[ytisawfulnow]

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No offense, but if you feel the low-riders sound good then perhaps Mr. Rythmdevils is right.  If you're serious about this hobby, then Skullcandy is one of the LAST brands you should be looking at.

I'm not considering purchasing Skullcandy headphones, already made that mistake once. Thinking of getting the ATH M50s...
 

 

[n-phect]

ive heard the aviators , they sound pretty good.  

 

[ytisawfulnow]

Yeah, where i live they cost about $250 which is far too much considering the sound quality they provide... From what i've heard.

 

[killeraxemannic]

You can try the aviators at some best buys. They sound terrible honestly. They are sitting next to some of the beats pro's for testing and there is no comparison

 

[n-phect]

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Yeah, where i live they cost about $250 which is far too much considering the sound quality they provide... From what i've heard.

250 OH HELL NO
 
100 dollar headphone.

 

[LizardKing1]

If your title is a serious question and not just retorical bashing, I'd like to say the SK Pro sound pretty good, probably one of the only skullcandy models that is worth its price.

 

[technologiq]

Just went through 2 pairs of Aviators.  The sound quality is ok, they are definitely light on bass.   The build quality however is terrible.  When 2 pairs of headphones fail within a week, no amount of dollars can justify their purchase.

 

[ytisawfulnow]

This is a serious title, but i dislike Skullcandy and are not considering purchasing any.

 

[jerg]

Skullcandies are precision-engineered to have a mean-time-before-failure period of 3 months 2 hours and 21 minutes, this is a calculated chronological interval with which they can extract maximum profit from kids and the misinformed and the (un)fashionable, with minimal complaint.

 

[MetaLicca]

Skullcandy are terrible. I've gone through at least 5 pairs of the earbuds, a pair of Lowriders, and a pair of Hesh, back when I thought Skullcandy was the epiphone of cool headphones. A friend of mine literally broke his Lowriders taking them off his head. The sound quality on the Lowriders is atrocious as well. They could handle very little, and weren't comfortable at all. 

 

[bcasey25raptor]

i found the durability on the smokin buds to be the worst. if you move the cable at the jack at all they will break.

 

[LizardKing1]

Exaggeration: a simple way to make people stop believing what was once something plausible.

 

[Tyll Hertsens]

Generally, Skullcandys suck.  I found the Aviators quite good.
 
They're making changes there, I think it will show up as quality improvements over the next year.  They know they have a build quality problem and are seriously addressing the issue, from what I can tell.  They've taken all their design work in house and are enforcing much better controls.  Their Mix Master Mikes have been delayed about 6 months now because they found some quality issues in the headband and are fixing it before release.
 

Exaggeration: a simple way to make people stop believing what was once something plausible.

 
^^^This.  Just because you can attach a strong adjectives to words doesn't make it true. 

 

[technologiq]

Skullcandy's problems run deeper than quality control.  Looking at their own forums it looks like they have abandoned ship in terms of support and RMA's.

 

[staxxx]

good pair of Skullcandy headphones

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