To give you some idea, these are the headphones I have used in the past :
Brand | Model | Score | Price |
Sony | NC-22 | 1/10 | USD 120 |
Bose | Triport | 3/10 | USD 89 |
Klipsch | Image S4 | 4/10 | USD 85 |
Sennheiser | CX 300 | 4/10 | AUD 80 |
JBL | 410 | 6/10 | USD 79 |
Bose | Quite Comfort | 6/10 | USD 285 |
Sennheiser | CX 95 | 7/10 | AUD 179 |
Sure | E3C | 7.5/10 | USD 240 |
Sennheiser | IE 6 | 10/10 | AUD 339 |
I bought my IE 6 from HMV store at Piccadilly, London. I managed to burn them to the perfection while using them in flight at a high volume for over 20 hours. I had to fly ~22 hours from London Heathrow to Brisbane. To get the optimal performance (good thumping) you need to burn them for a period of time at high volume.
The IE 6 provides deep rich bass, detailed highs with vibrant mids. The sounds are crisp clear as one could ever imagined it to be. It would surely blow you away. I stopped using my iPod for a while, for its incapability to handle the "loudness war". But with these IE 6 headphones, I'm back on track listening to music like I did during my school days. ;-)
the IE6 comes with a half dozen of different ear plugs, so you could pick what's best for you. To suite your ear canals. The default ear plugs provide moderate bass with bit of highs. I went one size up to get my blend of music and it was awesome. I have never enjoyed music over 3-4 hours continually , using headphones.
But I truly can't take these headphones off my ears. The apple Australia site advertise them at A$ 339/= (LKR ~ 34,500/=) and indeed it's worth the money. You won't regret ... just be yourself.. just listen to your ears.. they would be pleased with these ;-)
I think I should clarify the low ratings given for bose QC.
ReplyDeleteWhen using noise canceling headphones, the *main* point isn't just canceling noise. To address the former, I would use just dumb earplugs to cancel all noise.
Ok, now we agree the purpose of using noise canceling headphones isn't just blocking the noise but to generate/listen good quality sound.
But sadly that's what exactly these QC headphones and bose in general are missing. If you want just high bass with lack of clarity and detail, I would buy a pair of cheap chinese headphones from wallmart for $10.
These headphones are good if your ears have lost sensitivity for detailed sounds, highs.. and mids... I would accept it as a valid reason.
Last but not least, I'm not a huge fan of wearing a "helmet" to enjoy music. Meaning, I prefer in ear headphones.. IE are the highest in its grade.