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Old 05-31-2012 at 12:45 PM   #1
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Sony DR-BT101 Headphones
I'm looking to buy a new pair of headphones and these ones http://store.sony.ca/webapp/wcs/stor...9216657743 90 seem to be relatively cheap for what they offer. Does anyone have reviews on them?
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Don't look that great for 100$, but the price is probably largely because of the amount of features it has -- I'd say just from that that I doubt the audio quality is on par with a pair of 100$ wired, more 'heavy-duty' headphones. If you're choosing it mostly for comfort and lack of wire clutter, its not entirely bad..

I personally wouldn't never use a wireless device that close to my head.
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Here are Amazon reviews http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Drbt101-O...8498029&sr=8-2
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audio quality is probably on par with $30 wired headphones. Id stay away from wireless unless you really need it.
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Do you guys have any good headphone suggestions then?
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Do you guys have any good headphone suggestions then?
Anything Sennheiser.
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Old 05-31-2012 at 06:21 PM   #7
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Senn, shure, grado, AKG ..i personally love shure

Stay away from bose (minus quite comfort), beats, sony, skullcandy
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Old 05-31-2012 at 08:41 PM   #8
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I'm currently using a Bose AE2i and I love it. I picked it up for about $150, and it's pretty amazing. Comfortable even after a few hours of use, really good passive noise cancelling too. No complaints.
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What about these ones?
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/produ... f64cafeffen02
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They look pretty good, but you're better off doing a web search for reviews, because the liklihood of somebody just happening to have experienced particular headphones to be slim.. what I always find helpful is to specifically search out negative reviews, and see how common they are among positive ones, and and try to weigh your options. Seinheiser tend to be more comfortable and higher quality, but more expensive -- make sure you try them out, and it would really help to buy them if they allow returns (not very common) because whats comfortable for one person may not be for another.

Also: try not to buy from futureshop or bestbuy if you can, they tend to be a bit more expensive; you could find a similar quality model for cheaper at non-'big box' stores. Canada computers and EHR are the only stores that come to mind, I don't venture much out of my bubble

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I would go with Creative Labs. They've been on the market forever now, and are well known for their audio entertainment solutions.
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Try audio technica
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be warned senn has a very flat response and while they reproduce with great clarity they arent the best for eq settings. if you like even mildly bassy headphones id go with shure, audio technica, akg.

ALSO these headphones appear to be open style which gives you a larger better soundstage but means everyone near you will also hear what you are listening to.

make sure to compare any prices you find to audio stores such as long and mcquade as they are cheaper than futureshop.
http://www.long-mcquade.com/
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Old 05-31-2012 at 11:44 PM   #14
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Check out The Source, they may be a small store but they have amazing deals sometimes.

I bought these on sale for 25$ --> Clicky

Mind you I am not picky or know much, just bought them to spoil myself a little. I would be very much happy to use my iPhone headphones all the time. Either way take a look at the Source, all their headphones go on sale for 20-50% of at least once every couple months

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