I'm not sure what you mean other than I haven't tried the BT Fidelio? If so, that's true, but given how much better my Sennheiser 598s are compared to even the Plantronics Pro I'm going to guess they will still be significantly better than it. But I'm definitely willing to give it a try when it's available here.
Now, if you mean the wired Fidelio I'm using with my adapter -- it's a tough call. It's not as good as the Sennheiser, to be sure, but it's comfortable and *almost* as good. I'm tempted to keep it as well, and may if Amazon allows me to return the last set of phones I bought but that's a whole other story.
No, it was about the M2BT but as a joke. I love them and you know. But I also believe you that your high end wired cans sound better than any BT can.
Although the Fidelio sound better than the Plantronics for my tastes. So... Who knows.
First impression of a side by side comparison of the Logitech UE9000 versus Fidelio M2BT over APT-X :
The Fidelio M2BT cans have a much tighter bass, better clarity, ever so slightly better placement and keep it slightly better together, more coherent in louder and more complex parts. In pure sound quality I prefer the M2BT to the UE9000. The UE9000 have a much muddier bass, a tad less clarity and placement, but boast a bigger rumble.
Where the UE9000 sends the Fidelio packing however is comfort and bluetooth stability.. I found the Fidelio cans unreliable in their bluetooth stability, slow in connecting and somewhat erratic in combination with my HTC One M8. Slight glitches and crackling... Regardless of the better quality, I found that to be a highly annoying aspect of the Fidelios....
Slow connection, yes. No remedy. I also hate that. And the long click needed to turn them off.
Glitches, they happen to me only very seldom, with the three BT Headphones which support Multipoint technology (M2BT, Plantronics Backbeat Pro, Bose Soundlink On Ear).
So I think it is a problem of this new technology.
The way to solve it, you may have already found it, is by turn the BT on your phone off and on again.
Annoying, but, after all still worth in change of such bonus as the chance to listen to music with the PC and still be able to receive a call on your phone.
About the UE9000, I also have them here. To my ears, the Fidelio have more rumble.
Which is actually what I love more on their bass. It is war, lively, punchy, and it rumbles
But the UE are not bad either. Not so lively though.
Yes indeed more comfy.
I also am annoyed by the negative aspects of the Fidelio (they also have a very standard BT Range. The mediocre sounding Beats have much better range).
But how they sound, and the fact that they are the smallest after the Bose (forgetting the Sennheiser MM400-X which are ugly), make them still my favourite.
Thank you for the comparison!
Yes it does come down to taste in the end.
I didn't actually return the AKG, I hadn't actually bought them. In Australia you pretty much cant return headphones just because you didn't like them. Hygeine reasons I believe. Very different to big stores like Amazon and many places in the EU i imagine.
I actually quite liked the Harman Kardon and that is what I am using atm. Bought it cheap off a basshead mate of mine who complained they lacked bass and bought the Beats. The bass was definitely stronger and fuller in it than the AKG but not really enough to be overpowring I felt. Also wasn't boomy either which seems to happen to most headphones I've tried when you EQ them which I hate as well.
Yes, your opinions helped me to understand better some aspects of the AKG, I will put them higher in my ranking.
But I still think that they should have made them able to return the bass powerfully in bass heavy tracks, and not exaggerate it on bass soft tracks.
Isn't there any Amazon in Australia? And, for the Hygiene thing, legally, only the In-Ear are considered Hygiene Article.
The HK sound similar to the Fidelio. After EQing them I had to switch all the time between the two to notice a real difference.
Then I could finally understand, the Fidelio have in the end more life, more fire, more clarity, and more rumble in the bass (more power).
In this case, I think you would like them.
Seriously, not sure yet. I am still in the process of reading the MDR-1A thread.
