Headphone Names

[Oistrakh]

I wish most of the headphone companies (Sennheiser, grado, grado, beyerdynamics) could name their headphones by an "actual" name, instead of a string of like "HD 555" or something. Thats what bose does. That way, I might actually be able to remember all those headphones that sennheiser has and differenciate between them. Plus its more catchy to say "Triport" instead of "Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro"..,

 

[cheechoz]

That might be, or better yet, is the best feature of those headphones, the name!

 

[Kirosia]

Yeah, but you seem more elite when talking about phones. "well, the dt880 has more extended bass than the 770, but less impact" or "the HD650 rocks the blackbird but not the creek, turkeys", etc. Hell, I could make crap up and the normies would be lost: "the sx969 has better wark in the dog frequencies, but can't compare to the stfu86ign".

[size=xx-small]*obviously my post is meant to be a joke, I don't consider myself elite, and I don't call people normies. To their face.[/size]

 

[iSleipnir]

The normies! haha, reminds me of Family Guy when Peter got beautiful!

I agree to some extent about headphone names. Grado, and Beyer I understand, but Senn has way to many models for me to follow, and they are all numbers! Gah! I'm just keep myself focused on those in my dersireable price range, like blinders, and I'm ok. Though, as an audiophile, I feel like I should know these things.

 

[AdamWill]

It's easy for Bose, they only have to come up with two names (and somehow they still managed to come up with two that sound like ass). Senn must have had, what, fifty models by now? You try coming up with fifty model names for headphones without them being as bad as car model names have become. Try for a few hours and you'll see why they just use numbers.

 

[kramer5150]

Give it time... you'll start to remember all the model numbers and sonic signatures associated with each. It can be very intimidating to new members. As far as forum dicscussions go, elaborate names become a moot point as folks start to associate accronyms....

Sennheiser = Senn
Beyer Dynamic = BD
Dark Side of the Moon = DSOTM
Six degrees of Inner Turbulence = 6DoIT.
Tri-port = Turd, Crap, Fart, junk
Orpheus = HE##
Little Dot = LD
Portable Amp Two Version 2 = PA2V2
Bose = Blose

 

[Comrade Penguin]

As someone mentioned earlier it's to do with variety. Bose have a very very small range and hence it easy to work out. A numbering system clearly indicates the headphones place in a series (except in the case of Senn where it all get mixed and my head hurts but thats due to the alarming number of headphones they produce). If you named your headphones it would become less clear which "family" of headphones it belonged to and which was superior to another (in terms of price at least).

 

[CJC252]

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Originally Posted by kramer5150 Give it time... you'll start to remember all the model numbers and sonic signatures associated with each. It can be very intimidating to new members. As far as forum dicscussions go, elaborate names become a moot point as folks start to associate accronyms.... Sennheiser = Senn Beyer Dynamic = BD Dark Side of the Moon = DSOTM Six degrees of Inner Turbulence = 6DoIT. Tri-port = Turd, Crap, Fart, junk Orpheus = HE## Little Dot = LD Portable Amp Two Version 2 = PA2V2 Bose = Blose

Hahahaha nice

 

[jagorev]

OP has a good point. At least with Senn and Grado the overall pattern is easy to follow, and indicates sound-style and rank in the lineup.

So for Senn...

The 200s are sealed headphones, usually budget-priced.
The 400s are open "fun" headphones.
The 5x5 is high-end but friendly to consumer gear.
580/600/650 all look alike and are high-end headphones that work well for pro uses.
The PX series is portable, MX is earbuds, PMX is portable streetstyle (behind-the-neck), PXC is portable noise-cancelling, and PC is headsets with mic for gaming or VOIP uses.

The most confusing by far are AKG and Beyerdynamic. What is the DT 860 doing up there - no one considers it anywhere near the 880 or 770. Similarly, AKG just seems to pick numbers randomly - 340, 271S, 271M, 26P, 14, 27i, 240...very confusing, and there are no helpful Senn-like prefixes. Every number is preceded by a K

. Only the 501/601/701 series makes sense.

 

[Lsportline43]

Which companies, besides Bose, name their headphones?

If this is why Bose headphones sell well, then let's start giving nick names to headphones!

Just like how they renamed the Shelby GT 500 Eleanor in "Gone In 60 Seconds."

 

[djbnh]

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Originally Posted by Kirosia Yeah, but you seem more elite when talking about phones. "well, the dt880 has more extended bass than the 770, but less impact" or "the HD650 rocks the blackbird but not the creek, turkeys", etc. Hell, I could make crap up and the normies would be lost: "the sx969 has better wark in the dog frequencies, but can't compare to the stfu86ign". [size=xx-small]*obviously my post is meant to be a joke, I don't consider myself elite, and I don't call people normies. To their face.[/size]

I'm not sure if I consider it to be elitism. For example, during my years in the military, we used alphanumeric names and there was no elitism attached to that - it was a simple way to deal with a varied amount of gear/weapons/munitions. I have no problem with the alphanumeric way of naming phones. YMMV.

 

[Kirosia]

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Originally Posted by djbnh I'm not sure if I consider it to be elitism. For example, during my years in the military, we used alphanumeric names and there was no elitism attached to that - it was a simple way to deal with a varied amount of gear/weapons/munitions. I have no problem with the alphanumeric way of naming phones. YMMV.

Umm . . . the elitism part was a poke at my own post, which I said talking about unknown headphones with strange numbers makes us feel/seem better and more knowledgeable than others. (a joke on the constant head-fi posts where people seem to think they're above those who aren't as in-the-know or even care about head audio)

 

[sxr71]

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Originally Posted by Oistrakh I wish most of the headphone companies (Sennheiser, grado, grado, beyerdynamics) could name their headphones by an "actual" name, instead of a string of like "HD 555" or something. Thats what bose does. That way, I might actually be able to remember all those headphones that sennheiser has and differenciate between them. Plus its more catchy to say "Triport" instead of "Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro"..,

Yeah and every manufacturer should emulate Bose. You really don't how Bose names things. Their speakers start from 201 and go to 901s. They have another line that has model numbers like AM-3, AM-5 and I think an AM-7. Only the headphones have names because there are only two of them.

Do you really want Sennheiser to come up with 40+ names for their phones? Do you really think you would remember these 40+ names and where the headphones they represent stand in the product line up? At least with numbers you can tell where they are positioned in the line up.

 

[afbug]

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Originally Posted by Lsportline43 Which companies, besides Bose, name their headphones? If this is why Bose headphones sell well, then let's start giving nick names to headphones! Just like how they renamed the Shelby GT 500 Eleanor in "Gone In 60 Seconds."

Well not all of their headphones but Koss call them Portapro, The Plug, Sparkplug etc.

 

[Lisa]

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Originally Posted by jagorev ...... The most confusing by far are AKG and Beyerdynamic. What is the DT 860 doing up there - no one considers it anywhere near the 880 or 770. Similarly, AKG just seems to pick numbers randomly - 340, 271S, 271M, 26P, 14, 27i, 240...very confusing, and there are no helpful Senn-like prefixes. Every number is preceded by a K . ......

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