Any time I'm on my Mac, I'm listening to music or watching youtube videos or a movie. I'm not trying for a career in music. I just love listening to music. For a while now, and lately (partially after watching "Pitch Perfect" and trying to be like Anna Kendrick's character with her pro headphones) I've been wanting a good pair of headphones that:
- are on the ear or over the ear (circumaural)
- comfortable to wear for more than 1.5 hours (the average length of one movie)
- aesthetically pleasing (monitor/vintage pro looking)
- durable (not cheap plastic), matte finish
- have a detachable cord
- with an in-line mic and play/pause buttons
- mesh headband (that feel like the padded straps of a jansport school backpack)
- either foldable or with travel case
- sound amazing on all across the board (film scores, pop/rock, dubstep/hip-hop/rap, classical music, mozart/beethoven, electronic dance music, country)
- semi or full noise-canceling (would use eventually for air travel)
- doesn't leak sound to the people around me
- price range: $60 - $200
Yes, I'm picky. Lol. And after weeks and countless hours of researching the "best" headphones, I came across the V-Moda Crossfade LPs and it just so happened to have ALL i'm looking for in a headphone!! Plus it doesn't have the one cord with the play/pause/volume controls, it comes with two!! One for audio only and one with the controls! AND the "3D sound stage," noise-isolating feature is a new thing i've come to love! I cannot believe that to this day how amazing and sexy these headphones are. Even the box is sexy. Haha! I love the fitted hard case; i KNOW my headphones will be safe in it. It's been about a month since I've had them and they're always on my ears. Super comfortable. Amazing sound (except on pirated music or music ripped from youtube videos using sketchy programs). You hear people bashing how the bass is too loud and how guitar-oriented music doesn't sound too great, but really it's all in your preference. To me, every legitly purchased music on iTunes or Spotify sounds pretty amazing. Let me just say that back In high-school, every day is a new stress or embarrassment (all teens can relate) and music was my one outlet to take me anywhere but here. The Crossfades brought back that feeling. They're not made to be noise canceling, but inadvertently it does cancel out most of the outside noise and I'm once again, "anywhere, but here." I guess that's why I love them so much.
That's pretty the end of my "i love these headphones so much it hurts" part of the review so you can stop reading here if you want, cuz now I'm gonna talk about what has happened since I opened the box on Dec 23, 2012.
So right out the box, everyone says the sound is crappy. But after a burn-in sesh, it'll sound SO much better. Some say burn in is 24 hours, some say 100 hours.. i don't really know. This is my first time hearing that I need to "burn-in" a pair of headphones. I guess once you break the $100 range in headphones, you need to take special care. The first three nights I played music all thru the night using my Spotify account. I had every genre in the playlist. And honestly, I can't tell the difference. To me, it sounded great right out the box and it still sounds great hereafter. I guess switching from earbuds to over-the-ear headphones will do that to you. And after testing the different genres of music, I wanted to know if I can sit through an entire movie (at about 1.5 hours), not have my ears hurting, and be blown away by the sound all at the same time. And success! My ears didn't hurt after watching "The Amazing Spider Man." Also with the movie trailers for Man of Steel, Star Trek Into the Darkness, Twilight Breaking Dawn Pt 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2, the action scenes shook my ears. This is where the bass shined. All the explosions made me feel like I was in the theater! Yeah, that sounds a bit exaggerated but i don't care how it sounds, that's what I felt. (again it may be due to the transition from earbuds to over the ear headphones).
Like I said, these headphones aren't noise-canceling, but when I sat in the car with my fam, I could still hear them yelling. Well, then again it didn't help that they were sitting right next to me. When I studied at Panera Bread, during the lunch rush, I forgot people were there. The sound drowned out the noise. And I love that they drown out noise because I'm currently studying for my state boards and the house can get kind of loud when every one is home. But when I put on my music, nothing is heard outside the room. I love these headphones (; there i said it!
