Anyone notice how bad Origin of Symmetry sounds?

[Niall]

Ah okay, fair enough. Thanks. I was just wondering if I was missing something I didn't know about. I'm rather happy with my Sennheiser PX200s. £30 for headphones with a greater range than my ears are capable of detecting seemed reasonable.

I've heard so much about skullcandy headphones breaking. You'd think using sturdier materials wouldn't change the overheads too much but ah well. Although saying that the high end response on the in ear ones doesn't seem too bad for the in ear ones.

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[Dominic.]

Originally Posted by Gareeh

Well I have personal experience in my hand, stupidly when I was 15/16 I thought Skullcandy were the best and pretty much spent around £250 on them over the space of two years and went through about 10 of them. Yeah they are cheap but moving to Sennheiser (who still aren't the best) made me realise how poor the bass and generally the amount of sound detail you miss on songs, using Skullcandys etc.., you do

Dr Dre Beats are just a waste of money, £250 of your pocket buys you the best ones which at best match the quality of a cheap pair of Philips headphones

Although I was exaggerating, only headphones you buy out of a poundshop would make an album sound dreadful, or car speakers depending on which car

Also the high end of the drum (cymbals, snare...) also sound pretty bad. There's nothing very scientific about it, also the fact the noise cancellation on these headphones are pretty bad too, so listening in public can be a bad experience

I've never tried Skullcandies so I won't comment on that, but I've actually heard that the Dr Dre ones are meant to be good? I've got a pair of Sennheiser HDs which I'm more than happy with

[sventington]

I only tried out the Dr. Dre ones once and in the shop I enjoyed them. My understanding is that they are very bass heavy though and as a result don't give a very accurate sound, and beyond that they apparently bleed quite a bit of noise.

[Tim59]

Im very happy with my sennheiser HD. I think skullcandies are overated as well as dr Dre's beats. Anyway, thats just my opinion

[haze015]

You know Rock is dead when people are complaining about it being too loud & distorted.

[Banksy.]

My friend had Beats by Dr Dre. They had pretty terrible sound quality, even compared to some that cost about £10.

I found this list fairly useful in terms of headphones.

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[Gareeh]

^ Good guide that, if it was neat I would share it on Facebook

Originally Posted by Dominic.

I've never tried Skullcandies so I won't comment on that, but I've actually heard that the Dr Dre ones are meant to be good? I've got a pair of Sennheiser HDs which I'm more than happy with

As I said, in HMV in Glasgow they have all the Dr Dre Beats and you can plug in your iPod/Phone so using my HTC - which I get quality sound and can play FLAC/WAV files - through the most expensive ones still sounded pretty average at best.

Showboy headphones as I would say. People with big Skullcandys aren't showboys, they're just dicks

[Tim59]

Originally Posted by Humphrey Goldenbollocks

You know Rock is dead when people are complaining about it being too loud & distorted.

If I could "like" your comment I would.

Yeah its loud and distorted, but that what makes it so f*cking great.

[benhs1898]

I listen to it on record and it does sound terrible. So thin. No depth.

[Glaedr]

loud? why the hell are you complaining about the volume?

[Gareeh]

Originally Posted by benhs1898

I listen to it on record and it does sound terrible. So thin. No depth.

I'm sorry but as it goes for a three-piece band in 99/00/01, with not exactly state of the art production facilities, the album is incredibly broad in terms of sound and full of detail. I don't know where you are coming from with that statement

[Cindykt-OvertureThief]

[haze015]

Originally Posted by Gareeh

I'm sorry but as it goes for a three-piece band in 99/00/01, with not exactly state of the art production facilities, the album is incredibly broad in terms of sound and full of detail. I don't know where you are coming from with that statement

I have absolutely no idea where you're coming from with this statement either.

[Gareeh]

Originally Posted by Humphrey Goldenbollocks

I have absolutely no idea where you're coming from with this statement either.

The production in Origin of Symmetry given the lesser budget and knowledge on recording than they do now was pretty damn good is my point. It was better than what they do now with megabucks and plenty of experience is what I'm saying

[haze015]

Originally Posted by Gareeh

The production in Origin of Symmetry given the lesser budget and knowledge on recording than they do now was pretty damn good is my point. It was better than what they do now with megabucks and plenty of experience is what I'm saying

There was plenty of heavily experienced personnel involved in OOS, as well as high end studios.

Muse don't record everything themselves, so their individual experience in regards to production is irrelevant.