The Best of Both Phone, and Tablet
Once properly in place (again, this can take some work at first), the MX 75 earphones really shine. On The Fiery Furnaces' latest album, Bitter Tea, every experimental sonic nuance--from the creaking and squeaking of old organ parts in the right ear to the lead singer's often rapid-fire, bizarrely metered delivery--was a completely intelligible delight. On the upcoming debut album from CSS, Cansei de Ser Sexy, guitars fuzz as Brazilian temptresses coo over deep bass beats, and the MX 75, while not exactly an eardrum rattler in the low-end department, provides something much better: low-end clarity. Kick drums thump with ferocity rather than boom with shapelessness and distortion, and the crispness of the high-mid frequencies rivals the quality of some Sennheiser studio models.
It's hard to say whether the Sennheisers are a better buy than their close competitors in the Shure in-ear line, but for our money, they're definitely worth an audition: they stay in place better than the Shures and sound just about as good--but it ain't easy being green.
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