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TONE AUDIO NO.54<br />
INTRODUCING THE NEW TOTEM ELEMENT SERIES<br />
The Totem Element Series is in perfect balance between art and science.<br />
Streamlined for all musical genre, it conveys conviction and honesty, while<br />
offering enormous scale and presence. Revolutionary in its conception,<br />
the Totem Element Series is a true evolutionary step in sound design.<br />
Discover yours at totemacoustic.com<br />
Android and BlackBerry devices for<br />
phone calls and music playback,<br />
making them truly platform independent.<br />
And everything can be stored<br />
neatly in the included faux-carbonfiber<br />
travel case.<br />
I use the latest-generation<br />
160-gigabyte iPod classic for most<br />
of this review. Listening to Rodríguez’<br />
Searching For Sugar Man<br />
soundtrack via the Cavallino T350<br />
is a pleasant experience, with his<br />
vocals nicely separated from the<br />
acoustic guitar and percussion<br />
throughout. These are a closedback<br />
set of phones with a very spacious<br />
sound—the echo in the track<br />
“Cause” feels as if it extends way beyond<br />
the boundaries of my head.<br />
The headphones’ overall tonal<br />
balance is fairly linear through the<br />
mids to the upper highs, and they<br />
possess excellent sibilance-free<br />
extension, with the vocals sounding<br />
organic rather than processed.<br />
Pink Martini’s Smypathique is a<br />
go-to album that offers audiophile<br />
sound quality while remaining perky.<br />
With these phones, there is plenty<br />
of air around the vocals in “Song of<br />
the Black Lizard,” but switching the<br />
program material to some classic<br />
hip-hop tracks reveals the only shortcoming:<br />
The lower bass is somewhat<br />
lacking, but part of this is the result<br />
of using the iPod directly. These<br />
phones will need a proper amp to<br />
get the full-bodied bass they are capable<br />
of. Plugging into the Red Wine<br />
Audio Isabellina DAC/amp, for example,<br />
brings Snoop Dogg back to<br />
life. Comparing these to a few other<br />
recently reviewed phones, like the<br />
Logitech UE9000s, also shows the<br />
Logic3 phones to be slightly grainy.<br />
Either way, this is a superb collaboration<br />
out of the chute. Ferrari<br />
by Logic3 has created a competent,<br />
stylish and musical pair of<br />
headphones worthy of the prancing<br />
horse. The big question is whether<br />
these will appeal equally to the Ferrari<br />
tifosi (Italian for fans) and the<br />
audiophiles. Regardless, I’m looking<br />
forward to Logic3’s next effort,<br />
with or without the prancing horse<br />
badge. l<br />
Ferrari Cavallino<br />
T350 Headphones<br />
MSRP: $399<br />
www.ferrari-by-logic3.com<br />
FEATURE<br />
April 2013 141
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