Sennheiser CX500 Headphones - from £12.48

Spy · 14-07-2009, 10:27 AM

Play have some great bargains on the CX500 headphones in white (to go with your iPod).

They are £15.99 from Play

or

£12.49 from one of their sellers

CNet had this to say about them:

"Sennheiser's CX 500s are one of our favourite pairs to recommend to anyone as a first upgrade. They're a great choice for joggers or gymaholics, as the in-line remote offers quick access to volume controls. They're extremely lightweight and comfortable, and offer sound quality twice as impressive as the CX 300s."

and CDR info:

"Sennheiser has a winner here. With an MSRP of US$129.00, the CX 500 is right in the sweet spot of some amazing sounding headphones. The combination of an in-line volume control, a very powerful micro driver and lots of bundled accessories makes this a great buy.

The sound quality is more "bright" than some in-ear designs - but I felt they were a lot of fun to listen to. The sound stage was great - I could place instruments in different locations. Vocals, instruments and bass were all very strong. I found them comfortable to wear for extended periods of time and they work well for exercising.

All in all - the overall sound was on par with Earphones costing much more.

Pros:

* Great sound
* powerful bass
* very comfortable
* lots of bundled goodies in the package

Cons:

* may be too expensive for some
* in line volume control can be easily moved"

*xcross* · 14-07-2009, 9:15 PM

Cheers, ordered some as I need new 'phones. Had CX300s before, will be interesting to see if there is any difference

JimiAces · 14-07-2009, 9:47 PM

you need to be very careful with cx-300 and cx-500s there are a lot of fakes about

make sure you check this link out

Spy · 15-07-2009, 8:08 AM

Thanks, useful link re the fakes.

I would imagine the play.com ones are real but probably best to avoid the independent sellers listed on their site for £12.49.

I have ordered a pair of the 15.99 (still a great bargain) ones from play. I will check them and post on here if they are real or fake

*xcross* · 15-07-2009, 11:26 AM

I went for the same, the play ones can't be fakes, did'nt want to risk it to save 3 quid!

JimiAces · 15-07-2009, 11:43 AM

nah, the play ones are definitely not fakes - it's the playtraders you have to be weary of.

keydude · 15-07-2009, 8:14 PM

Just had some delivered from ebuyer.

Extemely disappointed with the quality, was going to replace the one came with my MP3, but the original MP3 stock earphones are way way better.

1. Very tinny sound, almost no base.
2. Everytime cable is move slightly(cable rub against body), loud sound comes from the earphones.

Never again,
a. if this is the quality, bye bye sennheiser....
b. if there are that many fakes, bye bye sennheiser...

Spy · 18-07-2009, 11:07 AM

Received my CX500's from Play (not the Play traders) this morning.

I have checked the headphones and the packaging against a number of websites that provide guides for detecting fakes and they are definitely genuine.

Great bargain

*xcross* · 18-07-2009, 5:06 PM

Got mine this morning as well, very impressed. Personally I think they are better than the cx300s I had, (I swapped the buds on the headphones with the supplied ribbed-earplug-style medium buds, these give a tighter fit for me which means improved bass and greater noise 'cancelling')

@keydude I recommend swapping the rubber buds for the supplied earplug style ones, and yes there is some cable rub something I have got used to from the cx300s.

MrFurious · 22-07-2009, 4:49 PM

Thanks for the link, ive ordered a pair to go with my 300's markII

hopefully the 500's sound as good as the 300's, another great play bargain

jasperw · 16-08-2009, 9:50 PM

Great stuff, just ordered a pair after returning some dodgy fake ones from another retailer

*pabulous* · 16-08-2009, 11:27 PM

Got these headphones yesterday, they're excellent! I feel like a fool for relying on the standard iPod ones for so long.

*c64* · 17-08-2009, 5:23 PM

guys get soundmagic pl30 earphones from mp4nation got some myself recently for £14-95 delivered they are superb better than my mylarone x3i which says a lot.

*xcross* · 18-08-2009, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pabulous

Got these headphones yesterday, they're excellent! I feel like a fool for relying on the standard iPod ones for so long.

The difference is unbelievable isn't it! I converted everyone in my family with an ipod to the cx300s, I find the normal ipod ones uncomfortable now!

scrufftyguy · 22-08-2009, 10:14 AM

Cheers for the heads-up! Just ordered myself some. Bargain!!

jl2305 · 23-08-2009, 3:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keydude

Just had some delivered from ebuyer.

Extemely disappointed with the quality, was going to replace the one came with my MP3, but the original MP3 stock earphones are way way better.

1. Very tinny sound, almost no base.
2. Everytime cable is move slightly(cable rub against body), loud sound comes from the earphones.

Never again,
a. if this is the quality, bye bye sennheiser....
b. if there are that many fakes, bye bye sennheiser...

There's loads of bass in my CX500, sometimes i think too much. Where did you get yours?

*pabulous* · 23-08-2009, 3:19 AM

I don't want to point fingers, but it sounds like you were possibly delivered some fakes or simply a faulty product, because mine don't have any of those problems.

rringsell · 31-08-2009, 3:14 PM

I have two pairs of CX300's. I love them, think they are great.

Ordered these and would say sound is even better. My only fault is the symmetrical cable and volume adjust on the cable. The first is inconvenient as Im used to asymmetrical on the CX300's and the volume controller is a gimmick. Dont really see the need for it.

For the money, outstanding in-earphones.

scrufftyguy · 31-08-2009, 7:11 PM

Wasn't all that impressed straight out of the box, but I've been playing them in a bit and they seem to be improving all the time!