I read. You just don't know what the **** you're talking about. If you think BOSE makes the best noise-canceling headphones available (sorry, AT THE TIME YOU BOUGHT THEM), then you're very misinformed.




Hardly.

I read what you wrote, and I understood that, according to you, the QC2 was your best option.

Personally, I would rather have something that sounds decent instead of specialized noise cancelling. The QC2's frequency response is horrid, it's like a nasty, booming sufwoofer in your ear. Compare that to the Beyerdynamic DT 880, which retails for a similar price and can be had for around $225. Yes, they're open, but the point is that QC2s are a total ripoff. Even measly $15 Koss KSC75s sound better.

Holy ****, that IS terrible.

Compare to the Koss PortaPro, which uses the same drivers as the KSC75 (thus sounds largely the same, the enclosure changes it a little). And the KSC75s retail for $20.

Oh look, you're still having a seizure about sound quality.

Okay:

1.) I did my research when these headphones came out. I tried the Sennheisers, because you - in particular - recommended the brand to me and they made the pair I had before. They were not good at noise-cancelling. They crackled and had a noticeable hissing sound. I believe this was right before a product refresh - I know the QC2 were brand new, and they had a different mic in each ear to pick up the ambient noise as opposed to a single one located on the cord.

2.) You are not the only one who can look at impedance graphs and say "hurr these are better" - not that it's a very good way to judge the quality of any speaker system, but I'll humor you there. I'm fully capable of doing a google search for "best headphones", and it looks like that's what you did for your first choice in this thread.

3.) The constant exposure to loud, painful white noise was - and still is - affecting my ability to hear. If I had purchased some sound quality circle **** pair of cans that you're trying to push on me, I would now be deaf. Ergo, I would not be able to appreciate the improved sound quality, not that I would be able to hear them over this white noise.

Emon, you're entitled to your opinion, but you have absolutely no right to try to dictate to me what my needs are or how much something is worth to me. And one breath after telling me how my headphones are "overpriced" you tell me to buy a $20 pair of headphones -- like I can't afford or wouldn't want something more expensive. lol. Get lost.


Shintock: I don't think you know which "better forums" I'm talking about, but they aren't on Sennheiserfans.com

Ok, now I KNOW you don't know what you're talking about. Those graphs show frequency response, dB vs. Hz. Show me impedance mesured in anything other than ohms, and I'll eat my hat.



OMG THAT WAS SO WITTY THAT I FELL OUT OF MY CHAIR LAUGHING

I was being facetious.

I wasn't trying to amuse you, I'm trying to point out that you're being a gigantic dick. Nice job trolling though, buddy.

they do their job and they do it well enough for my current needs

On better forums that would get you banned.

A headphone flame war...

Says the guy who thought woofer and sub-woofer speakers were the same thing. :p

And lo, the trumpets sounded, and the fifth seal was broken, and from it there came a flamewar of massive proportions, dealing primarily with heaphones, much to the bemusement of the 99.99% of the population that still listen to 128k mp3s.

That's me!

I guess if sound quality is a problem, you could do some EQing. Personally, I think you should listen to what's best for you. Nobody else seems to understand that apparently. :p

By the way, do you dislike canalphones or do you have some sort of issue with sticking things in your ears?

But he is the Admiral of Awesome and knows the secrets of SITH2

He cannot be banned. He is imbanmortal.

Some of us prefer to spend our time finding music that is actually good. :p

Anyway, it doesn't matter what sound quality I listen at, or what headphones I use, because I'm listening through my laptop's built-in sound card. :[

EQ doesn't fix sound quality issues. No matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :p

You can smooth it out and reduce the awfulness, though.

Yeah but who wants to smooth out a turd? That's just unclean.

But you can smear the turd around so much that can no longer tell the difference between the turd and anything else.

Just turn up the volume and ignore the fact that your headphones sound like S*** or that your speakers are blown out.

That’s what everyone else does

What's sad is that is so true. LOL.

This thread makes me want to buy new headphones.

Did you mean bemusement: To cause to be bewildered; confuse? Or amusement:The state of being amused, entertained, or pleased?

[QUOTE=Connection Problem]This thread makes me want to buy new headphones.[/QUOTE]

Personally I'm looking to go the speaker route. Also, I'm ordering myself a beautiful Sansui QRX-7500 that I'm going to put a lot of time and effort into. Recapping and replacing bulbs and redoing the RCA jacks and just a crapload of work which will allow me to think less.

Those are the exact same ones I have, and I think they're amazing.

*shudder* i have bad memories of those $20 sony phones

one thing i hated (without getting into how they sound and opening up that flamewar) was that they were painful for me... after about 15-20 minutes my ears would be hurting something about the way they sat on my ears which is why i don't bother much with supraaural (fancy word for headphones that rest on the ear) phones anymore

If I had meant "amusement", don't you think that's what I would have typed?

Um... what!? o_O

WTF are you talking about? Why are you so god damn defensive? I already said that I understood your decision process, I was just pointing out how much a $20 pair of headphones had a much better response, which I was using to point out how horrible the QC2s sound for $300. I didn't say you should buy them. And what's this about implying you wouldn't want or couldn't afford something more expensive? Where the hell are you getting this? Don't be such a dick because your headphones are vastly technically inferior to something 7% of the price (save the noise cancelling, which I understand your argument for).


Duh, I wasn't advocating the use of open headphones in a noisy environment. The QC2 do a great job of removing ambient, low frequency noise. The only the I recommended was a pair of canalphones, which would offer nearly twice as much sound isolation and far superior sound quality, not to mention no batteries and would be much smaller and more portable. The only disadvantage is that you wouldn't be able to hear *anything*, like people yelling at you, which I understand you don't want. I also pointed out that a good sealed headphone would block out just as much noise, albeit at all frequencies (e.g. no alarms or yelling again).

I bought $3.50 jWIN headphones. They are of adequate quality (especially for wsomething so cheap!) and they come with a carrying case. I only bought them to replace the $2.00 headphones I've been using for over a year. My headphone internet penis is microscopic. D: