Rha T20 (Discontinued By Manufacturer)

RHA T20 (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

• Make sure this fits by entering your model number.
• No longer produced by RHA, replaced by newer model: Gen. 2
• RHA's revolutionary Hi-Res DualCoil Dynamic Drivers produce audiophile-quality audio
• Injection moulded 303F premium grade Stainless Steel ergonomic housings with patent pending, mouldable over-ear hooks for supreme comfort.
• Interchangeable tuning filters. Bass (Effective Max +3dB below 200Hz)

Buy Now : RHA T20 (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Brand : RHA
Category : Electronics,Headphones, Earbuds & Accessories,Headphones & Earbuds,Earbud Headphones
Rating : 4.2
Review Count : 714
SalesRank : 0

RHA T20 (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

• Let me just preface this review with the fact that everything you\'ve heard about these headphones, both the positive and negative, is all true.Yes, these are very powerful headphones. When I listen to my music on these (thus far classical and electronica), my mind conjures simple words like \"big,\" \"expansive,\" and \"fun.\" As somebody else pointed out, the sound stage gets better with higher volume as opposed to distorting. And speaking of volume, you\'re not going to max it out unless you already have damaged hearing to begin with.Yes, the frequency range is very balanced. Not Sennheiser HD 600 or Audio Technica ATH-M50x neutral, but the frequencies are all evenly there from 16hz to 22khz and *at least* 15khz, which is the top of my hearing range anyway. The claim is that these go to 40khz, which doesn\'t make a lot of sense to me because the maximum range of human hearing is about 22khz. Were these headphones made for dolphins?Anyway, the separation between the bass, mids and treble is extremely clean. While the bass has the ability to get boomy at times, it never drowns out the higher frequencies. I don\'t need to use any equalizer presettings or the bass or treble filters that come with these headphones. The headphones are perfect \"out of the box.\"Yes, these are heavy. They\'re very, very heavy. I would feel safe jogging in a dangerous neighborhood at night because if I\'m ever attacked I can swing them at my attacker and probably commit manslaughter in the process. And about the stainless steel, is that design decision wholly necessary? My suspicion is that low-weight plastic would have been perfectly fine, and that the stainless steel was utilized solely to communicate that \"These are big heavy sounding headphones with big big sound RARRRHHH!!!\"Yes, the cord is very heavy. You know that clip and neck sleeve that you\'ve seen come with other in-ear headphones and which you may have ignored? Yeah, you\'re gonna need those here. The cable is so heavy that if you don\'t use them it\'s going to swing all over the place, slamming violently into your body, objects around the house, small children, etc. You will grow used to the neck sleeve and clipping the wire to your shirt. It will become habit.Yes, the cord is very long. I use a twist tie to bunch it up. Otherwise I can only assume these headphones were intended for giraffes. Giraffes with the frequency-hearing range of dolphins.Yes, that over-the-ear loop is super annoying at first. The good news here is that there\'s a method for dealing with this. Aim the headphones forward, then bring the loop around your ear and insert the headphones. You will grow acclimated to this action until it\'s really not a big deal anymore. The other good news is that with this technique, along with the neck sleeve and the clip, the resulting ensemble is a secure and snug fit perfectly adequate for exercise. However, I can\'t comment on the impact of sweat since I\'m not a huge sweater myself.The passive noise isolation is \"quite good.\" The isolation gets promoted to \"very quite good\" if you use Comply foam eartips. Combined with the music you will not hear any screaming children, construction, oncoming trucks, etc.But still, all of this means that these are not at all what I would call \"casual listening\" headphones. They\'re overkill for your regular podcasts (unless you need noise isolation, of course), and if you need to insert and remove them frequently frustration will set in. For casual listening I just use Apple earpods, which aren\'t amazing and obviously have no noise isolation, but they\'re totally fine for normal circumstances. The T20i headphones are for when you want to block out the world and enjoy the bloody hell out of your music. If you\'re a sound head, you will get used to the nuisances surrounding these headphones, and you will like them, because at $250 it\'s exceedingly unlikely you\'re going to find a better and bigger sound elsewhere.
• My usual in ears up until now have been either the 1More Quad Driver or the MEE Pinnacle P1s. I like both of these a lot and I listen to many different genres, always in lossless format. The 1More can be a bit bass heavy at times and to me misses the sparkle that makes for \"fun\" listening. The MEE P1s are very smooth sounding with a great soundstage and instrument separation. Either of these would be a great choice if you had to choose one and only one pair of IEMs, but in my opinion there\'s just something missing that I can\'t quite define. If these two were to mate and the offspring only acquired all of the best traits from each that would in my mind make for the perfect set of IEMs..With that in mind, I was browsing on Amazon looking for a good set of closed back reference cans and happened across the RHA T20s which I wasn\'t familiar with but they looked interesting for some reason even though I wasn\'t looking for in ears. The more I researched them though, the more my curiosity was piqued. Long story short (as if that\'s possible at this point), I went ahead and ordered them. The verdict......DAMN, these are NICE sounding earphones. There\'s plenty of bass; not a perpetual thumping bass, rather a nice deep rumbling bass where the music calls for it. This doesn\'t happen at the expense of the treble which is also quite full without sibilence or harshness. A somewhat V shaped tuning with a really nice out of your head soundstage and instrument separation that at 18 ohms can be driven by a smartphone and doesn\'t require an amp. The additional tuning nozzles will allow you to emphasize the treble or bass but I think this is accomplished more by masking the opposite cleft rather than adding to the selected sound. I find the reference nozzle is perfect for me and the other two sets were put away in a drawer somewhere.I do wish the cable was removable because I would love to hear how these sound with a balanced cable. RHA\'s customer service reputation coupled with the three year warranty was sufficient enough that I was willing to overlook this deficiency. I find them to be quite comfortable and had no trouble finding perfect fitting tips from the pretty extensive selection that are included.These have \"it\"..... Whatever that thing is that I can\'t quite describe that is missing from the other two sets, I found it with the T20s. These seem like they are the result of what you\'d get if you were to cross the MEE Pinnacle P1 and the 1More quad drivers. I think that for the money the T20 is a fantastic choice.You may notice that most of the negative reviews are because of durability issues or from folks who didn\'t buy from an authorized retailer and are suddenly unhappy because they are out of luck on a warranty problem....but even in their negative review they make mention that before they had a problem they thought that these really sounded great.They do sound great.....and I\'m no longer looking for a new set of closed back reference cans because I REALLY like how these sound. If you\'re on the fence about these let me help you and give you a shove.....buy them!

Location:

Share :