Sennheiser CX 400-B - Headphones ( in-ear ear-bud ) - black | Discount Price: $39.99
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Brand: Sennheiser
Binding: Accessory
Warranty: 2 years warranty
UNBELIEVABLE DEPTH AND CLARITY FROM MY FAVORITE HEADPHONE BRAND [Posted on 2008-03-02]
Sennheiser has always been revolutionary with design and engineering for it's products. I bought a pair of CX300 earbuds about a year ago and have thought they were the best available...until today when I opened a pair of CX400 earbuds that I bought at Xmas and have been saving for when my current ones deteriorate from constant daily use. Well, the CX300s weren't showing any signs of giving up any time soon (i.e. getting staticy or muffled or falling apart), so I decided to be decadent and open my new pair before I really needed them.
I was stunned at the difference. The new ones are not as sharp sounding as my old ones, therefore adding definition and richness to the music that I had not enjoyed before. The bass is extraordinary, I can't imagine how they reproduce such low, deep bass at such loud volumes when cranked up...from such a tiny thing!!
The heritage lives on in these beautys. I completely get lost in the music when they're on and don't even want to talk to anyone and break my immersion in the concert going on in my head.
What a great product that I would highly recommend to anyone. They arrive with a short cable with a gold plated connecting pin and an extension cable if you need more length. The carrying case comes with a cool wrap around rubbery plastic piece that hold the earbuds separately and prevents knotting up. The cable texture is very flexible and sturdy (same as the CX300s - and I have not had those crack or crease over the year in my gymbag). There are at least five or six colors of the earbuds to choose from but they all have black cables.
To wrap it up, pardon the pun, these blow away all other earbuds of any brand I've ever tested or owned. I cannot repeat enough how personal and rich any music sounds though these Sennheiser CX400s. It really makes your ipod or mp3 player come to life in ways you won't believe.
Great Set of Earphones [Posted on 2008-04-04]
Great set of earphones I use for specifically working out or active sports. I bought these for $11 on ebay and these are great sounding, not the best. But is great for secondary functions where overuse is least of your concerns. If you're an audiophile like myself, this wont cut it. If you want the best in reproduction sound look at Shure or Ultimate Ears. Bass is good and full. Mids and highs can be a bit higher, although I did not play around with the equalizer to compensate. But I'd say these are the best for this price range. Earphones are well designed and literally hide inside the groove of the outer ear (pinna). Great Y-shape evenly length cable to each earphone. So take my advice, search on ebay. There are plenty of these in the price range, brand new and unopened. Save the extra cash and take your friends out for drinks..
Mediocre, Tinny Shrill Boomy Muddy. [Posted on 2008-04-11]
Compared to other isolating earphones in roughly the same price range, I think these are a little better than mediocre, like C+, 6/10.
One correctable problem is the soft sleeves which come with them; the earphones have a clear emphasis on the low frequencies, which is considered a feature, but the soft, compliant sleeves which provide the isolation will resonate at low frequencies, causing the already emphasized bass to have muddy boomy peaks. I have Shure E2c which came with less compliant clear sleeves (part EA810) which fit the CX400s, and using those smoothed out the bass a lot (but it is still emphasized, not neutral).
The other problem is the high end frequencies also seem too loud... it might not be a problem except that when combined with the heavy audio compression and high frequency equalization emphasis used so often nowadays, and the munching of the audio during lossy data compression, the result is essentially a veil of tinny shrill hissing noise in front of the original audio signal high frequencies. I do not have a solution for this; I have not tried earwax filters... I have Etymotic ER-4S, for which filters are considered a necessary feature, and they sound abysmal without them.
It seems like right now it might be better to get Shure SCL2 for roughly the same price.
Works and looks Great!!! [Posted on 2008-06-25]
Worth every penny!!!!!!
Great bass and crisp highs..... these bad boys can go loud and not distort, I at work use them by just putting them on top of my desk and listening that way.... thats how good they are. They look great and are built tough. Try them!!!!!
far better than ipod oem [Posted on 2008-07-29]
i just got my pair today. i'm not a super audiophile like others. but i can tell you these blow the ipod buds away.
it's like a whole new ipod. volume is way down. the bass and highs are all incredible now. 1/3 now is like almost full volume before.
if you're really an audiophile you likely have your ipod filled with few songs since you have the quality at cd level, not mp3. you also likely have $300+ phones in, not earbuds. i like having 1400 songs on my nano and understand that it's not the highest quality.
but compared to the loose ipod buds, songs are a millions times better. i'm super happy b/c i found these for $30 shipped somewhere. if i had not found them dirt cheap, knowing now how great they are, i would pay the $90.
it's true what others say that hitting the wire is noticeable. but unless you pay tons of $$ you just expect that with in-ear buds. simply securing it by using the clip or other ways seems to prevent it though. you only hear feedback from the top of the cord.
the short cord seems the perfect length for my arm band in the gym at 6' tall. now the extension is very long. not sure why anyone would need it this long, but you don't need to worry about it being short.
the medium seems to fit me well. very comfy. it was a pain while snowboarding and lifting in the gym and my white ipod buds would fall out. these seem nice and snug. the large are very snug. so maybe i'll shred with the large.
now if i feel it would be necessary to hear others or whatever sounds while enjoying my music... well i would likely not use my ipod... but i still have my white buds which allow me to hear plenty.
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