Maxell 190265 Fold Up Wired Lightweight Soft Comfort Extra Large 40mm Long Wear Headphones Amplified-Blue

Edit 3: (and hopefully final edit) 5 starsAwwww, what the hey. I went back to listening to centipede and looked very carefully to see if maybe the diaphragm (I looked up the official word!) was bouncing about, but unfortunately I couldn't make it out. I was about to just let it be and go on to doing other stuff, but then I realized I felt a little vibration as the loudest parts of the song began playing. To my surprise, I noticed that if I cupped my hands around the headphones and pressed them to my ears, I could actually feel REAL bass coming out of the speakers! Now, in my defense, it still feels nothing like the bass that I have learned to love from my car's subwoofers, and I'm well aware that there's a huge difference between a pair of giant 12 inch speakers powered by an amplifier and a 14 volt battery, and a pair of 1 inch speakers powered by, I'm assuming, 5 volts coming out of an aux port, but I still believe that when you describe something as having heavy bass, I want it to slightly rattle my glasses and if I have a cup of water next to it, for it to cause small ripples. These speakers definitely don't do that, but then again, neither does my super expensive Audio Technica (~$150) that also claims to put out heavy bass, so I feel at this point I'm obligated to go ahead and give them the five star rating based (no pun intended) on the somewhat noticeable levels of bass that it puts out for $15... So, you win, Maxell... :P I still prefer both of my Logitechs (230 and 430) because of how much more comfortable they are (and the fact that they have microphones and also put out a similar level of bass), and even my skullcandies because they at least TRY to rattle my glasses/skull, but the Maxells have been put under some unfair accusations by me in the first two versions of my review, so it's only fair. And I guess I should also update my title from saying "No bass" to "Some bass" as well as some other changes to it I guess. :p I do still maintain that you're better off sticking with the Logitechs and using these as a temporary backup until you receive your replacement headphones, simply because of how much more comfortable they are and because they have about the same sound quality (and a mic). Hopefully this is the last edit I make to this review.Edit 2: (New review/4 stars after some new updates)So my original review made about half an hour ago gave this 3/5 stars because I felt almost zero bass. I was going to compare it to my Skullcandy SkullCrushers (a ~$70 headphone that puts out pseudobass by vibrating your ear phones... I consider real bass to be a result of your speakers/subwoofers actually 'jumping'), but as I'd mentioned, none of my aux cables would work because it required a very specific thin aux cable. It bothered me that so many people were giving these headphones 4's and 5's when I was obviously hearing "3 star" quality sound. So I decided to search really hard and finally found the aux cable that I needed.To my surprise, when I listened to Knife Party's centipede with my Skullcandy headphones, I didn't feel it vibrating. I decided that maybe the battery had died in the two or three months that the headphones were dormant on the floor. I replaced the battery... nothing.That's when I realized that my current output for sound was a USB dongle that came with my Logitech's 430. I remembered that it was designed to create pseudo-surround sound using a stereo output, something similar to what one of my home speakers did (it basically took stereo sound and split it amongst five speakers while trying to create surround sound from it... I also remembered this had a side effect of lowering the volume and reducing bass).So I connected the skullcandy to my direct unfiltered sound from my motherboard, and was immediately hit by the pseudobass that I expected from it. Sure enough, when I switched to these Maxell headphones, the sound was a bit less bearable because of how loud it was coming. And, as I have to admit, there was a minute amount of *real* bass coming from the headphones. Not enough to where I would recommend it to someone if they said "dude, I heard your car's subwoofers and they were amazing; are there any headphones that offer something like that?!", but at this point I do have to admit that yes, it offers some light bass. And real bass, unlike the vibrations that the skullcandy offers. So as such, I'm being forced to amend my review to 4 stars. It would have gotten five if I could have felt the headphones shaking because of the... driver, I think is the word?... hopping about like the ones in my car. But I still maintain that you can't really advertise these as being "heavy bass" unless you could see the speakers moving about.Original Review (3 stars):I bought this thinking it'd have really heavy bass.... unfortunately I don't feel it; both of my logitechs that don't advertise any amplified bass have the same, if not better, levels of bass. Furthermore, these are super tiny and feel uncomfortable on my ears. Perhaps I'm just spoiled now by my giant earmuff style logitechs, but these feel like they're barely on my ear and feel uncomfortable, like how a tight bracelet might feel on your wrist after a while. However, the sound output is OK, so don't get the assumption that these are bad headphones. They just aren't bassy, contrary to how they're advertised (in comparison, I'd say my Skullcandy Crushers have at least some level of bass - although I still consider that pseudobass since it's just vibrating the ear pieces instead of actually 'driving sound' like a subwoofer would), and they feel super uncomfortable if your ears are anything like mine (a little above average, I suppose).Edit: A lot of other people are saying that this product has great bass, but I honestly don't see it... I pulled out my pair and listened to "centipede" by knife party on full volume (and made sure to load the 1080 version to make sure compression wasn't hiding any bass) and at no point did I feel like it was too loud, nor did I feel any 'hit' from the so-called bass. I was able to feel a minute level of vibrations in the louder parts when I put my hands on the cups, but it's nothing I'd refer to as "bass". For testing, I went ahead and put on my blue pair of logitechs (the 430 model if I am not mistaken), and it essentially sounded exactly the same (but felt more comfortable because of the bigger muffs). I'd test my Skullcandy Skullcrushers (and keep in mind that I'm not a fan of Skullcandy since I do consider them overpriced), but unfortunately I misplaced the aux cable that it uses, and my other aux cables don't work with it since Skullcandy made it in such a way that the cable has to be uniformly thin, whereas most aux cables 'flare out' at the insertion point.

