{"id":1869,"date":"2012-07-03T11:09:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T23:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2012-07-03T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T23:09:31","slug":"digital-designs-dxb-01-1-ear-buds-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/digital-designs-dxb-01-1-ear-buds-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Designs DXB-01.1 Ear-buds Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yet again <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ddaudio.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Designs<\/a><\/strong> have upped the quality of a product I didn&#8217;t even think they could improve any more, with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/digital-designs-dxb-01-ear-buds-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">DD-DXB-01<\/a><\/strong> being\u00a0superseded by the <strong>NEW <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecaraudio.co.nz\/Home_Audio_Security_Headphones\" target=\"_blank\">DD-DXB-01.1!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1875\" title=\"ear_bud2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud2-879x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud2-879x1024.jpg 879w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud2-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sound quality of the <strong>DD-DXB-01.1<\/strong> has been lifted to a new level when compared to the older <strong>DD-DXB-01<\/strong> and this is no surprise when you take into consideration the housings are now made of\u00a0Bubinga hardwood.<\/p>\n<p>This makes perfect sense to change the housings to wood over plastic too, as the best sounding speakers I&#8217;ve have ever heard have always been in wooden boxes. Also using a dense hardwood\u00a0enhances the low frequencies while smoothing upper frequency vibrations that cause the overly bright tones often found\u00a0in mass produced, plastic housings.<\/p>\n<p>To top things off the<strong> DD-DXB-01.1<\/strong> now come with a built-in microphone which makes them perfect for use with smart-phones (iPhone\/Android) and also have a mute button on the lead which is makes it a touch easier to have a conversation without the need of removing your <strong>EarbuDDs<\/strong> (As <strong>Digital Designs<\/strong> call them).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1876\" title=\"ear_bud1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud1-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud1-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud1-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Driver 8mm dynamic<br \/>\nFrequency Response 20Hz-20kHz<br \/>\nImpedance 16 Ohms<br \/>\nMagnet neo<br \/>\nModel DXB-1.1<br \/>\nSensitivity 101 dB<br \/>\nShipping Weight 1 pound<br \/>\nType 8mm dynamic element<br \/>\nBuilt-in microphone<br \/>\nMute button<br \/>\nTangle resistant cloth cables<br \/>\nNatural hemp\u00a0fibre\u00a0carry bag<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1877\" title=\"ear_bud4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud4-686x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud4-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud4-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ear_bud4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the last month or so now I having been listening to A LOT of music on these <strong>EarbuDDs<\/strong> and and also the <strong>DD-DXB-01<\/strong>&#8216;s too just so I can have a full comparison of the two units. I have found the <strong>DD-DXB-01.1<\/strong> <strong>EarbuDDs<\/strong> to be a big improvement on the <strong>DD-DXB-01 EarbuDDs <\/strong>and I honestly think it comes down to the Wood Vs Plastic housings!<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>DD-DXB-01.1 EarbuDDs<\/strong> still have the low bass that is to be expected from a <strong>Digital Designs<\/strong> product but now with even more clarity than ever before in the low, mid and high tones! On a final note it looks like I will have to buy a set of <strong>DD-DXB-01.1<\/strong>&#8216;s to replace the ones I was using on loan as my partner has claimed them for herself!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet again Digital Designs have upped the quality of a product I didn&#8217;t even think they could improve any more, with the DD-DXB-01 being\u00a0superseded by the NEW DD-DXB-01.1! The sound quality of the DD-DXB-01.1 has been lifted to a new level when compared to the older DD-DXB-01 and this is no surprise when you take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1882,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}