Everyone from 50 Cent to Quincy Joins
wants to lend their name to a pair of cans. We round up dive of the best.
Headphones have got
seriously cool in the last year, and if your cans aren’t celebrity-endorsed
then you’ve badly undermined your cool credentials. There are scored of
headphones from big-name brands such as AKG or Scull Candy backed by some of
the biggest rappers, singers and music producers in the world, but with varying
degrees of success. We got our groove on with the biggest names in music.
1. Skullcandy Mix Master Mike
These headphones sport
the name of Beastie Boys DJ Mix Master Mike and feature DJ-style rotating
earcups. They’re comfy and have a mute button on the right earcup, as well as
an input on each side so you can hook up to either one or attach a second pair
of headphones. The sound quality is good, but it suffers as you crank up the
volume
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Price: $392.6
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Website: www.joinlewis.com
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2. SMS Audio Street by 50 cent
The only wired cans in
50 Cent’s Street range, the SMS audios feature earcups that while squidgy and
comfy, are huge and fairly heavy. The large and bendy head bank makes them feel
rather loose, and sound is leaked before it even reaches your ears. What does
get through sounds good, but the low-end isn’t as beefed up as the Beats model.
3. House of Marley Destiny TTR
These distinctive
headphones are the flagship model from House of Marley, which prides itself on
using sustainable materials. The TTRs are built from recyclable aluminium and
stainless steel, but this does make them heavy. The audio performance is strong
and the on-board noise-cancelling technology proves its worth. The cable is
covered in woven fabric, so it stays tangle-free.
4. AKG Quincy Jones Signature Q460
Bearing the name of
legendary producer Quincy Jones, these on-ear headphones are much smaller and
lighter than any of the others here. They look plasticky, but padding on the
earcups and the underside of the thin head bank makes them comfy to wear. Audio
performance is excellent thanks to the closed-back design, which means little
sound is lost.
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Price: $392.6
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Website: www.joinlewis.com
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5. Beats by Dre Studio
The king of celeb
headphones has to be the Beats range from Dr Dre. The Studio cans feature noise
isolation and are powered by a pair of AAA batteries. Available in a
kaleidoscope of colors, the Beats will certainly get you noticed, although the
shiny finish is a fingerprint magnet and the cable is annoyingly prone to tangles.
The bass performance is second to none –fantastic for dance tracks or booming
movie soundtracks.
