iPOD Headphones/Bass

[Toypop]

I want an iPod. Had a go on a few mates and really liked the interface etc.

Only problem is the bass. Even with the boost option on it is absolute sh*te compared to my Sony Ericsson phone for example.

Does anyone else get better bass by using different headphones and if so what sort/how much?

Also is the Nano better or worse than the Classic for the Bass?

 

[bunzee]

I don't know anything about the different types of ipod but I was recommended these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Sennheise...232407706QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120232407706 for my ipod 30Gb and they are pretty good imo! Well worth the money

 

[5parky]

The bass isnt due to the ipod its due to the headphones

get these they will rock your world if your into sound

http://www.hifibitz.co.uk/product.asp?id=6649

may seem a little too much to pay but theyre damn nice if you listen to MP3 a lot like me... 8 hours a day at work i listen to mine!

 

[Toypop]

Well Ive gone for a nano as I only have 3GB of music and want something small.

Also got a set of those headphones. I played safe and paid £17 to get them from Amazon proper (not market place) as from what I have read it sounds like load of fakes are doing the rounds on ebay etc.

 

[5parky]

good choice

 

[Toypop]

Here is a weird one.

I got the Nano with the CX300's and have been quite happy.

Anyway the missus has been ill lately so to cheer her up I bought her an iPod shuffle as her first MP3 player and just stuck with the standard headphones.

I couldn't believe it when I heard it! It was better than mine! Granted I only tried one song but the bass was really good. I tried my Nano with its packaged headphones a week back and it was sh*te so the CX300's are definitely better than those but I just couldn't believe how good the shuffle sounded.

 

[David]

for bass, you should get, headcandy earphones i have a set and FOR BASS, they're unbeatable. (i got the in ear ones too).

 

[-Leigh-]

I have some £30 sony headphones and on any EQ setting other than Flat, the bass just distorts. Does it with the apple head phones too. Classic.

 

[Hazza]

In ear earphones are the best imo.

As they produce much better bass as the sound is directed straight into ur eye drums

 

[David]

for bass, you should get, headcandy earphones i have a set and FOR BASS, they're unbeatable. (i got the in ear ones too).

sorry meant skullcandy, look em up, bout £30.

 

[vala]

sennheiser cx-300. love them and no complaints regarding lack of bass