Build I bought it around RM330 in my country currency. The build. Metal headband it claims to be a stainless steel headband only time will tell. Ear cup only tilt up and down.
The headband it's an automatic adjustment style similar to the akg k702. I never own akg before.
I wear spectacles. It's comfortable. Clamping force imo just nice. Overall comfortable.earcup soft pleather . Headband soft pleather . No hotspot. Just maybe it will get hot .
It looks like a semi open headphone but the outer cup it's just for design. It's a close back headphone. Outside earcup made of hard plastic mainly all plastic. Except for the headband and the hinge. Headband made of wire adjustment and pleather headband . Headphone feel light. Also comes with a cloth bag , and cable with mic attached. I guess the mic just so so.
Drivability; Anything can drive this thing. It's legit super easy phone , pc anything.
Sound quality: Song tested in flac , 320kbps . Source PC. Dac amp , fiio k1 dongle , suca audio dac q4 pro.
Song tested kpop aespa , new jeans, pop , anime song and piano , vocalist like Taeyeon and IU. Seafret ,
I just gonna sum up of what I hear. I feel like the bass is elevated , treble elevated. The mids it's quite balance. Vocals sound imo normal sometime piercing depends on what type of song you listening. Vocals are push back ABIT. The high hats , drums ,trumpet , all are very distinct. Can hear clearly. Each of the instruments are clear. Vocal clear too. They didn't merge together. If that makes sense.
Now comes to sound stage. The seller told me it's narrow. But to my surprise it's wider than the hd58x , hd600 imo. It also have the 3 blob effect. I can get the sense of the the instrument depts which is the first time for me. I couldn't hear it on my he400se. Non stealth , hd58x , hd600 etc.
Instrument have like dept effects and I know where it coming from. It's like drums on my left than the trumpet is behind the vocalist Futher etc. yeah. I know where each instrument coming from and all sound clear even though they are lots of instruments.
Vocals doesn't have airyness like the he400se. The sub bass just so so . The hd58x, sub bass is more impressive after eq.
Stock bass of the jt1 is punchy a little boosted same goes for the treble. These 2 are the one that stands out. Vocals just a little bit push back.
For the price of I want to compare to the he400se non stealth and shp9500.
Jt1 wins compare to the shp9500.
As for jt1 and he400se. He400se has hotspot on the head , heavy. Sound wise. It's not as punchy. It's a different tuning. But has air in the vocals.
Seperation. I think jt1 does better , soundstage and imaging too jt1 really give me the sense of instruments dept which I never hear on any other headphone I own.
Tuning of the jt1 imo boosted base , boosted treble. Not by alot but these 2 things are the thing that stands out.
Drawbacks. ABIT grainy especially since I own he400se , hd600 , hd58x , M40x etc etc.
Resolution : resolution isn't the best imo. It's just decent but resolution better than shp500 , I think it's almost the same as the he400se. Maybe the 400se is better. Other headphone I own resolution win over the jt1.
Ok stuff I am impressed with the soundstage it's quite wide imo. Wider than the hd58x , hd600 , he400se. It has dept too and the I can say I know where each vocalist , drums etc coming from left , right center etc. behind etc.
I do not play FPS games . So yeah.
I feel like this type of tuning sound unique I do not hate. I feel like it's decent . Won't say I love it either.
I feel like vocals it's not bad. Sound normal. Not above average. Hd58, and hd600 , even the he400se sound better for vocals.
This headphone I feel like good at seperation , good for guitar music , drums. Morden music.
Shp9500 sounds wash compared to this headphone that's all I can say. Build wise the shp9500 wins. Otherwise the sound jt1 wins.
He400se and jt1 imo both sound different. Since one it's planar the other is dynamic.
Conclusion. I feel like the only draw back is the resolution for this headphone . It's clear the sound. Music sound warm. Relax. More on bass sound. Sub bass is less. Vocals is not the strong point. Like something is missing. Feel like missing emotion or texture. It's not like the sennheiser. Resolution a little grainy.
Overall I think it's not bad. Imo music just sound smooth , relax. Maybe on the warmer side .
Thanks, I’ll probably wait for a few more reviews. I do like their ft3 quite a bit, but that’s more of a Harmon tuned headphone.