Hi guys, I am a newbie too and I was searching for a pair of good portable headphones. I own a pair of Denon AH-D1001, for domestic use, and last year I was caught by the bluetooth tidal wave and I decided to get one of those wireless cans for an outdoor purpose. There was a problem: I use to store all my lossless music in my beloved iPod classic, which doesn't have the bluetooth feature, but I came to know there were many 30pin bluetooth adaptors out there, many of them unfortunately costed 50€ or more. I then met the Creative Labs website and decided to order the Creative WP-450 headphones along with the Creative 30pin Bluetooth adapter (there was a discount in the total, shipment was free and I was sure the two thing can work together, I asked in the FAQ section of their website). Both support the aptX codec, which is great, but overall the sound quality of the headphones wasn't worth 79€, though it's ok. After an year, I was thinking bout new pair of cans, not necessarily Bluetooth (it would be better, but not a must), with a better sound quality, good balanced tone (I don't like that v equalization found on many headphones these days) and if a bluetooth ones, with the wired option I missed so much in my WP-450. I then found in a shop the Sony MDR 10RC,tried em on, and after a few song I liked them so much I came back with a playlist of 5 lossless songs of different artist to compare them with my Denon (I really like how my AH-D1001 sound, the clarity and balance is awesome, even though the bass line should have been a little more present). That said, I was thinking bout the MDR10RC and the MDR10RBT, which I didn't have the possibility to hear cause in any shop will you find a pair of bluetooth headphones to try on in wired or wireless mode...
Any of you can say that one is better than the other? Which one is worth best for the price and for the sound quality?
The things I noticed from many reviews and tech specs are:
MDR10RC vs MDR10RBT
both Hi-Fi oriented
both great sound quality
foldable the pads can rotate
on ear over the ear
two cables just one cable
same frequency response
same driver material and size
same Sony series
you pay 79€ you pay 150€
Does any of you tried both and can say which one has a better sound quality in wired mode?
The bluetooth is fantastic, but the frequency response supported till the 4.0 version goes just from 20Hz to 20000Hz, which is good but the frequency response given by sony (wired mode) goes from 5 to 40000Hz, which is a lot better. Please help me :|
ps. I also tried a pair of headphones that made me reconsider the price of good headphones nowadays. He got a pair of WISS Audio, which is new to the audio market, payed 37€ for them and they do sound A LOT better than many other headphones I tried, even better than my Creative ones, which is awesome. They do have a Bluetooth version of those headphones at the price of around 70€. I'll probably be able to try them on, I'll keep you up to date