the other. For example, the player Cayin's flagship N8, which was released early last year. And at the end of the year, Cayin also decided to please his fans, and just lovers of quality sound, releasing the first in its history, reinforcing in-ear headphones .

Of Course we could not pass by such an event, because when a brand with a strong credibility in the market produces something fundamentally new, it's a chance to see innovations throughout the industry. Expectations were fully met: the headphones You used a unique combination of balanced armature drivers from Knowles two for treble and two from Sonion for low. Even in order to approve the final form of the body, Cayin made a survey among the tens of thousands of users. As you might expect, these headphones couldn't be a cool.

the package

Premium headphones can immediately be distinguished from conventional packaging. In the case of Cayin YB04 is a black box, hiding under the conviction of the paper's photograph and showing all the specs.

Already you can understand what we have before us headphones

The Feeling after opening the black boxes can be compared with those that have experienced Vincent VEGA opening the suitcase for the first time from the movie "pulp fiction." This approach to configuration is really worthy of respect and special attention: on one side, carefully laid the earphones themselves, the other — placed all of the accessories.

the Aesthetics, of course, on top. Few people pay so much attention to picking

Included is a hard leather storage case, a large selection of sleeves, a clip for attaching the cable to clothing and cleaning brush — such headphones, you're unlikely to want to leave dirty. The cable is 8-wire hybrid.

Case like a small suitcase.

All accessories — inside

The large choice of ear cushions, we mean a really BIG choice. To understand — there are separate nozzles for the bass tracks, vocal and so on. That is, the manufacturer is so confuse that I did everything for comfortable listening of any music.

There are foam ear pads, and «Christmas trees» — for every taste

specifications

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• Transducers: 4 balanced armature
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• Sensitivity: 113 dB/mW
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• Impedance: 30Ω
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• Frequency response: 18 Hz — 40 kHz
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• Plug: 3.5 mm
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• Cable: 1.2 m, twisted Y-shaped

Design and fit

With a Legion of loyal fans Cayin managed to get close to the ideal form factor headphones so the user could comfortably listen to music for a long time. Case YB04 cast from aluminium, which reduced the influence of drivers on each other and reduce the resonance. And due to the fact that aluminum sound channel with a protective filter is located under the slope, achieving maximum isolation from external noise, compared to other headphones with passive sound insulation.

the Body is made from a solid block of aluminum

Headphones looks big, but not felt.

As for landing, do not approach these headphones can, perhaps, only owners of the smallest ears. Weight is evenly distributed along the outer part of the ear, and the comfort and sound insulation can not be compared with anything — maybe just with headphones from Audio Campfire. But last and are more expensive. Behind-the-ear fit is now considered one of the most comfortable to run comfortable, and fit while listening to get the maximum.

the sound channel with a protective filter is located under the tilt of

the ear cups and cable can be easily replaced

Earphones assembled very efficiently and, if to take into account the replacement cable, just last for as long as possible. The cable, incidentally, is twisted (and very hard), does not harden in the cold, does not tangle in the incomprehensible "something" that eliminates microphonic effect, including using the clip on the clothes in the kit.

the Cable is removable and very reliable

Sound

Before listening headphones were heated for 48 hours.

Starting a conversation about sound, first and foremost, I want to mention the ability to tune the sound using the supplied ear cushions. First and foremost, they needed to "fit" under the ear of the listener specific: the tighter the fit in the ear canal, the better the headphones transmit the low frequencies and make the sound bigger.

Ear cushions for low frequencies a little added bass, the tuning will be very useful when listening to tracks in the genre of hip-hop. MIDs a little lost on the background of pronounced bottom, so this sound color is better to use for certain genres.

With the vocal bits sound at first seems too sharp,you can follow sibilance at high frequencies. The adaptation takes some time, but then the vocal songs or electronic music do not perceive without tuning, I always want to add the sound volume.

Headphones genre is universal, but sensitive to the sound source

Feels that the developers have done a good job to get a new sound. Low frequencies are a little low, but the bass is very deep. MIDs are detailed and warm, which has a positive impact on the listening experience vocal compositions. Instruments retain their character, they are well separated and easily positioned on the ear. Treble is crystal clear and voluminous, but without sharpening.

why listen?

To unlock the full potential of these headphones, it is better to use a quality player and Lossless formats. For example, the Cayin N6 MK2. To connect them to smartphones and tablets turned out to be pointless: the headphones are very sensitive to the quality of the recording, so it's best to get a good portable audio player. At the same time they are universal to the genre.

These headphones are just designed for Cayin N6 MK2

The songs I really went tracks canadian pop singer The Weeknd, which are full of bass, songs from Benjamin Clementine, strong vocals, and a couple hits of Rise Against. With these headphones familiar tracks are played quite differently.

Headphones is not for everyone

Of Course, not everyone is willing to pay 38 thousand rubles for in-ear headphones, but lovers of quality sound will immediately understand that such a device could give and more. good features and a rich set of delivery, they also stand still and excellent tuningowanych sound. Can not but rejoice that the Cayin continues to offer different options for a good sound with excellent quality.