CM Storm Resonar Review

[section_title title=”Closer Look”]Closer Look

First up we’ve got the Resonar packaging. Cooler Master ship the Resonar in a matte finished box with the image of the Resonar itself being glossy. It’s a nice contrast and is par for the course as far as aesthetics are concerned complete with the red and black contrast of the earphones themselves.

In the top right Cooler Master have highlighted the multiple device nature of the Resonar along with the adjustable bass function I touched upon during the Introduction.

On the rear we’ve got a brief contents and blurb rundown. The description points out that the cable housing is an anti-tangle one which we’ll come to later on.

Opening the door of the packaging we get our first look at the Resonar package as a whole. As you can see the carry case is on show as is a more in-depth specification rundown and a bass response graph that’s meant to highlight the effectiveness of the BassFX functionality.

A close up of the specification section.

The internal packaging is simple plastic with no awful blister packaging or cable ties in sight.

Breaking the Resonar out of the packaging and it’s clear that the design cues come from the Beats Tour line of in-ear phones.

Here you can see the dial that can be turned towards the two notches to select the BassFX to be turned don or off/low. Whilst the green marking may not fit in with the rest of the Resonar’s design you’re not going to notice or see it during usage.

A better profiled shot of the module itself allows a better view of the two grooves for the BassFX setting. The dial itself isn’t hard to move at all and feels about ‘right’ in terms of stiffness you’d want something like this to have. You can either move it by pinching the dial and rotating it or just using the base of your thumb and pushing down slightly.

The inline mic controls are quite limited in terms of hardware compared to other comparable earphones.

The anti-tangle cable isn’t all that new or exciting now and can still be tangled too. Even so, it’s nice to have this flat cable rather than the usual circular ones.

The jack is finished quite nicely. The metal finish looks the part and the Cooler Master Storm logo looks great in white.

Accessories include a splitter for more traditional audio setups that don’t support mic and audio over the four-bar default connector. There are also two extra ear bud sizes included making a total of three sizes.

For the asking price the Resonar doesn’t seem like a bad package at all. The accessories should cover most people and the carry case is well built and more desirable over a simple cloth bag. The earphones themselves certainly don’t feel cheaply built and the stiffness of the BassFX dial suggests you’ll get quite a bit of turning out of them.