And now it has the IEMs to go with it.
Are the Q1 set to feature in ourbest wired earbudsbuying guide?
It’s highly likely.
The Q1 are made to match the Activo P1 player, but you don’t need Activo kit to enjoy them.
Which sounds good on paper and it is in the listening too.
It’s all about sound-per-pound value isn’t it?
And here, I think the Q1 have a lot going for them.
The Q1s come with a protective case, five pairs of eartips and two connectors.
The Q1 are built around a modified version of DITA’s PM1+ 9.8mm dynamic driver.
Here, it’s housed in a brass casing and teamed up with a Knowles 33518 balanced armature driver.
The nozzles are PVD stainless steel and the supplied eartips should cover most ear sizes.
The Q1s come with a standard 3.5mm and a balanced 4.4mm connector
The tips are a very tight fit; fiddly to put on, but firmly fixed once installed.
I lucked out with my first choice of size, easily achieving a good seal without any adjustment.
The Q1 also fit very snugly and are well balanced.
You can have any color you like as long as it’s white with transparent resin
Impedance is 31 ohms and the frequency response is 20Hz to 20kHz.
Sensitivity is 109 dB/mW @ 1kHz.
They excel with layered vocals; the Taylor Swift and HAIM collaborationNo Body No Crimeis particularly luminous.
And they’re enormous fun with live recordings too.
Like many high quality headphones, the Q1s aren’t here to flatter poorly recorded music.
But give them something shiny and turn them up a bit and they’re very good indeed.
So the Activo Q1s are considerably cheaper than both sets of rivals.
Activo Q1: Should you buy them?
And I have to say, the Activo Q1 more than held their own, however I tested them.
Read we test.
