SoundMAGIC HP151 Over-Ear Wired Headphones for Monitoring & Recording, Closed-Back HiFi Stereo Headsets for Audiophiles, Work with All Audio Devices, Adjustable & Collapsible Design, Black

A great blend of sound quality and comfort for the price range. Build has a lot of plastic, but feels quite solidly put together and again one has to take the price point into account. I like the hinged cup yokes so these can fold up, though it doesn't really make them portable. Nor does the stock 2.5m stiff cable.Sound: good bass extension, tight not bloaty, neutral response through the mids and treble with nice detail and a spacious soundstage for a closed headphone. I am very sensitive to sibilance / sharpness in the treble and these have a nice smooth response there.Comfort: Even over wide-earpieces of my glasses these are comfortable enough to wear most of the day, though my ears do get a bit hot under the cups after a while... but not awfully so.Nice semi-hard case and 1/4" / dual-prong airplane adapter included, but again the case is large enough that I wouldn't really call them portable.

I feel that people are too quick to submit a negative review on a product. I've owned the HP-150 for nearly 3 years and while I had them stored away for part of that time, I brought them back out a few months ago and was amazed by their sound. I then bought the HP-151 model to see how much had changed. As others have indicated, basically it's just the construction of the HP-151 that was revised by SoundMagic and not the sound at all. I buy a lot of headphones because I love music. Recent purchases have included the Focal Elear, Elex, Elegia Clear and Utopia. The Clear is the only model I've kept. The Elegia is a closed-back headphone that I compared against the HP-150 and 151. To my ears, the HP-151 had better bass than the Elegia. Also, the other frequencies I enjoyed to a greater deal on the HP-151 that I could no longer justify keeping the Elegia when, to my ears, the HP-151 could perform better at 1/8th the cost. I drive all my headphones with quality amplification and DACs - Schiit, Loxjie, Grace, Alex Cavalli designs, etc. My music genres tend to be blues and jazz consisting of FLAC lossless files.

Great headphones, comfortable to wear and light. Sound clear and fun. Only the ear cushions fall apart quickly at the joints.

These sound identical to the old hp150's. The only difference here is the twisting mechanism and the finish on this one is a smoother matte rather than the rubbery type. Should be easier to clean and the comfort is still 10/10.But the build... Where to start. The cable sucks, the propirety mechanism sucks, the cheap plastic sucks, the hinge still sucks.March Update: the left driver pooped itself. Rip. Bought dt 770 pro's as replacement, same sound hopefully better build.

so i will say that for techno or really any kind of electronic these are AMAZING....however, the doom eternal soundtrack just..idk i cant explain it but its not great. i was disheartened to discover that my..admittedly kinda decent bluetooth earbuds sounded way better with the doom ost. but again, back to electronic music. oh my god. i hear sounds in songs that ive never heard before on any other pair of headphones. so, maybe find something else if metal is what youre mostly going to listen to, but if its electronic. these are definitely worth it, especially on sale.

I tried finding something like Etymotic but full-sized. These beat a pair of Sennheisers I tried. For equalizer, I ended up boosting mids, which I didn't expect.

There is stuff to like about these.There is stuff to dislike about these.That's vague and could be said about virtually everything but still.They fit well enough and may I even say good.Soundstage is surprisingly spacious, more so than I was expecting for a pair of closed backs.Frequency response is about average, bass is okay. Mids are where it shines, hi's are a little lacking in my opinion.For $100 these are pushing it in the "worth it" category but if you get this at a discount (I got mine for $87 than I could see it being something to look for). A bonus is at the time of typing this you get a free $30 pair of earbuds with your purchase that immediately makes this purchase go from okay to almost necessary. I will use these every once and while just to shake things up and honestly for me personally I am happy with them. They're not my best or favourite but they're also far from the worst I own.

I had three pares break on me in 14 months of extremely light use. Even though Sound Magic has known there are serious design flaws in the construction, don't expect them make it right. I've contacted the "customer service" department in England three times, with no reply. The US distributor has told me on the phone, "...we know the product is defective, but if you want a new pair, you'll have to buy them again". If you're looking for a pair of headphones that sound good, and are built to last....do yourself a favor, don't buy these.