How Do You Like Your Music? Bluetooth?
Discussion
A few years ago, when I was a singleton, i "invested" a huge amount of money in a hi-fi system in my bachelor flat. Bliss!
These days, I tend to get my music on the run, or in a stolen moment of solace.
My favourites continue to be through a pair of P5s (wired) or HD25s (again wired). Sometimes I listen through a really cheap Bluetooth speaker (which is adequate when travelling) and otherwise next to my bed is a good Bose Sounddock. Sometimes I listen over the Mac in my "office". Everything these days is in Apple Music - a long way from the vinyl of my teenage years....
Whilst I miss the full hifi in a reasonable size room experience, I can mostly cope with the compromises.
Would a Bluetooth Headphones solution be a compromise too far, or are there some really good ones out there?
These days, I tend to get my music on the run, or in a stolen moment of solace.
My favourites continue to be through a pair of P5s (wired) or HD25s (again wired). Sometimes I listen through a really cheap Bluetooth speaker (which is adequate when travelling) and otherwise next to my bed is a good Bose Sounddock. Sometimes I listen over the Mac in my "office". Everything these days is in Apple Music - a long way from the vinyl of my teenage years....
Whilst I miss the full hifi in a reasonable size room experience, I can mostly cope with the compromises.
Would a Bluetooth Headphones solution be a compromise too far, or are there some really good ones out there?
Interesting topic/timing.
I was always a CD/physical media and Hifi seperates kind of guy.
Then i split with my wife and lost my Linn/Arcam setup. I did keep my ripped CD collection on my laptop/phone.
I continued to buy CDs for the car etc. but without really having a CD drive to rip from started to download far more. Now I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I bought a CD.
I have Zeppelin for the lounge now, and Pioneer AV all in one for AV stuff. Also have a £20 Bluetooth speaker in the kitchen which does a good job for the price.
All my music is now played via my MBA/iPhone, iTunes or Spotify.
I've always been an advocate of wires too. I've had some ACS T1 IEMs for mobile listening for a few years and they've been great.
I would never have considered Bluetooth headphones.
However on a whim I started looking at them a week or 2 ago. Last weekend a pair of B&W P7 Wireless arrived...
Wow. Just wow. Amazing. Blow my (twice the price) T1s out of the water. Super deep, but tight, bass. So much better than I ever expected.
Reviews seem to put the wireless version sound quality above the wired P7. I can't comment personally but I'd be hard pressed to find anything about the P7s to not like. Not tried them with the supplied cable yet.
if you're considering it I say jump in. The tech is there now.
Another amazing (to me) thing is the BT range. I was training with them on the other day and went looking for something in the gym. They didn't drop at all, even when the phone was right over the far side of what is a large gym.
My little portable speaker struggled yesterday when the phone was in my pocket, direct line of sight, 10ft away.
I'm currently reading reviews of the B&W T7, I may well replace the £20 job with one for portable listening duties.
It's also just so nice to be cable free!
I was always a CD/physical media and Hifi seperates kind of guy.
Then i split with my wife and lost my Linn/Arcam setup. I did keep my ripped CD collection on my laptop/phone.
I continued to buy CDs for the car etc. but without really having a CD drive to rip from started to download far more. Now I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I bought a CD.
I have Zeppelin for the lounge now, and Pioneer AV all in one for AV stuff. Also have a £20 Bluetooth speaker in the kitchen which does a good job for the price.
All my music is now played via my MBA/iPhone, iTunes or Spotify.
I've always been an advocate of wires too. I've had some ACS T1 IEMs for mobile listening for a few years and they've been great.
I would never have considered Bluetooth headphones.
However on a whim I started looking at them a week or 2 ago. Last weekend a pair of B&W P7 Wireless arrived...
Wow. Just wow. Amazing. Blow my (twice the price) T1s out of the water. Super deep, but tight, bass. So much better than I ever expected.
Reviews seem to put the wireless version sound quality above the wired P7. I can't comment personally but I'd be hard pressed to find anything about the P7s to not like. Not tried them with the supplied cable yet.
if you're considering it I say jump in. The tech is there now.
