Thinksound Rain 9mm High Definition Passive Noise Isolating Wooden Headphone (Black/Chocolate)

When I first heard about these and their "small ecological print", I thought to myself: "aww, nice marketing trick" and I was quite sceptical about how good the sound would be. Some people kept talking about them on the audio forums and reported that Rain are clear, detailed and very well balanced phones with liquid midrange. At this time I was looking for smooth full midrange so I finally decided to try them out and I am very impressed with them, especially at their price point (I paid slightly under $60 for mine). They sounded great straight out of the box even without any burn in. Bass is present and is of very good quality (make sure you are achieving the proper seal), midrange is indeed buttery liquid, vocals are smooth and, perhaps, ever so slightly forward, which exactly what I wanted (I have tried quite a few IEMs under $120 which suffer from the recessed mids). Treble is also awesome, present, but not harsh, does not pull all the attention to itself - it is well balanced with...Read more

After reading rave reviews about these headphones and the difference wood would make for them, I was definitely skeptical. I've had a lot of headphones cut out on me over only a few months of daily use. While I'm a person who doesn't treat headphones like crap persay, I am a person who does stupid things that can cause damage in the long term like winding up the cords and accidentally crushing them.

That said I've had multiple sets of headphones, the last pair I had were Shure headphones (the (...) ones) which were awesome in sound quality but hurt the ears after hours of use. Those failed in one ear after 6 months and completely after 1 year. Not bad for headphones with fairly constant use, but after reading their reviews, I think I just got a good pair.

These headphones are my new favorite though. The sound quality is very good, much better then similar style headphones and without having that earplug like feel in your ears. You don't have to really cram...Read more

The price is low, the sonic values are pretty excellent, and these fall somewhere in between uber-high end headphones - I had a pair of Shures that went belly up - and the $20 target specials you pick up to replace them when you don't want to spend $100 on in-ear headphones/buds.

I listen to 3 things on my iPhone. Podcasts, music, and Audiobooks. For podcasts, the spoken pieces are clear, and crisp sounding. It's as close to the sound of a good pair of "cans" plugged into a computer for listening to podcasts. As a long-time and devoted Audible subscriber, audiobook sound quality is critical for my enjoyment of a pair of phones. The bass is hefty without being in the way, meaning that it's nice when a narrator like Stefan Rudnicki is reading, with his deep voice, you get some underlights on the spoken bits of his text. For female narrators like that on Bloodsucking Fiends, it's also nice to not have such a heavy top-end on treble frequencies. The middle, which is where...Read more