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Originally Posted by 3lusiv3
Since the k27i are closed, how do they compare with the PX200 which are also closed?
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Well, I have the Px200, and am breaking in some K26p's, which are more or less the same as the 27i.
Like many have mentioned in the past, the PX200 have some bass issues unless you get the drivers positioned just so. I am able to get it OK with some fiddling around, but I wish the driver assembly fit on my ears like the 26p - they just sit on your ear perfectly.
The PX200 are more comfortable - the 26p seem to exert a little more force on my enlarged melon than necessary. In fact, its taking awhile to get used to it, but I'm sure it will be OK after some more hours of stretching.
One of the reasons I bought the 26p was because I wanted more bass (I'm no bass head by any means, but the PX200 on the train just weren't cutting it). It has bass in spades, and it can be too much at times. One thing I have discovered is that the 26p seem more sensitive to the source. I have run them out of 2 different laptops and a portable CD player, and it seems to affect the sound quality more on the 26p than the PX200 (or the KSC75, which I also own). It transmits more "noise" than the others when its plugged into said sources and I'm not playing a CD. I wonder if part of this is due to the cord, which seems thicker/heavier than the cords on the PX200 or KSC75.
I also think the 26p is less forgiving than the other 2 with crappy recordings. I played some CD's which I know have questionable recording quality, and while they are tolerable with the PX200 and slightly less so with the KSC75, they can be downright awful with the 26p. The flip side is that the good recordings sound really good, and I am able to pick out some more details with the 26p than with the other 2.
Build quality on the 26p and the PX200 seem equivalent, except again I think the cord on the 26p will be more durable over time. The headband on the 26p does tend to "shrink" everytime you take it off your head, but its not a big deal to me.
I have about 35 hours on the 26p so far, and I think they need some more break-in. The PX200 were awful when I first tried them, but after 50-60 hours they finally settled in. The KSC75 were good to go out of the box, which was nice.
