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Edit, have put up with them for a week, sound should be louder but they are working fine. I think these would be fine for normal head sizes lol.Look bigger in the pic than they feel, not a good thing for big heads.Read all for full review.T hese are more like ON EAR headphones and not over ear. Anyone with a head on the larger side such as myself approx 62cm head these for me are not comfortable for more than half hour.These have no aeration at all. After half hour ears are stuffy and hot and feel damp from it, it's annoying and not comfortable also because my ears kinda JUST, touch the earpads which is why I say on ear. Over ear on all other brands I have sennheiser Bose Sony and even Coeid e9 are truly over ear headphones.I cannot recommend these HOWEVER....Sound quality is great, and apparently the mic sounds clearer than the Cowin E9 series I paid £130 for.If your not big headed like me 😉, than all these issues might not be a problem, barring possible over heating of the ears.The sound is not incredibly loud, bass is good for standard headphones, not fantastic but not of a poor quality, treble is nice and clear...However the audio doesn't impress me, it doesn't give me any kind of - 3d type effect, it's kinda like everything is just mixed and coming out of one speaker together if that makes sense, I like to feel like I'm being immersed into audio.All in all a very LOW half decent for the budget.. would not buy again personally I'd look at throwing a few extra pennies in and getting something more substantial sound wise.

I bought these on mostly good reviews. I didn't expect headphones in this price range to compete with high end Sony's or Bose. Initially I was quite pleased they sounded ok (although I'm no audiophile) but they do lack bass and do hurt my ears after extended use. The problem came with the noise cancelling feature and the usually quiet hissing sound became loud in the left ear channel side and the sound muffled considerably with ANC on. Not good when I've had these for less than a week!! Sending them back to Amazon though. When you think a manufacturer is trying to give you features usually found in higher end offerings something must give where quality is concerned.

I read the Amazon reviews before buying and was encouraged by the top review where the reviewer states "I honestly can't tell the difference in sound quality, depth and immersion between the Soundsurge 90 headphones and my Bose QC35 headphones." Now I contend that this review says more about the reviewer and what he is listening to than the headphones. I am not saying he doesn't have a point in some regards but I also bought the Bose QC35 II and will be returning the Soundsurge 90s. Anyway, I will review the different aspects of the headphones and compare them to the Bose.Comfort and Build: The Soundsurge 90 Headphones are solidly built and quite heavy which feels like a weight on your head until you get used to it. The ear cups do go over the ears but are not spacious of deep. They also cause a lot of heat as in addition to covering the ear they press the ear against the head and create a strong seal which further traps heat. I found that even in a cool room they become uncomfortable due to the heat they trap and the lack of room inside the ear cups. The Bose only have localised heat where the ear cups press against the head but the ear cups are deeper and far more comfortable. The Soundsurge 90 headphones also have a clamping force which is OK when the headband is not adjusted to bring the ear cups further down the head. However, when they are adjusted the clamping force increases and can be felt in the jaw. I have a medium size head and realised the only way to wear them comfortably was not to adjust them at all.Noise cancelling: The soundsurge 90s actually do a decent job. I live in a building right next to traffic and found most engine noises were reduced to sound like more expensive or quiet vehicles which do not generate much noise. The noise cancelling reduced a lot of engine noises by so much that I could only hear what sounded like the lowest rumble of the engine and swooshing sound of the tyres as they went by. However some Trucks, motorbikes and Buses still make sounds that the noise cancelling doesn't seem to be as effective at dealing with. Overall I would say they are very good and for the price the noise cancelling is better than I anticipated. They have decent passive noise cancelling as well, but noise cancelling is necessary if you are near to traffic. It goes without saying that the more expensive Bose are in a different class to the Soundsurge 90s. They have two noise cancelling levels and block out noise that the Soundsurge can't seem to cancel.Sound: To get one thing out of the way the Sounsurge 90s are not a bass heavy headphone. In fact if you want bass go elsewhere. Having said that they do a great job with other sounds but do not have the highest volume at the upper end. Voices and acoustic music were very clear. However, with noise cancelling switched on the lower tones and resonance of voices / instruments seem to be reduced and this creates the impression of a more distant and less immersive sound, which I didn't like. Part of the experience of "Immersion" is feeling like the sound is happening close to you or around you. Turning on noise cancelling also cancelled that feeling with quite a few tracks and videos I listened to. Generally I found the sound to be clear with good detail in the mid and high end.When I compared the sound to the Bose QC35 II the test was unfair on Bose in that I had the noise cancelling on with the Bose, but sometimes off on the Soundsurge 90s, but that will have to do. The good news is that for some woodwind instruments like flute the Soundsurge 90s outperformed the Bose with the detail and small variations in sound being audible and allowing me to enjoy the expression given by the musician through the slight variations in tone. The Bose (with noise cancelling on) done a worse job and lacked a lot of the finer details.However for bass and for the dynamic range of vocalists the Bose easily outperformed the Soundsurge 90s. I can't really describe the Sounsurge 90s as being "immersive" in comparison to the Bose. In fact they didn't come close. Listening to an opera singer going from quiet to loud in his voice was a distant and not very loud experience with the Soundsurge 90s but with the Bose QC35 II was louder and sounded like surround sound with the power in the singer's voice feeling like it was resonating around your head as he sang louder. Don't be mistaken - it is definitely not volume alone that accounts for this. Bose seem to have linked the dynamic range of increasing volume to an immersive experience of sound. You will not get this in the same way with the Soundsurge headphones, even if you found a way to make them louder.So no surprises in general, apart from some instruments sounding better on the Soundsurge 90s in my unscientific test. For all I know the Bose may even perform better in that regard with noise cancelling off. I have to say that the review I quoted above was wishful thinking. I still say the Soundsurge 90s are great for acoustic music and movies etc. (everything apart from bass) but don't expect too much based on the reviews you read. If you get them for £40 - £50 with a discount code they are well worth the money.

for headphones within this price range they are fantastic. I use them mostly for work and are great for teams meetings. The noise cancelling is great when I am in the office where you do not notice the annoying chat of other colleagues when I am on teams meetings. The mic also works great. I also use them for online studying for my masters.Sound wise for music, I also think they are fantastic for the price. The base is mid range but that is fine unless you are into very deep base. If that is the case then you need to up your budget big time and not searching in this price range. I have a set of €250 Bose headphone which have brilliant base levels. They do not have a mic which is the main reason I bought the TaoTronics Hybrid Active Noise headphones.There is a 4.5 star review for the TaoTronics from over 3100 people which is justified. Considering people are more likely to put up a complaint within a review then I would take the rating as even higher.Negative reviews on this product from my reading, are from people who expect the same quality of high end, high price headphones at a sub €50 price tag. Get real . You don't get the same quality as a Merc when you buy a Kia Rio and no reasonable person would expect it.The other bad reviews seem to be from people with genuine issues which could be faulty units, which you are going to get with over 3500 reviews.All in all if you are looking for an all round good quality budget over ear headphones then look no further.