Had a couple of ipods and the standard ipod earphones are appalling. I put up with them for a while until there was a big move around in our office and I ended up being sat 3 feet from a braying donkey of a man - let's call him Peter for this purpose (that is actually his real name).

Anyway, I needed headphones that would deliver a rich sound but would block out the guffawing ass-of-a-man sat behind me.

I ddi plenty of research and cancassed opinions form other office noise pest victims. The name Sennheiser kept appearing again and again. I did fancy some clever noise cancelling ones but, what with Christmas fast approaching and the credit crunch biting, I resisted.

It was only 3 days until the guy was due to move in behind me and start his audio assault on me, so I ordered the CX-300s.

They arrived rapidly and after ascertaining I had small ear holes, fitted the smaller rubbery bits with minimal fuss.

The sound form them is outstanding. Great bass, mid… more »

Had a couple of ipods and the standard ipod earphones are appalling. I put up with them for a while until there was a big move around in our office and I ended up being sat 3 feet from a braying donkey of a man - let's call him Peter for this purpose (that is actually his real name).

Anyway, I needed headphones that would deliver a rich sound but would block out the guffawing ass-of-a-man sat behind me.

I ddi plenty of research and cancassed opinions form other office noise pest victims. The name Sennheiser kept appearing again and again. I did fancy some clever noise cancelling ones but, what with Christmas fast approaching and the credit crunch biting, I resisted.

It was only 3 days until the guy was due to move in behind me and start his audio assault on me, so I ordered the CX-300s.

They arrived rapidly and after ascertaining I had small ear holes, fitted the smaller rubbery bits with minimal fuss.

The sound form them is outstanding. Great bass, mid range and treble. Really well balanced. Yes you can hear yourself eating biscuits (when you're eating biscuits of course, unless you're some nobber that records themselves eating biscuits, then playing it back through headphones), but I can live with that. I'm not a big biscuit man anyway. I prefer the odd brazil nut or a slice of fruitcake, with a nice mature cheddar.

Anyway, buy them, they're great.

Everyone raves about the fact that if you get a good tight fit from these you get amazing bass and can't hear anything from outside sources. Great you might think, except you can hear everything from INSIDE sources, your breath, your guts, your footsteps, and the deafening sound of the wire hitting your chest due to the 'asymmetrical cable' that is left handed and thereby passes the main cable over as much of your body as physically possible to get to your right pocket.

It's exactly the same as sticking your index fingers in your ears, in musically quieter moments when you're getting a pace on, even your own blood flowing becomes acutely distracting.

If you try a smaller fit of the replaceable rubber ear pieces so you don't get so much pressure inside your ears, now you can hear the outside world so the Unique Selling Point has gone from the equation, the EQ of the earphones has become as bass-lite tinny as something bought in a poundstore, and they won't stay… more »

Everyone raves about the fact that if you get a good tight fit from these you get amazing bass and can't hear anything from outside sources. Great you might think, except you can hear everything from INSIDE sources, your breath, your guts, your footsteps, and the deafening sound of the wire hitting your chest due to the 'asymmetrical cable' that is left handed and thereby passes the main cable over as much of your body as physically possible to get to your right pocket.

It's exactly the same as sticking your index fingers in your ears, in musically quieter moments when you're getting a pace on, even your own blood flowing becomes acutely distracting.

If you try a smaller fit of the replaceable rubber ear pieces so you don't get so much pressure inside your ears, now you can hear the outside world so the Unique Selling Point has gone from the equation, the EQ of the earphones has become as bass-lite tinny as something bought in a poundstore, and they won't stay in.

Mine are going in the drawer for days when there's a lot of noise outside my house that I want to ignore, or I take a long haul flight, but essentially I feel I just wasted a relatively large amount of money for a product that doesn't do the job I wanted them for, and I now need to spend the same amount again for some I can MOVE with!