Archive for the 'Less than $50' Category
Sony MDR-AS40EX Headphones Review
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Although the headphone market continues to burgeon with new models, it can be surprisingly tough to find a decent, fitness-friendly pair. A few companies, such as Sennheiser, have stepped up to the plate with sport-branded earphones that feature design attributes meant to keep them secured on the head during activity. Now, we can add Sony [...]
Arriva Sports Headphones Review
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007The demand for “sport” style headphones has increased over the years, as more people realize that the tunes spouting from their iPods and other portable MP3 players provide a certain amount of motivation during any workout. The trick has always been to create headphones that have all of the following features: a minimal footprint (read: [...]
JVC HA-NC80 Noise Canceling Headphones Review
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007JVC is a decent brand to consider if you’re looking for noise-canceling headphones but are working with a limited budget. The company’s HA-NC100 headphones, for example, are comfortable, offer solid sound quality, and can be found for less than $80 online. At $49, an even cheaper option is the JVC HA-NC80. These ‘phones aren’t as [...]
V-moda Remix M-class earphones
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006These ears get to hear a lot of great-sounding headphones, but the style of these musical monitors rarely changes: black and white synthetics are the norm, with an occasional chrome accent. V-Moda aims to change look of our earwear with two lines of fashion-forward earphones, the Bass Freq and the Remix M-class, both competitively priced [...]
Grado Labs iGrado
Thursday, September 21st, 2006If you’re familiar with Grado headphones, you know that Grado Labs makes some of the best headphones in the world, ranging in price from about $70 to nearly $1,000. These headphones are known not only for their exceptional sound but for their bulky, retro-cool design. When I found out that the company was going to [...]
