Headphones Reviews

AKG K240DF
Headphones

The AKG Model K240DF is essentially an improved version of the Model K240 headphones, which have been a part of the AKG line for some time. The lightweight, circum-aural headphones...
AKG K280
Headphones

The AKG K280 “Parabolic” headphones appear to be a conventional dynamic circumaural headset with open-air ear-cups that vent the rear of the diaphragm to the room. That description...
AKG K4
Headphones

Most stereo headphones use dynamic drivers, rather like miniature dome tweeters worn on the ears. A few higher-priced sets use electrostatic transducers, in which a very thin membrane...
Beyerdynamic DT 990
Headphones

The Beyerdynamic DT 990 is a lightweight, circumaural 600-ohm stereo headphone set that was designed to meet the criteria for a subjectively uniform frequency response established by...
Beyerdynamic IRS 690
Headphones

Since the time when radio was called “wireless,” the profusion of wires involved in any working audio installation has contrasted sharply with that name. More recently, as the sophistication...
Beyerdynamic IRS 790
Headphones

Cordless headphones have been available for at least twenty years and are widely used in legitimate theaters as an aid to hearing dialogue that might otherwise be lost or masked by...
Grado SR125
Headphones

Grado Laboratories of Brooklyn, New York, is one of the handful of audio manufacturers that have retained their original family ownership and quality standards for over forty years....
Koss ESP/950
Headphones

Koss has been making high-quality headphones for home and studio use for nearly three decades. Its most recent introduction is the ESP/950, an electrostatic headphone whose antecedents...
Koss K/20
Headphones

The Koss K/20 is a lightweight, non-sealing stereo headphone that provides exceptional sound quality at a budget price. Each earpiece contains a 1-1/4-inch dynamic (moving-coil) driver...
Koss PortaPro
Headphones

The small size, light weight, high sensitivity, and startlingly good bass response of the Koss PortaPro headphones make them ideal for use with a personal-portable radio or cassette...
Sennheiser HD 222
Headphones

Sennheiser’s reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality stereo headphones was established largely by their pioneering work with non-isolating headphones— which they call “Open...
Sennheiser HD 40
Headphones

The Sennheiser brand name is closely associated with the “Open-Aire” (TM) headphone design, one in which the earpieces rest lightly on the ears (supra-aural) rather than tightly...