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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic sound, 3 Jun 2006
These are FANTASTIC headphones.
The sound quality is superb, and they far outclass my other sony mdr-ex71slw 'phones. I have have the excellent Sennheiser PX100's which I'll try to compare to.
Sound:
Bass...excellent and deep. Unlike the Sony's however, they don't output overblown baggy bass, it is very tight and tuneful and FAST (Bass starts and stops on a dime with the CX300's). To give an example, various dance tracks that have complex bass-lines tended to come over as a slightly homogenous deep sound only on the Sony's, whereas here they are easily distinguishable from each other...all separated, present and correct.
The Sennheiser PX100's don't reach as deep, but they do tend to vibrate instead...thus giving the impression of deep deep bass (whereas with the CX300's, it's real !)
Midrange...lovely liquid midrange here. Stands out nice and clear, vocals sound like they're physically in your head. Unlike the Sony's, NOT drowned out amongst shrill treble and innaccurate bass.
The midrange is as clear and well proportioned as the PX100's.
Treble...Yes, OK, they do have slightly high treble on first listen, but you need to burn them in first (a week or so of continuos listening should do the trick). When they settle down, they're amazing too. Treble is nicely placed, giving the impression of a nice wide soundstage (to the extent that sounds appear to come from not only inside your head, but also around you sometimes).
The treble in the PX100's is also very clear, giving the impression of nice open soundstage (slightly more expansive too) but the Sony's, conversely, are terrible screechy rubbish.
Build Quality: Exemplary. Better than the PX100's (which are excellent anyway) my silver CX300's aren't simply covered in cheapo silver paint/plastic. It actually looks like metallic car paint with a few coats of piano gloss veneer over it (I was a bit worried that I hadn't opted for the "safe" black ones, but the silvers look great imho).
The material is also very solidly put together. In this respect, you get the impression manipulating them in your fingers of a classy piece of kit.
The Sony's, on the other hand, have appalling build quality using cheap nasty materials.
Comfort: Again top notch. So comfortable that you forget you're waring them. They're supplied with 3 sizes of rubber "canal-piece" so you have choice like the Sony's. For comfort I'd rate these as high as the Sony's and this also means very little sound leakage.
The PX100's, while good, aren't quite this good and you also get more sound leakage with them
Overall c.f. the PX100's the CX300's sound is very similar with only the soundstage being not as wide and open, but traded off for a much nicer fit with less sound leakage. I would also say that I use the PX100's when I also need ambient sound intrusion (like on a bike), and the CX300's when I don't want to disturb others (on the train).
The Sony's come in a distinct 3rd in all departments apart from comfort.
PS some people have commented that the CX300's are 're-badged' Creative EP630's. This is not true...example CX300 = 18-21kHz, 112dB, assymetric cord ... but ... EP630 = 6-23kHz, 106dB, symetrical cord.
Creative just ripped off the Senny's design is all...they are not the same headphone (different drive units and wiring).
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great headphones, just avoid the fakes!, 8 Aug 2007
These headphones are the best I have ever used, and I've used many 'in ear' headphones like this. They do have rather strong bass levels, but you can easily dial them out with the equaliser on your player. They are also rather loud, I've had to drop the volume levels down a couple of notches, which is rather useful for battery life.
These things are constructed very well, these aren't like the cheap rubbish you get free with your player/phone, or buy in Woolworths for 2 quid. In case anything goes round you are covered by Sennheiser's 2 year warranty, free of charge.
A comment about the Eco packaged item, Sennheiser didn't recognise this product when I rang them up (I was just trying to understand the warranty process.) You will have to return the item to Amazon if faults do occur, so keep your Amazon invoice!
Now you may see these headphones on the marketplace for under £5 and also see some poor reviews. Well these are fakes! Sennheiser DO NOT sell OEM products, the headphones will ONLY come in their plastic packaging or Amazon's own Eco packaging. Do you really think Sennheiser can make these quality headphones for £2? What you get for your £3 is a £3 pair of headphones, aka pap! Remember fakes come in plastic bags, fakes will have a 'straight' (usually gold) plug, the metal grill for the speakers will look like it has been pushed on (real Sennheisers are put on the inside,) after the split the wire for the right speaker is about 50cm on real Sennheisers, it is 30-34cm on fakes. I hope this helps.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good sound, but not without problems, 13 April 2007
I bought a pair of these earphones just after Christmas and was thrilled when I first plugged them into my iPod. The design gives very good noise isolation and the sound throughout the range is very very good. Obviously, it can be improved upon, but not at this price.
However, similar to a previous reviewer, I too have a problem with the right\left output balance. Whilst using them on a flight to the UK recently, the right earphone suddenly dropped in volume and has remained that way ever since despite tetsing them on other audio equipment.
I have written to Sennheiser UK and I'm hoping the porblem can be resolved as I want to get back to the beautiful sound these tiny little things produce.
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