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Sennheiser MX500 Lightweight In-Ear Headphones (Blue) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sennheiser
Category: CE
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $15.98
You Save: $5.97 (27%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  166 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3 x 1 x 3
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: MX500
Model: MX500
UPC: 615104048546
EAN: 0615104048546
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Renowned Sennheiser quality | | • | Full-bodied stereo sound with powerful bass response | | • | Built-in volume control | | • | 18 to 22,000 Hz frequency response | | • | Convenient wind-up pocket carrying case |
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Product Description
These small headset provide you with full-bodied stereo sound with powerful bass response. They feature ultra-lightweight design for comfortable musical enjoyment, cool metallic look, delivering superior sound reproduction. The volume control is built into the cable, And the convenient carrying box that fits easily into your pocket.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Sennheiser MX-500 In-Ear Headphones are a simple, lightweight solution for your portable music needs. The metallic blue color gives these headphones a stylish look. Volume control is provided right on the cable, and a wind-up case makes it easy to wrap up the MX-500 for storage.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 161 more reviews...
 Clean on strings, acoustic instruments, & Classical music. April 4, 2004
108 out of 121 found this review helpful
I read several reviews on the MX-500's and thought not to buy them initially. I'm using them with the Sangean DT-210V radio, which a great unit, with great selectivity and PLL tuning. Not to mention it also has a built in speaker that sounds great for "in bed" listening. In any event, I purchased the Sennheisers for the notable name, and am very happy that I did. I will say that without any "bass boost" they tend to be too flat initially, but not at all with acoustical string instruments or Classical music. I think some of the negative reviews previously are due to the fact that so many people now adays think that if your sound doesn't go "boom", that there's something missing. Well there isn't. Many audiophiles will tell you, that in order to properly test any speaker "objectively", that it's best to hear a jazz or string quartet on a quality recording only. This way, their instruments will either sound "natural" or not, and there is no room for "colorization" and the ambiguity in sound created by electronic sounds. Suite yourself, but for $17, these are much cleaner that the stock headphones with the Sangean DT-210V, and also any cheap Sony models. For a good, albeit "unusual" reference recording, I recommend "Book of Roses" by Andreas Vollenweider. He's a harp player from Switzerland, and this album sounds like something out of the Hobbit. But it's chock full of acoustic instruments and very involved natural "sound stages". I've used it as my reference for years. To summarize, if you have a "mature" ear, love natural strings, and classical music. I think you'll be very happy with the MX-500's. Not to mention, that talk radio never sounded so good as well. I say go for it.
It's quite a fair shake, and easy to wear for "pillow" listening at night. I also very highly recommend the Sangean DT-210V, as a great "headset" radio, that just happens to have a handy build in speaker, that's clean. P.S. I also have a Drake R-8. Nice to see another "radio head" out here. I'm also into amateur radio, so I speak from a slightly advantaged experience. So.. "humbly" I recommend the MX-500's, yet specifically for the above mentioned listening preferences to be most accurate of my review. Enjoy.
Great Sounding Earbuds! March 3, 2003
40 out of 47 found this review helpful
I'm very pleased with these earbuds, their sound is very good, pleasing and smooth... almost as good as my more expensive headphones. It's not tinny or overly heavy on the bass, though the bass is definitely there. It is by far the best of the earbuds that I own, and definitely better then anything packaged with your MiniDisc or CD or MP3 or Ipod players. The price is great too. The foam pads are very thin, but these can be easily replaced. The ear buds are on the larger side, but I find they fit quite well. The case is very convenient and the small size makes it very portable (I can take them with me everywhere). This is definitely a best buy.
