Hi, I'd like to seek some recommendation between these 2 models,

ex300 and xb40ex, IMO, both got equal pros and cons, I'll list some very important point between these 2 that made me having a headache which to choose

ex300, +balanced sound, -cable uses another extensions.
xb40ex, +no extension required, -extra bass not that good in other musics.

My Rig: ipod, laptop
Type of usage: music on ipod, connect to laptop for other purpose as well
File format: mp3, avi, etc
Music genre:trance, j-pop, etc. (sorry about this, don't know much)
Budget: 200-250
Headphone/ earphone type: Earphone (Earbud that uses silicone rubber/noise isolating phones)

Any suggestion would be great, I had previous MDR-EX33LP, it was great but the L-shaped connector got loose and it would be dead anytime soon... I prefer the L-shaped connector than the ordinary straight connector...

Thanks in advance

owh, I never heard of this brand before, been always sticking with sony after my cliptec were 'destroyed' naturally. What will this eterna be if compared with these two sony's model i mentioned earlier? The price really is something for this eterna v2 though, any other suggestion under 250?

Oh yea, I wear a glass, so any earphones like clip-style or over the ear style, I personally think it's a hassle since it would mess with my glass as well

This post has been edited by sarf2k4: Aug 30 2011, 02:31 PM

erm, any reasons? that fischer eterna v2 isn't my choice since it needs to be put over the ear and eventually will get a little bit tangled with my glass at the back of my ears.

earphones really is one of the hardest choice of all...

I forgot to mention that, I do prefer L shaped mini stereo plug rather than the straight mini stereo plug

This post has been edited by sarf2k4: Aug 30 2011, 03:01 PM

owh... somehow I decided to go beyond Sony brand and couldn't find any that's nice from those review websites except for its ex300 flagships, almost going for altec lansing though...

could you tell me about the specs and its differences in short? I saw some specs about these are so many differences and one noticeable things is, impedance, frequencies, sensitivities, driver size...


I guess I'll go for fischer eterna v2 then

This post has been edited by sarf2k4: Sep 1 2011, 12:44 AM

well... the figures in specs I mean, I do remembered I read something about this specs somewhere before and they says that

impedance = resistance to achieve maximum volume
frequency range = erm, maybe the range of sound we will hear? (I'm not very sure about this)
driver size = better qualities on larger sizes?
sensitivity = higher is better

well, I'm not too sure about these things actually, just some facts from some texts and others... and they said that it's much better if you try them out rather than overlook the spec only