Sennheiser CX200 Twist-To-Fit Earbuds

by Sennheiser

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001EZUQ5E
• Item model number: CX200
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 1, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hit the streets with the CX 200 Street II. These ultra-compact ear-canal phones feature an innovative finger-contoured design for easy adjustment and optimal wearing comfort in the ears. With their high passive attenuation of ambient noise and powerful bass-driven sound, the CX 200 Street II headphones are necessary equipment for your next urban outing.

High passive attenuation of ambient noise and powerful bass-driven sound

Innovative finger-contoured housing design for easy adjustment and optimal wearing comfort

The innovative finger-contoured housing design enables for easy adjustment and optimal wearing comfort, with different sizes of ear adapters included in delivery. The powerful, bass-driven stereo sound is strengthened by high passive attenuation of ambient noise for better listening in busy environments.

Widely Compatible

The Sennheiser CX 200 is compatible with MP3, iPod, DVD, and CD players as well as mobile phones supporting a 3.5mm jack plug. CX 200 also supports (listen only) the latest generation of tablets, from the iPad to the most recent Android tablets and the Blackberry Playbook.

What's in the Box?

Sennheiser CX 200 earphones, ear adapter set (S/M/L), warranty.

Technical Specifications

• Cable length: 3.9 ft. (1.2 m)
• Frequency response: 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz
• Impedance: 16 Ohms
• Sound pressure level (SPL): 110 dB (1kHz/1Vrms)
• Total harmonic distortion (THD): < 0.2 %
• Transducer type: Dynamic
• Weight: 0.18 oz. (5 g)

Product Description

Hit the streets with the CX 200 Street II. These ultra-compact ear-canal phones feature an innovative finger-contoured design for easy adjustment and optimal wearing comfort in the ears. With their high passive attenuation of ambient noise and powerful bass-driven sound, the CX 200 Street II headphones are necessary equipment for your next urban outing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sound and isolation for the price, January 2, 2010

By 

Christopher E. Robison (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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Before buying these, I read the reviews for this product, the slightly more expensive CX300s and a few from other manufacturers. I noticed a wide variation in user experiences. I ended up selecting these as a compromise on price, and after trying them, I think I have a theory on why the opinions are so different. What you end up hearing depends very highly on how the things fit in your ears.

As I opened the package I was listening to a song through my cheap came-with-the-player earbuds, which were what you'd expect: okay but not great. With the song playing I swapped one earbud, swapped the plug, and then swapped the other ear. At first, I was hit by this wave of disappointment -- the sound from the CX200 seemed *worse* than the cheap earbuds they replaced. Thinking with dread about how I hate sending things back, I adjusted them in my ears. After a couple seconds, I noticed I was hearing parts of the music I hadn't heard before, both bass and treble. I swapped to the old ones and back again, and confirmed that fit is *everything*. Properly fit to my ears, I'm now happy to say they're the best sounding earphones of any kind that I've tried, short of professional full-size over-the-ear headphones. I've tried several different types and brands of earbuds, and for certain they beat all of those. I expect that a $50 or $100 pair of buds would likely sound better, but I think these do very well for the price.

Concerning passive noise isolation, these buds do a very good job. There is no active electronic noise cancellation here, and I was specifically avoiding that when purchasing them. The isolation is good enough that I think active cancellation is unnecessary, and in fact I find that the isolation may be excessive in some situations. I can't hear my car when I'm driving, I hear the sound of my own breathing pretty loudly when music isn't playing, and when it is I doubt I'd hear my own doorbell ring as I sit here typing this. I feel pretty cut off from my environment with them in my ears. Keep that in mind if you're thinking about buying these or any ear canal type earbud.

44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect For What They Are, September 7, 2010

By 

Santino (USA) - See all my reviews

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You aren't getting the CX200's because you want the ultimate in earbud technology. You are getting them because you want a cheapo pair of ear buds that don't sound too bad, which is exactly what you get with the CX200.

Pros:
Very comfortable
I completely forget they are in my ears. They are in fact, so light and have almost zero feeling in the ear, that it is nearly distracting, since I am not used to such localized music in my ear canal without the feeling of something stuffed into my ear holes.

Reinforced connections:
A lot of ear buds break after tugging the wire over and over to remove them, but these are a bit sturdier, with a shrink wrap tube where the wires meet the ear bud.

Decent sound:
You won't be using these in the sound booth or to mix music on your laptop, but in the garage or datacenter or on the bus, they are good enough. Highs and mids are good.

Cord length:
Not too long. Not too short. I really dislike super long head phone cables, since they cause more trouble than they are worth.


Cons:
Bass response:
Not the best. Not terrible, but not as good as the higher frequencies. Bass is good for electronic music, but acoustic bass drums don't seem to hit very hard.

No case: A little case would have been nice, but then again, I paid less then twenty bucks for these, and I have tons of cases already.



Music I based this review on:

Steely Dan "Gaucho":
* Saxophone a bit shrill, but not bad
* This is a song with famously high dynamic range, and begins to overload the ear buds
* E Piano sounds nice


Steely Dan "Caves of Altamira":
* Horns sound decent
* Toms come in clear
* High hat could be brighter
* Bass and E Piano tend to mush together

The New Deal "Techno Beam":
* For such a busy song, the CX200 did pretty well
* Acoustic bass with drums with electronic everything else all came through ok

Megasoid "Stabshot Riddim":
* Dubstep tracks can be real headphone killers, but the CX200 kept up pretty good with all the humungous and obscene amounts of sub-bass and crunchy 8-but sounds

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good sound. Disappointing lifespan, October 12, 2010

By 

Ben - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

Left earbud died after 2 months of daily gentle use. Up until that happened, the sound quality was really good and they were really comfortable.