making a high-end earbud design in 2019
is audacious and frankly even a little
bizarre but here we are with the audio
technica ath cm mm TI which is a
high-end earbud that comes in alongside
the AP mm TI headphones and the ck mm TI
in ears as part of audio Technica's new
flagship lineup of titanium series
products now the CM mm TI was actually
the product that i was the most here is
about you could argue that products like
the air pods are today keeping the e-bot
dream alive however in the audiophile
market I would say the market is
basically moved on from this design in
general just because it doesn't tend to
isolate very well and it doesn't tend to
produce a lot of bass just because
there's no acoustic seal now is the CM
mm Ti going to come along and change
everyone's mind about ear buds and usher
in a new golden age for this design
probably not but what I can say is this
listening to the CM mm Ti is a lot of
fun because like going back in time they
remind you about everything that was
great about ear buds and everything that
wasn't so great about ear buds and they
do it in style
this is Lachlan for minidisc TV where
Australia's favorite headphones store
and in this video we're looking at the
physical manifestation of audiophile
nostalgia the CM 2000 TI high-end
earbuds when I say the CM 2000 TI cause
back to designs of decades past I'm not
actually sure that earbuds were ever
quite so elegant like all of audio
Technica's ti series the CM 2000 TI is
made of solid titanium a far cry from
the plastic used in most earbud designs
Audio Technica went all out with the
internals is well with a 15 point 4
millimeter diamond like carbon coated
driver perm indium magnets and
detachable cables using audio Technica's
own a to DC standard the CM 2000 TI
comes with a standard 3.5 millimeter
cable as well as a four point four
millimeter balanced cable for higher-end
digital audio players now there are some
people who prefer an earbud design
simply because they don't like
having things stuck right into their ear
canals but there are a number of things
that you gotta watch out for with the CM
mm TI as an earbud design it's actually
relatively large courtesy of that
fifteen point four millimeter driver so
you might find that it might rub against
parts of your outer ear now in my case
my ears on my right ear it's perfectly
comfortable in Nestle's very nicely into
my outer here and it feels great even
after a pretty long wearing session with
my left
ER it's not quite as perfect and I do
find that the edge of the earbud rubs
against a bit of my outer ear and it's
not terribly comfortable now I can
adjust the orientation of the earbuds so
that it doesn't rub quite as much but
then I end up with a situation where the
sound isn't quite the same on both sides
of the ears now of course everyone's
ears a different and your mileage may
vary but it is something to watch out
for to customize the fit you can use the
included foam covers or go nude which
tends to make the sound brighter and
harsh arc either way you won't get much
isolation from the world around you and
now we get to sound now first of all I
should say I'm not the best person to
speak to when it comes to what is sort
of hip and happening in the e bud scene
and these days apart from the air pods I
don't really have experience with what
current-generation high-end earbuds are
like what I can say is that listening to
the CM mm TI the sound sounds to me a
lot like a throwback to how I remember
earbuds sounding way back when I had my
own Walkman or I guess minidisc Walkman
I should say so the sound is very much
characteristic of those kinds of earbuds
where the high frequencies are somewhat
rolled off so there's not a great deal
of harshness or similans but there's
also not a huge degree of high-frequency
detail and also in the sub-base in the
very lowest frequencies that information
is basically missing from this earphone
so you end up with a very mid band mid
range dominant sound now as long as your
music sort of fits into that mid range
that mid band it ends up sounding quite
clear and view of
textured so I really liked the CM mm TI
when it came to acoustic music to jazz
music and in particular Randy Newman's
1977 album little criminals was
basically fantastic on the CM mm ti but
as soon as you throw anything sort of
modern pop studio electronic recordings
on this CM mm ti you'll notice that
basically there's a whole chunk of sub
bass information which is just
completely missing and it's just not
gonna satisfy you if you want that punch
or that home there's honestly less bass
in VCM mm TI's than there is in the air
pods or in a cost Porter Pro or your
typical pair of grottoes but to me
there's something in the way that the CM
mm t I thought were cause which is just
really characteristic of what Audio
Technica does best it's just taken two
extremes here where it's that audio
technica mid-range vocal magic to the
exclusion of everything else now along
with that mid-range magic I have to say
that the other advantage of the e bud
design that I am really reminded of when
I listen to the CM mm Ti is that the
soundstage is just completely different
because it's an open design so you get a
much more Airy a much more spacious
sound and it's quite relaxing to listen
to so what I've found is that I really
enjoy the CM mm Ti when you listen at
low volumes and it just kind of fades
into the background of your day and you
can kind of go about doing what you need
to do and it's relatively unobtrusive
and it has that nice relaxing signature
to go along with it
does this make the CM mm TI a good daily
driver probably not but it is something
unique that you can add to your
collection but really I could say
anything I wanted about the CM mm Ti and
I'm sure that there are some people out
there who have a huge hankering for a
high-end earbud and shout out in the
comments if you're out there because I'm
sure you're pretty much all over these
now personally I am really curious to
see how the CM 2
thousand TI performs in the market just
because it's such a unique product and
as far as many discos we've already
gotten a few pre-orders for the CM 2000
TI so there are definitely some diehard
e bud fans out there let us know what
you think in the comments and you can
always pop into our store and have a
listen or order online
this is Lachlan four-minute is TV and
we'll see you next time