Make and model
Sound
Feel
Design & look
Features
Uses
Overall
Sound: 8
Good unit, with strong, pummelling bass countered by a chirpy tweeter.
All worked
out with the oversize driver running the show. Unfortunately it is
unsettlingly
tinny at times, and lends itself to "user understanding": erego, getting
used to
the unit's shortcomings in favor of its advantages.
Feel: 7
Its large size and VERY comfy dugout earpieces are counter-attacked
by the
"compression" phenomenon--it simply is not very comfortable to wear
for
extended periods. Gortex earpads prevent it from getting too hot inside
though--
a great benefit.
Design and look: 9
Superbly made, strong but light, and doesn't feel over-weighted anywhere.
Good
looking set to a point, but seems a bit larger than it is from the
outside.
Don't try to wear this one in public, though, as it is in fact a monitor
head-
phone in disguise and outside noises are simply not audible from within
the
enclosure.
Features: 8
Huge oversize 40mm driver unit made me adapt this into the Home Listening
Hall
Of Fame, but its lack of unicord is a sad frivolity. The cord does
distinguish
itself by going on FOREVER--no extensions here (10').
Uses: 7
Perfect for home, decidedly not so for on the road, but then you wouldn't
buy
it for that. Computer output is as to be expected from a unit of this
size.
Price: 8
Nothing special. The $60 tag is actually a little less than it should
be--call
it a "discount SD unit" if you will.
Overall: 8
Good for home use, after its shortcomings are ignored.