beowulf
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well, I've been using the MX500 and E888 at work for about 4 months now. I won't even get into the issue of which one I prefer... the problem now is that I came to the conclusion that I'm still not fully satisfied because isolation could be better. (If I push te E888 close to my ears and kinda seal them in, sound improves 100%)
With both, I hear too much external noise, losing soundstage and bass. At home, in the quiet, they sound way better.
So yes, you're thinking Etymotic. That won't do however... I need something not that isolating... I need to be able to take off the headphones easily when someone walks up to me, and being able to hear a person speaking close to me without having to remove them is even better.
Can anyone recommend any headphones that:
a) sound good
b) have good isolation
c) are easy/fast to remove
d) are as discrete as possible.
Koss' "The Plug" looked tempting, bet they're easy to remove and have good isolation... but since everybody says they suck, I didn't buy them.
Thanks
With both, I hear too much external noise, losing soundstage and bass. At home, in the quiet, they sound way better.
So yes, you're thinking Etymotic. That won't do however... I need something not that isolating... I need to be able to take off the headphones easily when someone walks up to me, and being able to hear a person speaking close to me without having to remove them is even better.
Can anyone recommend any headphones that:
a) sound good
b) have good isolation
c) are easy/fast to remove
d) are as discrete as possible.
Koss' "The Plug" looked tempting, bet they're easy to remove and have good isolation... but since everybody says they suck, I didn't buy them.
Thanks