Audio Technica CKF300 review

Ladies and gentlemen,
The review that you've been waiting for.  Knowing that my girlfriend's headphone was spoilt, I've decided to purchase a replacment for her. After some talking with my colleague, he recommended me to go for Audio Technica.(My colleague is using the Audio Technica SJ11) . So, I paid for RM99 , bought it from lowyat.net forums for this model ,  Audio-Technica ATH-CKF300 Bloom Inner Ear Earphones.

The is the box that houses the 

Audio-Technica ATH-CKF300 Bloom Inner Ear Earphones

After unboxing the Audio Technica CKF300, these are the contents.

The main star, which is the Audio Technica CKF300 earphones.

The instruction manual, which most of us including myself won't bother to read.

Different sized ear pieces.

After talking so much, let's start with the aesthetics of the earphones. These earphone is definitely more suitable for the ladies, because it's small and petite. There are a total of 8 attractive colours available for this model, the ATF-CKF300 series.There are also a few case designs for this model. The case here is to case for carrying the earphones. Design-wise, it provides a lot of variety. So that's a plus there. 

Now, to the important stuff, the sound quality, I don't much to compared to. I compared these headphones with the earphones that came with my Samsung Google Nexus S phone. When I used the Google Nexus S phone earphones (I'll call them Nexus S earphones for simplicity sake), even on the same volume level, the Nexus S earphones can produce a louder volume compared to the Audio Technica CKF300 series. I suspect these could Nexus earphone have larger ear pieces or longer ear pieces. I was able to achieve the same effect when I pushed the Audio Technica earphones closer into my ear.

So audio-volume wise, the Audio Technica CKF300 series does provide a softer volume, probably won't hurt your ear that much after prolonged use. But, if you're a person who likes to listen to heavy bass music, these earphones might not be suitable for you.

Listening to vocals, it seems that Audio Technica CKF300 is on par with my Nexus S earphones. Both earphones are hardly distinguishable from each other. So, both of them are even on vocals side.

On to the songs / music that I've used for testing the earphones, 

I used Skrillex - Syndicate [HD] for heavy bass music.

For the vocals, I listened to Olivia. Sometimes When We Touch .

Samsung Google Nexus S headphones

Note:  

When my girlfriend put on the Audio Technica CKF300 on the first time and heard Olivia's Sometimes When We Touch . It sounded like the music is around her , almost she's there.

Overall, I still think the Audio Technica CKF300 is good earphone , for the ladies. It's not an earphone for heavy bass music. It's good for songs that emphasized on vocals. The soft volume shouldn't hurt your ears after prolonged use.

Conclusion : 

Since it's quite illogical to pay for RM1k++ to just to get Nexus S phones,

 I'd recommend Audio Technica CKF300 earphones to whomever who wish to have quality earphone without breaking the bank

 (at RM99 it's considered quite affordable, I bought earphones that costs RM20++ seriously it doesn't lasts) 

It makes a good gift for your girlfriend / wife or gal friends (make sure you get the right color).

KISS (Keep It Short & Simple)

KISS according to wikipedia , was coined by Kelly Johnson, lead engineer at the Lockheed Skunk Works.
But Kelly Johnson translates it as "Keep it simple, stupid".


So why about talking about KISS? Because what happened last friday. An ex-colleague of mine asked for my help on something that I was supposed to finish (my bad..) before I left the company. An end user was asking for something to be done ASAP because it has been pending for 3~4 weeks before I left(?? can't remember)


The end user was asking it to be done on the same day she mentioned this request to my ex-colleague. My ex-colleague was searching high and low to solve this problem.


Let me explain what is the problem. The end user has an Excel files which stores the date of when the system (that should I've created..again.. my bad ) will email a handful of users that they should update a certain file. 


The dates are usually every 15th day in each month. So I suggested to my ex-colleague, that she should try to persuade the user, why not use Outlook instead to remind the users instead?


Why not just configure these users (probably around 6 persons) to have a reminder in their Outlook on these period that they should update this specific file. It's easy enough to be done in one day , since the users are probably in the same building. Furthermore, the users probably have VNC installed, so there's no need to go to their office to configure the reminders.It could be done remotely. 


But instead, the user still insists on creating a program / system for the purpose reminding these users via email.


aihh.......


Sometimes end users are just finicky.  


So far for KISS. Well , the next thing you want to complicate things on your hand, remember this, 
Keep it simple, stupid!

Audio Technica ATH-CKF300 and I'm back with it.

It's been a long time i've blog. Here I am again.

Just bought Audio Technica ATH-CKF300 from Edifier , lowyat.net forummer in
this forum.

A colleague of mine who is a Audio Technica fan, introduced Audio Technica products to me. He was using one of headphones,Audio Technica ATH SJ11.

Since my girlfriend's headphone is spoilt, I've decided bought a set for her, which is the Audio Technica ATH-CKF300 headphones.

Nicely packaged. Inside it contains extra earbuds, a small manual and basically that's all. I'll be doing a full review soon.

Stay tune for the review.