Had these headphones for about 8 months now and I gotta say, I'm very pleased with how they've held up. Over time, after many purchases, I've come to have low expectations for headphones that are cheap (cheap for me = less than or around the $20 ballpark). With headphones like those I usually experience one or all of the following within about 1-2 months tops:1. Easily fraying wires2. Having one or both of the speakers in the ear cups fall from their mounts3. Ear cups falling apart4. Ear pads flakingAfter 8 months however, I have not experienced any of those, and can safely say that these headphones have exceeded my expectations, lasting longer than some of my other, more expensive headphones. So don't let the price tag fool you. These are pretty sturdy and sound pretty awesome too.That isn't to say there aren't any negatives though. For one, the was it's made, the parts that go over the ear rotate, but only 90 degrees, and not in the direction that (for me) makes them comfortable to wear. I'm used to another pair of headphones where they too have rotating ear pieces, but if you wear it correctly (left side on left ear, and right side on right ear) they rotate counterclockwise to allow it to fit on your ear without crushing it. The way the ear prices on these headphones rotate crushes your ear, making it uncomfortable to wear for extended periods, and even cause my ear to hurt when taking it off. Because of this I tend to feel more comfortable wearing them backwards which feels kind of weird.Earlier I said that it sounds awesome, and it does when listening to music. However, I frequently also use them when voice chatting with friends on Steam, and it's there that it sounds really bad. You see, these headphones increase bass, which sounds good with music. But increasing the bass in voice chat makes it really hard to understand a person, especially one who already has a lot of bass in their voice. Take this with a grain of salt though, as this may only be a negative for a very small amount of people in very specific situations. So if you're buying these to solely listen to music, they're perfect.

I just received this product to day, I have a profound hearing loss and get ear infection if I wear hearing aids for any length of time. With these headphones and my Bluetooth hearlinks I can blue tooth my TV or switch to live conversations beautifully. Believe me, I’ve tried everything and this is the best

I bought these for my 11 year old daughter for Christmas. They are holding up really well and she finds them very comfortable.

good enough

Work really good, but they do too much swivelling. I only have the use of one arm. So I put hockey tape on them to make them stronger and stop all the swivelling.

good enough