Sennheiser Unleashes Style II Line of Metal Hybrid Earphones Comments

Geez Gordon, you keep bringing up that damn story about bad earbuds being a risk of hearing loss. You're pretty passionate about your headphones eh? :)

£55 at Play.com - free P&P as always.

or get the CX500s, which are probably the same inside as the top end cx550, for £17.99 on play.com!

How similar do you suppose they are Dev? Do you think the rebranding is purely for the aesthetic redesign? Because I'm primarily interested in the best sub-£100 earphones. Any recommendations? (I like big bass and I cannot lie.)

@dev
didn't they sell out already?

I honestly reckon looking now that the CX550 are a NEW top end, while the CX400-Mark II are just rebranded 500s. I have to say i have done no research except for eyeballing the basic look and details of each so correct me if i am wrong. See below for the links, (apologies if i'm not supposed to post external links, i promise i'm not employed by play.com!)

As for my review of the CX500s:
Stronger and better put together than the 300/400s,
Noticeably better (for me) isolation on the train,
Bass is a little fuller and more detailed but still not on the same level as the sony's i used to have. That said, i prefer the sound overall for a variety of music. The CX400s are reviewed on TR and got 9/10 i think.
For the price, £18, i can't see it being beat! As you approach £100 I would look towards Shure or Etymonics, look on TR for lots of excellent reviews!


http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/8116294/Sennheiser-CX-550-Style-II-Headphones/Product.html
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3509632/Sennheiser-CX500-Headphones/Product.html
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/8116312/Sennheiser-CX-400-Mark-II-Precision-Headphones/Product.html