I admit that Bob Marley for me, he is much more a personality and an embodiment of a certain culture and its legacy than a musician. I am not saying that he is not a unique artist, but this style of music is simply not my cup of coffee. However, we are all the more curious as to how the headphones made with reference to Bob Marley's vision will cope with the music I listen to, even if it is not exactly Reggae. In addition to being the promoter of a musical genre that originated in Jamaica in the sixties and spread from the Caribbean to the whole world, Marley placed great emphasis on natural materials, the use of nature and stopping its pollution. The MARLEY Redemption Song OE headphones emphasize Bob Marley's legacy, which his son's company decided to connect with top quality music.
The fact that the manufacturer is serious about natural materials will convince you of the recycled paper box, in which you will find, in addition to the headphones themselves, a textile bag for carrying them with a leather patch, which is truly stylish and will certainly find application not only for transporting the headphones themselves. The headphones themselves offer a truly unconventional design that shows natural materials at first glance. While the earcups themselves are made of leather, which is also used to cover the headband between the left and right headphones, the headphones themselves are a combination of metal and wood. The headphones also include a textile cable, which prevents tangling and protects the cables better than regular tubing. The cable can be disconnected from the headphones and replaced with another. The cable also has a remote control with a microphone.onem, thanks to which it is possible in iOS browse songs, increase/decrease volume, play or pause playback and of course answer and end calls.
At first glance, you won't find plastic on the headphones, of course they contain it, but it's really in minismall amount, especially on parts that are not visible at first glance. As for the wood, in my opinion it serves more of an aesthetic function and has no effect on the resulting reproduction. However, what does have an effect on it is the high-quality metal vent and the strength with which the individual parts of the headphones are connected. Of course, we are talking about design now, so it is clear that the reproduction is mainly influenced by the internal structure of the headphones and the used transducers. The headband, which is made of aluminum covered with padded leather, is very comfortable to wear and will not limit you in any way even when listening to music for a long time. I really rate the workmanship as one of the best I have had the opportunity to encounter, and I had headphones worth tens of thousands of crowns in my hands. All parts fit perfectly, the quality of the materials is visible and Marley really did not skimp.
As far as the design is concerned, this is of course a completely individual thing, but personally I feel that Marley is building a name especially among the Reaggae community and followers of a similar style of dressing. Whereas it doesn't really matter what they look like with in-ear headphones, if you're running down the street with headphones over your head, they say a lot about you. I don't want to criticize the design, it's great, but I rather feel that it's similar to if Bentley only produced pink cars, yes they will also find their fans, but it won't be a car that will interest everyone.
Once you Marley Redemption Song OE donesit home, do not put them on your ears and let them play. After the first start, they could give you a rather negative impression. I feel that the headphones are so well made that they need up to three times the time to play compared to regular headphones. Marley headphones are not neededchat play them for at least a few dozen hours to get the final sound they are really supposed to have. So be careful about this and really let them play for a long time.
On the distributor's official website for the Czech Republic, I read the following statement: "40mm high-definition dynamic drivers provide powerful, realistic sound with great response, exactly like live music. They are mounted in a real beech wood enclosure." I usually laugh at the description from the manufacturer, who tend to describe headphones for five crowns as a product with crystal clear sound, and move on, but I was intrigued by the Marley description. I'll explain why right now. When you put on headphones that are already really well played, you don't feel like you're in the most advanced studio in the world, where precision is the key. You don't feel like it's 2013 in a perfectly designed house with the most luxurious products in the world that can truly deliver crystal sound, you feel completely different. You feel like you're in the middle of a concert, you smell of smoke and someone just spilled beer on your new shorts, but you don't mind because you're having a great time.
Imagine a perfect designer table for a quarter of a million crowns that you have as a pride of place in your living room. A beautiful vision or for some, a reality. But what if a drop of red wine falls on that table, what if you accidentally throw something on it? iPhone a little thicker and there will be a groove in it? So these are not Marleys, they are an old piece of oak wood in the shape of a table with a lot of nicks, stains and other things that add something to them that you can't buy, something that has a soul. If you want 100% accuracy and listenchat individual tones, forget about them, if you want to feel like you're at a concert, if you want the music to enter you like it does from the biggest speakers at a festival and draw you in, then you've come to the right place. This is exactly the effect you can have thanks to headphones Marley.
I don't mean that the headphones don't distinguish individual tones and don't have enough range. However, they are "dirtier" compared to some models from Harman Kardon or AKQ. When you play Lennon's Imagine recorded from a record, you won't hear the needle skip as clearly and the typical crackling won't be as pronounced as with the AKQ 701, for example, but you will feel like you're at Woodstock. Now I can actually think of another comparison: when you play Smoke on the water by Deep Purple, you won't be in Tokyo where the Made in Japan album was made, you'll be right above Lake Geneva where the fire broke out during Frank Z's performance.appand, thanks to which one of the most legendary rock songs in the world was created. You will be there when the songs were created, you will not be in the present where everything is so perfect. Personally, I really like the sound of Marley and they will become one of the headphones in my collection, on which I will play rock whenever I feel like having fun and enjoying the atmosphere, even if it is in my home environment, not at a concert. If you are more of a fan of earplug headphones, you can read the review in the article Marley Redemption Song IE Mist Review: How does the sound coming out of rasta headphones sound?
- You can buy Marley Redemption Song OE headphones at designbag.cz
- You can buy Marley Redemption Song OE headphones at designbag.sk
Technical parameters
- Type of converters: 40 mm dynamic, neodymium
- Frequency range: 15 Hz - 22 kHz
- Sensitivity: 114 dB
- Impedance: 32 Ω
- The cable length: 1.3 m
- Jack: 3,5 mm, gold plated
