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They're not earbuds, they're way better sounding than that. Audio expert Dave Taylor checks out the newly redesigned BASN Bmaster 2nd Gen In-Ear Monitors and finds that there's a lot to like about these wired audio devices. And yes, it brings the bling, in gold or silver. The sound is clean, crisp, and a bit lacking, however, as is explained in this detailed review...
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Great sound, great bling
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Let's check these out. Dave Taylor here, and I'm checking out these
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These are the BASN, B-MASTER, second generation in-ear monitors, and as you can see, they bring the bling
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They are fairly big, and they fit in your ear, so they are actually reasonably comfortable
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but they're definitely bigger than tiny earbuds. but what you get is you get much better sound
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They are only wired, 3.5 millimeter jacks, so you can plug it into a phone, computer, stereo system
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whatever it is you want, lots of options, which is great, and the sound really nice
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Now, let me give you some specs. These feature, I mean, actually I guess have both of them here
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so you can see both. These feature 10 millimeter dynamic drivers with triple-balanced armatures, giving you 20 to 40,000
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40,000 hertz frequency response with 22-oam impedance. So they can plug into a lot of devices that don't push out a lot of energy
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and don't push out really loud music and still sound really good with that low impedance
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108 decibels of sensitivity. They are a big, very precise sound, quad drivers
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hi-fi audio, noise isolating by the simple fact that they're big and they go in your ears
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And what's cool is that the wire, can detach from the actual in-ear monitor because they're using what are known as MMCX detachable
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cables. So in fact, they come with two different cables. So the one that I have hooked up right now
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includes a microphone and in-line controller, which is why if you look on the 3.5 millimeter, it has
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three rings. So that tells you that there's audio out and in. But in the box is a ton of stuff
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And one of the things they include in the box is a different braided wire And this one is also 3 millimeter And it has those MMCX ends but this one doesn have a microphone So this is better If you only ever going to listen to music
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then this is probably a better choice. But I like the flexibility of being able to choose
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While I have the box open, let's go see what else is in here. So comes with a very succinct
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owner's manual. Comes with a carrying case that is sort of, of an interesting hybrid. It's a simple, fairly budget-minded case, but it's enough that you can
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carry your gear in safety. And then it has a 3.5 millimeter to quarter-inch adapter jack
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If you want to plug this into some old-school stereo hi-fi system or something, or a guitar
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amp or something, you just put your 3.5 millimeter into this. And once it's all connected
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there you go. Then you can plug it in. to that and it'll work just fine. Also comes with something you don't see very often, a little tiny
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cleaning brush so that if you're getting some earwax or gunk in your ear tips, it gives you
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that option. And it comes with a lot of ear tips. There are three sets of memory foam earbuds
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and six sets of silicone ear tips. So between all of those, lots of choices, and it really matters
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I will tell you, when I first got them hooked up, I was just using the default ear tips and was really pretty disappointed by the base
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But then I put the larger ear tips in and adjusted the angle I was having them on my ear and the sound was significantly better
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Now, you do have to pair the in-ear monitor with the right wire so that you get the proper stereo signal
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So blue ends up being left and red ends up being right That pretty common And then they go over your ear So the way that I do it is I put it over my ear and then slide it in And you can see in this close up how it fits and it really does cover a lot of your ear surface And then same with this one and obviously it can rotate
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So they're both in. They're both very comfortable. And now I can just plug it into whatever I want to use
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And I'm ready to go with my Google Pixel and I can listen to and I have listened to Spotify and Sirius XM and title and YouTube
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and it's just, it's really nice. Let me take these off so I can actually talk to you
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I will tell you it's a very clean, precise sound. And there's a surprisingly good sound stage
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It is oriented more to the highs and the mid-range. So even with the right ear tips and even when you fiddle and adjust with it
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I felt like it was a little lacking in bass. If you're someone who likes a lot of bass
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If you want your industrial, you're techno, and you want to have that drop be something where it's like, oh, man, I can feel that in the bones of my skull
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These are not for you. But if you want to listen to music with a nice, flat reproduction and just be able to use their EQ on your source device to get better sound, but it's never going to really blow you away with the bass
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Having said that, I was listening to some Tito Puente, just classic Latin jazz, and it sounded really
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really good. And because it's so detailed in the sound reproduction, I could really pick out and listen
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to specific instruments and how they were contributing to the whole music. Very, very nice
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So not much else to tell you about them. I think that one thing I found was that it's tricky
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to get this to connect to the actual in-ear monitor in the box. They actually have some instructions
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about lining things up, but it's super subtle. And you will find that you're probably
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just pushing really hard and nothing's happening. It's because you have to line something up
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And I think there's a tiny little channel in the connector that orients
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And then once you get that then you good to go But until you do that you possibly will find it as I did a little frustrating to try to get this whole thing to be plugged in together and working well But once you
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do, totally worth the effort because they really have a nice sound. And at the price, I think that
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they are a really good audio source, but I think that this, honestly, I would rather them just
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had like a little pouch or something because this just seems very cheesy for something
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where they're really trying to do these sort of high-end audio file music reproduction devices
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So what we do need to talk about is the price. But before we get to the price, I'm going to ask if you would not mind
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Really helpful. So, great. This. Let me get the other one. This is the BASN, B-MASTER, second generation in-ear monitor, comes in this gold
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Let me turn that one, so you can see both. It comes in gold or silver, or they have a mixed package where you can get one of each color, which I think is really fun
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It is $11999 minus a $15 coupon currently on Amazon, dropping it down to a remarkable $1049 for something with this level of audio reproduction
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So if you can handle having it go over your ear, then I guarantee you're going to love the sound
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It's really a nice, clean, precise sound that's going to make a whole lot of music sound a whole lot better
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So it's everything I got. I think I'm going to get back to my Tito Puente. So I'll catch you in my next video
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