Skullcandy MixMaster DJ Headphone IRL Review- The Skullcandy MixMaster is another celebrity endorsed headphone spurned by the success of Beats by Dre. Its apparently designed by Mix Master Mike, a DJ who has mixed artists including the Beastie Boys. TBH this is one of the ugliest headphones I have ever owned. They took the idea…
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Shure SRH-840 Studio Monitor Headphone IRL Review
Shure SRH840 Studio Monitor Headphone IRL Review- Wow, two products reviewed today that are not Sony. That’s a big change for me. The Shure SRH840 (840 from this point on) were Shure’s premium flagship headphone in 2009/10 until they were later surpassed by the SRH940, SRH1840 and SRH1540 (flagship changing based off whether its a closed…
Sony MDR-1R Mark I Headphone IRL Review
Sony MDR-1R Mark I Headphone IRL Review – The 1r (for short) is a midrangish (sitting around 349 CDN when originally released) headphone that was released after Sony being absent from the high end market for some time. Prior to this, it had the following; the MDR-MA900, an open headphone that had some praise but universal…
Sony MDR-X10 XFactor Simon Cowell Headphones IRL Review
Sony MDR-X10 Simon Cowell X Factor Headphone IRL Review- What a name hey? Its one of Sony’s celebrity endorsed headphones- I think that Sony Entertainment owns X fActor in some manner. Not at all surprising to see a celebrity endorsed headphone based off all the wild success of Beats. Not surprising to see the exact…
Sony XBA-H3 Hybrid Armature Earphone Review
Sony XBA-H3 Hybrid Balanced Armature Earphone IRL (In Real Life) Review– The XBA-H3 (abbreviated to H3 from hereon) was the 2014 flagship earphone from Sony- it has since been replaced by the XBA-Z5 with minor changes in design. I first bought the XBA-H3 with the intention of having hi-fidelity music listening on the go without…
Sony MDR-AS700BT Wireless Sport Headphones review
Sony MDR-AS700BT IRL (In Real Life) review– When I first saw these headphones (I’ll refer them as the AS700s from now on), I wasn’t phased by them too much. I had much more interest in the previous Sony bluetooth sport headphone, the DR-BT160AS because it looked so crazy. It was an old model, but the…
Retro Review: Sony Street Style MDR-G73LP
Retro Review- Sony MDR-G73LP: The retro reviews are going to keep coming this week/month…I have lots of old stuff I get excited about. This one though is going to be a short short one. Mostly because I don’t have a lot to say about them. They are a consumer oriented headphone and retailed for about…
Retro Review- Sony MDR-G74SP
Retro Review- Sony MDR-G74SP. This will be a short review because its a fairly simple product with limited demands…and its been discontinued for some time. Part of Sony’s StreetStyle design back in the 90s/early 2000s, they were meant to be aesthetically “cool” with the adolescent/young adult market. In particular, this style was designed to be…
Review – Sony MDR-Z7 Headphones
Review- Sony MDR-Z7 Headphones; The Sony MDR-Z7 headphones are the current 2014-2015 flagship headphone for the Japanese giant. Part of a recent audiophile push by the consumer company, it marks a return to high end audio after a long hiatus. While it had been making audio products for some time, it withdrew from the high…
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