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Finally! I’ve been waiting a week and they’re finally here, my Sennheiser CX300′s finally came in the post, I thought they’d gotten lost or something. I burst through the front door and tried them out the first chance I got and I have to say they’re like music to my ears, (excuse the pun!!). It’s true, I haven’t exactly blessed myself with fantastic audio gear over the last few years (or ever, for that matter), but these make my previous audio experience sound like a cone made out of a 1.2m square peice of paper which had been inserted rather uncarelessly into my ear. Picking up stray alien broadcasts I was, I think.

Sennheiser CX300′s

I’m not sure what I was expecting really, these have certain advantages over my previous head phones:

• A set of 99p onces that I got from the pound shop last week for work that broke within two days (duh)..
• My Logitech Gaming Headphones with the ugly mic sticking out the side. These are actually really good, but they don’t have particularly good sounding bass at all (expected), and they’re just too damn bulky and ugly to take out, let alone to take to work
• Some other non-descript pairs of bud phones and a pair of over the top Sony’s.

I think being an audiophile might be a bit liek being a championship wine taster, or whiskey sampler. I bet the 1976 Penfolds Grange is a fantastic drop, and I’d be honoured to be able to try it but even through my vast wine tasting and drinking experience, I couldn’t necessecerily say Why it’s fantastic, or what distinct flavours make it taste so good, or even why its coloured in a certain hue.

But I can say, I’ve listened to a few things so far, both Damien Rice albums ‘O’ and ’9′, two of Armin Van Buuren’s A State Of Trance, some Concord Dawn and some Simon and Garfunkel. So a fairly wide range of music. They’ve got a much clearer sound than any other headphones I’ve listened to as well as some nice bass which can be attributed to their in-ear style canalphone design (I believe).

Best of all, they were only 17.99 pounds, down from over $80USD when they came out a year or so ago. I think I got a relatively good deal as I found them at a couple of shops going for over 30 pounds. Swoit.

I recommend these to anyone who hasn’t doesn’t know any better (like myself) and is looking for new audio goodness.

Update (23/07/2007): Musitasm spasm Gasm!! Outstanding, this sound card on my work PC must be s*&tloads better than the standard one on my laptop as they sound even better here! Swoit!

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