Sennheiser CX400 Canalphones Comments

Hai!
I recently bought theese headphones, and I can't say anything other than "I'm amazed"
The review is very well written, and detailed, good job on that.

One thing, though.
My right speakers volume is nowhere close to the left ones, it's alot lower in terms of pure volume.
Are my headphones defect, or is this some kind of new fancy Sennheiser trick?
thanks,
Viktor

thats normal thats just how the distrubution of sound portrudes from speakers and headphones in general... the only exception that i can see in this is probably in televisions because by the time it reaches ur ear u cant really tell

but anyways... i believe the left ear recieves more of the mids and trebles and right ear gets more of the deeper bass but both ultimate recieve 'some' of everything its just the 'ratios' at which they reproduced and heard are different.

This is my observation only

Hi Jon,

I bought the CX400 based on your review, and er... let;s just say I'm not happy with the sound at all. I had this Shure E2C with which the left ear-piece recently stopped working and I was looking for a replacement with more bass - which I think was it's primary shortcoming. I primarily listen to progressive metal [Dream Theater :) ] and a lot of live worship, but the highs from the CX400 just dominate everything else. They sound very EQd which I find annoying after the near flat response from my E2Cs. I noticed in one of Hugo's reviews that most ppl generally don't cross the halfway mark on their ipods, and considering I listen beyond the three-quarter mark, I find the CX400 nothing short of unbearable, and have finally been forced to use the Treble reducer EQ setting on my ipod, which is really annoying cos from what I can understand, the CX400 typically needs a 3db reduction in the highs to sound right.

Now, how can I solve my problem? Also, will my CX400 sound better after being run in, and if so, how long? And if it's not too much of a trouble (I rele hope so), how does the new Shure SE102 and the Soundmagic PL50 compare (not only with this, but the old E2Cs also)?

IT seems that all agree they are better than the stock phones - so just to let you know these are available for £7.99 on play. Schweet.

What a load of crap!!
Just got mine in the mail and I am soo dissapointed.
my old pair a Denon C252 sound amazing, are loud and makes you feel like you have surround sound.
The Sennheiser cx400 are not as loud (even with the volume controller on high) and sounds so tinny, you can't even put it up to a decent level with out it hurting your ears
What a waste
DO NOT BUY THESE!!, even though it has had so many good reports