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| Brand: Sennheiser
Category: CE
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $14.75
You Save: $35.20 (70%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  514 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 9 x 2 x 10
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: CX300-B
Model: CX300-B
UPC: 615104120945
EAN: 0015104120943
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Great Value for Money. Good sound isolation April 2, 2006
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
CX-300 is one of the latest products in Sennheiser's wide line of headphones. Its raison d'etre is 'ambient noise attenuation' in Sennheiser's words. Of course they are meant to be used with portable devices and do just fine at that.
Exactly how good is the noise attenuation?
Sennheiser says 'excellent', but surely you would want a more unbiased opinion. The noise attenuation is certainly good enough. I have tried them in the Athens Underground Railway (Metro). It is so noisy when the train moves, that with common closed headphones, it is impossible to hear the music at a volume that won't impair your hearing. With the CX-300 a lot of the noise is shut out, so you can enjoy your music at a reasonable volume. Another measure of comparison is that you can't hear a person that is near you speak, unless they shout. That is what these headphones were meant to do.
If you don't want or simply don't need noise reduction, you can buy just as good or even better headphones at a cheaper price. For example Sennheiser's PX and HD series, and AKG's K24 and K26.
Obviously for this price you can't buy high fidelity. The sound quality is up to Sennheiser's standards of course. I am using these with my Sony HD-5 mp3 player and haven't got any complaints. When I am not in the subway I usually go with Sennheiser's PX-200. I haven't made a real head to head comparison, but I think they are more or less a match on sound quality. So obviously, you can get better sound at home with quality speakers or quality bulky headphones.
These headpones don't silence everything. If you want that you can try 'active noise reduction' headphones (Bose, Sennheiser, AKG), but the active noise reduction process introduces artificial artifacts into the sound and the headphone are a bit expensive. You can also try Shure's or Etymotics passive noise reduction headphones which are a 'professional' choice (you can remove the quotation marks for Shure);they were (initially) meant for artists on stage. But you have to pay a hefty price tag for those.
So to sum up, if you want something which 1)shuts out unwanted noise 2)gives quite good sound quality, and 3) doesn't feel like wearing a helmet, these are an excellent choice at their price.
If you can pay more, you can get more in at least two of the three criteria.
 PEOPLE BE CAREFUL !! June 6, 2007
21 out of 32 found this review helpful
I ordered a pair of Sennheiser CX300-B expecting to get the real deal only to find out that I had been totally ripped off !!
The name of the seller is "BESTELECTRONICSDEAL" who shameslessly sent me a cheap knock off of the original product.Be careful not to buy from these dishonest seller which by the way is also selling the "Creative EP-630" brand that look just like the Sennheiser's.Go figure,right?.
These people even have the nerve to enclose a copy with some photos of their cheap replicas warning you which one is original and which one is not! can you believe that?
Bottom line is:take your hard earned money and buy from any other seller but "bestelectronicsdeals"..and please alert others.You have been warned!!
sounds tinny August 15, 2006
18 out of 35 found this review helpful
I wrote a review about 2 years ago saying that the earphone sounds tinny. A year after I wrote the review, the local newspaper had an article about counterfeit earphones and showed two photos of unopened packages of earphones that looked slightly different from each other but both was professionally packaged. One was identified as being a counterfeit. I recall clearly that I had purchased the counterfeit looking package. I purchased it from a marketplace seller NOT Amazon. Now I know why the price was so much cheaper.
The seller did give me back a refund for the tinny sound but deducted the shipping cost.
 Excellent ear buds for the money !!!! February 8, 2006
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
After trying several ear buds out and I have finially found a winner that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I have tried Etomic and Shure that cost $180 and yes they sounded great, but they cost a lot!!! Plus I always found something about them I didn't like. For that kind of money you better love them.
The Sennheiser CX 300 are very similar to the Sony MDR-EX51. They have the same type of fit and come with 3 sizes of ear buds. They produce very good bass with nice highs also. The sound with the volume level all the way up with an ipod is clear. Also very loud!!! Comfort is good. They are very simple to put in. They block out a lot of external noise, but not completely like the Shure do. Personally I like this better. I can pause the music and still talk to someone without removing them.
The only thing I don't like is the asymmetrical cable. I see no purpose in having one cable longer than the other. The cable going to the right bud is very long and hangs down. I tied the excess to the main cable to keep it from flopping around. Just personal preference I guess!
I would recommend these if you are looking for an affordable upgrade without breaking the bank. I'm not going to say they are as good as Shure e3c's (which I tried) but for the savings they are!!! They also have a 2 year warrenty.
I would buy them very soon if you want them. The manufacture was listing them for $50 when I first saw them. Now they are at $80 msrp. I bought them at J&R on a pre buy for $35. They have already raised there price to $50 plus shipping. Amazon still says $40 shipped free. This won't last long!
Good luck and enjoy, I am!!!
Tim
Generally good with small reservations March 22, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I first purchased a set of the Sony MDR-EX51's, and the cords "melted" a common problem users of those headphones report. I'd seen that the CX300's were announced at CES and got favorable reviews compared to models costing twice as much. With the Sony's melted, I'd been looking at my options, mostly Ultimate ears.
The sound is much better than the Sonys, as other reviewers have reported, the Sonys emphasize bass, and are weak in mids and high frequency. The soundstage opened up quite a bit with the CX300's, vocals are much more pronounced, and real cymbal sounds at the high end.
Negatives:
1. the cord on these is not an even Y shape, it long on the right ear short on the left, to drape across your neck. It's fine with me, but some people don't like that shape.
2. cord noise. Dude, these cords make a racket in the wind or against clothing, tranmitting to you ear a dull thud sound and or rustling sound. You can't move with the cord on clothing or you are going to hear it. Use during exercise would have to be in such a way the cord is not moving (like on a stationary bike they would probably be okay).
3. I couldn't get them to fit and seal quite right with any of the 3 size silicone ear pieces. The Sony's silicone ear tips fit right on the CX300's so I swapped for a slightly larger "medium" size from the Sony's and they sound great (get a good seal) and feel fine.
Huge upgrade over any standard earbud (i.e. Ipod white buds) and probably competitive with much higher-end buds.
I listened with: Iaudio U2 1gb, using Lame encoded 192k CBR mp3's and ogg encoded q4 files.
Using the Sennheiser CX300's, I was able to disable BBE, and MP3 enhancements, that previous I used with the Sony Bud's (to get decent sound). Listening to the CX300's set to flat equalization sounds great.
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