Kicker HP541, budget performer
Pros: Price, Mids, Bass, Smooth treble, Light, Swivel 90* with backplate OUT, detachable cords, Competes with more expensive headphones
Cons: Materials are all plastic, pads are a a budget vinyl, there is a $20 knock off of the same headphone
Kicker HP541 the budget performer *Note, this review also applies to the Monoprice MHP-839 which is a rebrand of the same headphone. So I have both reviews with the non-model-specific info simply copy & pasted. Same headphone! A couple of us here on Head-Fi were looking for some budget performers that could compete with higher end headphones that are constantly being suggested to new people who have never owned a pair of good headphones (that they know of). And we all know the problems associated with "flavor of the month" stuff. I will specifically be referring to the Audio-Technica M50 for the most part because that's the headphone that the HP541 and MHP-839 directly...
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