Sennheiser CX 500 – High Quality Noise Isolating Ear-Canal Headphones With Volume Control – Black
Posted by Notcot on Apr 13, 2010 in Portable Sound & Vision |
Product Description
The Sennheiser CX500s are excellent-quality, in-ear earphones, designed to deliver powerful bass and a clean top-end. They feature a volume control integrated into the cable and a selection of ear adapters in different sizes to ensure a comfortable fit whilst isolating you from ambient noise.
Sennheiser CX 500 – High Quality Noise Isolating Ear-Canal Headphones With Volume Control – Black
First of all I didn’t buy these from Amazon but needed to write a review
somewhere.
This came with a ton of accessories – A carrying pouch, a clip, earbuds
galour, a cable winder and a volume control.I intially thought that
these were cx300s and the price increase was for all the extras – but no.
I noticed the difference in sound straight off.The bass is more deeper
and fuller, the treble is crispier AND you can turn the volume up loud
with no distortion.A pleasure to listen to.
The cable is of adequate length and seems to be made of a better material
than the cx300s.My cx300s lasted less than a year due to cable fracture –
I hope these last longer.The volume control is small but does the job
very well.
Another thing I noticed was you got more bass with different earbuds – so
experiment with them.
If the calbe lasts then this is the best earphone in this price range.
I highly recommend them.
Rating: 5 / 5
Having previously owned a pair of CX300’s i decided to upgrade to these when they stopped working after 2 and a half years of loyal service. Immediately I noticed the sharper sound that these beauties offered, and they really come into their own when you are in a noisy location as the noise cancellation is almost total. The volume control feature is useful so that you can switch between listening to music and talking to people and as they are made by Sennheiser are very very comfortable.
I would absolutely recommend this product to anyone with a love a music
The only downside is that the pressure created in your ears to cancel foreign sounds does take a lot of getting used to, and some people comment that they cannot cope with it. I don’t really understand it, but it is the main critism of these otherwise perfect headphones.
Are they worth the extra £20 than the CX300s? probably not unless you can appreciate the extra quality; these are headphones for the perfectionist
Rating: 5 / 5
Sennheisers quality cannot be denied, it’s as simple as that.
After buying my ipod, i bought a set of ‘sennheisers’ on an auction site at a ridiculously low price, and to this day i reckon they were fakes. They were tinny and fell apart after a month. When i went on to purchase these on Amazon, i had a nagging at the back of my mind on my previous purchase. i had owned other sennheisers previous and decided to plump for the CX500 Earphone.
What a good decision that was!
These are the best headphones i have owned. I am back to the in ear phones as they tend to block out external noise far better that even the expensive noise reduction ones on the market I have tried. The bass is great for the money, and they come with several sizes of ear plugs to allow convenience for all ear sizes(?!) they really are comfortable and look the part too with my black ipod.
would highly recommend these, you wont find a better set of phones for this price!
Rating: 5 / 5
Previously had a pair of cx300’s which were great, used them on dusty excavations for a couple of years and whilst sanding floors, doors etc. They blocked out the noise of my sander and made the job much more enjoyable. I’d still be using them now but I can’t find the buggers!
On first listen (right now) the cx500’s seem a little harsher than the cx300’s, but maybe it’s the volume. They seem MUCH louder than the 300’s. The symmetrical cable seems better and I’m sure the volume control is a good feature for those that will use it and it’s nice and small. The cable seems longer than the 300’s which i think is a plus.
The bass is still the thing that blows me away when compared to standard earphones. I listen mostly to rock music and on the standard ipod and other sennheiser phones i used to get fizzy guitars and little bass. Overall sound quality/seperation is really good, you hear things you haven’t heard before in music you’ve listened to for years.
They are really, really comfortable and stay in the ears well and are easy to clean. All in all, great sound for a reasonable price. I’m sure there are better phones out there but i don’t feel the need to hunt for them and will stick with these for a long time.
The only negative is the packaging. I’m currently bleeding on the keyboard having sliced my finger open trying to get at them. Why do people keep using this rock hard, razor sharp, heat sealed packaging!!!
Anyway, I’m off to buy a pair for my girlfriend.
Rating: 5 / 5
When the Sennheisers were delivered, I soon had a real worry that some of the one star reviewers had a point. I heard tinny sound, no bass worth mentioning and of a considerably poorer standard than the stock ‘phones supplied with my mp3 player. Surely £40 can buy something better than what I got free in the 1st instance?
But now I’m happy – delighted, even.
With a little bit of time, trying on some of the different sized earphone covers, I discovered that by choosing a size that made an airtight seal (and pretty much sound insulating from the outside world too), the bass magically became rich, the tinniness disappeared and I had clarity, depth and whatever other words audiophiles like to use when something sounds much, much better.
I’ll echo another reviewers observation that it’s a little strange having such a tight fit – the same air pressure effect happens to me when I put wax earplugs in – but once the sound starts, who cares!
I don’t think I’m the only one out there who initially thought the fault with the ‘phones themselves – so I hope this information saves others the inconvenience of returning a very good product. Happy listening!
Rating: 5 / 5