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Thanks! Sorry about the no subject. I'm using a new mailer and it still
drives me nuts!
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From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 5:02 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Bose and B&W
Hi there!
Firstly can you please use some sort of subject line so so others may easily
follow the conversation.
I assume you’re talking about comparing the B&E headphones with the Bose? I
had a feeling someone would ask this question and yes, I’ve done some
comparisons and offer my comments below, I’d be interested in other views on
this too.
Headphones as far as I can tell fall into 3 main groups, the general
standard type, the crowd pleasers and the audiophile type headphones.
The general headphones are the run of the mill stuff that you buy from say
$10 upwards to $50
There are some bargains to be had here but as a general rule if you want to
hear a top sound for music listening then these headphones aren’t as good as
others up the price change, good enough for most people perhaps.
I’ve certainly heard some nice sounds in this price range from the likes of
TDK, JBL etc.
Then you have the crowd pleasers from the likes of Bose, they have a bass
rich sound but often this swamps the mid-range and to an extent the top
frequency’s in a musical track but a lot of people like this sort of sound,
Beats are famous for doing much the same.
Then we come to the top of the line audiophile stuff from Sehneiser, Grado
Labs, the top Sony stuff, B&W, AKG etc, these cans are deliberately designed
to enrich the musical experience when listening to them.
When you listen to your favourite music you should enjoy its clarity to the
full, these headphones are designed so you can hear the attack of the piano,
the effects of the guitar, the silkiness of the strings, the whispered words
in some tracks and so on.
As I say, the notes I’ve written above are just general thoughts I have and
there are exceptions which I’ve noted here too, some of the cheaper
headphones really give you bang for your buck but you do have to look
around, do your research etc.
If you’re on a budget and you want a good set of cans that come very close
to audiophile spec then you will be astounded at the sound given by the
Grado Labs SR60I, think they’re around $75 US dollars.
Build quality isn’t superb and no, they’re going to sound rather quiet on an
iPhone, Note4 etc on their own through the standard headphone jack but they
do have the sound that’s pretty much unbeaten given what they’re worth.
On 4 Oct 2015, at 8:47 AM, John Heath via Pc-audio <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
wrote:
From: "John Heath" <gus1...@yahoo.com>
Date: 4 October 2015 at 7:46:56 AM AEDT
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Re: B&W P3 Stereo Headphone review by Dale | Stereophile.com
Hi Dane! Have you ever compaired the more expensive model with the Bose?
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03, 2015 2:39 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: B&W P3 Stereo
Headphone review by Dale | Stereophile.com
I mentioned the B&W P7 Headphones, here's a review of the B&W P3, 2 models
down and perhaps this might be a more affordable choice for some people.
http://www.stereophile.com/content/bw-p3-stereo-headphone-review-dale
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