[Steve999]

The December 2003 issue of What HiFi includes a group test of 10 headphones.

The results:

Sennheiser PXC250 5 stars (90 pounds)
Sony MDR-ED21LP 5 stars (20 pounds)
Beyerdynamic DTX900 5 stars(65 pounds)
Bose Triports 4 stars (120 pounds)
Sennheiser HD25 4 stars (170 pounds)
Panasonic RP-HC50 3 stars (30 pounds)
Sony MDR-G82LP 2 stars (40 pounds)
Sennheiser PMX60 2 stars (30 pounds)
JVC HA-G11 2 stars (15 pounds)
Vivanco SR620 2 stars (20 pounds)

 

[Spent&Bent]

Bose 4 stars???? crazy.

I didn't trust that mag anyway after buying several issues and comparing it to others.
They seem to be less critical and more about generating revenue from big advertising with shameless plugs for below-par equipment.

 

[Daroid]

Baaah... Unless it is a misprint the MDR-ED21LP placing is just so wrong. For a streetprice of $15 and when it is Sony earbuds, they are likely not much better than stock earbuds.... If they followed that rule a $5 Coby headphone would definately get 5 out of 5 too

Can't really agree with the PXC-250 either. I have heard it, and yes it was a refined version of the PX-200... But it passing the Beyer DTX900 and the Senn HD 25 is just really wrong. For example, Audio (German magazine) rate them a lot lower than the HD25... and atleast they know about adio equipment