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  • Hey everyone! Welcome to Lachlan Likes A Thing, the show where I take a thing

  • and see whether or not I like it. Now the thing we're looking at in this video is the

  • V-MODA XS which is the portable

  • on-ear headphone from V-Moda. And before I start this review I should say

  • this is a review unit that was given to me by V-Moda

  • and I unboxed this headphone on my channel about a month ago so in that month's

  • time I've had a good chance to compare

  • against my favourite daily use portable

  • on-ear headphone, the Sennheiser Amperior and in the last week or so I've

  • actually had the opportunity to compare it against the new Beats Solo 2

  • from everyone's favorite company Beats By Dre.

  • And this comparison is actually been really interesting for me because all

  • three of these headphones,

  • even the Beats, have their pros and cons

  • and this opportunity to compare the three has really

  • helped me establish personally what I really want out

  • of a portable on-ear headphone. Anyway,

  • let's just dive right into it. So first of all in terms of design and build quality

  • the V-MODA XS, just like M80

  • which I looked at earlier on my channel upholds V-MODA's reputation

  • for making

  • a really nicely crafted and solidly built headphone. Now

  • not everyone is a fan of the industrial design of V-Modas.

  • They have this kind of

  • aggressive, almost like gothic industrial look to them

  • but I think very few people can complain about the build quality because these

  • are headphones

  • that have been designed to you know, withstand the rigours of daily use,

  • and V-MODA makes a big thing out of

  • saying that their headphones comply with various kind of military-grade

  • standards for build quality.

  • One thing that some people might not be comfortable with is that the headphone

  • cables to each of the earpieces

  • are exposed. Personally I don't think this is a big deal but some people

  • are a bit iffy about that kind of thing.

  • Another thing about the design of the V-MODA is it's a really nice mixture of

  • metals and plastics. They feel

  • absolutely solid. Great feature of the V-Modas is that they have a detachable

  • cable that can be plugged

  • in on both sides and a little plus is that they actually include a plug

  • so that you can up plug up the unused side of the earpiece just to make sure

  • that the channels absolutely balanced in terms of of physical characteristics

  • which is

  • something quite unique actually. And it gives you an idea of the kind of thought that they've

  • put into these headphones.

  • The headphones themselves fold-up

  • into a very nice compact shape as I pointed out the only other headphone that I've seen

  • fold up into a more compact shape

  • is the Bose SoundTrue On-Ear. And they come with a carrying case

  • that you can pop your headphones into.

  • It's a form-fitting carrying case. Very convenient. The one thing I do not like

  • about this carry case is that it's designed in such a way

  • that you must detach the cable in order

  • to put the headphones into the carrying case and then you have to curl up the cable

  • and put it into this space.

  • So I would have preferred it, just the case to be just a little bit bigger

  • so that you wouldn't have to do that every single time you took the headphones in and

  • out of the case.

  • Now speaking of the cable the cable

  • on the V-MODA XS is a bit of

  • a mixed bag because it is

  • a cable that, its nice enough in terms

  • of actual physical durability: it certainly feels solid

  • but the unfortunate thing about the cable is that

  • it has a fair amount of memory it develops kinks

  • really easily and its quite a noisy cable because of the fabric braiding.

  • So

  • It's not my favorite cable that I've encountered on portable headphone I have

  • to say.

  • Now you may have noticed that the

  • V-MODAs have an interesting shape

  • because they aren't curved in the headband like other headphones

  • we look at the Sennheiser Amperior and you have this circle whereas it's

  • more elliptical with the

  • XS and the point of the,

  • this particular design from the V-MODA XS

  • is that they were trying to eliminate the gap between

  • your head and the headband shape.

  • And we're moving on to comfort here but

  • when you put them on your head basically what happens is that the headband

  • keeps in contact, sorry, constant contact

  • with your scalp and there's actually

  • very little clamping force on the sides of your head

  • and the headphone mostly relies on friction

  • between the headband and your hair to stop it from moving around.

  • Now I have to say in practice

  • this produces interesting results. The V-Moda XS

  • is a very comfortable headphone especially for an

  • on-ear headphone, when you're just kind of sitting down

  • and and laying still because there's

  • not a great deal of clamping force, there's not a great deal of pressure on you

  • ears. So it's quite nice that way, the weight is evenly distributed

  • across the head.

