I am not sure what happened but it wasn't surprised since I have used the EX71SL almost daily, each time for a couple of hours. It was a great pair of earphone and the sound was great when compared to Sony's first in canal fontopia the EX70LP which was so crap I had to reseal it in order to return it to Dixons about three years ago.
So today I went around shopping for a new pair of earphones. I have decided that I would be looking for an open ear model. Sony and Sennheiser models are the top of my list and my budget is roughly £30. I didn't want to get another EX71SL because when spending money I rather have something completely different.
Index has recently gone bust. The catalogue store is currently offering clearance prices of 30% cut on audio visual accessories. But I got there a little too late and all the earphones has been sold out. Pity though as the quoted discounted price were pretty darn good.
I contemplated on ordering Sony's MDR-NX1 from Brando but decided that I wouldn't want another white/black in-ear fontopia. If only they still do red or blue. Sony Style stores were over quoting the prices of their headphones and they don't do NX1s.
Lucky for me though, I remembered that there was a Richer Sounds nearby. And they do Sennheisers.
So I got the Sennheiser PX100. Price wise it is very similar to other high street stores (around 30 squid) but you do get the backing of Richer Sounds and my past experience in dealing with them has been very positive.
Sound quality is fine but I didn't have much chance to test it yet. I just want to break it in for a couple of weeks first. I hope I won't regret my decision not to go for the larger HD models. And hopefully this will last me for another 1 1/2 year.
5 comments:
Dont get the NX1. Its basically the same model as the EX51 which is lower spec than your EX71.
No wonder it looked ugly.
I have decided to return the PX100. The sound is great but I am reluctant to turn the audio up because of the open ear system.
I just ordered a Shure e2c from Amazon. It was either that or the ER-6i but the 6i comes in iPod white which I do not want!
I have been shopping around for one but I still can't find one that I like or within my price range.
The e2c sounds great, but I don't think I can afford paying £50 for them.
well 50 pieces is a little expensive I agree but I thought the two year guarentee was pretty good. I think Sony only gives 3 months.
The EX71SL is pretty good value if you can get it for £25.
I got an ER6i as a gift from my girlfriend during Xmas and it is awesome. The cord is too thin therefore it is not good to walk in the wind with the cord rubbing against my shirt but apart from that the sound is amazing. A step up above the EX71.
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