Sennheiser HD 202 Dynamic Headphones
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Customer Review: Great Product for the Price Offered
Summary: 5 Stars
I just purchased the Sennheiser 595's for gaming purposes and pared with an X-FI soundcard they are phenomenal. However I would never travel with those. So I picked up a pair of HD202s.
PROS:
Price: the price for these headphones is astounding considering the sound that they provide.
Sound Quality: these headphones really outperform themselves. The sound quality is great for the price, the mids and highs are good. Bass is good but not overly strong. They are semi-sound blocking.
Durability: Not sure yet, I've only had them for a few days now. The band feels weak, but the foam feels good.
Comfort: Its great, I have a huge head and they fit nicely. Cord is VERY long.
CONS:
They feel a little cheap. Not as tough as I'd like, luckily I usually take very good care of my stuff so hopefully they'll last.
Cord length? Is this really a con?
I'm using these to travel with, I don't fly so I take the train. I use them for my Ipod and laptop. They cut out most background noise quite well, the sound is great. They don't need power to drive them so they work well with MP3 players. Cord is very long but luckily they include a belt clip for that. These headphones cover my ears, but not like the HD595s do, these just sit right on your ears. It sounds uncomfortable but its actually not. The faux-leather is quite comfortable and doesn't cause too much heaton your head either.
For the price these headphones are perfect, the sound is top-notch, the cord is long and they are quite comfortable. However they do feel a little cheap in build quality. If you have kids I'm pretty sure they won't hold up. All in all these headphones are worth buying, even if your just trying them out.
Jason
Customer Review: Unbeatable for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
After having my old pair of Sony headphones stolen, I was looking for a relatively cheap pair with as good sound quality as I could find. Finding the great reviews for this pair, I went for them, and haven't been disappointed.
Comfort:
This is unfortunately the weakest part of these headphones: I have big ears, so they don't fit all the way over my ears and squish them a bit. That said, the padding is extremely comfortable and I only start having actual discomfort wearing these after a couple hours, and after taking them off for a minute or so I'm fine. If you have small ears, these would be awesome, if you have big ears, they're not too bad.
Convenience:
They're quite large, so you'll probably be using them mostly indoors. They're secure enough on the head to stay on while walking, though. They also come with a sort of spool to wrap the (quite long) cord around: it's very convenient but also surprisingly large and heavy. It has a clip on the back to attach to your clothing. Still, it's better than having all that cord getting crushed under the wheels of your chair, and I've wished for a device like that for my other headphones.
Sound:
The best part. I bought a $50 pair of earbud headphones that were supposed to have pretty good sound, but these are even better for half the price. Their frequency range is amazing (one of my songs apparently has a high-pitched tone at the beginning that the producer must not have noticed!) and unlike other headphones I have used, these don't amplify certain ranges: bass, midrange, and treble seem to be weighted equally. So you don't get really booming bass (without an equalizer) but you hear the whole song as it was meant to be heard. These are no audiophile headphones, I'm sure, but for such a cheap price they're a steal.
Customer Review: Decent cans
Summary: 4 Stars
Amazon took almost 10 days to deliver me these cans (and that sucks, but oh well... can't complain too much)
Now for the cans. I'll talk first about the comfort and design. While I dont find them too obtrusive, they aren't the most comfortable and fit cans you'll find. Since they are closed cans, they seem to press in a little. It's not that bad, except for the fact that it builds up a lot of heat and makes my ears sweat. Overall, it's not as uncomfortable as some have claimed, but it's also not as super comfortable as other haves said. It's just "bearable."
Now for the sound. I'm not an audiophile, but I think these headphones are well worth the $20 I spent on them. You'll notice a significant difference with these headphones (over your cheap stock ones that come with cd players). The music is much clearer, and when you reach a high volume, the music doesn't get as distorted. For some songs, the base seems to be a bit overemphasized, and it feels a wee bit hollow (but this could be because I've only left them on for 6-7 hours now). Although the sound is good, I find I also find it a smidge flat on some rock songs that I have been listening to.
Perhaps I read all the reviews here and set my hopes too high for these cans, but I'm still happy that I spent $20 on these quality headphones.
edit: after about a week of using the HD-202 headphones, I have to say that this set of headphones deserves no more than 4 stars. the sound is great for $20 (although you will totally tell a difference with the higher-end headphones). the problem is that i have to take them off every 10 minutes because it gets a little too warm on my ears (they mildly sweat in 75 degree weather). the headphones pressing in plus the uncomfortable warm heat make me a bit unhappy, but it was only $20.
Customer Review: Great But not Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
These headphones are great headphones overall for someone who isn't interested in spending a ton of money on headphones. It has great treble and bass levels (enough so that you can tell its there but not so much that you get a headache after an hour). The design is sleek and not bulky like some other headphones out there.
I have a slightly larger head size than other people so I find that these headphones are rather small for me. I have to set them to their largest size and even then, the headphones press down on my head, however, the well cushioned headband helps to offset the discomfort. Also, the earpieces are smaller than usual so if I wear them for more than 2 hours at a time, my ear will be slightly chafed and sensitive. Also, the mateirial the covers are made out of makes it rather inefficient at canceling out sound. If I wear them, I can still clearly hear people talking around me. The last part about these headphones that I'm not really thrilled about is its 10 ft cord. I being a person who takes these to school with me and everywhere else practically find that this is very annoying. The headphones do have a plastic clip that you can wind excess cord around to shorten its length however its not very secure. If I move even a little,the whole roll of wire comes undone.
Besides that, it is a great set of headphones. It does not seal in sound very well so even at 50% sound on my ipod, people will still complain about being able to hear my music.
For devoted techno and metal enthusiasts, I would not recommend this product due to its tendancy to crackle at higher pitches and volumes.
Anyway, these headphones wwere completley worth the $30 I paid for them. I've been using them for 4 monthes so far and there haven't been any defects with the product.
Customer Review: more for less
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a closet audiophile and I recently bought these headphones on the recommendation of one of my friends who also happens to own a pair. I wasen't really sceptical about them because Sennheisers products are always good, yet I was nonetheless surprised when I got my hands on them, or rather my head under them. They offer good quality sound for a very affordable price. Very good bass response, which I often find other headphones in this pricerange lacking (not that I'm a 'bassman', but it just sounds better with a full bass) and an ability to perform equally good with a wide variety of music (death metal, funk, jazz, Tom Waits, classical). Being cups, they also block out annoying sounds from the outside world. They don't bring utter silence, but this is good, because that would mean you couldn't hear the car that's gonna run you over. With these you can. I live in Beijing, a very, very noisy place, and I think they work well damping the noise, but not killing it. Very good headphones indeed.
Also the build of the things seem very good. They seem solid and not likely to fall apart with the first whiff of a light breeze on the horizon as some cheaper headphones.
In fact I've only got one single complaint with the HD 202's. They press against my ears a bit, which, when listening for extended periods of time (which I tend to do), causes a slight discomfort bordering on light pain. This however is probably caused by my large head and not the normal sized headphones. I guess the cable being as long as it is, can be a blessing as well as a drawback. Very good for indoors listening, but a bit of a bother when walking around with them on. It's a minor thing though.
In short: they're about as good as they get for this kind of money. Highly recommendable.