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The headphones that came with your iPod, Sansa Fuze+, or Zune suck. The good news: Your options for replacing them stretch as far as the ear can hear. A good pair of aftermarket headphones will not only reveal musical intricacies in your favorite songs that you’ve never heard before, they’ll look better, feel more comfortable, and quite literally last for decades. What other piece of technology can you say that about? Here are a few of our favorite headphones from Sennheiser, Klipsch, Monster, and more.
Full Size/Portable Headphones
Phiaton MS 400Digital Trends Rating: 8.5
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The MS 400 use a studio-grade 40mm driver that is tightly enclosed within rather modestly sized ear cups. The outside of the ear-cup enclosure is sealed with a layer of carbon fiber, then coated with a clear, resilient polycarbonate plastic that allows onlookers to see the sleek carbon fiber accents whilst simultaneously protecting them from damage during storage and transport. The inside of the ear-cups is lined with an extremely soft, black faux leather that covers just enough foam to allow a comfortable fit and seal over the ear. The adjustable headband is similarly padded and lined with black, leather-like material.
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The AH-D1100’s utilize a fairly large, 50mm driver that is angled back, just slightly, toward the ear from within the ear-cup. The inside of the ear-cup is moderately padded and lined with an ultra soft leather-like material. The outside of the ear-cup is comprised of a machined aluminum alloy bonded to a resin compound that assists in acoustical dampening and sound isolation. To facilitate a comfortable fit, the ear-cups are suspended to allow some generous vertical pivot. Adding to the D1100’s comfort-quotient is the amply padded headband that echoes the use of compliant foam and faux leather found on the ear-cups.
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The ATH-A700’s utilize a large 53mm driver that is angled back toward the ear from within the ear-cup. The inside of the ear-cup is heavily padded, and lined with a leather-like material, instead of the coarse velvet that lines the AD700 ear pads. The cloth-covered cord, which leads off of the left side earphone, stretches an impressive 10 feet and is terminated with a 1/8-inch mini plug. Here, Audio-Technica has employed a more commonplace 1/8-inch jack and ¼-inch adapter, rather than the threaded type found on the AD700. As a result, we had no problems fully inserting the native connector into our iPhone, iPod Touch or headphone amplifier.
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The HFI-2400 headphones are packing a few proprietary designs that are worth noting: Ultrasone’s patented S-Logic Natural Surround Sound doesn’t rely on complicated digital processing or any other electronic wizardry to achieve a surround sound effect. Instead, Ultrasone uses “decentralized driver positioning” to achieve a natural surround feel. The idea is that by directing sound at several parts of your ear (not just dead center) what you hear will seem to come from all around your head and not just in your head. We took off the easily removable ear pads to have a look at the drivers. Indeed, rather than place the drivers in the center of the earphone, Ultrasone has positioned them at the 5:00 position. This decentralized driver positioning means that the user must put the headphones on correctly. When reversed, there is a noticeable and unflattering change in the upper midrange and treble response.
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The Shure 750DJ headphones are clearly built to be durable under extreme conditions. The headband is particularly wide and extremely flexible, though quick to bounce back into form when relieved of stress. The two hinged joints on each side of the headphones move freely and are overbuilt to endure excessive strain. These joints allow 90 degrees of pivot for easy placement on one ear while also allowing the earcups to rotate 180 degrees for even easier manipulation.
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As with all of the other Jays headphones we have reviewed, the a-Jays Four stand out in a crowded market. The flat cable and minimalistic controls really help give the a-Jays Four that high-end look, almost like they were created by the famous Porsche Design firm. The other difference is that they stay true to the audio enthusiast. Sure, there are other headphones out there with radical designs (the Monster Beats line comes to mind), but when it comes down to pure audio quality, the rest fall short.
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Via: DigitalTrends.com
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