OT Testing earbuds?

[John Doe]

I bought some possibly counterfeit earbuds from eBay. They sound
good, but I do not have a musician's ear. Partly out of curiosity, is
there an earphone testing program?

Any value in using a Y-adapter, plugging one set of earbuds into one
side, the other into the other side, and using one of each?

Thanks.



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[Mike Rivers]

On Jul 17, 2:09 am, John Doe > wrote:
> I bought some possibly counterfeit earbuds from eBay. They sound
> good, but I do not have a musician's ear. Partly out of curiosity, is
> there an earphone testing program?

Not a program, no. Your ears are the best test for sound. There is no
test for authenticity. If you're happy with the sound, enjoy your new
earbuds.

If you don't feel that the quality is good for the price that you
paid, deal with the seller. And next time, if you want a "genuine"
article, buy it from a "genuine" dealer.

[Scott Dorsey]

John Doe > wrote:
>I bought some possibly counterfeit earbuds from eBay. They sound
>good, but I do not have a musician's ear. Partly out of curiosity, is
>there an earphone testing program?

B&K will sell you a nice earphone testing system for a lot of money.
It's not an easy thing to do, because you need to simulate a standardized
ear canal.

>Any value in using a Y-adapter, plugging one set of earbuds into one
>side, the other into the other side, and using one of each?

What, to tell if the earbuds you have match the other ones? Probably not,
you'd do better to alternate from one to the other.

The bad part is that the vast majority of earbuds out there, expensive and
cheap, are all from the same three factories in China which all make the
same transducer design. It's pretty dreadful, too.
--scott
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[John Doe]

Mike Rivers <mrivers d-and-d.com> wrote:

> John Doe > wrote:

>> I bought some possibly counterfeit earbuds from eBay. They
>> sound good, but I do not have a musician's ear. Partly out of
>> curiosity, is there an earphone testing program?
>
> Not a program, no. Your ears are the best test for sound. There
> is no test for authenticity.

But seriously...



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[KGT]

On Jul 17, 10:11*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> John Doe > wrote:
>
> >I bought some possibly counterfeit earbuds from eBay. They sound
> >good, but I do not have a musician's ear. Partly out of curiosity, is
> >there an earphone testing program?
>
> B&K will sell you a nice earphone testing system for a lot of money.
> It's not an easy thing to do, because you need to simulate a standardized
> ear canal.
>
> >Any value in using a Y-adapter, plugging one set of earbuds into one
> >side, the other into the other side, and using one of each?
>
> What, to tell if the earbuds you have match the other ones? *Probably not,
> you'd do better to alternate from one to the other.
>
> The bad part is that the vast majority of earbuds out there, expensive and
> cheap, are all from the same three factories in China which all make the
> same transducer design. *It's pretty dreadful, too.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. *C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I use 2 full B&K HATS rigs here at work. I choose these more for cheap
IEMs but they do quite well on the The HATS ears :)

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/sennheiser-cx-300-iem-personal-review-160576/

Kevin T