Which headphones

geeza · 31 May 2007 at 11:40

My old ipod standard phones broke (2nd pair that broke) so ive been using some old Sony MDR-ED228s for a while now, without the inear poky bit. They seem more confortable than the ipod ones and better quality. Ive now got a new shuffle (1st gen, not the new crappy one) and have some ipod phones again. Im probably going to stick with the Sony but wondered which 'should' be better based on stats.

Ipod standard
18-mm drivers using Neodymium transducer magnets.
Impedance: 32 ohms
Sensitivity 115 dB

Sony MDRED228 -
Max. Power Handling 50 mW

Driver Unit Size 16 mm

Frequency Response 8 Hz - 23000 kHz

Impedance 16 ohm

Sensitivity 108 dB

Anyone find any more info on the ipod standard ones? I know lots of people use them.

geeza · 31 May 2007 at 19:05

^ ive thought about a pair of shure's but in ear phones (ones that poke into the canal) annoy my ears.

My sony ones sound better and they are comfy enough to wear for hours an hours, im sticking with them

thanks

geeza · 31 May 2007 at 22:04

Vegetarian said:
Its impossibe that your cheap sonys better a pair of shures... but if your happy - thats what counts

sorry, i meant they sound better than the ipod standard ones, never tried the shures but ive had ipod in eat phones and other in ear phones.

geeza · 1 Jun 2007 at 22:11

Vegetarian said:
If you like the sony sound I strongly think you should get yourself a pair of EX85's for £27. They basicly a cut down version of the EX90's. If you put clingfilm over the 3 holes at back they sound like £150 headphones!

why do they sound better with clingfilm over the back? Just looked at the EX85 and doesnt that main blob bit annoy your ears. One of the in ear bits fell off my ED228s and it sounded better so i took the other one off and covered with ipod earbud covers