How Embarrassing!!

[Spyro]

I came across this article in my newspaper today and was kind of shocked that they could print such erroneous information. I guess it's just the guys opinion but I think he's totally clueless ("consider the Bose over the Etymotics?") . I think most would disagree with about 85% of his review. Any comments????

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...est_headphones

 

[wakeride74]

He writes for the AP, what do you expect?

 

[acidtripwow]

Well, everybody has their opinion no matter how wrong it can be.

I heard the Bose headphones before and the sound was ok for some music but not for all. They aren't worth the asking price. I do disagree with his statement that Foamies are not suitable for music. I use foamies on my Shure E3cs and they work great. He is right about them getting dirty though. I clean my ears everyday and the foamies still get dirty after a few days. Oh well, I usually don't take them out so people can see them.

 

[D-EJ915]

I can tell you that even my non-audiophile-esque friends thing that the D66 Eggos sound better than all the bose headphones, so I don't know what this guy's talking about.

I gave it 1 star because it's misinformation. This guy is just basing his recommendations on what would look better. Seriously, if you care enough to buy 300 freaking dollar headphones you don't really consider whether your ears are waxy a big consideration.

 

[evanfulop]

"But if sound quality is important and your environment is not too noisy, consider the Bose headphones instead."

Hmmm..... well neither nor the etys nor the shures have as much bass as the qc2s and most people equate loud bass with quality so go figure.

 

[ODG]

I bet that guy never had his ears cleaned prior to using those IEM's. His article sounds like it was written by a kid. I use my E3c's with foamies and have never had any problems with ear wax clogging it up.

 

[solvexyz]

The guy definitely is a bass head, and more likely paired with iPod. That is why shure e4c is ranked lower than it by the guy.

Anyway, his ear wax concern is over-amphasized. I am using tri-flange, and I hardly see it collecting any ear wax.

 

[Jahn]

If this guy is seeing potato chips attached to his foamies everytime he pulls out an IEM, the problem is that he needs to clean his ears, not that the IEMs account for ear wax being a possible problem and gives directions on how to clean them out of the IEMs.

 

[Eagle_Driver]

Unfortunately, the only full-sized headphone that AP writer had for comparison was the Koss QZ-Pro, which isn't one of Koss's better headphones. In fact, he's merely comparing a mediocre-sounding full-sized active NC headphone (Koss) with a decidedly average-sounding full-sized NC headphone (Bose). Neither of those headphones sounds as good as even a basic $70 pair of open or conventional closed headphones.

And in-ear monitors cannot be properly compared to any full-sized headphone, due to their vastly different bass characteristics.

 

[kyrie]

Quote:

The problem with all of the canal phones is that you're basically putting them in a bodily orifice.

What is this, a middle school book review?

 

[Spyro]

Pretty funny stuff. It seems apparent this was the first time he ever even used a canal phone (calling the tri-flanges "barbed harpoon-like things") instead of his earbuds when canalphones are far superior. Plus, he's comparing apples to oranges. What a goof!

 

[Tech2]

Well, at least he didn't mention that the Shure soft tips need to be "moistened" with saliva (ewwwww) prior to insertion.

 

[Snake]

What's so strange? He's a typical Joe Sixpack who equates bass quantity = system quality.

Like, you were expecting some great revelation?????

Between BPDPI (Buttons Per Dollar / Per Inch, Consumer Reports) and BQSQ (mainstream media any time they touch audio), it's no wonder the unwashed masses buy the absolute manure that they do.

If a guy considers gathering a head-to-head lineup and picks the only regular can represented as Koss and Bose...I think that pretty much sums it up right there.