Philips SHE9850 Noise Isolating Earphones

How they compare to CX300 Sennheiser earbuds? It's completely different league in sound quality? I'm very pleased by my CX300's, but looking at their condition, it's finally time to give them a rest and head for an upgrade. This may be the answer though. Thing is - i want more and more, and am i demanding too much from them to play siginificantly better than Sennheiser earbuds?

I just happened to buy these headphones by fluke the other day, for about £52 in Taiwan and they really sound great and are excellent value for money. I haven't used the CX300's, but I think you'll find the Philips to be a couple of steps up.

Opps, got that wrong, that was the Euro pricing, I actually only paid £41 for them. And the headphones have a 3.5mm jack, not a 2.5mm jack as it says in the review... :)

I had a pair of these arrive yesterday. I felt a bit queasy spending quite so much on a pair of tiny earphones but I’ve had good experiences with Philips audio products before so I decided to risk it.

The result was revelatory. I had been using a pair of Sony inner earphones so I’m not comparing these to the awful ones bundled with iPods but the resulting improvement was stunning. Bass lines and cymbal crashes that my cheaper headphones had struggled with (and I thought were evidence of poor compression) were transformed. The design and presentation is every bit as good as the review describes so I’m not going to dwell on that but they are a pleasure to hold and behold. The important point is the sound quality and in this regard they were worth every penny.

I have a question for Hugo or maybe anyone else that might want to answer my question.

I'm a type of guy who enjoy my creative gigaworks t20 and my grado sr60. I love bass, but i prefer tonal balance more. I definitely don't like my philips hbc HN110 cuz the lack of bass.

so the question, will this SHE9850 satisfy my music preference? thanks in advance...

Just got my SHE9850 today and tested it out.... I don't know if its the design of the rubber tips or my ears, but no matter what, i can't seem to get these earphones to fit right in my ear. I find myself having to put pressure to the earphones against my ears in order to get the full sound quality. Other wise, they hang like any other non in-ear phones making them sound weak...really weak. But i tried on the foam tips and they were the perfect fit. You will noticed the sound quality of these phones the moment the music begins to play. They are truly amazing!

Mago:

You were wondering if these earphones fits your taste...besides the SHE9850, I also own a pair of Sennheiser HD-555 and Sony MDR-G42LP, and when testing them using my desktop computer...i thought all three had an even amount of bass. But then again these are the first pair of noise-canceling/in-ear phones ive owned so i don't have much to compare to.

Hope this helps, good luck.