audiofil
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Originally Posted by Beagle
Rather difficult. How can it be worse than the P5 but not different?
I meant ''consistently worse'' , not an evasive ".. equally good, ... just different presentation" kind of bull.....
Common sense says that a product fully deserves the price if it can perform better than a cheaper or similar priced priced product.
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Have you actually heard the B&W headphones as well as the Beats?
I wouldn't be so specific about the P5 without having listened to them.
There was a FOTM rave in the audiophile community in my country when they came out and I had a proper listen as soon as the Romanian B&W distributor stocked them.
The rave was based on the name and the expectations created by that. B&W is probably of the most popular speaker name you'll hear from a Romanian audiophile.
To me P5 proved to be a twofold disappointment: it didn't live up to the hype and it doesn't compare (at all) to the 'standard' 300 euro headphone - the likes of K701, HD6x0, Beyer DT880/990, etc
But still there are a few B&W diehards that bought them and like them.
I don't share their enthusiasm.
And just to be clear:
The point of my original comment is not to equalize the P5 with the Beats (in terms of sound or whatever). They're different headphones, that's obvious.
My point was that they're both trendy and overpriced and I've heard better for a lot less money.
That's what I think of them. If anybody thinks otherwise, that's fine.