Earphones are smartphones best friends, most of the smartphones come with basic earphones package in the box. Almost all freebie earphones come with poor sound quality and fit. Signature Acoustics is a company with hearing the call tagline is back with its latest earphones or in-ear monitor SA O16 Elements. When I first took the SA O-16 Elements Metal IEMs out of its package, picked up a small stylishly looking metal IEM’s in my hand.
Must read: Signature Acoustics C-12 Elements Wooden IEM Review
Build Quality, Design & Fit
We’ll start from the beginning, O16 have a metal shell whose slightly less in weight and holds perfect grip. Metal is often used to make earphones look sleek and expensive, in this product the company succeeded to make sleeker and less expensive. It comes with a supremely generous set of tips to get you the best fit possible. The build quality of the cable is similar to C-12 Elements’, it is thick, strong and tangles free.
The result of Signature Acoustics’ efforts, the O16 meld a gorgeous blend of modern styling, ergonomic design. Lightweight comfortable earphones. With their glossy orange and black color, the O16 Elements are the most attractive in-ear monitors to grace our ears yet. Rather than leaving you to simply plug them into your ears, the O16 need a bit of molding in order to get the right fit for small ears.
Upholding it’s Signature style.
There’s also a pouch styled carry case, made with leather and looks stylish in hand. Once we did start making some comparisons, we satisfied with the quality.
Sound Quality
If you’re looking for something with a little more thump base we definitely recommend O16 elements. We spent some exhilarating hours with the O16 Elements paired with various sources to see how the company’s freshly designed sounds. We thoroughly enjoyed our quality of time with the requisite high bass, hip-hop and motion picture soundtracks. We are able to listen to every detail of the track with a good amount of bass. It delved much deeper into the bass then we expected. Overall it is a good budget-friendly choice to please your ears.
We should also note that the sound aperture of these earphones is absolutely loud and clear. They really sounded best with music that had a lot of basses, like hip-hop and Bollywood songs. Remarkably, despite all of those great features and quality sound, the 016 Elements’ are really affordable. On the other end of the spectrum, we feel O16 as a lightweight, tangle free best fit IEM’s.
Tech Specs
- MODEL: Elements O-16 Live
- Type: Open back
- Driver: 8 mm (CCAW)
- Impedance:17 Ohms @ 1Khz
- Frequency: 12 to 22 Khz
- Sensitivity :102 dB
- Total length:1.2 mts (split length 28 cms)
- Channel Balance :< 2.5% dB @ 1 Khz
- Connector: 3.5mm Gold Plated Stereo Pin
Accessories Included
- Silicon Ear Tips (S,M,L)
- Earphone Filters
- Shirt Clip
- Leather Case
Pro’s Con’s
- Outstanding audio quality None
- Comfortable grip
Verdict
The Signature Acoustics O16 Elements Live Metallic Earphones is, without question, one of the best IEM’s on the market. It offers rich, immersive sound experience to the ears with a reasonable price tag.
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Summary
The Signature Acoustics O16 Elements is, without question, one of the best IEM’s on the market. It offers rich, immersive sound experience to the ears with reasonable price tag.