Make and model
Sound
Feel
Design & look
Features
Uses
Overall
Panasonic HT-102PY and compatibles
Sound: 7
Blurry, cacophonous mix--but it grows on you. Good bass, unfortunately
ACTUAL
bass, as in basslines, are frequently lost amidst the high-frequency
clutter.
A slush as opposed to a tone, it is unorthodox but fitting for likewise
environments
like the outdoors. Surpringly powerful sound for such a small unit.
Feel: 10
The comfiest headphones I have ever used: lightweight, soft thin pads,
perfect.
Design and look: 6
Sure they LOOK okay, but then everything goes wrong. The earpads fray.
The plastic
in the cord hardens and cracks, revealing bare wires. The ticking adjuster
snaps.
The left channel crackles and makes obscene noised due to faulty connections.
Admittedly, five years of tough use probably spurred this on, but come
on!
Even the logos wore off the two-tones drivers!
Features: 5
Two cords, no unimatch, no nothing. Period. :) Even the frequency range
is
unimpressive. Only high point: good sized 28mm driver units.
Uses: 7
Almost exclusively suited to portable applications, but do a bang-up
job when
employed then.
Price: 7
Lookalike, soundalike models (without that precise number) cost $20
--
distressingly average.
Overall: 6
Useful in portables, and incredibly comfy, but literally fell apart
far too
quickly.