[CaveManta]

Originally Posted by skerry2006aj /img/forum/go_quote.gif

But i am really wondering what is up with so many sony headphones.

Sony headphones are commonly sold in stores, thus consumers actually know that they exist. Good thing they sound nice.
 
Originally Posted by thatBeatsguy /img/forum/go_quote.gif

The X2 is all-black, from the leather to the mesh to the actual housings. The X1 IIRC has a white ring on the earcup, and has a brown leather headband. EDIT: Wait, a YouTuber? Coudl it be JackSepticEye, by any chance? If so, that's an X1.

Ooh, thanks for the details. Now I can tell the difference! And yes, that's him. I just happened upon one of his videos!
 
Originally Posted by snowlune /img/forum/go_quote.gif

beats beats monster beats beats beats beats beats monster beats beats monster beats beats beats M50 beats beats beats beats monster beats HD202 beats beats M50

Wait, slow down. Let me get this straight. You saw some beats?! WHOA! Next thing you know, you'll see an ibud. Psh, as if.
All-in-all, your sightings reflect my own, as well as everyone else's on the planet, hahaha. I bet they even have beats on other planets.

 

[Dobrescu George]

  Sony headphones are commonly sold in stores, thus consumers actually know that they exist. Good thing they sound nice.
 
Ooh, thanks for the details. Now I can tell the difference! And yes, that's him. I just happened upon one of his videos!
 
Wait, slow down. Let me get this straight. You saw some beats?! WHOA! Next thing you know, you'll see an ibud. Psh, as if.
All-in-all, your sightings reflect my own, as well as everyone else's on the planet, hahaha. I bet they even have beats on other planets.

They sound quite nice for the price, but i am puzzled by their popularity, they are not up for testing, and i do not understand how so many people (8 out of 10 headphones are sony) know of them. I mean, i can see only 2 different models being very popular, cheap models, but more exepnsive than your average a4tech, or so headphones.
 
Their sound is quite good, for the price i am not sure if you can fiind better, they usually go for cheaper than a sennheiser hd201.

 

[CaveManta]

Originally Posted by skerry2006aj /img/forum/go_quote.gif

. . .i do not understand how so many people (8 out of 10 headphones are sony) know of them.

I'm going to do some research as a consumer. And by that, I mean I'll go to Best Buy's website and look at their headphone section. Ah-ha, what do you know. The first headphone I see is a $20 Sony!
Now how about Walmart? Hmm..Monster...Beats by Dr. Dre(MD)...SONY!
You may not see advertisements for Sony, but they are definitely putting some work into public relations. They're doing it by having their products featured prominently on retail websites. Clever company..

 

[snowlune]

  Wait, slow down. Let me get this straight. You saw some beats?! WHOA! Next thing you know, you'll see an ibud. Psh, as if.
All-in-all, your sightings reflect my own, as well as everyone else's on the planet, hahaha. I bet they even have beats on other planets.

 
Other planets, you say? I have a feeling that on an alien planet, there'd be a lot more.... monsters
 
(ba dum tss)

 

[DonutDeflector]

I agree. I had a chance to test it out in her house and i can't believe how such a cheap headphone can sound so good

Great cans...

 

[amjams]

I spotted a headphone reference in literature that caught me by surprise. I thought I'd share it here.
 
I was audio-reading a novel by sci-fi author Philip K Dick called VALIS (1981), and heard this passage:
 
"One time, when he’d been especially depressed, Kevin had brought over an album which he, Kevin, assured him, Fat, would cheer him up. Fat had to put on his electrostatic Stax headphones and really crank it up."

 

[CaveManta]

Originally Posted by amjams /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I was audio-reading a novel by sci-fi author Philip K Dick called VALIS (1981), and heard this passage: ". . .Fat had to put on his electrostatic Stax headphones and really crank it up."

Whoa. Stax are the headphones of the future! Wait. The book takes place in the future, right?
This is more than a headphone sighting. It's a headphone..hearing! Were you listening to the book using Stax?

 

[Raketen]

Love PKD, haven't read VALIS though.

 
I've been seeing a ton of Panasonic compared to Sony budget earphones lately, especially 125s and 450s. Have some old HJE 120s myself (durable, comfortable,  decent sound for 7 dollars).  Not sure why the seeming increased presence- maybe it's just some unconscious bias to notice (the way you always want to say "nice shoes" to someone wearing the same as you)-  maybe the colors, strong amazon ratings or they appeared on one of those "Best _____" websites? I can see why people would be relatively happy with them, though, especially for kicking about.

 

[amjams]

  Whoa. Stax are the headphones of the future! Wait. The book takes place in the future, right?
 

 
Although there's a ton of back and forth "time-travel" in the novel, I believe the Stax reference occurred in the novel's present-time.
 
 
Quote:

 
This is more than a headphone sighting. It's a headphone..hearing! Were you listening to the book using Stax?

 
Lol, I wish. That would have been awesome.   It was a Vsonic IEM
 
 

Love PKD, haven't read VALIS though. 

 

 
It's alot less readable/friendly than his more popular stuff.  That's why I'm listening to it, rather than reading it.   Another way to use my headphones, I guess.

 

[m1ku]

Not really saw a headphone, met someone who also visit here while I'm doing cashier.

Spoiler

if you are reading this, greeting over the internet. Seems like their server overheat which cause the problem.

 

[linglingjr]

I saw a kid with black and red V-Moda M100s!  That's the only sighting I've had worth mentioning in the past while.

 

[Dobrescu George]

I had seen some people wearing some wierd iems. 
 
Also, i am amazed how many people still use buds, that come free with equipment, considering that the cheapest silicone tip in ear costs 10$, and is JVC marshmallow, which is pretty good for the money in my view. 

 

[Raketen]

I'm less surprised by the stock earbuds than the fact that there exist 'hi-fi' earbuds. Wouldn't mind trying some by Yuin or Dunu out of sheer curiosity, if I can ever recover from the physical pain inflicted by Game Boy and iPod buds of old. What about those Final Audio "earspeakers" like in-ears without tips? do those technically count as earbuds?
 
Did see some colorful CIEMs in the wild today, though it was near a music venue so maybe just a roadie on the loose... idk if that counts as a Sighting.

 

[BucketInABucket]

  I'm less surprised by the stock earbuds than the fact that there exist 'hi-fi' earbuds. Wouldn't mind trying some by Yuin or Dunu out of sheer curiosity, if I can ever recover from the physical pain inflicted by Game Boy and iPod buds of old. What about those Final Audio "earspeakers" like in-ears without tips? do those technically count as earbuds?
 
Did see some colorful CIEMs in the wild today, though it was near a music venue so maybe just a roadie on the loose... idk if that counts as a Sighting.

I jumped on the Baldoor E100 hype train a few days back just out of curiosity. Apparently they're the next great thing in the earbuds world so I just had to see what all the hype was about.

 

[Fadem]

I saw some M50s yesterday, not that special, but they were the LE-version (silver-coloured). Wonder if that was one of us or not.