Epinions Recent Reviews for LetItRut

SL-CT790: The Reputation, Hype And Tragic Fall Of Panasonic

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:42:13 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - This is my first review of a portable CD player since I wrote a thumbs-down review of a S
ony
D-EJ1000 nearly five months ago. I have several requirements and desires: The portable CD player must have long battery life;...

Disappointing.

Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:54:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Out of curiosity, I purchased a Sony D-EJ1000 from Tweeter, at a price of $200 plus tax. Initially, I was attracted by its ultra-slim design, ultra-long battery life and a metal lid. But after over a year with the CD player I was ultimately disappointed...

The best full-size headphones that I've ever bought!

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:44:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Several months ago I visited a home-furnishings superstore called The Great Indoors, and I looked at the amazing selection of Sennheiser headphones there. Unfortunately, the Sennheiser models that they had on display and had available for...

Outstanding sound for commuters!

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:06:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I've first heard the amazing Etymotic ER-4S canalphones at Headroom's World of Headphones tour. Never before had such high quality sound come from any pair of earphones that small! I was so impressed with their sound that I ordered a pair of them from...

Great closed headphones for the price!

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 05:28:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I've tried various closed-back full-size headphones that cost up to $200 from mass-market brands such as Sony, and I was almost universally disappointed in them. So I went to a Virgin Megastore and plopped down $99.95 plus tax for a pair of Sennheiser HD...

You get what you pay for.

Fri, 3 May 2002 09:04:17 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Out of curiosity I bought the Sony MDR-101LP headphones for my Walkman a couple of years ago. They are very low in price (as a matter of fact, these headphones are Sony's very lowest priced headphones), and was an "impulse buy" at the time. But after...

Tyan S1854 Trinity 400: Not as good as I hoped!

Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:51:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I had been running a 700MHz Slot 1 Pentium III processor on my Asus P3B-F motherboard for nearly a year, until I decided to upgrade my video card (from a GeForce 256 DDR card to a Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO card) that requires AGP 2.0 support; the BX chipset...

A great all-around performer.

Tue, 5 Mar 2002 23:10:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Three months ago I bought a pair of Grado SR-80's, and had been running them in for close to 40 hours. I have never been more satisfied (for the price that I paid for them) in my life! Here is my review:

Some recent reviews on the SR-80's have...

A great pair of active-use headphones!

Tue, 5 Mar 2002 22:58:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - This is a legendary portable headphone (it was the first earclip-type headphone model ever marketed) that is, unfortunately, discontinued. I have a pair of its successor model, the KSC-50, which sounds alright, but fits too loosely on my ears. So, out of...

Is this really a cheap Sony?

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 21:20:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Since these vertical in-ear headphones were introduced in 1995, I bought a pair of each of them over the years, starting with a pair of MDR-W20G, when I was dabbling with small, bass-heavy headphones. I was initially impressed with most of them; however,...

The best Sony CD Walkman to date...

Sun, 6 Jan 2002 03:47:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I had been shopping for portable CD players that don't skip and sound good or great. But until I found the Sony D-EJ925, every player that I had owned either skipped at least occasionally while walking or had no more than mediocre sound quality. My...

It's fantastic!

Mon, 5 Nov 2001 03:00:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Overview

Last year, when my trusty old Panasonic SL-SW850 portable CD player began having problems (it refused to read some CDs and its plastic lock clips began to crack), I went to shop for a suitable replacement. I first bought a Sony...

A decent pair of DJ headphones...

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 22:46:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I originally wrote a thumbs-down review of the Sony MDR-V700DJ headphones on Epinions last June, but after demoing and finally buying a pair of them and using them on my portable and home audio equipment, my opinion of them has changed significantly...

A good pair of cheap closed headphones!

Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:24:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - The Koss UR-30 is a full-size closed headphone with circumaural (around-the-ear) “pleather” pads. Frequency response is 18-20,000 Hz. It features a single-sided 8-foot-long cord that attaches at only the left earpiece and is terminated to a gold-plated...

A sheep in wolf's clothing...

Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:14:29 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - The Sony MDR-CD160 (1996-2000) and the current MDR-CD180 are low-end full-size closed headphones with circumaural (around-the-ear) pads – “pleather” for the MDR-CD160, cloth for the MDR-CD180. Frequency response of both headphones is 16-20,000 Hz...

ATI Radeon 64MB DDR: Best bang for the buck!

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:50:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Last month I purchased an ATI Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO graphics card after I ran into problems with my previous card, a GeForce 256-based Creative Annihilator Pro card with 32MB of DDR memory. Specifically, with newer drivers (both Creative's drivers and...

Too bright for their own good!

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 00:01:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I first saw on the Sony USA Web site that the Sony MDR-G73LP Street Style headphones existed three months ago, but I never saw any picture of them - until I went to my local Best Buy retail superstore last week, and purchased them for the full retail...

Great, inexpensive earbuds.

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 19:36:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Two days ago I ordered a pair of these earbuds from Headroom (www.headphone.com), and they arrived this morning. I was listening to them since, comparing them to two of my sub-$30 Sony earbuds (MDR-E828LP and MDR-E848LP). How does the Sennheiser stack up...

Nice cans, but way too pricey.

Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:18:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - The Sony MDR-CD2000 is one of Sony's new "closed-front, open-back" headphones. It has a 11.5-foot-long detachable cord that connects to only the left earpiece and is terminated with a gold-plated miniplug with a 1/4" adapter. A pleather carrying bag is...

Good, cheap headphones.

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:50:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - The Sony MDR-301LP headphones are some of the most overlooked headphones currently on the market. Why do so many people review $70 Grados and $200-$350 Sennheisers - and dismiss all of the $20 non-earbud Sonys as crappy without ever listening to these...

Who needs DJ headphones?

Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:39:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Today I went to the Sony store to buy the Sony MDR-ED268LP earbuds (after owning literally a dozen other Sony earbuds of many types). The MDR-ED268LP is a pair of "Groove" Fontopia-type earbuds (with a rubber earpiece that gets inserted into the user's...

A decent set of earphones.

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 02:24:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I bought these headphones in 1997 (they were simply called the MDR-E848, without the "LP") when I was dabbling with bass-heavy small headphones. They proved to be much better than any of the in-ear phones I had purchased up to that time - and they still...

D-EJ721 is the best of Sony's new CD Walkman players, but...

Sun, 10 Jun 2001 00:02:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - I bought the Sony D-EJ721 at Best Buy today after I returned a D-EJ621 that had major bugs. And I've never been more satisfied about any portable CD player purchase than this one. Update: I bought a Panasonic SL-CT470 just five months after I...

The Sony D-EJ621 is OK, but could be better.

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:42:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - Yesterday I went to Best Buy to buy a Sony D-EJ621 (the successor to the highly-rated D-EJ611) CD Walkman thinking that the recent production versions have ironed out the bugs that plagued the unit I demoed at the Sony Gallery three months ago. But after...

Great studio cans!

Wed, 23 May 2001 02:31:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LetItRut - On May 22, 2001 I went to Sam Ash to demo the AKG K240DF headphones, hoping for something much better than the cheap closed headphones usually sold in mass-market superstores. But after demoing them on a studio-grade CD player, I ended up buying a pair...