What headphone would you get based purely on looks?

[Death_Block]

Kidding! Blech!

You sir, have good taste.
To ad to them, the Sendy Peacock.

 

[Kukuk]

Kidding! Blech!

I unironically love the look of the beige Porta Pro, and in fact own a pair myself! I do admit, though, it's not for everyone.

 

[Alcophone]

I unironically love the look of the beige Porta Pro, and in fact own a pair myself! I do admit, though, it's not for everyone.

It's fascinating that the Porta Pro have such a following. Otherwise I wouldn't have known about them. I only saw the beige version when looking for a picture for this thread, and thought "Oh yeah, that's even worse".

To me, they scream "cheap" from the roof top. If anything I admire that they are not trying to hide that. But when I grew up, I had a cheap Aiwa headset that nevertheless had a slick form that I admired. Something like this seemed attractive to me at the time:



To each their own, though. There's also the factor of how it looks on your head. I'm not pretty enough for the Meze 99 Classics, for instance.

 

[Steven31]

There where 3 headphones I did buy in the past, that I did not buy because of their looks but because of their sound quality. However, I would totally buy them again, just for their looks.
The Fostex TH-X00 Purpleheart, the Denon AH-D5000 and the Pioneer SE-A1000.

 

[Mink]

Sivga SV021. Oh wait, I own these already

If only they were much cheaper:
Onkyo SN-1

 

[dstarr3]

Empyrean in copper, easy

 

[Alcophone]

If only they were much cheaper:
Onkyo SN-1

Cozy!

 

[Idiosyncrat]

Meze 99 Classic. They still look like headphones (design is not too crazy) but they just have an elegant and classic look.

 

[qboogie]

Meze empyrean original gunmetal.
The uniquely gorgeous verite open that @Tsunzo is selling right now

 

[askeladden]

I have a softspot for these type of retro style headphones. I actually have a pair which i found at a thrift store. They are very uncomfortable and new pads does not solve that issue, but they sound decent and look really cool. If i were an older lad that was windowshopping in the 80s when these were available i would probably chosen them based on looks alone.

 

[gruedude]

I've always thought these little ear-toasters looked cool...

 

[Uguccione]

Denon D5000/7000 mod. Lawton.

 

[Uguccione]

...and maybe I will!

 

[Tsunzo]

Meze empyrean original gunmetal.
The uniquely gorgeous verite open that @Tsunzo is selling right now

Thanks for the tag

 

[Alcophone]

I've always thought these little ear-toasters looked cool...

Getting AR-H1 vibes here.