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E-MU Teak Headphones w/ Removable Cable
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E-MU Teak Headphones w/ Removable Cable
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keyboard_arrow_downOldmanJbles
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Oct 9, 2024
Activities:Casual Listening, Critical Listening, Gaming, Movies & TV
Music Genres:Classical, Electronic, Jazz, Metal, Pop, Rock
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Unparalleled bass in exchange for paralleled comfort.
Despite not being a basshead, somehow over the years I've acquired quite the collection of bassy headphones and iems. Of that collection, and everything else I've heard - nothing does bass better than the E-MU Teak's. The Teak's offer thick, lush, powerful, authoritative bass with no compromise to clarity or detail throughout. Somehow they even slam like planars. In terms of raw sound quality for bass and just this type of sound signature in general, I don't think you can do better without crossing the $1,000 mark. In fact, I'm not even sure anything else comes close. Regarding amplification, the Teak's are lightweight and easy to run from any source, but I've found that high power sources bring out the best these headphones have to offer.
Now that said, the E-MU Teak is part of the legendary Foster Bio-Dynamics family, and that means they are not without their compromises to fit and comfort. The Teak's inherit their frame from the Denon and Fostex bio-dyns of old, if you're familiar with any of those, the experience is nearly 1:1.
The headband has almost no padding; depending on how sensitive you are to these things, it can feel like there's two heavy metal wire hangers sitting on your head. Hotspots abound too. The length adjustment mechanism is also the same as the old Denons, it feels flimsy and is a historically common failure point for this family of headphones. While I've never had issues with it on my old Denon D5000 or Teak's, you'll definitely need to handle the adjustment mechanism with care when using these headphones. The stock earpads are also not great, they're relatively thin and like to get hot. At the best of times they're not super comfy, but if you have bigger/wider ears they might just be a no-go altogether. If you do decided to replace them, the actual act of replacement is super easy; but finding suitable earpads that retain the musical qualities that make the Teak's truly special is hard, be sure to do your research. The headphones are also technically semi-open. While I don't think anyone nearby could really clearly hear what you're listening to, there is definitely more sound leakage here than with your average closed-back.
Overall the Teak's are not without their flaws and compromises, but if you feel you can live with them - or are will to put the extra effort and cash into overcoming then outright, you will find yourself rewarded with some of the most sublime, lush, pillow-ey, zero compromise bass you will ever experience in a headphone. For me, the Teak is well worth it's weight in gold.
Recommends this product? Yes
SuprMasu
1
Sep 22, 2024
Music Genres:Electronic, Metal, Pop, Rock
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Great headphones!
I have tried many headphones more expensive than E-MUs, but I always return to these. Bass is just so good! Addictive sound. Build quality could be a notch better but nothing more to complain about. If you have bigger ears, these could be little uncomfortable, ear openings are small.
Recommends this product? Yes
Omeh
0
Sep 12, 2024
Music Genres:Electronic, Hip-hop, Metal
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Great headphones overall but arrived open box
The E-mu Teak sound incredible for metal, phonk and electronic music. Powerful, impactful, clean bass is mind-blowing. I really like this sound signature for my music genres.
Comfort - comfortable for the most part, the pads can be better - overall comfort is decent but I find myself often re-adjusting the pads.
Build quality could be better for the price - could use real leather and have larger earcup size. The headphones look premium and would feel more premium if real leather was used. The hinge connecting earcups to headband looks like a potential point of failure in the future.
Recommends this product? Yes
Soymilk0204
8
Sep 5, 2024
Activities:Casual Listening
Music Genres:Classical, Electronic, Hip-hop, Metal, Pop, Rock
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E-mu Teak Headphones
Really nice sound for the price; however build quality is kinda poor.
Recommends this product? Yes
joeshtesh475
13
Aug 30, 2024
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Great Sound, Beautiful Cups
E-MU with Rosewood cups.
