How do these headphones do with acoustic music (blues, big band jazz, or classical)? Has anyone compared them to Sennheiser CX 300 II Earbuds?
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They have really decent musical detail, but I would say the bass is a little lacking. Compensation with EQ helps. I haven't heard the CX 300-II earbuds, but certainly the CX-300 line has a near legendary reputation. I have no regrets getting these for the price.
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I listen to a lot of acoustic music and it seems to me they perform very well.I love trying to get a feel for the different instruments and have compared my 3 versions of Beethoven's 9th, a lot of Vivaldi, Miles Davis, Vince Guaraldi, and loads of prog rock and I must say I feel satisfied. Treebles sound clear and somehow I can feel some depth so treebles are "closer" to me than bass sounds. Bass is not bad, I have listened to some Daft Punk and similar, that music has a lot of bass beat and it sounds good. I cannot compare to cx300 Senheiser since my only in ear Senheisers are MX270 which are not as good. The bass sounds better in my ultimate ears 600vi and somehow in my classic Bose in ear, but the seal and external noise attenuation on the E10 is better than that on the Bose old model.
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Well I jut use them with my Band and Olufsen H6 that are high fidelity headphones. They improve the performance of my headphone for sure its a complete difference. I use as source my Mac book pro and a optical cable. I love it but be careful not to get the volume to high you can damage your headphones. So buy it but, be careful of not pushing your headphones to the limit.
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I don't like the acoustics with the headphones at all. Very tinny and not reliable. They don't fall out, but I'm planning to try the over the ears ones, see if the sound is better.
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It depends on what you are going to use them for. I live in the city which is pretty noisy, trains cars etc but I wanted headphones that I could hear around me. So their not noise cancelation. I haven't had a lot of headphones so, I can tell you this. They don't have more bass then the zik parrots or beats. Most likely they're like a low kind of bass headphones. I use it for my nexus 5 & they don't have a lot of bass but when I use them for my galaxy tab 3 they have bass. But with these I can say they changed my taste in music. I listen to more live bands now. Before it was a lot of hip hop
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JBuds J2 sound ok. To me it fills like your missing part of the sound with them. The bass isnt full and cant hear the hi hat on the drums. Im gonna try the V-MODA next to find some better earbuds
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The new version of the same thing. http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-II-Precision-Enhanced-Earbuds/dp/B001EZYMF4/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1414760609&sr=1-1&keywords=CX300
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I haven't tried these but am a recording and mastering engineer and after many different brands of headphones have settled on the Beyer Dynamic 990. These are excellent for classical, jazz, and pop
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I am looking for the same information, after a google search it seems that these are a little short for earbuds. Which is fine with me, I use an extender to work with my phone and am a short person so I was hoping for a shorter pair. I think I will order them and if no one responds by the time they come I will let you know. I have been looking at these, they have an extender that might be useful to you:http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-CX-Ear-Headphone-Black/dp/tech-data/B000WOIG8C/ref=de_a_smtd
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I am no expert or audiophile but I think they have really great sound. No distortion, great highs and lows. I have usd them with my pc to my smartphone.
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NoWhile I'm sure they sounded better than other headphones you've heard, they weren't at even close to their full potential. These headphones require 300ohms to be properly powered, which you MBP won't do. I would highly suggest picking up a amp + DAC combo so you can power these cans to open up the soundstage and let the details of music shine through. If you're looking for a good pair to plug straight into your MBP, I would highly suggest checking out the HD-598's as they are low impedance and can easily be powered by the computers native sound card.
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I'm not sure how these handle with classical music, as it's not my taste, but these headphones do isolate much better than most over-ears. If you're looking for good isolation and sound quality, I would look at Audio-Technica's ATH-ANC7B noise cancelling headphones. I had the ANC7s (before the ANC7B replaced it) and they were PERFECT with isolation and had great sound quality.
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For me the bass is fine but I am not a big bass head. I can only compare them to the other headphones I own the Bose QC 15 wired noise cancellation headphones and to me they had better bass than those. However I did have an opportunity to listen to the Bludio's before I returned them for the Sony MK2's and they had more bass than the MK2's but I didn't think they sounded as good and they were a bit bulky and didn't fit on my head as well. The Bluedio's are substantially less expensive though and they did sound pretty good. Probably the best bang for the buck.
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I dont know if they have "superior sound quality" but what i do lnow is that they have very different uses. The QC 25 are intended for traveling while the SEN HD8 are for djing. Sennheiser (in their higher range headphones) has way better quality making different instruments and sound in general clearer and easier to identify therefore better to dj with. They are pretry good traveling and listening headphones. They do not have noise canceling but still do a pretty good job at isolating as long as its not VERY noisy. NOW! i would NEVER buy Bose cans...they break, period. bose has great marketing bit their crap breaks. Dont waste your money, go Senn. They are solid and confortable. I dont know if they have "superior sound quality" but what i do lnow is that they have very different uses. The QC 25 are intended for traveling while the SEN HD8 are for djing. Sennheiser (in their higher range headphones) has way better quality making different instruments and sound in general clearer and easier to identify therefore better to dj with. They are pretry good traveling and listening headphones. They do not have noise canceling but still do a pretty good job at isolating as long as its not VERY noisy. NOW! i would NEVER buy Bose cans...they break, period. bose has... » Read More I dont know if they have "superior sound quality" but what i do lnow is that they have very different uses. The QC 25 are intended for traveling while the SEN HD8 are for djing. Sennheiser (in their higher range headphones) has way better quality making different instruments and sound in general clearer and easier to identify therefore better to dj with. They are pretry good traveling and listening headphones. They do not have noise canceling but still do a pretty good job at isolating as long as its not VERY noisy. NOW! i would NEVER buy Bose cans...they break, period. bose has great marketing bit their crap breaks. Dont waste your money, go Senn. They are solid and confortable. « Show Less
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In my humble opinion the noise isolation feature of my V_Moda crossfade's are far superior than the Bose QC series headphones. One of my co-workers has the Bose QC-25's I tried them and he tried mine he agreed with me as well!
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I'm not especially musical, but I would say their bass sound is good if you have them pushed in a lot. Mine, no matter what size cover I put on them, pop out some so I don't get the full effect of the sound quality or the noise canceling. I use earbuds when I sleep too, but I sleep on my back. You probably wouldn't want to sleep on your side with these. For earbuds, if these are pushed in place well, they have better sound than Apple's, but Apple's latest earbuds stay in better and are better for sleeping. Hope that helps.
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I have HE-400s driven by a Shiit Lyr Amp. The 400s as well as the 500s are not bass heavy headphones. This is one of many reasons I got the 400s. I don't like heavy bass. I did find that after a break-in period, the bass was very nature and sounded close to live music. What I really like is that the bass is clear and not muddy which nearly all bass heavy headphones sound like. The Lyr is designed to drive orthos such as the 400s and 500s. I had looked at the EF-5 but I didn't think it drove the headphones enough. They do need a bit of power. If you like heavier bass, I'm afraid you may have gotten yourself the wrong headphones. The beauty of these is that they are nearly flat responding which make them sounds closer to live music which is what I am looking for. I will tell you that with the 500s and the Lyr combo, you will hear stuff in your music you haven't heard before but you will also hear mistakes made by the recording engineer as well as the limitations on MP3 files if you play those. These headphones don't like to be forced too hard on the bass end. Their design doesn't do well with that. Be careful if you do try to send more bass through them.
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If you want to stay with the Sennheiser brand, take a look at the HD 280 Pros. Very nice headphone that, in my opinion, sound almost as good as the 595's but are closed back.