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Koss PortaPro Headphones

With so many funky headphone designs flooding the market right now, it's getting harder and harder to choose which one to buy. Instead of showing you the latest snazzy set of cans, we're taking you back in time to showcase the Koss PortaPros. These headphones are the ultimate in retro...

Tags: earcup, Koss PortaPros, headphone, Koss

Product reviews 2008-04-22

Turtle Beach Ear Force AK-R8

Plenty of PC headphones and audio cards offer a "headphone surround-sound" mode, but it's often little more than a sophisticated reverb mode that uses psychoacoustics to trick the mind into thinking it's hearing something beyond a stereo (2-channel) source. That's why the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA headphones were so...

Tags: Ear Force AK-R8, headphone, Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA, PC, AASRM, earcup, USB

Product reviews 2007-11-01

Koss Tugo

Headphones with an MP3 player built in aren't a new concept by any means, but they've failed to gain much ground in the market. It's a bit of a shame, really, as this form factor allows users to do away with wires, but most models have failed to provide adequate...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Koss Tugo, Koss

Product reviews 2007-08-14

Sony MDR D777LP Altus - headphones

When Sony introduced its Altus MDR-777LP headphones, the company touted the "80KHz frequency response" along with a couple of other unique features. First off, that number doesn't mean a single thing without some sort of qualifier like "plus or minus N decibels." But marketing speak aside, the Altus is a...

Tags: Sony Corp., headphone, Altus MDR-777LP, TriPort

Product reviews 2007-03-23

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Sennheiser HD 600

When Steve Guttenberg reviewed the Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, he rightfully called them "fit for a king"--while noting that they retail for a correspondingly princely sum of $500. Thankfully, the HD 650s aren't the only model in Sennheiser's high-end audiophile line. The Sennheiser HD 600s can be bought at a...

Tags: Sennheiser, headphone

Product reviews 2008-05-13

Sony MDR-NC500D Digital Noise Canceling Headphones

Sony is certainly no stranger to the headphone market. The company's portable line may very well be the most popular aftermarket earphones. It has quite an array of full-size "cans" as well as a decent selection of noise-canceling models. The latest high-end set to hit virtual retail shelves combines the...

Tags: cup, headphone, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-16

Acoustic Research AWD510 Wireless Headphones

"Wireless headphones" can mean different things to different people. Many envision Bluetooth portables--either the one-ear cell phone headsets or lightweight stereo models designed for on the go use. But there's also a large market for wireless home headphones, those larger models that are designed to be used around the house...

Tags: Consumer electronics, headphone, Acoustic Research AWD510s

Product reviews 2008-03-26

iTouchless Pure-Ear active noise-canceling headphones

Active noise-canceling headphones can be a sanity saver in noisy planes, trains, or offices, but their high price has kept them out of reach for many of us. The iTouchless Pure-Ear active noise-canceling headphones ($129) offer an affordable active noise-canceling headphone option for those seeking sonic refuge on a budget.Cosmetically,...

Tags: headphone, iTouchless Pure-Ear, iTouchless Pure-Ear headphone

Product reviews 2008-03-20

Denon AH-D2000 - headphones

With earbuds practically taking over the popular private listening landscape, I can't help but wonder how many people consider over-the-ear headphones anymore. While I love my earbuds, especially while wandering around New York City and riding the subway to work, over-the-ear 'phones provide a visceral listening experience that earbuds can't...

Tags: headphone, Denon

Product reviews 2008-03-19

LTB Q-BASS Wireless Headphones

When it comes to wireless headphones, there's Bluetooth, and then there's everything else. The LTB Q-Bass wireless headphones ($149) fall into the latter category, giving it some advantages and disadvantages compared with the competition. On the upside, the LTB Q-Bass headphones offer superior audio quality compared with the A2DP Bluetooth...

Tags: Wi-Fi, wireless, battery, LTB Q-Bass, headphone

Product reviews 2008-02-14

Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Headphones

The latest export from Audio-Technica are the ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint headphones. They are a noise-canceling headphone set with comfortable earpads, and a detachable cable. Although they suffer from a few sound issues and can't really be used without the noise-cancellation feature, these headphones are a reasonable choice for frequent-fliers looking for...

Tags: Bass response, headband, headphone, Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Headphones, ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint headphone, ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint

Product reviews 2008-02-08

JVC HA-S900 High Grade Lightweight Headphones

For those earbud-phobic users who favor portability over features such as active noise-cancellation, there's the category of headphones that includes over-the-ear speakers and compact form designs. Within that, we have JVC's line of Lightweight headphones, which is topped by the aptly-coined "high grade" HA-S900. These $130 'phones offer a good...

Tags: headphone, JVC, headband

Product reviews 2008-01-29

Creative Aurvana X-Fi headphones

There's no shortage of noise-canceling headphones on the market, but only one pair features Creative's sound-enhancing X-Fi technology: the Creative Aurvana X-Fi headphones. These headphones offer good sound quality and a comfortable fit, but it'll cost you--about $300, to be exact. The Aurvana X-Fi's design is somewhat counterintuitive, in that...

Tags: headphone, Aurvana X-Fi

Product reviews 2007-09-14

Ultrasone HFI-700

Editor's note: Aside from a slight change in color, Ultrasone's HFI-700 headphones are identical to the U.S. version of the company's highly rated HFI-650 headphones now discontinued in the United States. The name was changed so that the product would be named consistently between the U.S. and European markets. The...

Tags: headphone, HFI-650s, Ultrasone HFI-650, Ultrasone HFI-700, S-Logic

Product reviews 2007-04-05

Clear Harmony

Able Planet's Clear Harmony active noise-canceling headphones aim to compete with the well-known and expensive Bose Quiet Comfort series. The Clear Harmony headphones improve upon some of the design flaws of the Quiet Comfort such as the inability to listen to music after the batteries have died, but the product...

Tags: Noise Cancellation, headphone, Clear, Bose, Bose Quiet Comfort

Product reviews 2007-03-29

Logitech Noise Canceling Headphones

Logitech has an extensive line of cell phone and gaming headsets, but the company has made a few rare departures into the world of portable audio headphones with products such as the Curve Headphones and the Wireless Headphones for MP3. Another such product is the $150 Noise Cancelling Headphones, a...

Tags: headphone, Logitech

Product reviews 2006-08-04

Turtle Beach Ear Force X2

Turtle Beach offers a series of wired Ear Force surround-sound gaming headphones that includes the X-51 and the HPA for PCs, as well as the AXT for the Xbox 360 and the original Xbox. Now the company is also selling a set of wireless stereo headphones, the Turtle Beach Ear...

Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, headphone, game, base station, Turtle Beach, Xbox 360

Product reviews 2006-06-02

AKG K 601

Audiophiles are scooping up AKG's high-end headphones, the K 701s ($400), as fast as the company can make them. Quantities are so scarce that we had to "settle" for samples of the step-down version, the $300 AKG K 601, to review. We couldn't wait to audition them to see if...

Tags: K 601s, headphone, AKG K 601

Product reviews 2006-04-06