matchpoint updated 6 products

matchpoint — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:53:47 -0400

1. updated Apple iPod Shuffle - March 22, 2009 at 9:53 pm

disagreed: "so small it can be easily lost"
agreed: "VoiceOver feature is really not that useful"
agreed: "limited selection of colours"
agreed: "no support for open source codecs such as OGG and FLAC"
agreed: "no display"
agreed: "more expensive than last generation"
agreed: "device is now unusable without proprietary headphones with in-line controls"
disagreed: "easier to use in-line controls"
agreed: "very light "
agreed: "even smaller than previous generation"
disagreed: "VoiceOver talking feature lets you know what you are listening to"
agreed: "double the capacity of the last generation model"

2. updated Apple Macbook Pro - March 22, 2009 at 9:49 pm

tapped as "have it"
tapped as "love it"
found morencyl's review unhelpful
found Raptor007's review unhelpful
agreed: "LED screen on 15.4" model is brighter than LCD "
new pro/con: Backlit keyboard.
new pro/con: Unibody design.
new pro/con: Slot loading DVD drive.
new pro/con: Photo editing is a pleasure.
new pro/con: Runs crysis when running on Windows XP.
new pro/con: Very quite internal fans.
agreed: "Expensive"
disagreed: "No significant performance upgrades over previous generation "
agreed: "Major selling points for NVidia dual GPUs are disabled currently: no Hybrid SLI or on-the-fly switching of the two GPUs "
agreed: "Better battery life because of LED and Penryn core "
agreed: "LED screen on 15.4" model is brighter than LCD "
agreed: "Chiclet-style keyboard "
agreed: "LED Backlit screen."
agreed: "Sleek Macbook Air aluminum styling with clean screen bezel "
agreed: "Thinner than previous gen @ 0.95" "
agreed: "Multi-touch glass trackpad "

3. updated Edirol UA-1EX - March 22, 2009 at 9:47 pm

tapped as "have it"
tapped as "love it"
new pro/con: Compatible with Mac or PC.
new pro/con: Optical audio out.
new pro/con: Sound quality.

4. updated Sennheiser HD 650 - March 22, 2009 at 9:47 pm

tapped as "have it"
tapped as "love it"
added a competitor: AKG K 701
added a competitor: Sennheiser HD 800
new pro/con: Detachable / replaceable cables.
new pro/con: Not the best looking headphones out there.
new pro/con: Needs an amp to shine but does not a must.
new pro/con: No too bright so as to make them fatiguing in long sessions.
new pro/con: Fantastic mid range response.
new pro/con: Bass response is perfect for casual or analytical listening.
new pro/con: Detailed sound.

5. updated AKG K 701 - March 22, 2009 at 9:47 pm

tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: Very good looking.
agreed: "Beautifully expanded sound stage.. better than HD650."
agreed: "some of the best highs of any headphone"
agreed: "was the top-of-the-line AKG headphone until the recent addition of the K702"
new pro/con: Sold, quick and fast bass response. Extends deeper than most headphones, even HD650.
new pro/con: Very detailed sound.

6. updated Sennheiser HD 800 - March 22, 2009 at 9:16 pm

agreed: "cable is detachable and easy to replace"
agreed: "a further improvement of one of the worlds most popular high end headphone series"
agreed: "requires high end sources and amplification to sound its best"
agreed: "far from the first to use tilted drivers (Stax, AKG)"
agreed: "extremely expensive"
disagreed: "look silly compared to the classic look of the HD 600/650"

matchpoint commented on AKG K 701

matchpoint — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:54:34 -0400

March 22, 2009 at 8:54 pm

"One of the beast headphones I have ever bought but are a bit too analytical. I tend to use them for jazz but not as much for rock or pop. Base is really tight and quick and extends into really low low Hz. They always need a headphone amp to go with them, I use a hand built AMB M3 to go with them. They are almost a work of art to look at but but I am not too sure of how long will they last. I am used to headphones lasting decades."

matchpoint updated AKG K 701

matchpoint — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:47:48 -0400

March 22, 2009 at 8:47 pm

added a related product: Sennheiser HD 650
new pro/con: The auto adjusting headband is great but has a plastic strip which threatins to break.
new pro/con: Beautifully expanded sound stage.. better than HD650.
agreed: "Needs a dedicated headphone amp to shine."
new pro/con: 1000+ hours of break-in time.
disagreed: "Needs a dedicated headphone amp to shine."
new pro/con: Needs a dedicated headphone amp to shine.

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matchpoint — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:34:15 -0400

March 22, 2009 at 8:34 pm

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