Hello, has anyone heard the Major II's? I quite like the design when I saw in a store, but I didn't have the time to try them. So, how does it fare relative to the price? (~$90)

This might be slight necroing, but nobody seems to have written something about them yet and I have them on my head right now. My impression is that they are very decent for the asking price (~90$ here). They are fairly clear, feature a somewhat (not excessively) overblown bass that manages to sound quite nice and are decently comfortable. They appear to be quite durable, too, and this coupled with the sound characteristics makes them decent smartphone cans that can survive being tossed around. Interestingly, despite Marshall being a guitar amp manufacturer, they seem to work best for Industrial / EBM style music, although they are fairly good with metal as well.
 
I spent some time trying various cheap-ish headphones at a local electronics retailer and they clearly stood out in the sea of crap that can be had below $100. Hope this helps

firun said:

  Interestingly, despite Marshall being a guitar amp manufacturer, they seem to work best for Industrial / EBM style music, although they are fairly good with metal as well.

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That's most likely because Zound Industries (Urbanears/Coloud/Molami etc) is the company behind Marshall headphones and speakers. They've got that kind of EDM-centric signature sound throughout their range of brands.
 
Typically every Marshall headphone has an Urbanears counterpart, but features either better tuning or better drivers. In my mind they also emphasize the guitar reverb? a little with Marshall.
 
Both Major and Major II would be solid, not-bad picks for $90, their design and features are solid for mobile use and the sound is fine for current pop music. I've just never been able to say yes to them, because they're at least $130 for me, and I'm really not an EDM person.

heatofamatch said:

   
Typically every Marshall headphone has an Urbanears counterpart, but features either better tuning or better drivers. In my mind they also emphasize the guitar reverb? a little with Marshall.

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In retrospective it's clear because of the design similarity. However, the Urbanears counterpart sounded horrible to me. Bass was way overblown and everything sounded muddy and muffled. Seems as IF you want to buy one of the various models choose the Marhsall variant.
 
As far as I can tell the Marshall influence mostly represents itself in the mids, which are much more present and clearer than on many, if not most rivals in their price class. This, of course, is where the guitars are most prominent.

Was it the Plattan ADV you heard? I believe that's the proper counterpart to the Major II.
 
The best-sounding Urbanears product for me - the one I'd actually pay money for - is the Bagis, which has never had a Marshall version.

Actually, I can't remember. I was so put off by their sound that I immediately put them back and moved on.