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Gorgeous and well-thought-out

Advantages: Style, features, value for quality, comfort, simplistic, helpful company
Disadvantages: Build quality

I bought these headphones when I was down in Devon last year and I thought they were amazing. When I first saw them on the shelf, they just looked great; there were so many different colours and they were just so good-looking. Before I was to buy the head ...

nathanluhar 18.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Urbanears Plattan

Simple stylish bold

Advantages: Simple bold design, Loud sound projection, different material, "Zound Plug",additional parts
Disadvantages: sometimes muffled sound quality, uncomfotable for ears with piercings, quite pricey

I bought the purple Urbanears Platton headphones for £50.00 (originally £55.00, 10% student discount) from Urbanoutfitters, you can buy them for £50.00 in HMV now. I mainly bought them because I liked the design and colour range they had, I also liked t ...

sataybunnies 31.08.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Urbanears Plattan

A Victory of Style over Substance

Advantages: Aesthetics that will appeal to the young although they are garish to me
Disadvantages: Mediocre sound, inability to keep your music personal

Any parent to teenagers will know what it’s like when they have money to spend. You have to stand over them as they buy stuff which you just know is rubbish, and smile sweetly. A few months ago my daughter had some cash to spare and had fallen in love ...

rosebud2001 21.10.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Skullcandy Lowrider

Skullcandy - Bassing through to my Skellybones!

Advantages: The look fabulous, sound quality, wouldnt lose them in the dark
Disadvantages: Quality is rather lacking, dont sit right on the ear properly

In my younger days having big headphones stuck out the side of your head served up only ridicule as it showed you could afford the up-to-date more expensive inner ear ones. Now it seems to have gone the other way with the bigger and brighter, all the bett ...

Emma1973 04.10.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Skullcandy Lowrider

Skullcandy Lowrider Headphones

Advantages: nice stylish look, clever folding design, lightweight, durable
Disadvantages: a bit uncomfortable, sound tends to leak

...I was lucky enough to claim a pair of these headphones for free last summer as part of the Coke Zone Rewards scheme run by Coca Cola. Skullcandy are a very popular brand among my friends and I have heard numerous recommendations about how good they are, s ...

zombieflesh 14.01.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Skullcandy Lowrider