HP TouchSmart. Touch the future now.
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 27 reviews Back to product review
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
"Fantastic, light weight, sleek and stylish, great sound!"
Pros: light, amazing sound, stylish, price, comfortable
Cons: big, chord a bit too long
Summary: After spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on earbuds, earphones in the quest for nice-sounding buds/phones to go with my ipod, I have finally found a pair that truly live up to my expectations.
I have tried Shure's E2c's, Sony MDR earbuds, panasonic small earhphones- and all had disappointing sound quality or were difficult to fit in ears.
I hesitated before buying full sized cans as I knew I would be using them mostly on the go and headphones arent known for their small size and portability. But finally, after reading reviews on cnet and doing some research, I decided if I wanted comfort and great sound, full-sized phones were the way to go.
The HD555's are billed by Senheisser to be part of their higher end headphones, but you cant beat the price- generally the list price is around $145 but I was able to get my pair at plasmabay.com for $105 which is quite reasonable for good, quality headphones. They are sleek and stylish and for full-sized headphones, dont feel bulky. They are so light and comfortable that it is easy to forget you have them on.
The chord that comes with the phones is a bit long at 10 feet but that is probably because I listen to them with my ipod and not with a home theatre system, which would likely require a longer chord. Because of their open design, they do leak sound but you can always get the closed version in the HD500 series. The open design creates more realistic sound but if you are in a very loud environment, that sound can get in.
These are small nitpicks and nothing that would prevent me from recommending the HD555's without question!
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Sennheiser HD555:
$91.00 - $149.95
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