[Imyourzero]

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Originally Posted by blessingx Sony V200s (though I haven't heard V100s or V150s). Sold a pair of V6s and was going to included them for free. Buyer said "thats okay". Free headphones rejected!

Hahaha, now that's funny...

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Originally Posted by blessingx Well I included them in the box anyway.

And that's even funnier!

 

[AsuAmo76]

Bose triports - sure one of the worst in the current market. They have cheap looking speakers inside (in reality these speakers indeed are very expensive

). On the other hand, they are the perfect match for very bad source. It's like in math: minus x minus = plus. Previously mentioned sr325 would give you tons of fatigue with these "sourses". But boses would just shine.

 

[luuk]

Sony mdr-v150. Certainly in holland, 'cause they cost here around 30 euro's (that's more than $35!). I own them and will throw them away as soon as I have my alessandro's ms-1's (I'm already 21 days patiently waiting

) and my shures e2c's which a friend of mine brings to me from america. Pff, I have to suffer another week I guess.
But I gotta go, my iaudio x5 is crying 'cause he wants a better buddy to play with, need to cheer him up.

 

[Skylab]

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Originally Posted by natwhite Senn MX500. The stupid inline volume control completely distorted the sound. Had to hack apart the cable to bypass the stupid thing.

FWIW, I am almost 100% certain that none of those earbuds are actually made by Sennheiser, as I have seen other brands of physically identical earbids (and I mean IDENTICAL). Pretty sure they are just made by some big Chinese company and OEM'd to anyone.

 

[Skylab]

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Sony V200s (though I haven't heard V100s or V150s).

I can promise you that the V150s sound like crap. They are muddy, veiled, thick, and slow. For that same $25 you can buy Sennheiser HD437, HD201 or 202s, all of which will SMOKE the V150s. I bought a pair to try jogging in, and I gave them away.

 

[Jahn]

V150. Only headphone I ever threw away that was fully functional, because it sucked so bad I didn't want to subject it on anyone, even on someone wanting it for a penny on Ebay. Plastics so creaky, vise grip on the noggin, unlistenable mud presentation. That was the can that turned me off on listening to headphones for 10 years.

 

[dag655321]

Without questions, the Creative Labs HN-500 Noise Cancelling Headphones. They came free with a sound card that I bought, and they are not even worth that. They sound like you are listening to a really crappy pair of headphones with pillows over your ears. I am not sure how or if that is possible, but someone at Creative figured it out.

 

[kramer5150]

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Originally Posted by seeberg Hahaha, Kramer5150, I've got a thread title for you! "Fart Cannons & Polished Turds", noting the highest priced failures in headphones! LOL , Abe

I cant take credit for it really...

"Fart Cannon" = a term commonly used in car audio circles for SPL specific subs. Burping @ ~50 Hz..."'BWAAAAAHHHP!!"

"Polished Turd" = a term commonly used in guitar related forums for pretty, polished, nice looking guitars that sparkle under stage lights but lack tone, playability, durability, or set-up stability.

 

[jonnywolfet]

i had the future sonic em3. but from a sennheiser dealer. they broke, and where replaced with sennheiser ie4. which are recabled md33's. They sounded SH!te compared to my ie3s. i cried, quietly, in a corner. then got some e3c's and stopped.

serously, how could sennheiser think the md33 sounded better than the ie3? i lost all respect for senn that day, exept they where superfast in honouring my warranty (3 days! + it was a bank holiday weekend!)

 

[paradio]

A funny topic!
Who can make the summary?

 

[bhd812]

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Originally Posted by Jahn V150. Only headphone I ever threw away that was fully functional, because it sucked so bad I didn't want to subject it on anyone, even on someone wanting it for a penny on Ebay. Plastics so creaky, vise grip on the noggin, unlistenable mud presentation. That was the can that turned me off on listening to headphones for 10 years.

HaHA I bought a pcdp on ebay and these came with them...
I tried them on for two seconds and they hurt my ears so bad I threw them in the garbage can and never looked back..painful!!!

 

[Kirosia]

stock s**t that comes with sony headphones, and the v250. At the time, I thought good sound was supposed to be muddy, power-hungered, and partially incoherent. At least that was what sony was telling me. Course, they also told my dad their low-end dvd players wouldn't break for no reason. We were lied to.

 

[Estilo]

Crap!!! I forgot the Sony V150, worst $20 bucks ever spent.

 

[seeberg]

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Originally Posted by kramer5150 I cant take credit for it really... "Fart Cannon" = a term commonly used in car audio circles for SPL specific subs. Burping @ ~50 Hz..."'BWAAAAAHHHP!!" "Polished Turd" = a term commonly used in guitar related forums for pretty, polished, nice looking guitars that sparkle under stage lights but lack tone, playability, durability, or set-up stability.

I also used the term Polished Turd for all kinds of stuff, like cars. You can make a cheesy little POS car look great on the outside, but if the guts are crap, you still have crap, IMO. Bose equipment falls under this category because everything they make looks great, but nothing besides their Japanese reference products have any muscle behind those looks. The term Polished Turd should have a picture of the Bose Acoustimass or Wave Radio next to it in the dictionary

,
Abe

 

[crazyfrenchman27]

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Originally Posted by akwok This is coming from a guy who thinks that the best dynamic headphone under $1000 is the SA5000.. We'll see.

That's because it is.

...to many.

-Matt