Badass $500 Sony Headphones Making Their Way to the US
Sometimes audiophiles have a difficult and important choice to make: Is it better to look good, or to sound good? Sony’s PFR-V1 headphones do their best to make this choice more difficult than ever before. The unique design of these ultra high-end Sony phones is about as close as you can get to mobilizing the full-size speaker listening experience without strapping a pair of Von Schweikerts to your head. The problem? Rock them in public and you’ll probably look just about as ridiculous as you would if you strapped a pair of Von Schweikerts to your head. The PFR-V1’s position a pair of high quality 1-inch, die-cast aluminum speakers about a half-inch outside of your ears beneath the temples. The design allows mid and high frequencies to be projected directly into the outer ear at the proper angle. In addition, "extended bass reflex tubes" are positioned just inside the ear canal to drive low frequencies directly to the ear drum. Sounds pretty intense, no? The Sony PFR-V1 headphones are due to hit US shores in April and will run you about $500.
I’ve actually tried these. Trust me, worth it. (If you’re concerned enough about audio quality to justify the money.)
That dude looks like such a queer…
they look horrible and who pays $500 for headphones?
Dtest,
You know that if apple made these you’d probably say something like: “It’s a good move for apple to go into the high-quality headphones but I doubt I would buy them.”…or “…they’d go good with my iPhone/Macbook Pro/iMac combo super computer!”
The reason why he looks like he hates wearing them is probably because he hates to wear them!!!
Who wants vibrating tubes in their ears? Not me, although it does sound like an experience…
jeff b. i have no problem calling out what i think is abad product, apple or other. You show bias in your Tilt love as well.
This one may sound great and work well but it looks like he’s wearing some kind of dental apparatus. And you hear about the $500 and up headphones and anyone outside the music industry really use them?