CX300-II

divine · 12-03-2010, 16:13

I'm trying to find some for a reasonable price at a reputable seller.

Seeing as these have always been a fakers favourite i'm loathe to take a chance with Amazon or Play who are both using 'marketplace' sellers not themselves. (edit - in fact, they're both using the same one Best Digital Market) (edit 2 - especially having looked through amazon's reviews, the last few months have people complaining of poor build quality and no bass, two traits I certainly would not expect to see attributed to genuine items. "So I bought these again, the design had changed slightly, and they didn't even last a month." That just screams of suspect items currently as I don't think Sennheiser have changed them at all.)

I'm sure somewhere must be doing them for sub £20 that isn't completely dodgy?

If not I might just get some MetroFi 220s. I heard the Sony XB20s were meant to be a very good alternative to CX300s but having looked at a pair the bit outside the ear is HUGE so i'm avoiding those.

I know a few people here ended up getting some a while back, where did you end up purchasing and how much were they?

LeperousDust · 12-03-2010, 17:41

I just wait till they're on offer, between the cx300 II's and the cx500s theres always something on offer direct from play or somewhere else for about £20. last time i managed £17 for the cx500's you just need to keep an eye on hotukdeals. After buying the fake cx300s and them susequently disintergrating, i've been more careful now and i've got 3 pairs of cx500's floating about that are more than good enough for general use

Moral of the story is just check hotukdeals a lot

LeperousDust · 12-03-2010, 17:46

Quickly checking HUKD i've seen these:
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/10852716/Sennheiser-CX300-II-Precision-ECO-Headphones/Product.html?P36=KXWSQC&affid=hotukdeals&awc=buyat &_$ja=tsid:11516|prd:hotukdeals

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...=hotukdeals-21

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...s&siteid=20363

Just in the last few months as "decent-ish" earphones

Jonny69 · 12-03-2010, 19:05

£14.49, these not direct from Amazon then?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-C...ef=pd_sim_ce_3

divine · 12-03-2010, 19:34

"Items for dispatch to UK will be sold by Amazon's Preferred Merchant."

Which is basically an undisclosed third party of Amazon's choosing, but not through the Amazon Marketplace system, so could still be coming from anywhere. If you then look at the page displaying which merchants Amazon will pick from, the one priced at £14.49 is indigostarfish.com.

A product held in Amazon's own stock will read:

"Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk." as seen on these TripleFi 10 earphones for example.

This sort of stuff really annoys me actually, you have to be so careful with Amazon and Play nowadays if you want to be sure you are actually buying from them and not just some random other place. Alex's first link to the white headphones from play.com is the same, looks like Play but as soon as you hit Buy you realise you're actually buying from a Playtrade seller called 'dealhunters'.

LeperousDust · 12-03-2010, 19:46

Oh sorry man, i didn't actually check properly yeah, it was a quick search on HUKD i hoped someone else would have sorted wheat from chaff on there, thats pretty shocking actually... Now i'm starting to wonder about mine... Haha

Although they sound far far far better than the other fakes i had so i guess i can't complain, but i was listening to my old cx300s the other day and was suprised by how good i thought they sounded. So now i've got doubts =/

//Edit: Wow yeah just clicked buy on play, ok i've never bought anything by being tossed to resellers on play so im happy mine are real.... i hope. Whats wrong with the kiplsch ones from amazon, they've be pretty decent won't they man?

divine · 12-03-2010, 19:51

That's the thing, I'm just not sure I want to take the chance and I won't really have any definite genuine ones to compare to so I think i'd always have a slight doubt in my mind

I'm wondering whether to resign myself to either a set of MetroFi 220s or buy some CX300-IIs from somewhere like HMV in town which i'm pretty sure will be a genuine item but cost £30.

edit - The Klipsch ones look ok technically but i've seen a pair of S2s in the flesh and they're a very odd shape (same as the X1s), they look kinda like they'd stick sideways out your head about 2cm. I'm a bit undecided on those in general. I think the X1s are an old discontinued range too, which may explain the 'dispatched in 1 to 4 months' on Amazon.

LeperousDust · 12-03-2010, 20:53

To be fair my searching was fairly **** it seems

My original CX300's were bought in radioshack for £30 because i'd lost my earphones and was getting on a train in a few hours and HAD to have some form of music for my journey, i never initially realised how much hassle i'd saved myself until i bought some more a year or so later! My oriignal CX300's are still going very string though, bass heavy just how i like it

Can recommend the CX500's as well if you're looking not as bass heavy as the CX300's which is nice i guess in most cases but which is possibly what sometimes leads me to believe they're fake even though i don't think they can possibly be... Where was that link you had ages ago showing the differences and what to look out for in fakes? Did it include the CX500's too?

divine · 12-03-2010, 21:06

This seems a fairly good site, with a recommendation on where to get decent genuine items!

http://www.fakeheadphones.com/forum/...hp?topic=392.0 - a genuine set of CX300-IIs from mymemory.co.uk

http://www.fakeheadphones.com/forum/...hp?topic=285.0 - seems the stuff from 'Best Digital Market' are indeed fakes as I was worried about them being.

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/In-ear-Hea...hones----Black

£27 isn't horrific I suppose, seems high having seen £15/£16 plastered everywhere at Amazon and Play but considering those were all seemingly actually fakes it's not surprising.

divine · 13-03-2010, 16:22

I bought some CX300-IIs from HMV today, they're definitely real and they sound pretty good, happy enough with that!

