Reviews for Harman Kardon Bluetooth Over-Ear Headphones

Good sound. Nice design. Terrible Bluetooth.

Hit 'play' and there's a delay of several seconds before the sound starts. A couple of seconds of audio have been discarded. When the audio starts, it lags behind the source by about a second. The headphones catch up with the video source progressively over a few minutes. Switch to a different movie and you're back to square 1 with a couple of lost seconds and the delay.

I have another pair of bluetooth headphones which don't do this at all - so it's definitely in the Harman Kardons, not in the iPad/iPhone or bluetooth in general.

They often stop playing. Sometimes they trigger a pause in the iPad/iPhone and you can just hit the play button to start again. Sometimes they just go silent but the iPad/IPhone is still going and you have to go back to replay it. Sometimes they literally power themselves down and you have to power them back up again (the battery is not low).

When you power them up they play a little melody so you know to take your finger off the power button (else they go into pairing mode). That melody is so quiet that if you're in the city area (or a noisy cafe) you won't hear it.

As another reviewer wrote, any contact with the headphones makes an incredibly loud noise in your ears. If you bump them with your hand, if you brush them against anything when getting off a train, reaching into a cupboard, or anything, it's the audio equivalent of being struck with a baseball bat.

It's amazing that Harman Kardon allow this product go out the door with their name on it. I doubt I'll buy anything from them again. Once bitten, as they say.

These headphones look fantastic - they are hands down the coolest looking BT headphones on the market. When they work, they work great. Audio is superior, even to an audiophile like me. However, getting them to play music is a constant challenge. I'm not sure if it's the BT connectivity or what, but as other people have described in their reviews, music will just STOP after about ten minutes for no reason at all. And when a song starts there's a horrible sync issue that cuts off the first 15 seconds. This is really unacceptable performance as far as I'm concerned, considering the price. I've tried the Parrot BT headphones, and they work like a breeze. I will be exchanging mine tonight.

These headphones are great looking, and the wireless connectivity works really well, but audiophile-pleasers they are not. You can get much better sound quality for the money.

I ordered this before I read the review and I was kinda scared with all the negative comments about this product.After I got this product delivered and tested it I was REALLY impressed.The style and the sound Quality is excellent I used this with my Ipod touch 3g and I walked around the apartment with the ipod in the living room.I was so happy and I will definitely recommend this product.

They are $100 ok not $250 ok. The range is not far, can't get it to lip sync with video and I get about one dropout per song. But the most annoying thing... Anything that touches or brushes up against the hard plastic ear-cup resonated through the audio, this also goes for any kind of exercise. I think that they will get it right eventually but right now I can do better for less.

These have good sound, not great, a little bit over glorified. Bass becomes muddy at high levels and I think I can hear the voice coils scrape on certain low frequencies. The Mid-range seems ok and the high end seems a little bit too loud at times. The sound changed when you move them around and if you wear glasses, you will hear less bass. I tried both headbands and this is the most uncomfortable headphones I ever. After about 5min the foam collapses and the outer edge of your ear get stabbed by the hard part on the inside of the headphones. You could simply cut off your ears to get a perfect fit, but I want to keep my ears intact. The quality of materials used is plainly seen to me as some sort of recycled garbage that was on hand at the factory in china. These have the smell of smoke, lead and something else.... I think its cadmium or low level uranium. They are heavy enough. I also had trouble with the hardware "crashing" and I had to plug the charging cord back in to reset it. I bought a pair of $29 headphones from newegg that are more comfortable and have almost as good sound as these do. hardly / komfortable

Harman... No questions asked... i thought.... but hugely disaapointed.

Am exchanging it for the 3 rd hird time in a span of 2 months. The bluetooth refuses to charge.

The tiny red light goes off within 5 minutes after i put them to charging. I tried on my laptop as well as in a plug socket but to no avail.

Planning to exchange it now for Zik.....

they weigh > 250 grams!

First off, I'm using this headset in the same room no further than 15ft away from audio source. PRO: Excellent audio clarity, clear vocal, clean sufficient heavy bass. Comparable to Shure in-ear E215. CON: with iOS 6.0.1 on my iPhone 4S, skipping/progression to every next song creates split-second skip/split-second repeat of beginning of song, FREQUENT delay (audio fast-forward to catch up) and dropped audio while playing a song requiring pressing play/pause button to resume play. With iOS 6.0.1 on 4gen iPad, FREQUENT audio silences while playing songs, disrupted signal while iPad cover is closed and my body is in between headphones and iPad. DESIGN FLAWS: My 3yr old cheap ($75) Plantronic/AltecLansing BT headphones have NONE of these BT issues! I have a more-medium/large-sized head. Should provide mid-sized metal headband (big is TOO loose, default small is too tight), no audio feedback when in BT connection mode, no audio up/down feedback, no dedicated forward/backward buttons (enough space on headset for these), not enough padding. SUMMARY: Very buggy Bluetooth/connectivity issues comparing to cheap headphones from 3yrs ago. Persuaded to return these despite excellent audio quality. Does not live up to Harman/Kardon's name. A big let down since sold exclusively by Apple and if it's an iOS 6 issue, even worse. It doesn't matter that these are Harman/Kardon's first BT headphones. They need to look at what other less expensive headphones can do and do a better job. I find the issues unacceptable. Apple, please listen.

Quality Issues :- I had 2 pair of these over-the-ear bluetooth headphones. The first had construction issues where the supports of the ear pieces rattled against the frame of the headband. The rattling noise was enormous and made walking and listening (at the same time) an unpleasurable experience! This first unit was immediately replaced at the Apple Store with a pair that malfunctioned (died) in less than 2 weeks. I returned these for a refund.

Design Issues :- firstly the bluetooth indicator light that shows whether the unit is on, off or discoverable is in the button that turns the unit on/off/makes-discoverable. So it is not possible to see what the unit is doing unless you have a set of nails longer that what would be considered normal for the average man.
Secondly the leather over-ear design does not work in a country that has temperatures over 15C. If your in Sydney or warmer then think sweat - lots of it. The material does not breathe.