Favorite gift this year?

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by scarletboa

for me, it's a toss up between the used slash 4x4 i bought myself or the Dr. Dre Solo HD headphones i got.

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

Why? Just... Why?

Originally Posted by scarletboa

what's wrong with them? i can still take them back and get different headphones if i need to.

Originally Posted by the5

The beats are not good at all. They are good for style but if you actually want great sound quality look elsewhere.

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

as far as sound goes a $50 pair of sony headphones sound equally as good. Same driver size, and better specs actually. The Dre phones fold up for travel, and have iDevice controls which the sonys don't have.

I just think the Dres are overpriced, but you pay for cool factor. I'm sure you'll love them

Originally Posted by snellemin

A good set of Sony's will last you a long time. Get the Sony model MDR-V6. It's the cheaper version, that is used by Studio's and DJ's world wide. The more expensive version just uses gold plated plugs. It has a flat sound, basically what goes in comes out. It can be had for 80 bucks brand new and the earpads can still be found on ebay. The drivers are the same for the past few decades. If you want something cheaper, look into the old school Koss. Radio shack carry's the Koss brand too. That Beats crap is just that. I got a headache listing too it after 10 minutes or so, when HP had them for demo at work. The Beats audio in the computers are very good, just the headphones suck.

Since the subject of headphones came up, how are Skullcandy headphones? My kid bought a set of the cheapest ones they have and she said they sound way better than the stock ipod phones....but thats probably isnt saying much. I know Skullcandy makes several different headphones in several price ranges, just wondering if the sound quality is good. I have never heard of them before she bought them

[brijar]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

Since the subject of headphones came up, how are Skullcandy headphones? My kid bought a set of the cheapest ones they have and she said they sound way better than the stock ipod phones....but thats probably isnt saying much. I know Skullcandy makes several different headphones in several price ranges, just wondering if the sound quality is good. I have never heard of them before she bought them

I haven't owned or listened to any myself, but every one of my friends that has owned a pair has loved them. They were very popular in my high school.

[el tomaso]

When I bought my previous phone, which was a "music phone" they included a set of some very cool scullcandy headphones with the first some number of phones they sold. They looked good, fit ok, and sounded like the koss porta-pro with a little less bass. I wouldn't think they gave away their best models....

Thomas G