[GlorytheWiz825]

Hey guys. Just wanted to know what headphones you guys bought that really disappointed you? For me, it was the Bose Triports. I got them because I fell for the Bose marketting and the sales person at the store. I picked them up right before I was leaving for Canada from the States so didn't even get a chance to return it. Back then, I didn't know jack about high quality headphones and the guy managed to convince me the Triports were the best thing on the market. Hey, the Triports even have the price to prove it! So that's my story...spending $150 dollars on a $30 dollar headphone. What's your story?

 

[TheMarchingMule]

5 Pro...

 

[feh1325]

shure e3g

 

[kramer5150]

HD280
MDR EX51

 

[mulveling]

AKG K271s - I expected it to have a likeable sound and it didn't.

AT W5000 - Sounded good, but didn't come close to living up to my expectations as a viable L3000 alternative.

 

[sionghchan]

Grado SR60 and Alessandro MS1. Only thing they are good for are movies. No soundstage, no resolution, no details, cymbals decay...yucks!..

 

[volcomjerk]

iPod In-Ear Headphones (Not the stock ones) the 50 dollar ones in the cool case!

 

[wnmnkh]

Shure E2G. IMO it is worse than Triport.

 

[Zorander]

Not really disappointing, but the K601 definitely did not bowl me over as much as the Senns and Alessandro did. I guess I'm simply not into the AKG house sound.

 

[wnewport]

I like the e2c, but the hd595 was disappointing to me.

 

[PiccoloNamek]

Quote:

Grado SR60 and Alessandro MS1. Only thing they are good for are movies. No soundstage, no resolution, no details, cymbals decay...yucks!..

Damn, you must have had a defective pair, because when you said is the exact opposite of my SR-60s. (Except the one about the soundstage.)

 

[steaxauce]

E4

 

[eladioc]

Yeah i'm kind of disappointed in my e4's too... I can't hear too much difference between them and my e2c's... I suppose it doesn't help that I can't get a good fit in my right ear no matter what I do. It is very frustrating. My SR-60's kill them anyway.

 

[apostate]

Sony MDR-V600. Horribly overpriced (I paid a LOT for them several years ago) for poor sound - poorly defined/bloated bass, odd mids, poor balance. To give them some credit they're comfortable (though somewhat heavy), isolate pretty well and are built like a tank.

Ant

FWIW I still liked them better than the Triports/QC2 when I tried them though. Sorry OP.

 

[steaxauce]

The E4 did improve quite a bit when I added an SR-71 though, and they always had a midrange that neither my SA5000 nor my K701 could touch, but they were rolled off in the bass and very, very rolled off in the treble, so I just didn't get to hear a lot of the notes that were in the music. I also had fit issues. In the end, I sold them for $140. I prefer the $140.