Another amazing (to me) thing is the BT range. I was training with them on the other day and went looking for something in the gym. They didn't drop at all, even when the phone was right over the far side of what is a large gym.
My little portable speaker struggled yesterday when the phone was in my pocket, direct line of sight, 10ft away.
I'm currently reading reviews of the B&W T7, I may well replace the £20 job with one for portable listening duties.
It's also just so nice to be cable free!
I usually listen to music with my trusty old sennheiser px 100 s but i have a Marshall phone which ive had since they came out and i really fancy some of the new wireless Marshall headphones . Has anyone on here tried them yet ? https://www.marshallheadphones.com/mh_uk_en/
Edited by Toma500 on Saturday 29th April 11:55
It was and ad on FB for the Marhsall ones that got me looking.
They look lovely. And I love the control button/joystick thing.
However after delving further the sound is supposed to be good, but not the best. Plus no real leather used for the ear pads etc. and for the price I ended up leaning towards the P7s for both sound quality and build/engineering.
Style wise I like both.
Of course I haven't tried then so they may well be lovely and I'm talking s
te.
They look lovely. And I love the control button/joystick thing.
However after delving further the sound is supposed to be good, but not the best. Plus no real leather used for the ear pads etc. and for the price I ended up leaning towards the P7s for both sound quality and build/engineering.
Style wise I like both.
Of course I haven't tried then so they may well be lovely and I'm talking s
te.Last 20 years been a Rotel Pre/power. Arcam Dac/ Denon Tuner/ Meridian 206B cd player and a lot of network music via a dedicated pc to the DAC to the amps.
Prior to that Various tuners (Sony STS700S being the best) Phillips CD473 Phillips CD880 Dual 505-3 Turntable and the superb Linn Axis turntable. Speakers have been constant - Sony APM 22s
Still buy CDs but a lot of the music is flac files etc. Looking to alter the current set up to stream music from the network drives to the amp seen a Bluetooth box that can be used.
Most music is downloaded but I still get CDs found a place selling second hand for as low as 10p and its a great way to just buy and buy. Listen to the tuner a fair bit.
My system nay not have changed much recently but the amount of music listened to is ever growing. I don't use earphone stuff much got an I pod that I like as I can throw on loads of stuff and just listen to initially if on train etc
Prior to that Various tuners (Sony STS700S being the best) Phillips CD473 Phillips CD880 Dual 505-3 Turntable and the superb Linn Axis turntable. Speakers have been constant - Sony APM 22s
Still buy CDs but a lot of the music is flac files etc. Looking to alter the current set up to stream music from the network drives to the amp seen a Bluetooth box that can be used.
Most music is downloaded but I still get CDs found a place selling second hand for as low as 10p and its a great way to just buy and buy. Listen to the tuner a fair bit.
My system nay not have changed much recently but the amount of music listened to is ever growing. I don't use earphone stuff much got an I pod that I like as I can throw on loads of stuff and just listen to initially if on train etc
Toma500 said:
I usually listen to music with my trusty old sennheiser px 100 s but i have a Marshall phone which ive had since they came out and i really fancy some of the new wireless Marshall headphones . Has anyone on here tried them yet ? https://www.marshallheadphones.com/mh_uk_en/
Yes, I have a pair of "mid" which I bought from amazon last week for £137. They sound great!!!Edited by Toma500 on Saturday 29th April 11:55
I am so enamoured with a Sony CD in the car. For personal music listening pleasure I do not choose Android/Bluetooth/Touchscreen I find these frustrating in a car, touch screens not pleasingly 'tactile'.
Bluetooth is a lower bitrate even to a standard audio CD. Hi-res audio files are not integrated into many cars and when this technology becomes affordable it will be a better day for technology.
Bluetooth is a lower bitrate even to a standard audio CD. Hi-res audio files are not integrated into many cars and when this technology becomes affordable it will be a better day for technology.
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