ibob4tacoz
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Meh, I don't really know how an experiment like that would turn out.
No, I meant that you'd WOULD think it was good because of the "placebo" effect, and when you actually listened and figured out what driver it used then you would realized.
Considering the lower-end Sennheisers aren't usually very well regarded, probably not.
Well, this is gonna be a good debate...That's the thing. According to your logic, all Sennheisers would be considered great sounding headphones, due to your placebo effect. In reality most Sennheiser models are seen as mediocre and don't even get any attention around here. (Do you see a HD202 Appreciation Thread? A HD439 hype train? I think not.)
That's the thing. According to your logic, all Sennheisers would be considered great sounding headphones, due to your placebo effect. In reality most Sennheiser models are seen as mediocre and don't even get any attention around here. (Do you see a HD202 Appreciation Thread? A HD439 hype train? I think not.)
Nothing wrong with owning /listening to a pair of Beat's but when Beat's users get arrogant and start rubbing it in other people's face about how superior there headphone is because it is endorsed by a famous rapper - this is what pisses people off.
Beats are not amazing headphones. They also aren't terrible either. I don't think they are really that overpriced, considering they have active noise cancelling and are actually very well made and comfortable. Yeah, they have inaccurate bass, but most closed headphones do. I've heard them and they have pretty decent SQ. Is it better than an open full-size pair of Sennheisers? No, but that isn't a fair comparison.
Ultimately, people here hate them because the general population buys them, and head-fi likes to feel superior to such people.. If AKG or Beyerdynamic made this exact same headphone, it would be championed.
I don't think they are really that overpriced, considering they have active noise cancelling (which is passable only if you can tolerate the gratuitous amounts of hiss) and are actually very well made (only externally, and only on the newest models) and comfortable (except the Mixr or Pro). Yeah, they have inaccurate bass, but most (cheap) closed headphones do. I've heard them and they have pretty decent SQ. Is it better than an open full-size pair of Sennheisers? No, but that isn't a fair comparison. (Implying we hold some sort of harsh double standard)
Ultimately, people here hate them because the general population buys them, and head-fi likes to feel superior to such people.. If AKG or Beyerdynamic made this exact same headphone, it would be championed. (What about this headphone deserves to be championed? The fact that it's well-marketed? You act as if we're a bunch of petty anti-conformists, while disregarding all of the actual reasons people don't like them.)
But dont people do that in general with many of their possessions?
Talking about car subs, when a car passes by with the bass EQ all the way up, I look over at my dad and say, "Wow, the whole car's gonna fall apart" (from the vibration.)