Audio Technica ATH-CK6 "9Styles" review

[aafuss]

Audio Technica 9Styles ATH-CK6 review.

Price:$68 at Domayne

Contents: carry pouch, S/M/L tips, 3 kinds of loops.

Introduction:

Audio Technica ATH-CK6 "9Styles" is a in-ear earphone which uses a aluminium housing for anti-vibration and better sound quality-a bit like MDR-EX90.

Design and features

These are known as 9Styles-because you can change the wearing style by putting on a different "loop".

The design of the earphones itself is minimalist-no Sony style angled design, just the familar IEM style.

The earpieces features a aluminium housing for anti-vibration and improved sound. Mine are in blue.

I really enjoyed trying out different style combinations-depending on how I want to wear these.

The tips are easily put on and are supersoft-very nice!

The loops are attached to the end of the earpiece and are easily removed and changed.

These are:

*earbud style (round)

*small loop style

*large loop style

A carry pouch is supplied-it is made of a nice material.

Cord plug is straight shaped.

Sound quality:

Sound quality is very beautiful:nicely balanced highs,mids and lows and just the right amount of bass,better than Sony's MDR-EX85.

Using this with a NWZ-A815, I found the EQ set to custom 1 and VPT off to be the best settings for the ATH-CX6.

With a S705 and ATRAC encoded music, it was supremely good with Rolling Stones tracks-nicely balanced and at the right volume (maxed but not so lid as to cause to hearing loss).

Listened to Michael Jackson and The Beatles-the sound reproduced was supreme in quality and clarity.

Overall:

I was extremely impressed by Audio Technica ATH-CK6 "9Styles" because these are well built in-ear headphones with 9 different ways of wearing them.

I give these:10/10.

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Loop styles instructions:

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Edited August 23, 2008 by A.A. Fussy

[Nfanboy]

good price, you can enjoy your atrac S700 more now