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FZR1k

macrumors member
Jan 10, 2008
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38°16'12” North Latitude
Regarding sound improvements, upgrades are more attributable to the re-cabling than the wooden enclosures. Wooden air chamber will decrease distortion, accentuated bass response and warm harmonic tone.
hey does the wood mod do anything besides look cool?
o btw zebra wood is sexy, along with curly maple, and this other wood i can not remember.
if it is just looks, an inlay would look sick.
 

St0rMl0rD

macrumors 6502
Dec 26, 2008
495
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Slovenia
Shure e2c. Use them mainly for live performances with my band Dismissed (http://www.dismissedband.com), but they work amazingly well with my iPhone. Love 'em!

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Photo by mdwsta4

Peace out,
-J
 

SkyBell

macrumors 604
Sep 7, 2006
6,606
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Texas, unfortunately.
This is, what I think is a Maxell HP 550. They were $20, but they're the best headphones I've ever owned.

Which isn't saying much, considering all I've ever had are the stock iPod earbuds. Still, they're not bad at all.
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mdwsta4

macrumors 65816
Jul 23, 2007
1,301
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WTF?! I demand you remove that picture from this post as well as whatever online account you're using to host it. As shown on post 85 of this thread and the fact I took that photograph over a year and a half ago, that is my photo. the least you could have done was state the photograph was not your own and credit me.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/331641/

Please remove it immediately and do not use it in the future.

Shure e2c. Use them mainly for live performances with my band Dismissed (http://www.dismissedband.com), but they work amazingly well with my iPhone. Love 'em!

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Peace out,
-J
 

OrangeCuse44

macrumors 65832
Oct 25, 2006
1,504
2
Sennheiser CX 500's. Absolutely amazing sound and noise blockage for a very small package. I'm in love with them.
 

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smeind

macrumors member
Dec 30, 2008
34
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Today in Best Buy, I tried on some of the Bose, Around Ear Headphones, and they sounded amazing, and they were $112. I've never owned a good pair of headphones, So Im wondering, Is there any obvious product that is better than this set of Bose, for a cheaper price?
 

Victor ch

macrumors 6502a
Jun 19, 2007
718
1
San José, Costa Rica
Today in Best Buy, I tried on some of the Bose, Around Ear Headphones, and they sounded amazing, and they were $112. I've never owned a good pair of headphones, So Im wondering, Is there any obvious product that is better than this set of Bose, for a cheaper price?

Emm yeah... Bose around-ear tri-ports are hideous sounding, get yourself some Sennheisers, Audio-Technica's or practically any other brand out there, as they will outperforms the Bose's on both sound and price. Do not, I repeat DO NOT get tricked by their marketing schemes, they're not bad sounding but they are not worth their price tag. I got tricked into this, bought the QC2's and eventhoung they are better than many other noise canceling headphones (Like the JVCs or the Sony's) they are easily outperformed by MUCH less expensive rivals from Audio-Technica (AN7) or Sennheiser (all of their "traveling line"). Do yourself a favor and do not buy Bose. ;)

Victor
 

Ljohnson72

macrumors 6502a
Dec 21, 2008
733
2
Denver, Co
ah, very nice. I've got a pair of SR225's as well and actually preferred them to the RS-2's, they just sounded more fun.

Larry at Headphile does a great job, he woodied my DT770s a couple of years ago and they were beautiful.

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Those look amazing!
 

Victor ch

macrumors 6502a
Jun 19, 2007
718
1
San José, Costa Rica

Yup, I've actually used them and they'll make those Bose's sound like real garbage :p Curiously though, I wanted those ones and pay the $19 more just to have them in silver (versus the stock $99 black ones) :eek: I ended up getting a pair of Grado SR80's as I wanted more 'hi-fi ish' cans. But yeah, go for them bro, they're MUCH BETTER THAN BOSE in just about every field.

Victor
 

smeind

macrumors member
Dec 30, 2008
34
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Yup, I've actually used them and they'll make those Bose's sound like real garbage :p Curiously though, I wanted those ones and pay the $19 more just to have them in silver (versus the stock $99 black ones) :eek: I ended up getting a pair of Grado SR80's as I wanted more 'hi-fi ish' cans. But yeah, go for them bro, they're MUCH BETTER THAN BOSE in just about every field.

Victor


Thanks, are the silver ones, and the black ones.. Will they sound the same? or are the silver ones a bit better?
 

Victor ch

macrumors 6502a
Jun 19, 2007
718
1
San José, Costa Rica
Thanks man... Im going to order them tomorrow.. I just don't know If I should Justify paying $20 just for the silver. :rolleyes:

No worries bro. You won't regret em' ;) If you like them in silver and you have the spare 20$ I'll say go for it, on the other hand, the $99 black ones can be found on Best Buys and GuitarCenters, no need for any online ordering.

Victor
 

jalagl

macrumors 6502a
Jun 5, 2003
802
1
Costa Rica
When traveling I can't live without my Shure e2c's


I use the regular headphones that came with the shuffle when working out at the gym


And I use some inexpensive Sony headphones (cost me like $10) to listen to music while in the office
 

smeind

macrumors member
Dec 30, 2008
34
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I just ordered some of these.. My first ever headphones. Im so excited. Thanks for talking me out of getting the Bose!
 

coday183

macrumors newbie
Dec 25, 2008
7
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Word to all the people with seinnheisers. Had a pair and loved the sound quality but they broke. I have American Audio headphones for dj purposes, though.
 

Memx

macrumors member
Jan 2, 2009
43
0
London
my headphones.
dnt laugh, u know u want them
 

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