Maxell HP2000 Studio Series Full Size Headphone

I was in the market for a cheap pair of headphones to use in the office, and was not expecting the crispest quality from these headphones. However, I did expect the item to last a little longer than 6 months... Within the first two months the cheap adjustable fitting band broke off, and now the cable connections are already starting to break down so I get intermittent sound in the right earpiece.

These headphones were not subject to any extraorinarily harsh use either. They have remained hooked up to my computer from the moment I took them out of the package... They are either on my head or sitting on my desk. Simply put they're a poorly manufactured item that can't stand up to the most mundane uses.

I experienced the exact same problems as the previous reviewer--the headband piece snapped after a couple of months, and for whatever reason, there were sound problems in the right headphone, I had to adjust the cord a certain way to hear from it better.

I bought these on a whim at a local audio supplier and after plugging them into my portable minidisc player I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Details in the music that had been buried by the murky top end and mid section of other headphones were jumping out, placement in the soundstage was more pronounced than with anything else I owned and the bass wasn't that artificially "throbbing" bass you often get with most budget headphones these days. I compared these to a pair of my Sennheiser PX 100s, my Sony MDR-V150s and my Koss R 80s and all of them could not match the Maxells for accuracy and detail. Plus the 8 foot chord, volume control AND the mono/stereo switch is another great plus.

The Downsides: The volume control is not very subtle. It is a slide and one little nudge one way or the other takes you from sound to nothing. I wish they used a wheel instead of a slide. The other is one other reviews have mentioned: If you have a huge head, you are not going to be...Read more