I had a chance to try the Sonoma Model One headphone system. Here are the GRAS measurements:
The good:
- Spectacular detail capability - especially for treble frequencies.
- Reaaallly fast, tight, and well controlled sounding.
- Excellent tonal balance and tuning overall.
The average:
- Bass performance is only okay, not as good as the rest of it, leaving it somewhat ‘sterile’ sounding.
- A slight emphasis to 10khz adds a hint of ‘shimmer’ character to it. It’s still appropriate for tonal balance, just a touch hot.
The not so good:
- Somewhat wimpy sounding for dynamics - lacks the ‘fun’ found in other headphones available at this price.
- Odd and somewhat disjointed soundstage. Very open sounding, with appropriate lateral definition, but the center image lacks forward presence and depth.
Here’s the video review:
