Make and model
Sound
Feel
Design & look
Features
Uses
Overall
Sound: 8
The ghost of Aiwas past. Great overall, with the same expectedly throttling
Sony preciseness on a treble level, and good mid- and bass- range for
such a
small unit. Good size drivers power it, and its only drawback is its
tendecy
to sound best at quite high volumes. Far superior to the 201V, despite
the price
difference!
Feel: 8
Comfy set, good construction, and a deceptively small and sqaut design
lending
itself to the shape of the human head. Only drawback: those coarse
Sony earpads.
So light they are easy to forget about when they are worn!
Design and look: 9
Lovely, sleek-looking set, very well designed with no moving parts
to jostle
unlike virtually all the other models mentioned here. Deceptively compact
in
appearance, and therefore a solidly built model as well. Interesting
(if
enigmatic) sunken-earpad design too. Odd-looking speaker unit however.
Features: 7
Unexpectedly large driver (30mm) for a headphone of this price; aside
from that,
nothing special (no unimatch/unicord, etc.). Cord length is great (1m),
in the
portable vein only :)
Uses: 8
Great for portables, and can hold its own with the biggies at home
too, I was
rather surprised to find out, due to its preciseness. Same goes for
on the PC.
Price: 10
$15, and worth every penny.
Overall: 8
Superb output from an inexpensive model, more than making up for the
awful
201V misadventures.