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The Overall sound quality is nice for a 50 dollar pair of headphones, though, it does have a fairly aggressive V curve that I fixed with an eq. The head strap is very nice but the ear cups could be better.
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Would buy it again; has stopped using it.
Owned over 2 years.
Semi-open appears on 8% of the 65 studio & professional headphones we've cataloged (of 69).
below average for studio & professional headphones — based on 55 of 69 we've cataloged.
Wired-3.5mm is the most common — on 93% of the 67 studio & professional headphones we've cataloged (of 69).
below average for studio & professional headphones — based on 57 of 69 we've cataloged.
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Would buy againThe Overall sound quality is nice for a 50 dollar pair of headphones, though, it does have a fairly aggressive V curve that I fixed with an eq. The head strap is very nice but the ear cups could be better.
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