I’m not gonna lie – the first feedback I got was that it looks like a negligible piece of plastic headphones trying to look nice. It even advertises itself as a pair of “deep bass headphones” too. But that’s where everything else caught me by surprise. How surprising? Check out our review of the SonicGear Studio 2 to know it all!
Packaging
The SonicGear Studio 2 has a no-frills packaging, with even the most minimal design on it. Just the pair of headphones showing up, and nothing else. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting it to be this simple – just remove the seal and the contents pops right out. Remove the headphones from the cardboard, and you’re done!
Build quality and features
The SonicGear Studio 2 is a pair of headphones takes on a relatively simple design – coloured plastic all over with a few chrome accents around the headphone earcups.
Speaking of the earcups, they’re actually big and soft enough to accommodate my big ears. Surprisingly, the net here gives a lot of leeway for my ears to sit on. A good combination of foam and this net thing here, I would say.
One very neat feature that SonicGear Studio 2 has is that both earcups can flip 180º outright and hide itself in the headband itself. Neat little feature, and definitely good for transportation.
While on the subject of earcups, I found out that the printing for L and R sides are important – at least for the first time. The reason being that this pair of headphones do have a single in-line button and a microphone built into flat cable connecting the left earcup.
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The headband is covered in relatively soft leatherette, to the point that it doesn’t collapse on my head or have I felt the band at all. Again, the earcups clamped really well onto my ears, and that really helped out the whole feel of it.
Then again, the SonicGear Studio 2 headphones is really light due to its plastic build.
The only thing that I don’t like about the build is that there are two wires in total that goes into the headphone itself – one to the left, and another to the right, where most other headphones just have the cable to go through one side.
Listening test
I started off as usual, setting the equalizer to be totally flat, and with my usual song – Adventure Time by Rogue – as the main benchmark. The bass is really noticeably heavier than other headphones – and that’s where I started to Google around the if I can find the frequency response spectrum. That proved to be irrelevant since it is officially named as a “deep bass” pair of headphones.
Mids and highs were doing alright but the bass can sometimes be a little too much – so an EQ setting to tame it a little might be necessary. Same goes to the other songs I tried – the bass was a little too much for my taste.
Certain music with a strong emphasis on bass however like First of the Year (Equinox) by Skrillex is where the SonicGear Studio 2 really shines bright like the sun. The bass here are crystal clear, with the minor distinctions between frequencies of bass can be heard through this pair of headphones. When the kid makes his noise in the song however, it sounded totally different from the usual that I’ve heard as the kid’s voice definitely sounded too deep.
Then I went on to Cherokee by the BBC Big Band and tested its performance on the soundstage segment. To my surprise, this pair of headphones actually does have quite a bit of tricks up its sleeve. The soundstage is distinct for both sides on the front and middle part of the stage. However, it is only with subtle differences when it comes to comparing the middle and rear part of the stage.
Wrap up
The SonicGear Studio 2 is one of the better sounding pair of headphones out there right now – especially if you’re a bass-lover. Even better is that the SonicGear Studio 2 is really, really low priced. I mean really low – like only RM109. For this price, you get a pair of foldable yet decent-looking headphones that sounds great especially in the bass department, coupled with surprisingly good soundstage distinction. Furthermore, it’s available in a total of 5 different colours, with the one shown here being the white one.
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