HWM Singapore – August 2019

Master& Dynamicis knownfortheir
premiumheadphones,andtheMW65
hereis nodifferent.It boastsa mixof
metal(lightanodizedaluminiumtobe
precise)andactualleatherforboth
styleandcomfort.
Metalbuttonsalongthesidesof
bothearcupsgiveyouvolumeand
playbackcontrolsaswellascontrol
overtheactivenoise-cancelling
mode.Threelevels
ofnoise-cancelling
areavailable.High
Powerforcitystreets,
airplanes,andvery
noisyenvironments,
LowPowerforlower
noiseorwindy
environments,and
Offif youwanttorely
onjustPassiveNoise
Isolation.
Despitebeingtheoneheadphone
thatdoesn’thaveitsowncompanion
app,theMW65stillofferssmart
assistantcapabilitieswithGoogle
Assistantsupportbuilt-in.It alsohas
animpressive 24 hourbatterylifewith
anastonishingquick-chargecapability
thatgetsyou 12 hoursplaybacktime
afterjust 15 minutes.Noexcuseto
leavethisathomeit seems.
Asexpectedfromthesignicantly

higherpricetag,theMW65was

easilythemostrenedheadphone

ofthegroup,providingbetter

resolutionofdetailonallthetracks

wetried,andthebestperformance

overtheentirerange.

Forexample,theheadphoneturned

inthebestrenditionofNilsLofgren’s

KeithDon’tGo, withthemostdetail

capturedoverall.Youreallyhear

Lofgrenworkingthe

guitar,ashisngersslide

upanddownthefret

boardwhileheworksthe

strings.Andthere’sgood

claritytohisvocalstoo.

Throwingona copyof

PinkFloyd’sMoneyalso

gavetheheadphonea

chancetoshowoffits

renderingcapabilities,as

it reproducedthesound

effectsofthecashregisterwithgreat

realism.Needlesstosay,therewas

goodenergytothepiecetoo.

Finishingoffwitha Queen’s

BohemianRhapsodyshowedusthe

oneslightawwiththeseheadphones.

Despitethegreatstereoimagingand

clarityinthepiece,therockpartsof

thechoruscouldfeela littlesubdued

atparts,takingawayfromtheoverall

energyofthepiece.

Best naturalnessand

imagingof the group.

Weakestnoise-cancelling

capabilities.

Thesearefairlystiff, soyou’ll

reallyhavetopresshard.

Thislittlenon-descriptbuttonis

whatcyclesbetweenANCmodes.

ATA GLANCE

FREQUENCY

RESPONSE

20Hz-20kHz

BATTERYLIFE

24 hours(Wireless

andANCenabled)

QUICKCHARGE

12 hoursafter

15 minutes

WEIGHT

250g

PRICE

$759

AUGUST 2019 | HWM 55