I own several headsets and earphone buds. I've used the iPhone buds for the phone. As you know, they're nice and light and work well for phone conversations, but aren't really made for listening to music. Their sound is tinny. It's a tradeoff between size and sound. So I wanted some serious music headphones. Since these have a cool name, and a cool look, I thought despite the price, I'd give them a go.
I own other noise-cancelling headphones that work pretty well. They don't squeeze your head. They're not stylish, and the main drawback with them is they use a AAA battery and don't auto-shutoff. So if (and when) you forget to turn off the noise-cancelling switch, the next time you go to use them, the battery is dead, which pretty much nullifies their noise-cancelling abilities. They're also old enough to NOT have a switch for answering the phone, if you're plugged into your portable phone.
So - these DON'T have a battery and achieve noise-cancelling the old-fashioned way - with a tight fit and deeply cushioned earpieces. They are tight, and could use a user-adjustable piece on the TOP of the headphone to control the width of the headphones. I don't know why they didn't do this - it might solve a lot of people's fit problems easily.
The sound from the headphones is really very good - Bass galore and pretty nice midrange and highs. It has a built-in button on the cord for answering your phone (which my other battery-operated ones don't have).
They do squeeze my head pretty hard. When I went to try and bend them outwards a bit to ease the pressure, I thought I would break them if I pushed any harder on the top - don't do this! You might break the plastic. I WAS able to bend the metal pieces that are just above the earphones on each side just a little bit and that eased the pressure up to make a better, less painful fit. But be careful doing this too. They are tough to keep on for a long time, but for regular listening (like for an album/CD-length amount of time) it's not a problem for me. Take a 5 minute break and you can get right back to it.
Bottom line is these sound great, the headphones just need a bit more adjustment features and it would be perfect. The sound is as good as the big BOSE "earmuffs" (which are super-comfortable and sound great but are bulky and make you look like you're heading for the Antarctic).
While I would NOT buy another pair of this model, I would definitely consider buying the next generation of these if they add a bit more adjust-a-bility to them, because they DO sound that good and aren't that bulky, and do look pretty darn cool.
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The discrption for this product read NEW. However, when I received the head set they had a set of initials carved into the L side and a full first name carved into the R side right below the metal bracket and the intention portion of the head set on the interior. Additionally, this set squecks and creeks making it blatantly obvious that the product was in fact NOT NEW. LET DOWN-DISAPOINTMENT!
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