Coby CV-163 Full Size Folding Digital Stereo Headphones with Volume Control

List Price: ~~$8.99~~
Discount Price: $4.75

Brand: Coby
Binding: Electronics

Features:

High-Performance 4mm Samarium Cobalt Magnet Drivers
Unique full size ear cap design/Large, cushioned Ear-pads
Compact folding headband for convenient carrying and storage
In-Line volume control
Gold plated 3.5mm Stereo Plug

Customer Reviews:

Awesome Headphones!!! 5 Stars for rich sound! [Posted on 2008-05-31]
I'm an avid iPod Touch (for podcasts)/iRiver H10(for music and sound quality) user and during my 1+ hour commute from Westchester to Manhattan for work I've been using the Sony Fontopia MDR-EX51 in ear headphones for the last 2 years. I just got a serious ear infection from them last month due to the rubber tips wearing out, breaking off and irritating my inner ear canal (be warned). Those Fontopias had the best all around sound for value and I didn't realize until I tried to use the OEM apple iPod earphones and found them to be horrible in comparison to the Sony. Also the iPod earphones irritated my already infected ears.
Since then, after a month of shopping around and trying different over-the-ear styles of headphones, I stumbled onto these $9 Cobys in China Town. Although I never really bought this brand before I'm very well aware of their cheap prices and effy quality. So it was by accident that I bought these during my lunch break with my lunch money. I needed headphones at the time ASAP and it was a spontaneous buy only based on the $9 price tag and the cool design of these headphones. I've been loving them ever since. They completely block out the subway rumble and play my music (I listen to alot of Electronica, Hip-Hop, Reggae and Jazz)and podcasts crisp and clear. Also they are very light and don't give you sweaty ears like the bigger pricier Sony MDR-D777.

PROS: -Sound is Rich and full of Bass. You do not have to turn it up to hear your music even if its loud in your environment.
-Design is comfortable and light. Also the cups pivot and tilt to give a perfect fit and allows for precise adjustments.
-Volume dial on the cord is always useful when you don't want to get Pizza grease on your iPod Touch.
-One cord from the cups to the plug is sweet! Minimal cordage eliminates tangles completely.
-PRICE! $9.00 and you will be as happy as people that spend more.
-Looks cool. Really cool!

CONS:
-Right out the wrapper you can see that these aren't as durable as other pricier brands. Drop them hard and they feel like they would break into a lot of pieces. That said, they still feel firm and solid in hand and when you wear them but if you have a habit of breaking your toys or dropping things a lot get ready to buy a few of these during the year. But at $9 I can't really say bad about that.
- Not really fold-able. Don't know what they mean by that. All you can do with these is contract the band and bring the cups together.
- They stick out. The white shell seem to extend out a lot more than I would've like. They don't feel bulky or uncomfortable, but when I look in the mirror I feel like I should be out landing Airplanes with some ATCs.

NOTE: Coby makes similar models (the CV-193 & CV-520) to this that claims to have Noise Cancelling & "High Performance" features. A friend got those thinking it was what I'd bought only to find out that those are more heavy, more bulky, are less adjustable and do not really cancel noise anymore than these plus you need to buy batteries for them to work. And we found that the CV-163 actually has a richer bass sound output than those pricier models.

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