[mmorby]

My wife wants some over the ear cans for home listening. She works for an Apple reseller and gets Skullcandy stuff at half off, so she could snag some Aviators for $75ish. I recently picked up some HD-280 Pros for home listening and isolation for playing my Roland TD8 drums (I scored the HD-280s for $40 new in box listed in the local classifieds!). She likes the Sennheisers, except for the fit being too tight for her, causing discomfort over extended listening periods... and I think she thinks the Sennheisers are ugly 

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IMHO, nothing Skullcandy has is worth $150, but would $75 be worth jumping on, or should I look for something else better in the $75 price range? Aesthetics are important to her, which is a big reason why she was drawn to the Aviators.

 

[KuKuBuKu]

well, what music does she listen too? will she use them for anything else?

 

[classakg]

Take a look at the Creative aurvana live, they look good (imo)...and under $75. 

 

[mmorby]

She would pretty much be using them while working from home in the evenings. Come to think of it, I'm sure she would take them to work too, since she listens to a lot of music there. She would be listening through either the computer or her ipod, or possibly vinyl through our old pioneer belt drive / kenwood receiver. She listens mainly to newer underground indie stuff, especially some noisier "headphone" artists like Animal Collective, Tame Impala, Here We Go Magic, Beach House, Deerhunter, etc. She also listens to older rock (she's a Beatles fiend), and a little hip hop. She's definitely an "indie" girl to a T.
 
I get the feeling she won't really like the Creatives, but I'll show them to her.
 
Are the Aviators not worth even $75?

 

[pumpk1n]

tell her to get over the pain! skullcandy? pfft.

 

[SoSpecial]

If she only wants them for the looks then ask her are the looks alone worth $75, and also I bet they sound fine skullcandies aren't as bad as people make them out to be.

 

[nierika]

Maybe...if they were sunglasses.

 

[rhythmdevils]

The Aviators don't sound completely offensive, at least from my 2 minute audition at an apple store.  But there's certainly better for that money.  But if it's jewelery, then it's in the eye of the beholder. 
 
Show her these:
 
Creative Aurvana live
Denon D1001
used athM50
used Audio Technica ESW9
 
There must be other good looking phones out there.  But I bet she would love the Audio Technica woodies, and they are on-ear so they would probably be good with glasses?

 

[earthpeople]

Also worth considering are the Audio Technica ES7s. They look nice, sound enjoyable for most genres IMO, and should be somewhere close in that price range.

Haven't heard the Aviators though, so I can't make any comparisons.

 

[JacobTerrado]

How about the Klipsch headphone?
I remember listening to them in Apple and they were not bad. They're also noise cancelling, i believe (Not sure though)

 

[classakg]

I was also thinking about the Sennheiser PX 100's. 

 

[SoSpecial]

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How about the Klipsch headphone?
I remember listening to them in Apple and they were not bad. They're also noise cancelling, i believe (Not sure though)

Kilpsch Image One?
 
I think someone said they were okay, they work good with iphones though, that's something that Kilpsch is good about.

 

[nugget275]

I personally would love to be able to snag a set of Aviators for $75. From what I've read they're actually good (surprising from Skullcandy). If she decides she doesn't like them for some reason she could always just put them on eBay and even make a couple bucks.
 
P.S. Get me a pair too    lol

 

[HeadphoneOutput]

They look pretty nice imo and $75 isn't that expensive, but there are other things I would rather spend that money on, since they're not really what I'm looking for to add to my headphone collection. 

 

[WhiteCrow]

HAVE HER GET THE SHURES THA APPLE STORES SELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!