How To Spot A Pair Of Fake Sony MDR-EX90LP: Part 2
August 7th, 2008 | by |Get wise on the price.
The other way to spot a pair of fake Sony MDR-EX90LP earphones from the real things is the same way you’d spot many other fakes from the real thing, and that’s price. Amazon, for example have them on offer for $65.99. Go to ebay and they’re going for peanuts.
The retail on the Sony’s are $99.99, so its good that amazon have them at $65.99. However at the sub $30-40 area on both amazon and ebay, alarm bells have to start ringing in your ears, surely! I can’t think that Sony are that generous, even with stock that is going out of date.
They’re praying on you and your hard earned money!
When it comes to the usual counterfeit suspects, let the price be a warning to you. There are many headphones that you can pick up for around half the price, bu they are headphones that no one copies. The small stuff, popular earphones and headphones like the Sennheiser PX100/200, like the Sennheiser CX300, like the Bose Triport IE earphones and like Sony earphones, these are popular and there are going to be lots of people offering you them at what seems to be a great deal. What you get are second rate, knock offs. And I don’t buy the “they sound better than the original.” comment either. I want you to buy the real thing, ’cause that’s where your money should be going…on the real thing.
One Response to “How To Spot A Pair Of Fake Sony MDR-EX90LP: Part 2”
By austindave on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
I agree that counterfeits abound in everything. I was caught in an early Romanian blizzard and had to buy a “Nike” knockoff jacket for $80US when a “real” one, if available, would have been $50-$55US. As far as MDR-EX90LP’s, I just ordered a 2nd pair from a US discounter for $65 and they appear to match the photos on Sony’s web site. Got the leather carrying case, 3 sets of buds, warranty card, users guide, all look genuine. Here’s the weird thing…the first pair had “L” and “R” silkscreened on the large aluminum round thingie. This pair, nothing. Now I know from being in the electronics industry that cost reductions are king…so maybe this is one of them?