Worst headphones that are supposed to be good are the B&W P5 that I heard a few weeks back. Muffled boring sound that really disappointed me after reading some fairly positive reviews.
Worst headphones in the world?
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Barry S
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These United Airlines headphones may superficially look ok, but they're supremely uncomfortable, shrill, muddy, and provide zero isolation. Like UA, they give the surface appearance of providing a function, but with the most unpleasant user experience possible.
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amen
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Audez'e, Grado and other crappy DIY stuff...
X2 LOL, DIY
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In the interests of science, and personal pain, I dragged my Sony MDR-NC6 out and plugged them into my NobSound MS-10d tube amp to compare them to TakStar 80, KSC-75, etc.
I even replaced the pads with the extras that came with my HA-S-500.
Why? Ouch.
No, the gear and ODAC won't help.
Bad is as bad does.
Narrow nearly mono sound-stage, completely 2-d, lack of detail across the FR, missing harmonics everywhere, no mid lushness, no bass, zero deep bass, the anti-thesis of a basshead, midrange head, soundstage head or neutral head can.
They lasted 90 seconds before I pulled them off. Played 2 tracks and threw in the towel. Life is too short.
They are just bad.
An AM radio in a 1960's auto would sound far superior.
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whatever headphones YOU are currently using now!!!! time to upgrade
true story
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New one - Denon AH-W150
I was disappoint.
not 2 weeks after getting them and only about 3 hours on there the left earbud fell off. Sound quality was BASS, BASS and a little bit of mid. Bluetooth worked a pro if they were within a metre of the device and you couldn't have them under your waistline or they wouldn't work and broke up. shame.
Also, they didn't fit under my Arai which is always a negative.
They were uncomfortable to get a proper fit and were totally not worth the $190nz I paid for them, promptly returned them and got some d340's instead. Lovely cans.
You'd think Denon would be able to crap out something a little better for that amount of money!
I was disappoint.
not 2 weeks after getting them and only about 3 hours on there the left earbud fell off. Sound quality was BASS, BASS and a little bit of mid. Bluetooth worked a pro if they were within a metre of the device and you couldn't have them under your waistline or they wouldn't work and broke up. shame.
Also, they didn't fit under my Arai which is always a negative.
They were uncomfortable to get a proper fit and were totally not worth the $190nz I paid for them, promptly returned them and got some d340's instead. Lovely cans.
You'd think Denon would be able to crap out something a little better for that amount of money!
David Smolinski
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Audio-Technica ATH-M50X: The trebble was sometimes extreme. I haven't heard painful sound from other headphones. Free headphones sound better.
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