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OhGizmo!: Ultimate Ears 700 Earphones Announced

  • Sean · 7 months ago
    Skull candy headphones have a millimeter label on them that tells you just how big (or little) the speaker itself is and therefor tells you hoe much bass the headphones can produce. What I'm wondering is how these guys can charge $230 for their product when Skullcandy has a product for $70 with an 11mm speaker which actually extends past the rubber ear thinggy leading me to believe that the speakers in the 700 series are somewhat smaller? And when it comes to blocking sound the only thing doing that is the rubber ear piece which is offered on both products.

    To sum it up, if you buy this product, you are paying $160 for the ability to produce sound that is 6Hz lower because the only advantage I can see is while the 700 series offers 10Hz to 16.5kHz, the Full Metal Jacket headphones (only) offer 16 Hz – 20K Hz. This I assume would make sense if you're looking to analyze the sounds coming from the ear buds (or you have super ears that can differ between the two) but aside from that just what is it that makes companies like this waste their time making a product that I hope people would be smart enough not to buy?