Monster’s Turbine Speakers is a lightweight pair of headsets that appearsas nondescript as the earbuds bundled with your garden-variety MP3 player. The primary difference? The Turbine sounds greaterand packages some certainly deep bass response.Almost allearphones thataim todeliver booming bass end up distorting or muddying sound, but Monster keeps things crystal-clear. Fans of hip-hop, electronic music, and hard rock may very wellenjoy this pair, but if you’re an audiophile in need offlat, accurate response, look elsewhere. The Turbine is all about the low end.
All of theTurbine’s earpieces has a normal black-and-silver metallic design; the right one has a red ring around it and the left a blue ring, so you can tell which is which. Included rubber sound-isolating ear tips (flanges or rounded tips) come in several different sizes and styles and everything fits into a concise, snap-shut padded bag. Within my testing, I had difficulty having the earphones to suit adequately for extended periods: One ear piece would steadily start drifting out of my ear canal, which in some cases detracted from my listening experience. As fit varies commonly from person to person, I allow some leeway using this kind of trouble; the earpieces may match you good. Regrettably, our HEAD Acoustics head-and-torso simulator also had difficulty maintaining a frequent fit, as evidenced in our linear frequency-response graph (see the slideshow). The key issue with inconsistent fit is that one ear can get extra bass and entire volume than the other, which throws everything off.
Performance Tests AudioThe Turbine costs $30 more than Monster’s other bass-centric, in-ear pair, the Beats by Dr. Dre Tour High quality In-Ear Headphones. The Turbine certainly features a sharper, better high-frequency response than the Dr. Dre ‘phones. The low-frequency responses of these two pairs, as our HEAD Acoustics frequency-response tests clearly show, are quite similar, but the Turbine achieves a slightly nicer sound by having somewhat more presence in deep sub-woofer territory. Visually, the Tour pair, with its flat, fettuccine-like red cable, is far more eye-catching and stays in place and fits more constantly, which, as pointed out above, assists keep the music’s stereo impression.
On songs with quite deep bass, for instance the Knife’s “Silent Shout,” the Turbine stands out. It may manage the deepest subwoofer frequencies with ease and demonstrates a tad of distortion only at the very top volume an impressive feat since earphones are significantly raising the bass as well. I discovered the Turbine occasionally a bit too bright, as if Monster was overcompensating for the booming low end. Also, the result of the boosted low end is quite recognizable at lower listening levels which (I hope) means you’ll play your music at lower, safer volumes.
Shure’s new SE115 provides less bass but still raises low frequencies more than a standard flat-response pair would. So if you wish to save $50 and prefer a more old-fashioned bass response, try the SE115. Or else, I’d suggest the Tour pair costs less, and I like its sound, and fit, and they have a more fascinating design. Don’t get me wrong, the Monster Turbine High Performance In-Ear Speakers is a solid pair, but the fit issues both with my ears and with our HEAD Acoustics simulator give me pause.
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