Joelby
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So you might ask: "What are you doing with Skullcandy IEMs?"
To that I would reply: "I bought them years ago, I didn't know any better, I swear!"
There was zero research done on my part when I bought these. I figured: Bigger price tag has to mean better, right? Wrong...
Anyway, I haven't used these phones in a long time. Last night I wanted to listen to a couple songs in bed and decided to pop them just for craps n' giggles. Straight out of an Ipod hp jack, as they're intended.
All I can say is, BLAH!!!!!
If you want a reference to how bad these phones sound:
1) Put on your favourite pair of headphones
2) Submerge your head in a toilet bowl
3) Flush
That may be a harsh evaluation, but seriously, they are unlistenable to me. They completely saturate my favourite tunes with strange resonances and tonal imperfections. If I used one word to describe this sound sig, it would be Congestion. If headphones were people, this one would be an obnoxious guy with a cold. You know, the one from the Dayquil commercials that's always sneezing on everybody...
I guess this goes to show how this site and research have turned me around when it comes to headphones. Before, I used to assume that you had to sacrifice sound quality for the convenience headphones afford. I've learned, to great pleasure, that this is simply not the case.
Now one question remains: "What to do with these disgraced IEMs, other then listen to them?"
My first thought was to use them as a replacement shoelace. Then I realized how stupid that would look!
Now I'm thinking maybe a replacement wasteband for some old sweatpants!
Please post your suggestions
To that I would reply: "I bought them years ago, I didn't know any better, I swear!"
There was zero research done on my part when I bought these. I figured: Bigger price tag has to mean better, right? Wrong...
Anyway, I haven't used these phones in a long time. Last night I wanted to listen to a couple songs in bed and decided to pop them just for craps n' giggles. Straight out of an Ipod hp jack, as they're intended.
All I can say is, BLAH!!!!!
If you want a reference to how bad these phones sound:
1) Put on your favourite pair of headphones
2) Submerge your head in a toilet bowl
3) Flush
That may be a harsh evaluation, but seriously, they are unlistenable to me. They completely saturate my favourite tunes with strange resonances and tonal imperfections. If I used one word to describe this sound sig, it would be Congestion. If headphones were people, this one would be an obnoxious guy with a cold. You know, the one from the Dayquil commercials that's always sneezing on everybody...
I guess this goes to show how this site and research have turned me around when it comes to headphones. Before, I used to assume that you had to sacrifice sound quality for the convenience headphones afford. I've learned, to great pleasure, that this is simply not the case.
Now one question remains: "What to do with these disgraced IEMs, other then listen to them?"
My first thought was to use them as a replacement shoelace. Then I realized how stupid that would look!
Now I'm thinking maybe a replacement wasteband for some old sweatpants!
Please post your suggestions