When it comes to music, these headphones were made for dustup, EDMs, and club music. I think they were "Made by DJs for DJs," but I found that all genre sounds great to me. Again, if the music was legit (bought from iTunes or imported from CDs). Don't judge my taste in music, but with Demi Lovato's album Unbroken, um her music is amazing to begin with, but I had to boost the treble with almost all her songs from that album to sound better. Which I don't mind at all. Another song I wanted to test were my "rock out" songs. Specifically, "Tears Don't Fall" by Bullet For My Valentine and "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria. Listening to the acoustic version of "Titanium" by Boyce Avenue, it sounds okay to me. But I noticed in "Welcome Home," the guitars are drowned out by the bass at about 0:16 into the song. Then there's "Tears Don't Fall" sounding so bang-worthy. Which brings me to another point, head-banging and dancing crazy doesn't knock the headphones off my head. Any club remix sounds amazing; i mean cuz that's what these were made for. Currently I love listening to the "Good Time" remix by Carly Rae-Jepsen and Owl City; "Scream" remix by Usher; and "Til The World Ends" by Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, and Ke$ha. When it comes to film scores, it just like what I hear from watching movies. The bass really shines. "The Battle" from the Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack gave me goosebumps. The last place I got goosebumps from that film score was in my new 2012 Camry, but that's another review lol.
The only thing that scares me, worries me, or what i don't like are the soft pads. They're super soft but too soft to where it made me think what if they're firm now and over time, will they become worn? I guess only time will tell. Plus i think the pads are replaceable. Another issue was that maybe it was because I couldn't wait to get these on my head, I had the Crossfades on my head every second I was awake since I got them. This was on the 5th day of having the Crossfades that I got a headache and had to stop wearing them for a bit. I think it was equivalent to wearing them 2 days straight as to why i got a headache. But now I've learned my lesson to have breaks after 3 hours lol.
An irritating, yet minor issue is that when sitting on the left side of an SUV or van, the seatbelt rubs against the cord which echoes throughout the left earpiece. So basically I just have to sit on the right side of the from now on.
Another comfort issue is I wear glasses but I don't like to wear them with my headphones. It's a comfort preference. Plus i was scared that the things from my glasses would leave a crease in the ear pads. I don't really know that for sure, but it's probably just me. I'll wear my contacts just to listen to my headphones. Oh, and i can't wear earrings with these headphones. It really does go "over-my-ear" and rests on my head. By the way, I'm a smallish person (4' 11"), so having small ears isn't a problem. But with bigger ears, I hear that it hurts after about 2 hours of use. Sorry....
When I wore these while eating, I found that eating small foods is fine, but full-on chewing a heavy meal, my jaw started to hurt.
I've already pulled the cord out of the headphones twice. it scared me to death but it didn't affect the sound, thankfully!
I also found that my ears do get hot. I didn't notice it at first but now that it's winter, my ears were nice and warm; a little moist at one point when i turned on the space heater, but not like dripping with sweat. To fix this problem, I just took them off for a while and got right back into listening to more music.
Despite the minor issues, there are more good things to love about these headphones! However I can't say compare it to Beats (because my Beats are knock-offs Haha), I will say that it's a big difference from earbuds. You won't be disappointed!
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Great headphones...except for two flaws (Review after more than one year of use))
I bought these headphones back in August 2010 and was very pleased with them. I had seen them in the Apple store and thought they were excellent. Looked like they were good enough for me not to spend more and get a pair of Bose or Beats by Dr. Dre headphones.All in all they are great and the people at V-Moda make it a point to give you a sense of quality and durability with their carrying case and all the goodies that are included. But alas, I have had a few issues that have proven them not to be as durable as I had expected.Although, the audio quality is very good and if you are a DJ you will note that the bass on this rocks, I had two issues with these headphones. First off, both audio cables it came with failed within a month and thanks to the V-Moda warranty I was able to get them replaced. I am happy to report the new ones have worked for more than a year without a hitch.The second issue was that they exhibited cracking along the inner edge of where the head band meets the metal supports for the headphones (I have uploaded pictures showing both R and L sides). This happened a few months of use but I didn't really start to notice until a little after that. Despite getting new cables and all I decided not to try and get a new pair to see how long they would last. Also I took a screw driver to loosen the screws a bit and so far no further cracking has occurred. I suggest u unscrew these parts and screw them on again just to make sure they arent in too tight.Its been a year and a few months and although I have used them almost every day and have worn them down quite a bit they are still sturdy and sounding great. So I do recommend you get these headphones, they are a lot cheaper now. If you have a problem with them just use their 1 year warranty and have them replaced or (in my case) trade your old ones in and get %50 off a new pair.Hope this helps.
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