I'd hope so! Apple EarPods have engineering behind them, while airline headphones have... Well, not a whole lot behind them haha

I love the action inside this thread; worst headphones ever? Com'on. There is no way any headphones sold in a hi-fi shop or even big-box store are the worst headphones you've ever heard. Buy an iPod and listen to the supplied headphones, go on an air-plane and ask for headphones... Clearly those...

@mymymyopie I'll have to hear these Miles Davis' Trumpets from Monster - but ugh Monster. It's hard to get past the name; over-priced, over-marketed. Thanks for the banter though! 

@tomscy2000 I'll agree with you there... HP50s are definitely better-sounding headphone, but that would only make sense for over-ear vs. in-ear.

  Good point @tomscy2000, no favors here. I'm not overly familar with NADs older, golden hi-fi gear but I think these headphones are good for the price. What do you mean by sound signature? From my audio nerd friends have told me, NAD has never frilled up their sound quality, just plays music...

@mymymyopie Like you, I'm not an audiophile either, so A-B comparisons are out of the question for me. Just don't have the articulate ears for it, nor enough coal in the fire to go back and forth with audio consumers. That being said, I'm intereted in this type test and how it held wait in your...

I can't wait to get rid of my so-called In-ear Beats Tour Headphones!! Not just because Beats/Monster have claimed to produce "high resolution, high performance" headphones that can equally be enjoyed by a five year old who doesn't know a single thing about sound quality, but because this brand...

  Hi All, I see this conversation has kind of shifted directions. Nevertheless, I have written the below in response to the original post regarding 24-bit/16-bit music: The technical description by GREGORIO is pretty good and accurate. However,  the value, or interpretation, of the facts...