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From: "Chris Hector" <chect@hotmail.com>
quoted 2 lines I tried all three of these, and found I liked the Sennheiser MX 500 way> I tried all three of these, and found I liked the Sennheiser MX 500 way
> better than the other two.
can you qualify "way better". it sounds more like you just don't like the feel of the in-ear direct
couple headphones (which is legitimate) but i still challenge your claim that the MX400 has as tight
a bass response and more consistant imaging as the EX70's (my two biggest gripes with the MX400's...
and they are heads and tails above the other similar styled phones.)
quoted 2 lines As far as Sonys go, the 888s are a noticable bit> As far as Sonys go, the 888s are a noticable bit
> better than the EX70s
i find it hard to believe you noticed any apreciable *increase* in quality ($10 worth or otherwise)
between the 888's and the EX70's. did you even listen to them both with the same material ?
quoted 3 lines They don't provide any noise> They don't provide any noise
> cancellation, which sucks, mostly because the foam covers that come with the
> headphones are REALLY bad...
i beleive the biggest reason they do cancel much ambient environmental noise is because they do not
seal in the ear. just a hunch ;) i found the foam covers about as adequate as other similarly
styled phones.
quoted 2 lines And if you get a chance to try out the etymotics, let us know what you> And if you get a chance to try out the etymotics, let us know what you
> think...
as i stated in my previous post, the ERS4's produced odd bass response and had horrible efficiency.
i would recomend the EX70's over them any day. i have not tried the ER6's.
anyway, like i said... to each their own. all good info nonetheless. as for where i'm coming
from... i listen to headphones approx 2.5+hr/day on commute but just 2 months ago went through an
extensive test (directly coinciding with my receiving an iPod for xmas/bday :) and so i had the
fortune of puting all of these headphones head to head for nearly 3 weeks. i felt sorry for the
retailers since i think they had to send them back to the manufacturer when i returned all but the 3
i mentioned.
okay, 'nite - quarrel amongst yourselves :)
-=dave
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