12-03-2010, 16:13	#1
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	CX300-II I'm trying to find some for a reasonable price at a reputable seller. Seeing as these have always been a fakers favourite i'm loathe to take a chance with Amazon or Play who are both using 'marketplace' sellers not themselves. (edit - in fact, they're both using the same one Best Digital Market) (edit 2 - especially having looked through amazon's reviews, the last few months have people complaining of poor build quality and no bass, two traits I certainly would not expect to see attributed to genuine items. "So I bought these again, the design had changed slightly, and they didn't even last a month." That just screams of suspect items currently as I don't think Sennheiser have changed them at all.) I'm sure somewhere must be doing them for sub £20 that isn't completely dodgy? If not I might just get some MetroFi 220s. I heard the Sony XB20s were meant to be a very good alternative to CX300s but having looked at a pair the bit outside the ear is HUGE so i'm avoiding those. I know a few people here ended up getting some a while back, where did you end up purchasing and how much were they? __________________ Last edited by divine; 12-03-2010 at 16:22.

12-03-2010, 17:41	#2
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I just wait till they're on offer, between the cx300 II's and the cx500s theres always something on offer direct from play or somewhere else for about £20. last time i managed £17 for the cx500's you just need to keep an eye on hotukdeals. After buying the fake cx300s and them susequently disintergrating, i've been more careful now and i've got 3 pairs of cx500's floating about that are more than good enough for general use Moral of the story is just check hotukdeals a lot __________________

12-03-2010, 17:46	#3
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Quickly checking HUKD i've seen these: http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/10852716/Sennheiser-CX300-II-Precision-ECO-Headphones/Product.html?P36=KXWSQC&affid=hotukdeals&awc=buyat &_$ja=tsid:11516\|prd:hotukdeals http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...=hotukdeals-21 http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...s&siteid=20363 Just in the last few months as "decent-ish" earphones __________________

12-03-2010, 19:05	#4
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	£14.49, these not direct from Amazon then? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-C...ef=pd_sim_ce_3 __________________

12-03-2010, 19:34	#5
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	"Items for dispatch to UK will be sold by Amazon's Preferred Merchant." Which is basically an undisclosed third party of Amazon's choosing, but not through the Amazon Marketplace system, so could still be coming from anywhere. If you then look at the page displaying which merchants Amazon will pick from, the one priced at £14.49 is indigostarfish.com. A product held in Amazon's own stock will read: "Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk." as seen on these TripleFi 10 earphones for example. This sort of stuff really annoys me actually, you have to be so careful with Amazon and Play nowadays if you want to be sure you are actually buying from them and not just some random other place. Alex's first link to the white headphones from play.com is the same, looks like Play but as soon as you hit Buy you realise you're actually buying from a Playtrade seller called 'dealhunters'. __________________ Last edited by divine; 12-03-2010 at 19:40.

12-03-2010, 19:46	#6
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Oh sorry man, i didn't actually check properly yeah, it was a quick search on HUKD i hoped someone else would have sorted wheat from chaff on there, thats pretty shocking actually... Now i'm starting to wonder about mine... Haha Although they sound far far far better than the other fakes i had so i guess i can't complain, but i was listening to my old cx300s the other day and was suprised by how good i thought they sounded. So now i've got doubts =/ //Edit: Wow yeah just clicked buy on play, ok i've never bought anything by being tossed to resellers on play so im happy mine are real.... i hope. Whats wrong with the kiplsch ones from amazon, they've be pretty decent won't they man? __________________ Last edited by LeperousDust; 12-03-2010 at 19:49.

12-03-2010, 19:51	#7
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	That's the thing, I'm just not sure I want to take the chance and I won't really have any definite genuine ones to compare to so I think i'd always have a slight doubt in my mind I'm wondering whether to resign myself to either a set of MetroFi 220s or buy some CX300-IIs from somewhere like HMV in town which i'm pretty sure will be a genuine item but cost £30. edit - The Klipsch ones look ok technically but i've seen a pair of S2s in the flesh and they're a very odd shape (same as the X1s), they look kinda like they'd stick sideways out your head about 2cm. I'm a bit undecided on those in general. I think the X1s are an old discontinued range too, which may explain the 'dispatched in 1 to 4 months' on Amazon. __________________ Last edited by divine; 12-03-2010 at 20:02.

12-03-2010, 20:53	#8
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	To be fair my searching was fairly **** it seems My original CX300's were bought in radioshack for £30 because i'd lost my earphones and was getting on a train in a few hours and HAD to have some form of music for my journey, i never initially realised how much hassle i'd saved myself until i bought some more a year or so later! My oriignal CX300's are still going very string though, bass heavy just how i like it Can recommend the CX500's as well if you're looking not as bass heavy as the CX300's which is nice i guess in most cases but which is possibly what sometimes leads me to believe they're fake even though i don't think they can possibly be... Where was that link you had ages ago showing the differences and what to look out for in fakes? Did it include the CX500's too? __________________

12-03-2010, 21:06	#9
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	This seems a fairly good site, with a recommendation on where to get decent genuine items! http://www.fakeheadphones.com/forum/...hp?topic=392.0 - a genuine set of CX300-IIs from mymemory.co.uk http://www.fakeheadphones.com/forum/...hp?topic=285.0 - seems the stuff from 'Best Digital Market' are indeed fakes as I was worried about them being. http://www.mymemory.co.uk/In-ear-Hea...hones----Black £27 isn't horrific I suppose, seems high having seen £15/£16 plastered everywhere at Amazon and Play but considering those were all seemingly actually fakes it's not surprising. __________________ Last edited by divine; 12-03-2010 at 21:11.

13-03-2010, 16:22	#10
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	I bought some CX300-IIs from HMV today, they're definitely real and they sound pretty good, happy enough with that! __________________