Best Earphone/Headphone/Speaker System Thread

mbarry · 03-22-2008

What's the difference between the PT-850a, and the PT-850b?

SteveMB93 · 03-22-2008

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Originally Posted by mbarry

What's the difference between the PT-850a, and the PT-850b?

One has an a, the other has a b.

kadajawi · 03-22-2008

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Originally Posted by SteveMB93

One has an a, the other has a b.

LOL :D

The BEST? Probably something like the Sony Qualia dunno what or the Sennheiser Orpheus (yours for something like $28000 :D). But I'd say the Koss KSC35, KSC50, KSC75, Porta Pro or Sporta Pro are pretty good for their money. The Crossroads MylarOne X3i or so seem to be pretty nice as well, or the Shure, etymotic research etc. models.

Speaker wise... hm, I like Nubert a lot, pretty affordable too. But there are of course better brands out there... for a hefty price tag.

The MX400 are, hm, usable, probably pretty good for earbuds, but the Koss completely beat the hell out of the Senns. They are in entirely different leagues.

mbarry · 03-23-2008

Bose seems to have a great speaker system, and headphones, but have a huge price tag.

kadajawi · 03-23-2008

*eek* Bose? Good? Bose may have been good, a few decades ago, but nowadays they produce crap that any better Logitech PC speaker should be able to beat. Not to mention serious HiFi systems. There is a reason why Bose doesn't allow dealers to place their systems close to the competition. You are not allowed to compare Bose to other brands... hm... but why?

And if you disassemble these Bose speakers you will find the use of cheap, inferior materials, something other products of their price range should not have.
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And yes, I have listened to several Bose systems in stores (which means they should have been properly set up etc. There were Bose sales people running around etc.), and the sound was very, very underwhelming. No chance against my Nubert/NAD system which costs way less. Two Sony (!) speakers (ok, at 1000 € each) hooked up on a set of Vincent mono amps, Vincent CD player and preamp. (IIRC Vincent are rebranded Korsun (chinese brand)), each component costing again 1000 €,
sounded amazing... I think even with less expensive amps the Sonys should completely thrash Bose, and I'm shure other speakers in that price range should do that as well, if they are worth the money.

And Bose headphones... I've tried a pair of them... very flimsy, and the sound quality wasn't that good as well. No clue what their name was. Yes, they were ok, but only if they cut away the last number of the price tag. You could probably say the same about their speakers.

mbarry · 03-23-2008

Well, my father owns a Quiet Comfort (First Version), and a Lifestyle 50 and I think it sounds pretty good (He used to work at Bose, so he got these things cheap). I have never tested any of the newer models though.

kadajawi · 03-23-2008

I've listened to one of those Lifestyle models, and personally I think it sounded pretty bad. Ok, not terribly bad, but by far not worth the price tag they have. I think it was a 1500 € set, but the sound quality sounded more like 100-150 €. Have you tried "real" HiFi speakers?

taling hallenthur · 03-23-2008

You can get an amazing set of headphones for as low as $69. These headphones are Grado SR60 and their sound quality is astonishing.

mbarry · 03-24-2008

My Targus Headphones are about to die again. I want to get a new set. Any recommendations? Anything under $10 that I can get at a local store will do.

adamL · 03-25-2008

i prefer to buy one of EP 630 for example they have a good quality and stay a long time instead of buy two or three cheap hearphones on the year.Finally it could be more expensive to buy the cheap because you have to change them often.