Aurisonics Rockets Review

Having owned these pair of earphones of around a year or more, I really loved having this as my daily driver while commuting. This is my own personal set which I have been really pleased with.



I've broken various earphones while commuting thus making me spend more money--thus the decision to get the Aurisonics Rockets when I first saw it on Kickstarter. Nothing much to bargain about because $99 USD is a very good price because it is now retailing in Singapore for $349 SGD.

I'm also sure many of you can relate to having a softer music on one side or completely no sound on one side before although the earphones look completely fine--trust me, I've had that happened on me too many times and it costs a lot to keep buying new cables since my earphones have detachable cables but I'm sure it costs you guys more to buy new earphones or even stop considering buy good sounding earphones because they usually cost more.

Let us first look at the build quality--very well built and if you have not seen this, you really should:

Not to say that I would smash my earphones to test it out, but this really gives me the assurance that I have something lasting. Gone are the days people actually smashes my custom earphones worth over a thousand dollars to the ground thus cracking the shell and giving me tons of problems. The Aurisonics Rockets are made out of a titanium shell protecting the 5.1mm micro drivers and the cables are made out of quad-weaved Kevlar.

I would say that various careless people have actually yanked off my earphones on many accidental occasions on public transport--which I didn't concern myself anymore since I know the Rockets were built to last.

Let's move on to the sound, I would rate this as a pretty balanced pair of earphones with good details but lacking in soundstage. Despite the specifications showing this to be easy to drive, I always find myself having to crank the volume up to about 60-80% for music but for videos it usually goes close to max volume, with some videos being too soft still at max volume.

Sound quality round-up:

- Good clarity and details, lacks soundstaging

- Quality tight bass, not boomy

- Bright sounding treble without sibilance

These are the specs from the box itself:

16ohms and 105db at 1mW should be easy to drive but I'm guessing its due to the micro-drivers that could not go at higher volumes.

You can wear them over the ear or the regular style but for me I prefer wearing this the usual way--the over the ears method just sits in a weird position for me and I gave up on that. If you own a pair, let me know what you think of them! If you're planning on getting one locally in Singapore, do visit Song Brothers at both Funan and Sim Lim or ConnectIT in JEM and Tampines!

These are the only places I know that are carrying them as of now.

P.S. Just a quick personal update, I will be out for a while since I'm having an eye operation today--will be having blurry vision for a few weeks but I'll be back soon!