Although the flat head plug can be as low as a few dollars, the hotline circle has been flooded with the 4K+ flat head plug recently, and the popularity is quite good. This flat head plug is Kaisheng's Titanium Ring PLUS.
says that Kaisheng doesn't know much, but many people are familiar with its titanium bell and the little black bell. The former opens the prelude to its battle in the mainstream domestic HIFI circle, and the latter is a flat-head plug artifact within 100 yuan.
However, what made Kaisheng really famous was Titanium Onmyoji, which can be regarded as an upgraded version of Titanium Ring, while Titanium Ring PLUS is the final version of Titanium Ring, and the price jumped directly from 2K to 4K.
In fact, what makes me feel most secular is that when I was cutting titanium bell PLUS before writing this article, I found that many stores, including those well-known stores, have started selling titanium bell PLUS, which just met the saying "No one has ever asked about it for ten years, and I became famous in the world."
▲The titanium bell PLUS in my hand was lent to me by a friend, and it has no packaging. What I want to say is that the packaging of the titanium bell PLUS, which is priced at 4K, is also worth a little money. It is made of a wooden box, which is very exquisite. If you are interested, you can pick it up by yourself. In addition to the luxurious packaging, Titanium Bell PLUS is also equipped with 3 adapters this time.
▲The three adapters are 3.5 single-ended, 2.5 balanced and 4.4 balanced plugs. In particular, in addition to the titanium alloy material, it also uses pins similar to mini-cathlon heads to replace the plug. This is the first time I have seen it. I don’t know if it is the first time I use it on headphones. It is undoubtedly more conducive to sound quality than a simple plug-in adapter.
▲ When replacing the plug, you can just plug it and unplug it. There is a scale on the mother seat that is easy to align. The picture above is not taken, except that it is difficult to connect at night, and there are no other weaknesses.
▲wire display is not special from the outside, but the thickness is moderate, and there is no obvious stethoscope effect when wearing it when going out, and the storage index is not bad. After reading the official copy, I found out that this wire is 5N sterling silver wire, and there is also Kaisheng's exclusive secondary smelting voice coil copper foil base technology. If you are interested, please go and dig it out.
▲Tiol-ring PLUS's cavity material is also one of the reasons for its high price, because this time, Kaisheng directly used a fifth-level titanium alloy cavity. Although it is metal, it is not heavy. There are traces of hand-polished surfaces. There is no doubt about the process. Domestic headphones have surpassed foreigners.
▲Titanium ring PLUS cavity details are displayed, shaped like a bell. According to the official purchase page, this is the last model in the Kaisheng ring series. Starting from the earliest white rings, Kaisheng also has small black rings, blue rings, etc., but Kaisheng didn't pay much attention at that time, so the product line planning is not very strict. It can only be said that this is the HIFI manufacturer that focuses on flat head plugs on the entire network.
▲As a single-moving coil flat head plug, the unit technology of titanium bell is also its official key promotional selling point. One is the all-aluminum coil that is conducive to sound details and transients, and the other is the laboratory-level N55 magnetic circuit structure that is conducive to reducing distortion (usually N52 level, and a few are N53 level). At the same time, there is also the patented technology of Kaisheng clamping steel integrated diaphragm as the sound driving carrier, and it is also a diamond cutting and hanging edge. Well, I hope that one day the master disassembles the machine to verify it. In terms of core parameters of
, Titanium Ring PLUS is equipped with a 16mm single dynamic coil, impedance 30 ohms, sensitivity 103dB, frequency response range 5-45kHz, and frequency response range is a bit powerful. I guess some people question it, we can't test it, just talk about my intuitive feeling.
First of all, it is OK to push the phone directly, there is no bad sound, or even no obvious flaws, the low frequency is still acceptable, the whole style is clean and clear, and it is not warm, and the three-band frequency is also relatively balanced. Only the high frequency shows that the thrust is a bit lacking, and the low frequency will be a little confused when listening to percussion, but in general, it is completely fine to deal with the street, the sound is not clinging, but it is not the kind of thing that requires to cook for a long time to hear the feeling. Basically, you can control various styles of music.
