The Groke
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Honestly?
I haven't rated the Sony 'phones I have owned. Don't know about these particular ones, but IMHO I very much doubt they are in the same league as the Shures or their peers.
Shure Ear Phones
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Honestly?
I haven't rated the Sony 'phones I have owned. Don't know about these particular ones, but IMHO I very much doubt they are in the same league as the Shures or their peers.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
How do people rate Etymonics? I got a pair cheap-ish from ebay a few moons ago. I likes them a lot.
kittyP
Pluviophile
kittyP
Pluviophile
OK. I am just going through my options in that price range.
The Sennheiser CX-300s are coming up for £6.50 plus 2 quid postage. Would they be better IYO?
Sorry I am a bit rubbish with this stuff.
Dont worry I wont hold you responsible for the out come
The Groke
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Not tried em, but from what I have read, they would seem to be a direct peer to the Shure range and are highly rated by a lot of folk...
The Groke
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OK. I am just going through my options in that price range.
The Sennheiser CX-300s are coming up for £6.50 plus 2 quid postage. Would they be better IYO?
Sorry I am a bit rubbish with this stuff.
Dont worry I wont hold you responsible for the out come
Eep - I don't know!
Ed rates Sennheiser and obviously has more experience with them than I!
I have owned 1 pair and it was a cheaper pair....I didn't like them very much, but they were ear-muff stylee rather than buds and therefore the sound isolation was very poor and thus they were not much cop on the tube. I also found that my iRiver struggled to drive them without clipping.
What is your budget...? Start at the top end!
The Groke
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Isnt that what one is suppose to do at wedding celebrations
Not the way Xanadu does it.
kittyP
Pluviophile
I used to have those. If you find the volume going down in one (or both) ears, poke a tiny hole in the middle with a pin. That hole usually gets filled with ear gunk, and screws them up.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I got to have a listen to a pair of these not so long ago:
http://www.maudio.co.uk/products/en_gb/IE40-main.html
They were like no other in ear headphone I've ever heard, utterly astonishing*. Complete waste of time for MP3s though.
*But then for £280 I guess they bloody well should be
http://www.maudio.co.uk/products/en_gb/IE40-main.html
They were like no other in ear headphone I've ever heard, utterly astonishing*. Complete waste of time for MP3s though.
*But then for £280 I guess they bloody well should be
kittyP
Pluviophile
I got to have a listen to a pair of these not so long ago:
http://www.maudio.co.uk/products/en_gb/IE40-main.html
They were like no other in ear headphone I've ever heard, utterly astonishing*. Complete waste of time for MP3s though.
*But then for £280 I guess they bloody well should be
Not quite what I was thinking of spending, on the MP3 player let alone headphones!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The cheapest ones the do are the IE-10s, at around £80. (http://www.maudio.co.uk/products/en_gb/IE10-main.html)
If you listen to a lot of dance music they do a set specifically designed with an extended bass response, the IE-20XB (http://www.maudio.co.uk/products/en_gb/IE20XB-main.html) for £160...
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I've just ordered some Sennheiseer cx300's from Play.com. £4.99 with free delivery. They get some bad reviews for the bass not being as good as the Sony's Danski mentioned, but others say they buy the Sennheisers over the Sony's because of the poor build on them. Either way, for £4.99 it's not like I'm throwing all my money away.
The Groke
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Woo!
Lucky me gets an early birthday present from Mrs Swarf:
A lovely new pair of Shure SE530's
Epic earphone win!
Now I just need to get the Red Wine mod for my iPod and maybe a new headphone amp.....
Lucky me gets an early birthday present from Mrs Swarf:
A lovely new pair of Shure SE530's
Epic earphone win!
Now I just need to get the Red Wine mod for my iPod and maybe a new headphone amp.....
The Groke
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I was looking at the 420's too, but by throwing in a small contribution, I managed to wrangle an upgrade....
Hope you enjoy em - wish I could get the custom earpieces too, but I wouldn't trust anyone in this country to stick their fingers in my ears.....
Thanks!
though it is still 3 weeks off........
The Groke
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Well I am loving my new buds - fantastic sound.
I have a nice new Predator headphone amp and a decent LOD cable on it's way for my iPod as well - may as well get the full benefit of the things eh!
Also been going back and re-ripping a lot of my CD's to Apple Lossless......
I have a nice new Predator headphone amp and a decent LOD cable on it's way for my iPod as well - may as well get the full benefit of the things eh!
Also been going back and re-ripping a lot of my CD's to Apple Lossless......
The Groke
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Two different sources:
Standard iPod nano
creative labs audigy 2 zs platinum pro headphone output
The Groke
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Cool - not tried mine with my Nano yet, but they are pretty decent.
Like I said above though, I am going through and removing/re-ripping anything below 256Kb in my collection as the limitations of a low br mp3 really come through on a good pair of 'phones.....
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