 How Disheartening... July 27, 2002
30 out of 43 found this review helpful
After waiting two weeks to receive these earbuds, I was truly excited to look at the proud Senneiser name on the packaging. There was no problem in the length of time that it took to get to me, for I am [overseas] at this point and time, so it will understandably take a bit of time to get it...Thinking of the other reviews that I read concerning various Sennheiser headphones, there were slightly mixed feelings, leaning more towards inevitable pleasantness as opposed to inevitable disappointment... I read the entirety of the specifications and was very impressed by the full range frequency response (18-25000Hz; full range: 20-20000) and the sensitivity of 119db... I was expecting an onslaught of musical beauty... ... I guess that these are headphones that must be broken in. Whereas though my last pair of Sony earbuds sounded wonderful when I first listened to them (And all of my buddies know how much I hate to promote Sony). This is simply not true of the Sennheiser MX500s. Bass response is not impressive, and I am not one to use "Mega Bass or Super Bass"; I feel as though a good pair of phones whould sound balanced without these artificial mods. Furthermore, there is a sharp roll off below 50Hz for these. I could've sworn that the claim was that these phones went down to 18Hz... The sensitivity rating is truly over-rated. 119db? Maybe at maximum power handling, but not at any normal volume setting. One thing that I can say positive about these phones is that for the frequencies that are resonded to, it is flat. There is no design boost to any particular frequency. Voices are realistic and treble is not "tinny"... These headphones are very accurate, they just don't extend far into the bass nor treble frequencies. Don't be mislead though, it doesn't sound like your are listening to them down a hall or through a horn... I think that much of my disappointment with these phones is the non-full range sound, the overrated freq resp, and the fact that it might be months before I hear the full potential of these phones...if there is any potential left... What a letdown for Sennheiser fans...
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Sennheiser MX500 vs MX450 & MX550 April 26, 2006
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
Here's my impressions of the Sennheiser MX500.
I own a Sony NW-HD3 mp3 player for quite some time now and from the beginning wanted to replace the bundled Sony earbuds with something better.
So I've bought from one to the next the following Sennheiser earbuds:1)MX350 (sucks bigtime!) 2)MX450, after burning them in I thought that they must be on of the loudest and fun to listen to pairs on the market.The high frequencies are very accurate and strong to the point that cover many times midrange response(bad thing that I realised later when bought the MX500).Midrange is from average to good though a bit harsh.Bass
is not the strong point of this pair but isn't absent as others say.Fit and wearing comfort is excellent.Quality is average compared to other Sennheiser earbuds,that was the reason that after the right driver unit died,I bought the next pair.The 3)MX550
is the MX450 with a volume control slider.After crashing that one I wanted to try the MX400 since I don't need the volume
control slider of the MX500 but it wasn't available in a store neer me,I thought of getting the hyped PX100 but did't try it
at the end cause I wanted something more descreet since I use my mp3 all the time when I move around the city.So I got the 4)MX500 it's bass and midrange response is far more accurate and warm than that on the MX450 & MX550 pairs while it's high frequencies could be described by fairly the same accuracy but not so emfasised as to the MX450 and MX550,which is a good thing cause it allows you to enjoy sounds in the low end and midrange spectrum just as good.The bass is much more present here though the difference between that on the MX450 & MX550
isn't huge as others say,it's noticable.The MX500 can't get so loud as the MX450 & MX550 due to its 32 Ohm resistance compared to 16 Ohm in MX450&550.Fit and wearing comfort is inferior to the MX450 & MX550 cause though
they have the same diameter the profile of the MX450 & MX550 is thiner thus allowing better fit.Build quality of the MX500 is much better though than that found on both MX450 & MX550.
Good stuff October 5, 2004
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
Being an audio engineer I am quite picky about the sound products that I purchase. For the most part these guys have past the test. Young people listen to rap and R&B now. When the music is mixed and mastered there is a great emphasis on lower end. Point being, if you are in to rap and R&B and the like then these are not the best phones for you. I did a side by side comparison with the I-pod phones and the I-pod won hands down in bass. These I-pod phones are "hyped" in the bottom end but do not have the clarity of the Sennheiser MX-500s. The Sennheiser MX-500 do not color the sound like other headphones, they just give you a crisp natural image of the sound. If you need more bass, you can always use the bass boost on your cd player. In my humble opinion, I would suggest the Sennheiser MX-500s because they are much clearer sounding overall and you can't beat the price.
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