I bought 4 pairs of these guys at $16 a pop for the kids to play games/movies while traveling. So, portability, inexpensiveness, and isolation were mostly the point. These nail those pretty well at that price.
As noted the way the ear cups fold into the headband is pretty cool. They are lightweight and less susceptible to breakage than my nicer cans.
I'd compare to soundstage to listening to a miniature performing group (beetle-sized, say) in a humid broom closet. The midtones are very muddled, but the bass sometimes surprises. It may be muddled also, but it's kinda there. So, the frequency response does come across to my ears as fairly "balanced". Just equally fuzzy.
They do shine a bit on Vivaldi's flute concertos. The single flute really comes out. At that frequency I hear the mushiness, but it doesn't bother me as much.
Best for smaller ears -- I have to stuff my ear in the cups and I can feel it touching around 50% of my ear perimeter.
As noted the way the ear cups fold into the headband is pretty cool. They are lightweight and less susceptible to breakage than my nicer cans.
I'd compare to soundstage to listening to a miniature performing group (beetle-sized, say) in a humid broom closet. The midtones are very muddled, but the bass sometimes surprises. It may be muddled also, but it's kinda there. So, the frequency response does come across to my ears as fairly "balanced". Just equally fuzzy.
They do shine a bit on Vivaldi's flute concertos. The single flute really comes out. At that frequency I hear the mushiness, but it doesn't bother me as much.
Best for smaller ears -- I have to stuff my ear in the cups and I can feel it touching around 50% of my ear perimeter.
