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Are you joking? Wait.......did you actually own them, or did you listen to them somewhere? If you were listening to them with a crap audio source, they are absolutely disgusting. But as soon as you put them on an ipod classic, they really come alive.

 
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I've owned a pair of B&W P5s for almost two weeks and I can say that I am extremely disappointed. 

I agree with armyowalgreens - I even listened to the P5 on my iPod classic through a PA2V2 and they sounded not much better than the 20 euro offerings from Panasonic, Sony and Philips. They had more detail, but the sound on the whole was just unpleasant.  

 

[armyowalgreens]

I shouldn't have to modify a 300 dollar pair of headphones with scissors in order to get decent sound, btw. 

 

[armyowalgreens]

By the way, I have a strong feeling that listening experience for the P5 may depend on size and shape of one's ears. The padding for the headphones does not fit my ears well at all. I'm sure it's different for others. But that still should be marked as a design failure for Bower and Wilkins R&D department. 

 

[Elektrospeed]

P5 are the worst for the money I've tried. Really nothing special.

Then there are these:



Klip Xtreme Headsets. Yeah, Klipsch ripoffs ha!

 

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I shouldn't have to modify a 300 dollar pair of headphones with scissors in order to get decent sound, btw. 

Prepare for a world of disappointment.

 

[Zoom25]

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Prepare for a world of disappointment.

 
Are you implying you can't get decent sound from headphones under $300 without modifying them?

 

[briskly]

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Prepare for a world of disappointment.

 
Are you implying you can't get decent sound from headphones under $300 without modifying them?

 
Not quite. There are plenty of very strong values, that are still very good today, independent of price. Just that expecting to be able to pay away the flaws in your listening experience is a fool's errand. All headphones have shortcomings, some more blatant than others, and as one goes away, more pop up to take their place.

 

[Tjj226 Angel]

I've owned a pair of B&W P5s for almost two weeks and I can say that I am extremely disappointed. Even after attempting to padding mod they still sound muddled and the soundstage is, frankly, horrific. Actually, there is no stage to speak of. All of the sound appears to be coming out of somewhere in the thalamus. 

I'm actually returning them later this afternoon. 

Wow. I read all of your responses regarding the P5's . Maybe I need to see a doctor about my hearing (which could actually be a real possibility). I really do like the, and I have listened to several different headphones. Oh well. I guess I won't be recommending them anymore. Sad day indeed.

 

[nabwong]

Worst headphone i've ever head are iGrado. I love grados, have owned RS-1, RS-2, HF-1, etc. If Bose and iBuds got married and had a child, it would be iGrado. 

 

[Zoom25]

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Not quite. There are plenty of very strong values, that are still very good today, independent of price. Just that expecting to be able to pay away the flaws in your listening experience is a fool's errand. All headphones have shortcomings, some more blatant than others, and as one goes away, more pop up to take their place.

 
Fair enough

 

[joetjie2000]

hands-down headphones you get for free in the hospital

 

[Elektrospeed]

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Not quite. There are plenty of very strong values, that are still very good today, independent of price. Just that expecting to be able to pay away the flaws in your listening experience is a fool's errand. All headphones have shortcomings, some more blatant than others, and as one goes away, more pop up to take their place.

Well if I bought a $60,000 BMW and had to completely remove the front bumper in order to have decent performance, I'd be pissed off.
 
Sure, there is always room for improvement over stock, but having to mutilate $350 'phones just for them to sound decent does not speak well of the product.
 
Anyway, perhaps I've just never managed a good fit, but to me even P3s sound better than P5s.

 

[SkitZ0]

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Well if I bought a $60,000 BMW and had to completely remove the front bumper in order to have decent performance, I'd be pissed off.
 

 
.....uhm....well when it comes to cars, your argument doesn't exactly work as well as you may have hoped lol because you can greatly increase the performance of a car by spending almost as much as the car itself.....I see what you're saying, though, but as a gearhead I HAD to say something XD

 

[Anthony1]

Worst headphones Ive ever owned are the AKG K550s

 

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Worst headphones Ive ever owned are the AKG K550s

 
Wow. You must've gone straight for upper mid-fi/high end stuff instead of toying around with budget gear like the rest of us.