  • However the friction I found at least on my head is not actually enough

  • for the headphone to feel

  • absolutely completely stable on the head

  • when you moving around so at times I felt that the

  • the V-Moda is not the kind of headphone that would stay on your head: if the cable was

  • accidentally kinda yanked, it's not the kind of

  • headphone that will stay on your head if you have a sudden head jerking movement

  • and therefore it's not the kind of headphone that I feel comfortable

  • wearing as a kind day-to-day headphone in some cases because let's say you are

  • running

  • to the train and accidentally the cable got yanked or something like that

  • it just would not stay on your head and that's really

  • a big kind of drawback at least from my perspective in terms of what I want out of a

  • portable headphone. I

  • want it to be absolutely stable. And that's also one of the reasons why

  • the Sennheiser Amperior is one of my favorite headphones

  • because even though the clamping force on the

  • Amperior is quite high and it's high enough that after 1 or 2 hours of use your

  • ears do get sore,

  • the headphone is designed in such a way that its

  • extremely solid on the head. There's no amount of

  • head shaking or anything like that because of the broad headband and the

  • clamping force

  • that will dislodge this headphone from your head. So for me because

  • I have a tendency to run

  • for the train when I'm late, it, it,

  • it's the kind of thing that it kind of depends on what you're really after I

  • guess in terms of a portable headphone. But I definitely

  • prefer a stronger clamping force. The other thing about the V-MODA XS

  • is that you know is that you'll notice that there's these very large ports

  • on the faceplates and these allow for tuning of bass

  • the various sound of the headphones, the characteristic of the headphone.

  • The thing about this headphone as a result though is because of these large

  • ports

  • this is not a fully sealed design, noise isolation is below average

  • on the V-MODA XS and again for a portable headphone that

  • you're gonna be using in city, everything like that, it doesn't block out a great deal

  • of noise and

  • this is kind of really unfortunate because on-ear headphones are already not great in terms

  • of noise isolation and again

  • I think the Beats Solo 2 and the Sennheiser Amperior

  • trump the XS in this regard. So let's move on to the sound of the

  • XS. Now again this is an area where I think

  • the V-MODA XS is going to appeal to some people more than

  • others. The XS has a sound that is

  • first and foremost mid forward so it's

  • it's got a particularly strong kinda emphasis

  • on vocals as opposed to the kind

  • of bass or the treble notes and this translates into a sound that it's

  • not exactly

  • balanced, it's a sound that

  • I think can sound a little unnatural and somewhat honky and brassy at times.

  • It's just a little too forward.

  • I think the relative mix of

  • bass and kind of mid-band in this headphone

  • is not to my personal taste and I've mentioned quite a few times I'm not a big

  • fan of for instance

  • AKG headphones which I found have a similar sort of mid-band emphasis.

  • For some people they kind of like the rawness of that sound.

  • It does help emphasise vocals and it does make things feel very kind of lively

  • and vivacious

  • but I found that in combination with the low

  • isolation of these headphones I would find myself turning up the volume

  • higher and then the sound would just get,

  • it would just get a bit splashy and aggressive for me so it's

  • not my preferred kind of sound. Although I have to say

  • in terms of actual technical capability that the XS is a good head

  • phone. It's fast, it's kind of

  • for a small on-ear headphone it has a lot of control and a lot more

  • clarity than a lot of other smaller

  • on-ear headphones that I've heard. My only other criticism on the sound is that the

  • bass is just a little loose at times. It's just a bit

  • gummy and kind of slightly uncontrolled.

  • When I compare it against the Sennheiser Amperior I

  • much prefer the sound of the Amperior personally because I think the bass is

  • tighter on the Amperior,

  • it doesn't have that kind of mid-band vocal emphasis that I'm not a

  • big fan of, but maybe you are.

  • And also it there's a particular treble peak on the Amperior which makes

  • everything have a kind of shimmer to it which again some people are

  • sensitive to that I'm a fan of

  • and it's not so much on the XS. So

  • you know, different strokes for different folk, so you kinda have to try this

  • out. Now an interesting comparison I found was with the Beats Solo when I was

  • doing listening between these two headphones

  • The Solo is definitely less articulate because the

  • it's got much more of a bassy sound to it

  • everything's much more tilted towards the low end

  • and it's got a more intimate sound stage but

  • I have to say personally because I'm not a fan of this kind of mid band emphasis

  • I found myself

  • enjoying the Solo2 more for more genres of music

  • so I know this is gonna make a lot of people quite upset but I actually ended

  • up preferring the Solo2

  • over the XS. The XS is definitely a much

  • better built headphone than the all plastic affair that is the Solo2

  • but it turns of portable kind of noise isolation, in terms of comfort

  • and in terms of the sound signature that I kind of liked I prefer the Solo 2.

  • So take from that what you will.

  • Overall I think the XS is a headphone that

  • is a good headphone. It's being designed in a way that's going to appeal to a lot of

  • people. It's comfortable,

  • it's lightweight, it's durable, but for me there's just a few things about this

  • headphone

  • that, the cable the noise, the noise isolation, that kinda thing

  • that kind of\\ make me hesitate about recommending it for everyone. So I do

  • recommend

  • if you get a chance try this headphone out for your self. See if you like the sound

  • but t I personally, if I was

  • in the market for portable on-ear headphone I personally wouldn't be looking at the XS

  • after this

  • kinda a review. Anyway

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  • and happy listening!

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