mookowz13
100+ Head-Fier
Hey everyone, I'm just bored waiting for my girlfriend's delayed flight to come in so I figured I'd spend some time and write a mini review.
Background:
So it's boxing day, my dad got a Zune - his first MP3 player - for christmas and hates earbuds. I found PX100s on sale at the Futureshop by my work and got them for him at $30. The Sennheisers will be the first Sennheiser set I've listened to aside from a pair of HD555 VERY briefly.
Build:
Obviously a $200+ headphone is going to be built much differently than a $30 one. However the PX100s appear to be decently built, being lightweight and having some metal parts. I like the form factor and how it folds up for portability. Plastic case isn't necessary but an added plus. Actual min-plug looks/feels cheap however but looks like it will fit a 1G Iphone.
Sound:
The Senns are hardly burned in but even straight out of the box into my computer (Winamp ASIO V0 VBR mp3 --> Leckerton UHA-3) it has a nice warm presence. The bass is deep (for such a small set of phones) and present, but not obnoxious. I find there is still too much of it (compared to the K601s) though. Even and polite sounding across the spectrum but not perfectly detailed. I find the mids can be a little too much on some songs (Dave Matthews Band - Two Step, the guitars are a little upfront) but its otherwise really good for the price. Warmer than my K601s but isn't dark like my A700s. Soundstage is definitely smaller but being earpad headphones at a fraction of the price it is still fairly good, lacks placement of the K601s but its still nice. I also realize it probably sounds better than it should as my K601 is severely limited by my source/amp.
Anyways its just a quick one as I wait and this is my first review so take it with a grain of salt. Also, I fully realize my source/amp are a severe limiting factor for the K601s, I'm looking to fix that in the future, I'm just on a budget now is all. All in all, for $30 my dad is extremely happy and I may just steal them on occasion when I don't want to deal with the clamp/pain of my K81Djs.
Background:
So it's boxing day, my dad got a Zune - his first MP3 player - for christmas and hates earbuds. I found PX100s on sale at the Futureshop by my work and got them for him at $30. The Sennheisers will be the first Sennheiser set I've listened to aside from a pair of HD555 VERY briefly.
Build:
Obviously a $200+ headphone is going to be built much differently than a $30 one. However the PX100s appear to be decently built, being lightweight and having some metal parts. I like the form factor and how it folds up for portability. Plastic case isn't necessary but an added plus. Actual min-plug looks/feels cheap however but looks like it will fit a 1G Iphone.
Sound:
The Senns are hardly burned in but even straight out of the box into my computer (Winamp ASIO V0 VBR mp3 --> Leckerton UHA-3) it has a nice warm presence. The bass is deep (for such a small set of phones) and present, but not obnoxious. I find there is still too much of it (compared to the K601s) though. Even and polite sounding across the spectrum but not perfectly detailed. I find the mids can be a little too much on some songs (Dave Matthews Band - Two Step, the guitars are a little upfront) but its otherwise really good for the price. Warmer than my K601s but isn't dark like my A700s. Soundstage is definitely smaller but being earpad headphones at a fraction of the price it is still fairly good, lacks placement of the K601s but its still nice. I also realize it probably sounds better than it should as my K601 is severely limited by my source/amp.
Anyways its just a quick one as I wait and this is my first review so take it with a grain of salt. Also, I fully realize my source/amp are a severe limiting factor for the K601s, I'm looking to fix that in the future, I'm just on a budget now is all. All in all, for $30 my dad is extremely happy and I may just steal them on occasion when I don't want to deal with the clamp/pain of my K81Djs.