▲Of course, in order to be worthy of this high-end flat-head plug that costs more than 4K, I have arranged Lepi L6, single-ended, low-gain, and 56 volume. The sound is already full, with bright and mellow tone.
Its low frequency is still stretched, the sense of volume is moderate, the diving is slightly deep, the elasticity is excellent, and the combination is good cohesion and the sense of transparency is no problem.The analysis performance is also good, and it has good brightness and excellent instrumental separation. The details are quite outstanding. It can perform well in metal percussions such as Bonjovi and Gun Rose. However, since titanium bell PLUS is still easy to promote, the metal percussion that is more heavy shows signs of a head-on. However, like the popular "California Guesthouse" in folk or "My December" in Lincoln Park with electronic music, it is even more competent. It is even more feasible for folk songs like "500 Miles" or "Ferry Crossing".
If you think the atmosphere of a flat head is not enough, put on a solid cover and plug your ears tightly, it will feel different.
vocal part, the analysis is very good, and after a little bit, it feels a bit too much. Although Zhao Peng has a little too heavy nasal sound, it is not low-frequency, and it does not have that obvious mellow feeling. The whole thing is clean, slightly stretched and warm. It just looks just right for Brother B, which is more in line with the slightly low male voice. The magnetic, ventilation, guttural sound and breaking sound can be presented. However, because the temperature and temperature are moderate, I don’t feel amazing or scratching when I just enter the ear.
female voice performance is more stable than male voice. In addition to good detailed analysis, the softness is slightly more. tooth sound controls it naturally, and the trend of cooling and warmth is still not very obvious, but it can control female voices in various frequency bands. The overall style is clear and soft, but when listening to Cai Qin, it still lacks the texture on the speaker.
In terms of high frequency, the extension of Titanium Ring PLUS shocked me from the beginning. The sound of the flute in Hu Liwei's "The Piano and Flute Ensemble" is one of the strongest extensions I encountered. The plump and bright tone makes the sound of the flute almost harsh, but the changes in the aura are very clear, and the foundation is not thin, so the overall transparency is still clear.
When listening to string music like "Aquarium Music Overture", the thickness of the titanium bell PLUS is still very natural, but the details of violin are not delicate. The overtone part is bright and vivid, and the overall instrumental separation and sound field are very good. In general, the overall better than the details.
▲ Dynamic and transient are one of the significant advantages of Titanium Ring PLUS, and it is not that thrust, and it has good dynamic performance both at low and high frequencies. This feature will be more obvious after changing the machine with
. Because I have been playing with Yidu's pure headphone amplifier a few days ago, the front-end CD machine and Century Grey's decoded headphone amplifier were also listened to.
Titanium ring PLUS is more warm and loose in the medium and low frequencies, with clearer reverberation information, and more obvious sense of layering of vocals and instrumental music. However, due to the characteristics of the XDu Gas Machine itself, there is a little more warm sound in my system.
high-frequency part really makes people see the qualitative change of some earplugs on the stage. Just compared with the above L6 direct push, the details of the Titanium Ring PLUS when expressing the violin are very detailed. It has a good sense of extension and a clearly visible jagged feeling. The overtone part will also show different details according to the speed of the string pulling. The overall loose and atmospheric and does not lose the musical flavor. This is all due to its excellent transients and dynamics, right?
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If it is compared to the previous titanium bell (non-Onmyoji), I did not directly compare it. In my impression, this titanium bell PLUS is obviously more balanced and has more playable. But you must also understand that because of its special wire-changing connector, it also sets a threshold for many players.
But in general, this is a flat head plug after all, and there is always a limit. I am not sure about anything else. At least at present, Titanium Bell PLUS is almost close to the flat head plug ceiling. Apart from making a fuss about style or price, it is difficult to have a flat head plug to make new tricks.
Actually, I can’t help but want to mention the classic Yuyin PK2 of the old flat head plug. Not to mention that the new flat head plug including Titanium Ring PLUS can achieve bright and transparent characteristics, it simply needs to have more affinity in the front end, which is progress.
