Sennheiser PX 100 Headphones Review
March 21st, 2008 at 05:00pmThere’s a ton of headphone/earphone/canalphone/earbud options out on the market and it can be hard to filter through the crap and find headphones that perform well while keeping aesthetics in mind. The white earbuds that come with Ipods have become a staple on college campuses where they help complete that all important hipster look, but they don’t do much for the music you’re listening to.
A few years ago I came across the Koss SportaPro headphones and was very impressed with their sound and comfort level. I handed those down to the wife to work out with and looked for another pair to use at work (programming requires good tunes). My requirements weren’t too strict:
- Reasonably priced (under $50)
- Good sound quality
- On ear pads to allow in ambient noise (to avoid startling taps on the shoulder)
- Comfortable and easy to put on and remove
These few parameters helped eliminate a lot of products. I eventually ended up looking at the Sennheiser PX 100’s, another pair of SportaPro’s, and Grado SR60’s (pricier and bulkier than I wanted). This review at Dan’s Data finally sold me on the Sennheisers and I couldn’t be happier.
In the 2-3 years I’ve had the PX 100’s I estimate I’ve put 1500-2000 hours of music through them. The best way to describe how they sound is that they don’t sound like headphones. They’re clear and fairly detailed without being fatiguing in the high end and quite possibly pump out the perfect amount of bass. I highly recommend the Sennheiser PX 100’s if you are looking for a good moderately priced pair of cans.
6 Comments Add your own
1. Denise | March 21st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
My comment is I like the ones you got for me. They rock. Literally. Because I often listen to rock music with them.
2. Andrew Charlton | March 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
Those are the PX60’s, good for working out since they have a neckband and are even cheaper than the PX100’s.
3. Cesar | April 1st, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Nice headsets but they have a higher impedance than usual headphones. I will not recommend them to people who like to listen to music at high levels. Anyway, they sound great. High low and high freqs response and very nice S/N ratio.
4. Cesar | April 1st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Of course, last comment is refered to mini players such ipods, zens and other mp3s players as they have a limited level output…
5. Andrew Charlton | April 1st, 2008 at 3:53 pm
32 ohms is pretty standard and I’ve never had a problem with them not being loud enough. Just tried it out on my 5th generation iPod and 55% volume is about all I could handle. 70% was painful. If you’re hearing is seriously degraded or the player has a really wimpy amp then I guess you might need something more sensitive.
6. Angelo Alberico | April 1st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
The standard Ipod headphones are rated at 32 ohms… you shouldn’t have any issues powering the PX 100s.
The Ipod and many other MP3 players do have a weak headphone amp built into them so if you want to be able to properly drive *high end* headphones you’ll need to run the output through a headphone amp.
Still, even after being able to drive them I probably wouldn’t want to hook up my V6’s to an Ipod due to the weak frequency response of 20Hz to 20,000Hz!
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