It’s basically a
ring of rubber that goes around the
earphone
so it helps stabilize the second semi in
your outer ear and takes the pressure
off the tip of the earphone in your
inner ear so that’s quite a clever
solution and it makes the CK and semi
quite a comfortable earphone to wear
even though the nozzle is actually quite
wide in terms of the rest of the build
we have this nice aluminium buddy here
it’s got really nice classical audio
technica build quality one thing to note
is that it’s quite a long IM it sticks
out it is quite a bit so you can
actually forget about kind of lie on
your side with this I am it’s not really
well suited for that the CK and 70s
usage a cable and what that means is
that the left side of the cable is
shorter than the right side of the cable
the other thing about this you can
cemani cable and this
unfortunately something I really don’t
like about the CK in 70s is that the
cable quality is quite honestly rubbish
it’s like the kind of papery thin noisy
kind of cable that you would find on a
much cheaper I am NOT a 100 dollar
earphone as you can see I’ve had the CK
in 70s for quite a long time now and
they still actually have the bend in the
cable that came from sitting in the box
the way it was wrapped up so it’s a
cable that retains memory like nothing
else
it just feels cheap and unfortunately
because of the design of the ear loops
where the the earphone has to hang down
you can’t wear it the other way around
cable noise is a huge problem you you’ll
find that the cable noise from the wavy
J cable bounces against your chest or
about your neck is just a really noisy
and distracting so if you are thinking
of using the CK in 70s in the gym more
or when you move around a lot
unfortunately you’re gonna find that the
cable noise is going to be incredibly
disruptive now this is a real shame
because otherwise the CK in 70 is a
comfortable earphone that would be
really nice at the gym or when you’re
out and about now in terms of sound I
didn’t actually like the CK and 70s out
of the box I found that the treble
section is very aggressive it’s very
emphasized so what you get is you get
this kind of metallic sounding quite raw
and almost grainy high-frequency section
that you know can almost sound
irritating especially at higher volumes
now we have some tracks this isn’t such
a problem I mean with the acoustic core
kind of mellow tracks you get a nice
presentation of detail but with a lot of
tracks especially modern recordings it
actually sounds very aggressive and
irritating now this is a problem
especially with the included tips when I
use something like Sony phone Claybrook
tips so I use a different type of
silicon tip I found that you could
reduce the problem somewhat you can make
the rawness go away to an extent but
it’s still there’s a characteristic of
the sound in terms of the rest of the
sound of the ckn 70s
you get a very emphasized very punchy
bass response and it’s definitely not a
neutral bass response but it is very
punchy and fast bass and combined with
the high frequencies and in with a bass
you had a very V shaped sound which is
very lively and aggressive and dynamic
and a lot of fun with a lot of tracks
but it’s not exactly the most neutral or
balanced sounding of earphones in terms
of what I recommend the ckn 70s I
actually have a real difficulty
recommending the seeking and settings
because of the quality of the cable but
if that wasn’t such a big consideration
you will get a very exciting sound out
of the city and 70s but something more
balanced from around the same price
point I would recommend the hi-fi man re
for hundreds because the RE 400s are a
lot more laid-back they’re more mellow
and they work with a wider variety of
music they’re very detailed and they
have a much cleaner and smoother treble
section but if you are a big fan on
v-shape sounds you’re a big fan of
aggressive sounding earphones the city
and cemani is worth a lot anyway