Fantastic sound, v shaped with tasteful bass and treble boost; clear sound with wide sound stage, crisp imaging.
The rosewood cups are gorgeous, cant find any blemishes or issues with build.
Biggest issues are the pads have a small ear opening, unless you have tiny ears you'll need a pad swap. I'm hesitant to swap pads given how well tuned these are out of the box.
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Recommends this product? Yes
MCPatD
14
Aug 31, 2024
joeshtesh475Beware with the pad swap as there's an attenuator built into the stock pads.
vken27
41
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Jul 2, 2024
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The most beautiful EMU headphone I got
This is my 3rd EMU headphone the first 2 where with built in wires but I wanted something that is removable. This is the best of the bunch. the ebony cups looks stunning. I don't really go for glossy finish but this one I can appreciate. The sounds you say? The sound is leaning towards neutral since the Ebony cups are really hardwood. But it still got enough of the boombassticc that it didn't really matter that it is more neutral.
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Recommends this product? Yes
vken27
41
Keyboard Club Member
Jul 4, 2024
SuprMasuI got it last week. It took DROP 3 months to shipped it. I guess in the end it was worth the wait. I initially wanted teak but then I already have the bamboo and wanted something different. for me, the cups heavy weight and finish just looks and feels more premium. And there was no molds in my box which I just throw away anyways after I got the headphones since I live in a tiny home.
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Headfi101
6
Mar 21, 2024
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Strong smell of mold inside the box
Mold inside the Emu Teak headphone's box both for the first pair and the second, replacement pair. Overall, not acceptable for a $500 pair of headphone or any headphones.
Further more, the box is very thin, cardboard construction which can be damaged easily during shipment.
For the ordering process, it took about 2 months from order to arrival, and refund took about 1 month after shipping it back.
Recommends this product? No
chan_emu
520
May 7, 2024
Headfi101Hi Headfi101,
Sorry for the late response.
The shipment was supposed to reach you all before Christmas.
However due to some logistics issues, the shipment only reached Drop's New Jersey warehouse at the end of January.
In January, FedEx announced national service disruption due to storm and severe weather.
The shipment was stuck in the Fedex transit warehouse. The growth of mold was likely due to extreme weather, high humidity, poor and prolong storage condition.
The replacement unit is also affected as they belong to the same shipment.
Please refer to the article link for the FedEx announcement - https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/01/24/fedex-express-announces-national-service-disruption-due-severe-weather/
Please contact us at support@emu.com if you need any clarification or assistance.
Terco
420
Feb 8, 2021
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Beautiful Cans
The sound was great! I sold mine I regret, hopefully they can be back for sale.
Recommends this product? Yes
R1ddl3
47
Jun 9, 2020
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Great Sound, Poor Quality Control (Old Model)
I'm writing this review a couple years after buying an earlier version of these (the cable was still a thick braided black one) for the reward points. I love the sound signature of these - with the default wood option, they sound like a more well rounded version of the Fostex TH-X00, which I also owned. Unfortunately my unit had some pretty severe QC issues. The cable stopped working within several months. Shortly after that I stopped getting sound from the right side, and then a while after that the left side failed as well. At the time there appeared to be just one guy handling all customer support duties, meaning there was a turnaround time of over a week on email requests. Additionally, sending these back for a repair under warranty meant shipping them overseas. I wound up getting them repaired by a third party rather than go through that process. They still work since getting those repairs done, but overall the experience wasn't great. I'd hope these issues were resolved in newer versions.
Recommends this product? No
customNuts
7
Nov 11, 2019
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Very capable headphone.
Despite being packaged and presented in a budget fashion, these are excellent cans especially for bass lovers.
An important note, even though these are easy to drive, they sound significantly better when driven properly. They actually LOVE lots of current. Then the sound (especially bass) tightens up and becomes much more open and precise.
My favourite is balanced out of a high end tube amp. Unbelievable.
I use the little dott 6.
Recommends this product? Yes
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