On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:44:59 +0000 Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:45:59AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:06:30 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote: > > >Bose > > > > German audio engineers make jokes about Bose equipment's sound quality. > > Not only German ones. > > For some years I've been on the listening panel hired by the UK > Consumers Association to judge Hifi speakers. These were 'blind' > listening tests, we didn't know which speakers were one test. > Except for the Bose ones - every time, for years on end, these > resulted in the entire panel dropping its professional conduct > and ending up ROTFL. Of course the CA got some angry reactions > by Bose, but since the tests were blind they had little to argue > with. > > > Sure, for the home studio we usually can't spend much money, but since > > Bob ogles with "some expensive Bose headphones", he might wants to > > consider to look for something else. > > IMHO using cheap wireless headphones for recording is a sure > recipe for shooting yourself in the foot. Even the cheap wired > ones are mostly crap today (they used to be better before > smartphones made everyone wanting to use them). > > Some weeks ago at work we tested some cheap wired over-ear > headphones (prices in the 30 to 80 euro range) from the usual > suspects (AKG, JBL, Bose, ...). We wanted to find out if we > could include some standard EQ in the smartphone audio chain > in order to improve the 'listening experience'. They all > turned out to be horrible in their own specific way, each > one requiring its own quite heavy EQ to make them sound > more or less right. > > Conclusion: if you want to headphones for serious audio > work then spend some money on them. > > Ciao, > Some months ago I upgraded from AKG to Sennheiser wired phones - talk about night and day! Also I can now get a fairly good match when switching between phones and speakers... Apart from the fact the phones don't suffer from room modes at low frequencies :) Oh, and they are far more comfortable to wear for long sessions. Unless you're prancing about on stage and *specifically* need the mobility I can't see any point in going wireless. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
