Sennheiser MX500 Lightweight In-Ear Headphone (Blue) with Carrying Case

 (172 customer reviews)

I read several reviews on the MX-500's and thought not to buy them initially. I'm using them with the Sangean DT-210V radio, which a great unit, with great selectivity and PLL tuning. Not to mention it also has a built in speaker that sounds great for "in bed" listening. In any event, I purchased the Sennheisers for the notable name, and am very happy that I did. I will say that without any "bass boost" they tend to be too flat initially, but not at all with acoustical string instruments or Classical music. I think some of the negative reviews previously are due to the fact that so many people now adays think that if your sound doesn't go "boom", that there's something missing. Well there isn't. Many audiophiles will tell you, that in order to properly test any speaker "objectively", that it's best to hear a jazz or string quartet on a quality recording only. This way, their instruments will either sound "natural" or not, and there is...Read more

Here's my impressions of the Sennheiser MX500.

I own a Sony NW-HD3 mp3 player for quite some time now and from the beginning wanted to replace the bundled Sony earbuds with something better.

So I've bought from one to the next the following Sennheiser earbuds:1)MX350 (sucks bigtime!) 2)MX450, after burning them in I thought that they must be on of the loudest and fun to listen to pairs on the market.The high frequencies are very accurate and strong to the point that cover many times midrange response(bad thing that I realised later when bought the MX500).Midrange is from average to good though a bit harsh.Bass

is not the strong point of this pair but isn't absent as others say.Fit and wearing comfort is excellent.Quality is average compared to other Sennheiser earbuds,that was the reason that after the right driver unit died,I bought the next pair.The 3)MX550

is the MX450 with a volume control slider.After crashing that one I wanted to try...Read more

Being an audio engineer I am quite picky about the sound products that I purchase. For the most part these guys have past the test. Young people listen to rap and R&B now. When the music is mixed and mastered there is a great emphasis on lower end. Point being, if you are in to rap and R&B and the like then these are not the best phones for you. I did a side by side comparison with the I-pod phones and the I-pod won hands down in bass. These I-pod phones are "hyped" in the bottom end but do not have the clarity of the Sennheiser MX-500s. The Sennheiser MX-500 do not color the sound like other headphones, they just give you a crisp natural image of the sound. If you need more bass, you can always use the bass boost on your cd player. In my humble opinion, I would suggest the Sennheiser MX-500s because they are much clearer sounding overall and you can't beat the price.