re: Official iPhone/iPod Touch owners thread
Been Busy with my exams and sorry for the late rep @Sachit
Have you bought any earplugs in the meantime??
Regarding the driver size, Sound Quality doesn't depend on driver size completely,it depends on the type of driver & the design of the shell around it matters a lot and hence 9551 may sound good in my opinion.
Regarding your other Query, Got this from headfi.org
Closed headphones will keep you from hearing outside sounds and also keep people around you from hearing your headphones,referred to as "leaking."
It might sound like closed is best, but you have to remember that a driver produces sound from both sides, not just the one pointing at your ear. A sealed cup will have reflections, resonances and other shortcomings. Some closed headphones deal with those issues very well, but you're always going to have to compromise somewhere if you're going to be closed.
On the other hand, open headphones don't have these problems. Back waves just go out to the side - they don't reflect or cause problems. Because of that, you can get much better fidelity from an open headphone.
I haven't used semi-open types, But I find the difference in sound stage from my Open earplugs(
SHE-9501) Headphones (
SHP-2700) and another closed one from Sony. So may be semi-open's are best of both worlds
My take on SHE-9501 is
. I've used EP-630 and Sony MDR EX-35 before, ep-630 sounds crappy to me(not fake one, got the original from itdepot) and EX35( a good pair though) is more bass friendly and it looses out on other frequencies when compared to SHE-9501, the sound-stage,balanced sound and balanced bass is what I like about 9501, and it matches my iPod's earphones too in White
Regarding the bad reviews from that link, it is clear that they didn't complete the burn in period and most of them even started bashing it from first usage. The problem with these earplugs, as a matter of fact any headphones is that they need to complete the burn-in period to perform to their full-potential which would take some 100-200 hrs and some even take more. Once the burn-in is over, you can enjoy the Full potential of these plugs
Even in my case I was skeptical on the first day that I bought another Crappy pair(9501). But the SQ kept getting better and better by day and now they sound sweeeeet. Even when I bought SHP-2700 Hi-fi headphones
they sounded crappier than my Rs.100 heaphones
. I was frustrated and thought of throwing them away, But some burn-in advice from @
desiibond saved me and my headphones
, again the same they kept getting better and better by day. So don't worry about that bad reviews.
Sachit, forget about other options from the time being, it adds to the confusion,You can always buy a better one next time. just go for 9501 or 9551 dude
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@Sachit
BTW regarding the I5700 vs I7500 thread, I bought I5700 a few days back @12K, still learning and getting over some android 1.5 Niggles , I'll post a review once I use it for a week or two. Definitely a better upgrade from 5800
@V.Na5h
Congrats bro for 9500 and Nokia 5230. But the retail one's sound better than OEM's.
sound isolation is also good.
couldnt even hear a express train whizzing at top speed on the next track while travelling in local trains
This is scary dude, be very very carefull while using any noise isolation/Cancellation earplugs in Outdoors/traffic. What if you were crossing the track and didn't hear that express train
. Sounds scary right!!!!! Please use them carefully outdoors.
4 days and no post...
damn..
never seen this thread so dead..
I've been seeing this from a long time
once it was inactive for so many days that I thought it is all over with this thread