Philips SBC-HP 400

Bought these as I was looking for a cheap pair of over-ear headphones with a long cable and a 1/4inch jack for use with an amplifier. Most headphones I saw had short cables (5 foot or less) or had just 35mm (mini) jacks. These headphones have a 2 metre (nearly 7 foot) cable and comes in 35mm jack, with a 1/4inch converter. You can find these headphones for £16 from Amazon. In the box: Headphones, 35mm to 1/4inch jack converter, and strangely no instructions or warranty?! Weird. Styling: These headphones are alot smaller than most over ear headphones, so you won't end up looking like something ... more

I used to have The good old HP 400 series, but unfortunately wire got broken several times and i decided to buy new ones. I picked new HP400-s, cause previous ones were exellent in every way. I have to say im a bit dissapointed with the new ones- older ones were made partly of metal, had plastic/rubber protectors behind leather, had mono wire instead of L and R wires, had volume controller on wire and were completely packable. New HP400 is fully made of plastic (exeption is leather head cover), have much less weight and look much cheaper- in design and materials. But still, compared to similar ... more