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Summary: Great for the price, but pay a bit more to get a lot more
Review: These headphones were purchased at a large retailer for a reasonable price for my computer listening pleasure. Over the past year or two I've had them, their use has expaned to computer listening, minidisc listening, live mixing/recording...etc. They have gone almost everywhere with me. I use them, I would say, an average of 4 hours per day. The only wear is a bunch of scuffs on the outside. For the price, these are very goood headphones, but these things are big. Not like heavy big, but like big coffee cans over your ears. When someone comes into the same room and talks, you can't hear them if you have music playing at a normal volume. The bass coming from the 38mm drivers is not of the clearest quality, but exists. You can't get that out of your typical headphones from this price range. The highs need a little work on the eq, but are okay.
One additional thing: what the heck do they put the worthless mute button there for? You hit that and it mutes the audio, but still need to remove the 'phones to hear someone speak clearly...oh wellAll in all, pay a bit more money and get some good Sonys or something. If you are really cheep, or want an inexpensive backup pair...go for it!
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Summary: BOSS!
Review: These headphones... are -totally- BOSS. Decent bass, nice overall sound, good design, fair price. It's hard to describe just how they sound, but it's... full. It's really good. Totally boss.
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Summary: Mabye I just got a bad pair...
Review: They are pretty good for the price. Very good at drowning out background noise and fit very comfortably. The only major drawback was that the sound seemed to be louder in the left speaker. This was very annoying however I am pretty sure I just purchased a bad pair. Other than that they do get a little hot after extended use. Overall not a bad pair of headphones for the price, but I will be returning mine and probably upgrading to a high-priced headphone due to the unequal volume problem.
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Summary: Good buy, but bulky.
Review: They're [inexpensive] big headphones. There's nothing remarkable about them, they're much better than say, most ear-buds, or your generic (...) headphones that come with a CD player, but they're not great. I use them on my computer, as my studio monitors are put to much better use. They're too bulky to really be used for anything outside the home, and not worth using in a studio. The sound itself is almost shallow, lacking especially in the midrange. But, for the price, a nice buy.
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Summary: Terrific for home listening - at a great price
Review: This is the best pair of headphones you can lay your hands on. The insulation from ambient noise is excellent(it shuts out your dishwasher, and other sounds of domestic appliances); the spatial resolution of the sound is excellent - I listened to a string quartet the other day, and could easily pinpoint the instruments. Your ears do get warm due to the closed ear design, but the listening pleasure makes up for it. Great for the discerning, non-professional listener....particularly for classical music.
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Summary: Great headphones.... a little TOO great.
Review: This refers to the HP-X223 version of the headphones. I needed headphones for my PC because I live in a dorm and dont want to bother my roommate with my Digital Audio projects and such. I bought these because of thier impressive 5-25,000 hz frequency response. These headphones are great. They provide a "true to source" reproduction of the sound. That means that all the flaws of MP3s can be heard through these headphones. It also means that these headphones wont boost bass or cut treble, you will have to do that yourself with your source EQ. Not a problem with me. What did bother me was the amount of interference I heard from the headphones. My desktop computer is all crammed on my small desk. These headphones are SO GOOD at a wide range of frequencies that it was picking up frequencies within the computer and monitor. I could hear my mouse cursor move across the screen, for example. It was a light fuzzy noise, not a big deal when listening to loud music, but when the audio is off or I was working with editing audio, it became annoying. I plugged these headphones to the rear audio jack of my sound card, and the interference was less, but that is where i plug in my speakers and I didnt want to have to change the plugs out every time I wanted to switch between speakers and headphones. So the moral of the story is, these headphones are GREAT if you have a high end, high quality sound coming into them from a high quality source with minimal interference. Comfort wise, I have a huge head and these headphones were comfortable, they are huge. I returned them and will probably get a model with less frequency response and an in-line volume control, which is helpful for computers you dont have to keep changing your system volume every time you want the headphone volume to change.
Rating:
Summary: Great headphones.... a little TOO great.
Review: This refers to the HP-X223 version of the headphones. I needed headphones for my PC because I live in a dorm and dont want to bother my roommate with my Digital Audio projects and such. I bought these because of thier impressive 5-25,000 hz frequency response. These headphones are great. They provide a "true to source" reproduction of the sound. That means that all the flaws of MP3s can be heard through these headphones. It also means that these headphones wont boost bass or cut treble, you will have to do that yourself with your source EQ. Not a problem with me. What did bother me was the amount of interference I heard from the headphones. My desktop computer is all crammed on my small desk. These headphones are SO GOOD at a wide range of frequencies that it was picking up frequencies within the computer and monitor. I could hear my mouse cursor move across the screen, for example. It was a light fuzzy noise, not a big deal when listening to loud music, but when the audio is off or I was working with editing audio, it became annoying. I plugged these headphones to the rear audio jack of my sound card, and the interference was less, but that is where i plug in my speakers and I didnt want to have to change the plugs out every time I wanted to switch between speakers and headphones. So the moral of the story is, these headphones are GREAT if you have a high end, high quality sound coming into them from a high quality source with minimal interference. Comfort wise, I have a huge head and these headphones were comfortable, they are huge. I returned them and will probably get a model with less frequency response and an in-line volume control, which is helpful for computers you dont have to keep changing your system volume every time you want the headphone volume to change.
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Summary: Adequate Value
Review: Whenever I can't resist the price on an item, said item turns out to be okay at best and these headphones are no exception. Acceptable sound quality, but pretty weak on the bass. Mute button, located on rear of left cup, has to be held down to effect mute rather than acting as a locked control. No volume adjustment control, which is something I've had available on even cheaper headphones. Bottom line: You get what you pay for. Will instantly become my backup pair when I take the time to research and purchase a better quality set.
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