Earbuds Round-Up - Page 7

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Originally Posted by ClieOS 

The thing about MX760 is there are simply tons and tons of fake out there. But of you can find the real one, it is a pretty good earbud to listen to. I won't say it beats the PK1 or HR1, though it was at one time Sennheiser;s earbud flagship. Ultimately the basic manufacturing of each unit isn't really that different between Yuin and Sennheiser But given Yuin sells much much less each year, the hidden cost becomes very very high, and so is the price. On the other hand Senn own a larger market and sell a lot more earbuds than Yuin, so they can sell it at cheaper price. It is the size of the economy that drives them into different sale pattern.

Yes that is what i thoughts so, but considering that brainwavz or other small brands can keep up with high buck for the money i am not very convinced . I wish those mx 760 where sold by amazon . It would be a sure deal.

Sennheiser used to have many earbuds. I have the MXL 51 as a replacement to IEMs. They used to make a line of lime-green sport earbuds. These things sound extremely clear although this effect may be induced by the fact that they have little to no bass. Yeah, Basswind isn't helping.

At least the biggest PiiQ (the pink/black one) sounds better than Monster Solo. I call that a win.

Also I don't know whether Sony deliberately designed these buds as gas masks. Come on. Played too much Stalker?

EDIT: Oh the PiiQ microsite actually calls this one the Bass Masq. Skullcandy is catching on.

after reading again the crossroads h1 and sunrise charm reviews and  their comparison with the pk1, i understand that the h1 and charm are slight better in vocals matters over the pk1. but which one of the h1 and charm are better?

any chance of you doing a review of the BeB "black buds" Clieos? 

I feel they are slightly better than the PK3's and I'm very interested to know what you would think about them. They are only 25 bucks shipped. 

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Originally Posted by ClieOS 

I'll see what I can do. It is usually not the price tag that stops me but the shipping (or the lack of).
 

 

Ah.. Good point. I sometimes forget you are so far off. If you think it would be easier with a middle man (I buy them and then ship them to you) I'd be willing to ship em off to ya. No S&H ;-) Not sure if that is realistic though, I don't know how much it is to ship something over there. 

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Originally Posted by X-Nemesis 

Have any of you had the opportunity to listen to the stock buds packaged with the Sansa Clip+?  I've never been a bud fan at all but these sound pretty **** good.  I'm certainly no an audiophile so maybe that has something to do with me liking these but I'd surely like to here some of you who may have listen to these as well and can give some feedback in comparison to the buds reviewed in this thread.

I have the mx760.  The stock  Sansa Clip+ buds seem to me to be move like mx500's, or mx460's. Not bad at all, I put them as decent. But not as good the mx760. 

I had some mx95vc but I just couldn't get a good fit to use them, or even to test them.  So I passed them on. Seemed similar to the mx760.

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Originally Posted by ClieOS 

 

Just received the sample from BeB and you are totally right, the 'Black' turns out to be a major competitor to the PK3 even before any burn-in. At $25, it will get my recommendation as is. But rest assure the review will in later time.

glad that your ears are hearing it the same way! I thought they were pretty impressive out of the box too. I will be doing a complete comparo in a few weeks once I get my clip back. I like to listen to one pair for a week or so and then make a switch, it makes any differences jump out more. It will be interested to see how close our comparisons are. I still think the PK3 is good sounding, the BeB totally gives it a run for its money though. In time I'll post which one is actually my favorite between the two and why. 

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Originally Posted by Sparky191 

 

I have the mx760.  The stock  Sansa Clip+ buds seem to me to be move like mx500's, or mx460's. Not bad at all, I put them as decent. But not as good the mx760. 

 

I had some mx95vc but I just couldn't get a good fit to use them, or even to test them.  So I passed them on. Seemed similar to the mx760.

 

 

I couldn't find the original question about the stock buds, so I just quoted this. 

The stock sansa buds are pretty terrible. The 25 dollar BeB's and the PK3's both outclass the stock clip buds by a really great amount to my ears. To the point where I tossed my stock buds, I wouldn't use them even as a back up. The fact that you would compare them to any senn buds really surprises me. 
 

+1 on both points. How the stock Sansa buds could even be compared to any of the buds discussed here is beyond me.

The BEBs are realy really nice. My only problem with them is, I can't get as good a fit with them as with the Senn 580. But sound-wise they are excellent

Well thats what they sound like when I compare them back to back. Some of those low end senns are really not that good. I have the MX460 and Sansa, and MX760, and Meeleec M6 either on me or in my desk. Only recently I gave the MX500's to someone on the next desk. I really only use the  M6 and MX760's. The others are only backups in case I forget the main pair. Have you ever directly compared the MX460 and the Sansa's. People say the Sansa are muddy, but I don't like a lot of bass, so perhaps what source is used, or how its EQ'd  makes all the difference. I thought they were better than the newer stock ipod buds anyway. But thats not saying a whole lot. 

That the BeB's and the PK3 are better doesn't surprise me as they 2 or 3 times more expensive. Theres a big jump from the MX460 to the MX760.

That said I'm more of a low fi kinda guy.