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Name your worst impulse buy! (Headphone wise)
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jtwn
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The ex-71s. exactly the same reasons as everybody else. Muffled, bloated overpowered bass with non-existent highs. Worst impulse being the amazon reviews that made me think it was so amazing to get it, thank god we have head-fi
Best impulse buy would be my HD600s, i just saw them one day on amazon, saw a few reviews on audioreview and thought, 'hey i have the money for this'.
Best impulse buy would be my HD600s, i just saw them one day on amazon, saw a few reviews on audioreview and thought, 'hey i have the money for this'.
ixeo
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worst: Sennheiser HD280
best: Philips HP890
best: Philips HP890
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Oh yea, I forgot about the Aiwa HP-CN6. Those things are AWFULL!!!!
They make this awfull hiss and sound very bad.
Ixeo why do you hate the 280s?
They make this awfull hiss and sound very bad.
Ixeo why do you hate the 280s?
ixeo
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bright/shrill to my ears, too detailed/analytical. they were designed as DJ/Studio/Professional headphones..and i guess for that purpose they are great.. but for listening to music i simply prefer the HD580 or Philips HP890 i have over them. simply put, the sound from it hurts my ears.
| Originally Posted by ILUVIPODS Oh yea, I forgot about the Aiwa HP-CN6. Those things are AWFULL!!!! They make this awfull hiss and sound very bad. Ixeo why do you hate the 280s? |
bright/shrill to my ears, too detailed/analytical. they were designed as DJ/Studio/Professional headphones..and i guess for that purpose they are great.. but for listening to music i simply prefer the HD580 or Philips HP890 i have over them. simply put, the sound from it hurts my ears.
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Worst: Sony MDR-EX71SL
Right after my worst DAP impulse buy (MZ-N10 md recorder) I made my worst impulse buy headphone purchase. Unfortunately I could return neither, so I just sold the MD to someone on another forum and gave the EX71s to a friend of mine who doesn't care much about SQ more than comfort.
Best: Beyerdynamic DT440
I just stumbled upon them in the FS forum. Didn't really have the money but the price was good so I snatched them up!
Right after my worst DAP impulse buy (MZ-N10 md recorder) I made my worst impulse buy headphone purchase. Unfortunately I could return neither, so I just sold the MD to someone on another forum and gave the EX71s to a friend of mine who doesn't care much about SQ more than comfort.
Best: Beyerdynamic DT440
I just stumbled upon them in the FS forum. Didn't really have the money but the price was good so I snatched them up!
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sony mdr-nc5! What was i thinking. God these things are awful.
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Worst = EX51. Not exactly an impulse buy. I already knew their shortcomings but my best buy gift card was going to expire so I had to use it.
Best = Audio Technica HA2 amp. Used on ebay. Knew nothing about it, just thought it looked cool. pleasantly surprised, powers my DT770 wonderfully.
Garrett
Best = Audio Technica HA2 amp. Used on ebay. Knew nothing about it, just thought it looked cool. pleasantly surprised, powers my DT770 wonderfully.
Garrett
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e5c
it was a choice btwn that and the etymotics...just had to decide
sounds like the etys might have been a safer choice
no harm done, they can be returned
thnx Todd!
it was a choice btwn that and the etymotics...just had to decide
sounds like the etys might have been a safer choice
no harm done, they can be returned
thnx Todd!
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HD570s. Saw them for $60 so i jumped becuase i didnt know much about headphoens.
Got them and they had a short so the sound would jump in and out, the guy goes "oh yeah i forgot to tell you that, usually i just jam something to keep the cable still"
that made me so mad, man alive. i eventually told him "im not paying $60 for somethign broken" so i payed $35 used the warrenty and got a brand new pair back.
not bad for $35 but not worth the hassle.
Got them and they had a short so the sound would jump in and out, the guy goes "oh yeah i forgot to tell you that, usually i just jam something to keep the cable still"
that made me so mad, man alive. i eventually told him "im not paying $60 for somethign broken" so i payed $35 used the warrenty and got a brand new pair back.
not bad for $35 but not worth the hassle.
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Worst:
Some random Panasonic Dual Style Street/DJ Phones. Paid $50 and said, it was good (at the time with IMP-250). Panasonic has since sold them at cut-rate price of $20...
Best:
Technics RP-DJ1200. Best $40 I've ever spent on a set of cans. Even if it is a set of DJ cans, nothing to complain about SQ overall and fun but very flat in terms of soundstage (yea right). Win some, lose some.
Some random Panasonic Dual Style Street/DJ Phones. Paid $50 and said, it was good (at the time with IMP-250). Panasonic has since sold them at cut-rate price of $20...
Best:
Technics RP-DJ1200. Best $40 I've ever spent on a set of cans. Even if it is a set of DJ cans, nothing to complain about SQ overall and fun but very flat in terms of soundstage (yea right). Win some, lose some.
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Well a bunch of gamers recommended plantronics audio 90. Well I got them and they didn't sound too great. Not to mention they started falling apart after a couple weeks! I just trashed them.
Sony D-66 Eggo's and Audio TEchnica ATH-A500
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paying full retail for senn hd433. silly me..
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Worst: AKG K501 - Not my cup of tea, I can see why some poeple would like them.. But I don't.
Best: Sony MDR-CD3000 - I got so worried after reading up on some of the bad comments posted on this forum about them while I was waiting for them to arrive. I now see it was much worrying over nothing and not to build an opinion on what others think, make your own.. Lesson learned. My favorite headphone atm.
Best: Sony MDR-CD3000 - I got so worried after reading up on some of the bad comments posted on this forum about them while I was waiting for them to arrive. I now see it was much worrying over nothing and not to build an opinion on what others think, make your own.. Lesson learned. My favorite headphone atm.
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