my money!! part II
Okay I seem to be most pissed at the canned-sounding inteference that my in-ear headphones makes with my sound, especially when it comes to the vocals. The vocals come out sounding harsh and bright and fuzzy. I might use it on the train on the way home if I'm desperate for distraction, but for serious listening I'm going to have to use back the earphones that came packed with my Zen Wav. At least from there the sounds are clear and nuanced and coloured all the way down -- the reason why I purchased a portable music playing device in the first place. If only the earpieces weren't so BIG.
My only priorities to buying any earphones are price, durability, sound quality and comfort (in no particular order), so I'm afraid the Creative EP-630 didn't really fulfill any of these. Being a poor student I blew my pocket open paying $45 for the silly things. I'm not sure about the durability, that will take me time and use -- and since I'm not using them, this point is moot. I've just described the quality of sound I got. And about comfort -- ah, perhaps I'm not suited to having in-ear earphones in the first place. It feels awful, as if an air bubble is building between my eardrum and the plugs and is threatening to implode my inner ear. Maybe they take time to break in, as Pong suggested, but since the sound quality is so bad I don't feel AT ALL inclined to go to the trouble. I'll take my $48 as wasted.
According to a quick sweep of the internet the EP-630 are surprisingly well-regarded. Most gave the sound quality a 4 out of 5 or thereabouts. Maybe it is actually normal to have sub-standard sound quality even if the music is meant to be deliviered directly into the ear. If THAT is the case, I might as well start saving for $500 to buy the high-end sound-isolation HEADphones that, although heavy, deliver music so good you'll never want to take them off. Or at least the $200 headphones at Best Denki, which I can at least try on before I buy. I feel my pockets springing leaks at the very thought. I wonder what it must be like to be, oh, Gatsbyesque rich.
My only priorities to buying any earphones are price, durability, sound quality and comfort (in no particular order), so I'm afraid the Creative EP-630 didn't really fulfill any of these. Being a poor student I blew my pocket open paying $45 for the silly things. I'm not sure about the durability, that will take me time and use -- and since I'm not using them, this point is moot. I've just described the quality of sound I got. And about comfort -- ah, perhaps I'm not suited to having in-ear earphones in the first place. It feels awful, as if an air bubble is building between my eardrum and the plugs and is threatening to implode my inner ear. Maybe they take time to break in, as Pong suggested, but since the sound quality is so bad I don't feel AT ALL inclined to go to the trouble. I'll take my $48 as wasted.
According to a quick sweep of the internet the EP-630 are surprisingly well-regarded. Most gave the sound quality a 4 out of 5 or thereabouts. Maybe it is actually normal to have sub-standard sound quality even if the music is meant to be deliviered directly into the ear. If THAT is the case, I might as well start saving for $500 to buy the high-end sound-isolation HEADphones that, although heavy, deliver music so good you'll never want to take them off. Or at least the $200 headphones at Best Denki, which I can at least try on before I buy. I feel my pockets springing leaks at the very thought. I wonder what it must be like to be, oh, Gatsbyesque rich.
posted by the zen thing at 4:49 pm
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